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Over Taxed Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Biden’s capital gains tax rate plan a formula for economic suicide

By Richard W. Rahn

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez D-NY, speaks during a TV interview on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, after the jury returned guilty verdicts on all three charges in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) **FILE**

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez vs. Marjorie Taylor Greene: Shouting, taunting, threat to call cops

By Kery Murakami - The Washington Times

Illustration on the PRO act and business by Alexander Hunter/The Washington times

The PRO Act will kill my family’s business

By Luke Ashton

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Pelosi backs ethics probe of Marjorie Taylor Greene’s confrontation with AOC

By Kery Murakami - The Washington Times

Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill, questions Christopher Miller, former acting secretary of the Department of Defense, testifying virtually, during a House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing on the Capitol breach on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, May 12, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Christopher Miller, former acting Secretary of Defense, defends Capitol riot response at hearing

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, listens during the the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing in Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, Wednesday, April 28, 2021. Ketanji Brown Jackson, nominee to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, and Candace Jackson-Akiwumi, nominee to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit, testified on the first panel.(Tom Williams/Pool via AP)

EDITORIAL: Woke left’s hijacking of language deserves ridicule

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

“Without serious engagement in the issues of the day and participation by citizens in the elections, we risk losing our republic. We risk giving up our role as sovereigns and instead become subjects,” writes Anthony T. Caso, a clinical professor of law at the Dale E. Fowler School of Law. (Associated Press)

We risk losing our republic without active participation

By Anthony T. Caso

In this image provided by U.S. Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Service, the website for HealthCare.gov is seen. (U.S. Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Service via AP) ** FILE **

Joe Biden: 1M signups during Obamacare special enrollment period

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Oct. 8, 2019, file photo, protesters gather outside the Supreme Court in Washington. Legislation that would create new protections for LGBTQ Americans is stalling out in the U.S. Senate. Democrats were hopeful they could pass the Equality Act this year since they control Congress and the White House. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Prospects dim for passage of LGBTQ rights bill in Senate

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and DAVID CRARY - Associated Press

The Capitol building in Washington, D.C. (Associated Press)

Threats against Congress up 107% over 2020: Capitol Police

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks about the April jobs report in the East Room of the White House, Friday, May 7, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Weak jobs report spurs new arguments over big fed spending

By JOSH BOAK - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 15, 2021, file photo, Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y., speaks during a House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Every Republican in Congress voted against the $1.9 trillion &quot;American Rescue Plan,&quot; which President Joe Biden signed into law three months ago. But ever since, Republicans from New York and Indiana to Texas and Washington state have promoted elements of legislation that would not exist if they had their way. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool, File)

Republicans promote pandemic relief they voted against

By STEVE PEOPLES - Associated Press

Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra speaks, as he and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge, announce a joint effort to increase access to COVID-19 vaccinations, Wednesday, May 5, 2021, at Community of Hope, a health center in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

HHS reports 940K new Obamacare customers in a ‘special’ enrollment period

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

FILE - In this March 30, 2021 file photo, President Joe Biden speaks after signing the PPP Extension Act of 2021, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. The government's key COVID-19 relief program for small businesses has run out of money. The Small Business Administration said Wednesday, May 5, that the Paycheck Protection Program has been exhausted. As of Sunday, the PPP had given out nearly 10.8 million loans worth more than $780 billion since April of last year. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Small business COVID-19 relief program runs out of money

By JOYCE M. ROSENBERG - Associated Press

FILE- This June 6, 2019, file photo shows the U.S. Treasury Department building at dusk in Washington. The Treasury Department says it will employ extraordinary measures to avoid an unprecedented default on the national debt this summer, but officials say those measures could be exhausted “much more quickly” than normal given the unusual circumstances of the global pandemic. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Treasury warns of need to deal with national debt limit

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER - Associated Press

The U.S. Capitol dome is seen, Monday, July 9, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

Earmarks: Vulnerable House Dems seek millions of dollars in pet projects ahead of 2022 midterm

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

This week Illinois, Nevada and Virginia asked a federal appeals court to order the Equal Rights Amendment be considered ratified. They have all approved the amendment in the last four years. However, the original deadline set by Congress expired in 1979. (Associated Press)

Illinois, Nevada, Virginia ask federal appeals court to count them in ERA ratification

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A Help Wanted sign hangs in the window of a restaurant in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan in New York, Tuesday, May 4, 2021 Some restaurants in New York City are starting to hire employees now that they can increase their indoor dining to 75% of capacity starting May 7. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Unemployment benefits undercut businesses as Democrats’ ‘automatic stabilizers’ keep people at home

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez D-NY, pauses for a photo on her way to an interview on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, after the jury returned guilty verdicts on all three charges in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Democratic socialists the biggest obstacles to bipartisanship on Capitol Hill

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden, accompanied by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, right, speaks as he gets his weekly economic briefing in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, April 9, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Yellen: Biden’s phased-in spending plan won’t fuel inflation

By MARCY GORDON - Associated Press