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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., meets with reporters following a closed-door GOP strategy session, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. Johnson and other Republicans are calling for an end to the student protests over the Israel-Hamas conflict, even encouraging intervention by the National Guard. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Speaker Johnson calls move to oust him ‘recipe for chaos,’ contends he’s scoring ‘incremental’ wins

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Shrink the debt and balance the federal budget illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

Four radical reforms to shrink our federal budget

By Stephen Moore

Illegal immigrants voting in the United States illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Liberals have a foreign influence hypocrisy problem

By Jason Snead and Paul Teller

Spectators wave Chinese flags as military vehicles carrying DF-41 nuclear ballistic missiles roll during a parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of Communist China in Beijing on Oct. 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

BlackRock in China: Nuclear buildup underwritten in part by leading Wall Street firm, report says

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks next to a wall with photographs of victims of gun violence during the Inaugural Gun Violence Survivors' Summit at ATF Headquarters in Washington, Tuesday, April 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Republican AGs sue to stop another overreach by Biden’s ATF

By Kris W. Kobach

Elderly voters sit as others stand in a queue to vote during the second round of voting in the six-week-long national election near Palakkad, in Indian southern state of Kerala, Friday, April 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

India begins second phase of national elections with Modi’s BJP as front-runner

By Ashok Sharma - Associated Press

Lawful but Unconstitutional in Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Killing the Constitution: Revised FISA is worse for freedom than its predecessor

By Andrew P. Napolitano

Illustration on "substitution duty drawback" by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Duty drawback is case study in need to simplify tax code

By Brian Darling

National Public Radio (NPR) government and taxpayer funding illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

End NPR ‘money laundering’

By Richard W. Rahn

Supplemental appropriations legislation in Congress illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Supplemental appropriations legislation can be a train wreck

By Michael McKenna

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., listens during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

New York congressman fed up with MTG’s ‘theater’

The Washington Times

FILE - Wisconsin Assembly Minority Leader Peter Barca, D-Kenosha, speaks in the Assembly chamber at the State Capitol in Madison, Wis., Thursday, March 5, 2015. On Thursday, April 18, 2024, Barca announced his bid against Republican U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil, who is seeking a fourth term. (M.P. King/Wisconsin State Journal via AP, File)

Former Wisconsin Democratic Rep. Peter Barca announces new bid for Congress

By Scott Bauer - Associated Press

Congress supporting Israel, Taiwan and Ukraine illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Congress must act now to preserve peace, defend liberty in Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan

By Dave Donaldson

Congress and small-business deduction permanent illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Main Street needs Congress to make small-business deduction permanent

By Michael Ervin

Rioters wave flags on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Supreme Court grapples with obstruction charge lobbed at 350 Jan. 6 defendants, including Trump

By Stephen Dinan and Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., and the House Republican leadership meet with reporters following a closed-door Republican strategy session as Johnson pushes towards separate votes on aid for Israel and Ukraine, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Johnson pitches aid to Ukraine, Israel as path to border security amid conservatives’ concerns

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida addresses a joint meeting of Congress in the House chamber, Thursday, April 11, 2024, at the Capitol in Washington, as Vice President Kamala Harris and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., look on. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida addresses Congress amid skepticism about U.S. role abroad

By Stephen Groves - Associated Press

Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., speaks at the Capitol in Washington, Sept. 9, 2021. To educate themselves on artificial intelligence, lawmakers have created a task force and invited experts to explain how AI could transform our lives. Beyer is taking it even further by enrolling in college to get a master's degree in machine learning. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

A congressman wanted to understand AI. So he went back to a college classroom to learn

By David Klepper - Associated Press

CIA spying on Americans and the Fourth Amendment illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

CIA wants more power to spy on Americans

By Andrew P. Napolitano

Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., speaks during a mark up business meeting of the Senate Judiciary Committee, on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

‘I don’t hate you’: Sen. Kennedy and other GOP lawmakers unload on Mayorkas

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times