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Arizona representative introduces bill to keep A-10 alive

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

Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lauren Boebert cast lone votes against bone marrow, blood programs

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

U.S. and Chinese national flags are hung outside a hotel during the U.S. presidential election event, organized by the U.S. Embassy in Beijing. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) **FILE**

Miles Yu warns Communist China gaming free-market to gain world domination

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, center, listens as Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Tex., right, chair of the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, attends a markup in the House Judiciary Committee of a bill to create a commission to study and address social disparities in the African American community today. Rep. Jackson-Lee is the sponsor of that legislation. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Congress moves ahead with race relations priorities

By Kery Murakami - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks as he and Vice President Kamala Harris meet with members of the Congressional Black Caucus in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, April 13, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) **FILE**

Biden to address Congress under security, COVID restrictions

By LISA MASCARO and ZEKE MILLER - Associated Press

Big-business pushback against voting measures gains momentum

By DAVID KOENIG and BRIAN SLODYSKO and MICHELLE CHAPMAN - Associated Press

President Joe Biden speaks as he and Vice President Kamala Harris meet with members of the Congressional Black Caucus in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, April 13, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Joe Biden first State of Union address set for April 28

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks during a ceremony to honor slain U.S. Capitol Police officer William &quot;Billy&quot; Evans as he lies in honor at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, April 13, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, Pool)

Biden to address joint session of Congress on April 28

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Illustration on the demise of the Republican Party by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

The demise of the Republican Party — again?

By Jeff Bergner

Guillermo Lasso, presidential candidate of Creating Opportunities party, CREO, celebrates after a presidential runoff election at his campaign headquarters in Guayaquil, Ecuador, Sunday, April 11, 2021. With most of the votes counted Lasso, a former banker, had a lead over economist Andres Arauz, a protege of former President Rafael Correa.(AP Photo/Angel Dejesus)

Ecuador picks conservative for president; Peru sets runoff

By REGINA GARCIA CANO and GONZALO SOLANO - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 8, 2021, file photo President Joe Biden speaks about gun violence prevention in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington. Biden released a $1.5 trillion wish list for the federal budget on Friday, asking for an 8.4% increase in agency operating budgets with substantial gains for Democratic priorities like education, health care, housing and environmental protection. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Miscellaneous tariff bill threatens future of American Jobs Plan

By Michael Stumo

President Joe Biden 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)

Biden Infrastructure meeting with Republicans to test willingness to negotiate

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Women dance during an outdoor exercise class backdropped by a wall blanketed with an electoral ad promoting presidential candidate Pedro Castillo in the Villa Maria shanty town of Lima, Peru, Saturday, April 10, 2021. Peruvians head to the polls Sunday to choose a president from a field of 18 candidates following years of political turmoil that have seen a series of presidents and even the whole congress itself ousted over corruption scandals. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Ecuador goes with conservative banker in presidential vote

By REGINA GARCIA CANO and GONZALO SOLANO - Associated Press

President Joe Biden speaks about gun violence prevention in the Rose Garden at the White House, Thursday, April 8, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Biden’s defense budget splits the difference, disappoints liberals

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden, accompanied by Attorney General Merrick Garland, speaks about gun violence prevention in the Rose Garden at the White House, Thursday, April 8, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik/File)

Biden ‘clear-eyed’ about getting gun background checks through Congress: White House

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Muslim civil rights group sues Facebook over hate speech

By BARBARA ORTUTAY - Associated Press

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., holds a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, March 19, 2021. (Chip Somodevilla/Pool via AP) **FILE**

Nothing is more emblematic of the ‘swamp’ than earmarks

By Matthew Dickerson

Together for Peru transgender congressional candidate Gahela Cari, campaigns in the Casachacra shanty town on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, Saturday, March 27, 2021. Like virtually all political candidates, Cari has had to face off attacks over her proposals during her campaign for a seat in Peru's congress, but unlike the rest, she has also had to fend off transphobic harassment. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Discrimination part of everyday life for Peru’s trans people

By REGINA GARCIA CANO - Associated Press

In this Dec. 8, 2020, photo, crews construct a section of border wall in San Bernardino National Wildlife Refuge in Douglas, Ariz. A small town in Arizona has declared a state of emergency over migrant families being dropped there as a growing number of border communities grapple with how to get the families to shelters in bigger cities that can help them. Gila Bend Mayor Chris Riggs made the declaration Tuesday, March 23, 2021, saying the town does not have the resources or funds to support migrants, many who arrive with hopes of seeking asylum and making their home in America. (AP Photo/Matt York) **FILE**

Border wall construction paused ‘to the extent permitted by law’: White House

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Dec. 17, 2019 file photo, Rep. Alcee Hastings, D-Fla., speaks during a House Rules Committee hearing on the impeachment against President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill in Washington. Hastings, the longtime Congressman from Florida has died after a two-year fight with pancreatic cancer. The Palm Beach County Democrat died Tuesday, April 6, 2021, according to his chief of staff, Lale M. Morrison. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

US Rep. Alcee Hastings dies at 84; was impeached as judge

By MATT SEDENSKY and TERRY SPENCER - Associated Press