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BARROW, Alaska — The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy, a 420 ft. icebreaker homeported in Seattle, Wash., breaks ice in support of scientific research in the Arctic Ocean. [Photo credit: U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Second Class Prentice Danner.]

U.S. icebreaker gap with Russia a growing concern as Arctic ‘cold war’ heats up

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Illustration on Biden's recent COVID mandates by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Biden’s executive mandates only have teeth if Americans allow them to

By Andrew P. Napolitano

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Md., speaks during a news conference before participating in the House Democratic Issues Conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

House Dems dare Senate GOP to shut down government, default on U.S. debt

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

General Mark Milley Tin Soldier Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

The military’s Milley disease

By Gary Anderson

In this Oct. 19, 2020, file photo, a voter drops their ballot off during early voting in Athens, Ga. After record turnout led to stunning GOP losses in the once reliably red state, Republican lawmakers are forging ahead with an aggressive slate of voting legislation that critics argue is tailored toward curtailing the power of Black voters. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) ** FILE **

Black voters stung by Democrats’ broken promises: ‘Doing terrible on racial justice’

By Kery Murakami - The Washington Times

U.S. Air Force C-130J Hercules cargo aircraft conducts a training flight on Jan. 10, 2012. (U.S. Air Force, Master Sgt. Dave Buttner) ** FILE **

‘Out of time’: Air Force confronts rising China, battles Congress over outdated aircraft

By Ben Wolfgang and Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this Monday, March 9, 2020 file photo, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., center, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) **FILE**

Democrats look to shame Republicans into suspending debt ceiling

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

A counter protester, right, argues with a Justice For J6 rally attendee near the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Saturday, Sept. 18, 2021. The rally was planned by allies of former President Donald Trump and aimed at supporting the so-called "political prisoners" of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard)

‘Justice for J6’ rallygoers blast Republicans for skipping event: They’re ‘all useless’

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

Ella Hall, a specialist in Books and Manuscripts at Sotheby's, in New York, holds a 1787 printed copy of the U.S. Constitution, Friday, Sept. 17, 2021. Sotheby's announced Friday — appropriately on Constitution Day — that in November it will put up for auction one of just 11 surviving copies of the Constitution from the official first printing produced for the delegates to the Constitutional Convention and for the Continental Congress. It's the only copy that remains in private hands and has an estimate of $15 million-$20 million. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Sotheby’s puts rare U.S. Constitution copy for auction

By Mark Kennedy - Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters as work continues on the Democrats' Build Back Better Act, massive legislation that is a cornerstone of President Joe Biden's domestic agenda, at the Capitol, in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Liberal groups prod Dems to raise taxes to pay for racial justice agenda

By Kery Murakami - The Washington Times

Migrants deported from the U.S. walk into Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Tuesday, March 23, 2021. Mexico announced that U.S. advisers on border and immigration issues will meet with Mexican officials on Tuesday to discuss migration and development in Central America, as a surge of migrants has hit the U.S. southern border. (AP Photo/Christian Chavez) **FILE**

Border-surge spending is sapping money from COVID-19 fight, GOP investigators say

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Security fencing and video surveillance equipment have been installed around the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021, ahead of a planned Sept. 18 rally by far-right supporters of former President Donald Trump who are demanding the release of rioters arrested in connection with the Jan. 6 insurrection. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Congress reinstalls a wall to keep out ‘the people’

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley speaks during a briefing with Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin at the Pentagon in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021, about the end of the war in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Furor builds over top general Milley’s role in Trump’s final days

By Mike Glenn and Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin speaks during a joint press conference with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Qatari Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, and Qatari Defense Minister Khalid Bin Mohammed Al-Attiyah, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2021. (Olivier Douliery/Pool Photo via AP) **FILE**

Senate Dems threaten subpoena after Pentagon chief refuses to appear at Afghanistan hearing

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2021 file photo, rioters climb the west wall of the the U.S. Capitol in Washington. A House committee investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection has requested that telecommunications and social media companies preserve the personal communications of hundreds of people who may have somehow been connected to the attack. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Capitol riot worse for America than 9/11, says failed Florida Democratic congressional candidate

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021, about plans to reintroduce a resolution to call on President Joe Biden to take executive action to cancel up to $50,000 in debt for federal student loan borrowers. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Rep. Ayanna Pressley blames Realtors’ money for Democrats’ inaction on evictions

By Kery Murakami - The Washington Times

In this March 30, 2017, photo, the Capitol Dome is seen at dawn in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Two simple steps to improve accuracy of government information

By Daren Bakst

In this July 27, 2021, file photo, Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wy., listens to testimony from Washington Metropolitan Police Department Officer Daniel Hodges during the House select committee hearing on the Jan. 6 attack on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Jim Bourg/Pool via AP)

Liz Cheney has betrayed Wyoming

By John Bear

President Joe Biden speaks with reporters before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2021, for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., and then to New York and New Jersey to survey damage from Hurricane Ida. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Biden: Infrastructure bill can fix flood-damaged towns ‘permanently’

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

United States Geological Survey workers push a boat as they look for residents on a street flooded as a result of the remnants of Hurricane Ida in Somerville, NJ., Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)

Lawmakers vow action after Ida floods Gulf Coast, Northeast

By Matthew Daly and Hope Yen - Associated Press