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Sen. Richard Durbin speaks before Vice President Kamala Harris at the C.W. Avery Family YMCA in Plainfield, Ill., Friday, June 24, 2022. The chairman and ranking minority member of the Senate Judiciary Committee sent a letter to an advocacy group for minor leaguers asking questions about baseball's antitrust exemption. Sen. Richard Durbin, an Illinois Democrat who chairs the committee, and Charles Grassley, an Iowa Republican, sent the letter Tuesday, June 28, to Harry Marino, executive director of Advocates for Minor Leaguers.(Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Times via AP, File)

Minors rep asks Congress to restrict MLB antitrust exemption

By Jake Seiner - Associated Press

Indiana's 5th Congressional District Republican candidate Victoria Spartz gestures during an interview in Westfield, Ind., Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Ukrainian-born member of U.S. House blasts Biden, Zelenskyy for Ukraine war politicking

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Illustration on the dangers of anti-trust regulation by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Congress shouldn’t let antitrust evil genie out of the bottle

By Grover Norquist and Tom Hebert

President Joe Biden participates in a virtual meeting with Democratic governors on the issue of abortion rights, in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, Friday, July 1, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

No filibuster ‘carve-out’ for abortion

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times

The fence surrounding the White House on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, Friday, May 24, 2019. Approval was given for a new and taller fence around the White House complex in 2017 and now construction of a almost 13-foot tall fence is slated to begin this summer. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Poll: Majority of adults say Washington under Biden hurts more than helps with top concerns

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Vice President Kamala Harris visits Fire Station No. 2 in Santa Monica, Calif., on Saturday, July 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Kamala Harris calls for federal ban on assault weapons

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

A man holds a sign as community members walk around Vander Veer Park during a march following the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, June 26, 2022, in Davenport, Iowa. Democrats and their aligned groups raised more than $80 million in the week after the Supreme Court stripped away a woman’s constitutional right to have an abortion. The flood of cash offers one of the first tangible signs of how the ruling may energize voters. (Nikos Frazier/Quad City Times via AP)

Democrats swiftly raised $80M after court overturned Roe

By Brian Slodysko - Associated Press

Illustration on awarding Captain E. Royce Williams the Congressional Medal of Honor by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

‘Operation Just Reward’: A tale for the ages

By Christian Josi

In this Friday, Oct. 4, 2013, photo, economist Arthur Laffer, known as the &quot;father of supply-side economics&quot; and who was an economic adviser to President Ronald Reagan, speaks to an executive committee meeting of the California Republican Party at their convention in Anaheim, Calif. President Donald Trump is set to award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Laffer. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon) **FILE**

Laffer gets off sidelines to fight antitrust bill aimed at reining in Big Tech

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks during a virtual meeting with Democratic governors on the issue of abortion rights, in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, Friday, July 1, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden urges voters to back pro-abortion candidates in midterms

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Emissions from a coal-fired power plant are silhouetted against the setting sun in Kansas City, Mo., on Feb. 1, 2021. The Supreme Court on Thursday, June 30, 2022, limited how the nation’s main anti-air pollution law can be used to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. By a 6-3 vote, with conservatives in the majority, the court said that the Clean Air Act does not give the Environmental Protection Agency broad authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants that contribute to global warming. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) **FILE**

High court’s blow to EPA rattles Democrats, climate change activists

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Former White House strategist Steve Bannon poses prior to an interview with The Associated Press, in Paris, May 27, 2019. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

Bannon seeks contempt trial delay due to media coverage of House Jan. 6 hearings

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Migrants stand next to the border wall as they wait to get taken away by the Border Patrol in Eagle Pass, Texas, Saturday, May 21, 2022. The Eagle Pass area has become increasingly a popular crossing corridor for migrants, especially those from outside Mexico and Central America, under Title 42 authority, which expels migrants without a chance to seek asylum on grounds of preventing the spread of COVID-19. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills) ** FILE **

Justices say DHS has power to end Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ border policy

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

The Supreme Court is seen, Thursday, June 30, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Supreme Court rules for states against EPA, Biden climate change agenda

By Alex Swoyer and Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks with reporters following a closed-door caucus lunch, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 22, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

McConnell threatens to tank China bill over Democrats’ tax-and-spend push

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Election Integrity Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Questioning the accuracy of the 2020 presidential election is not un-American

By Rep. Andy Biggs

In this Monday, Sept. 3, 2018, file photo, a U.S. flag flies on the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

At least 90 lawmakers became foreign agents after exiting Congress since 2000, study finds

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Feb. 8, 2022. Wisconsin liberals on Thursday, March 10, 2022, filed a federal lawsuit alleging that Republican Sen. Johnson, U.S. Reps. Tom Tiffany and Scott Fitzgerald are insurrectionists in violation of the U.S. Constitution for their words and actions in support of Donald Trump leading up to the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

How Electoral College high jinks went from praise to criminal probe

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

A police officer guards the main entrance to the Supreme Court in Washington, Oct. 9, 2018. The Supreme Court, Thursday, June 23, 2022, struck down a restrictive New York gun law in a major ruling for gun rights. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Live updates | American Medical Association weighs in

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

President Joe Biden speaks at the White House in Washington, Thursday, June 23, 2022, during an event to welcome wounded warriors, their caregivers and families to the White House as part of the annual Soldier Ride to recognize the service, sacrifice, and recovery journey for wounded, ill, and injured service members and veterans. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden praises Senate for cloture vote on guns, chides Congress for taking decade to pass bill

By Joseph Clark and Kerry Picket - The Washington Times