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Rep. Cory Mills, R-Fla., attends a news conference across the street from the Manhattan criminal court, Tuesday, May 14, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah) **FILE**

Rep. Cory Mills spanks Secretary Blinken over Gaza rescues: ‘I was there. Were you?’

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Robert Malley, U.S. special envoy for Iran, is shown on June 20, 2021, in Vienna, Austria. The Biden administration’s special envoy for Iran has stepped aside from his duties pending a review of his security clearance by U.S. authorities. Malley has led administration efforts to revive the faltering Iran nuclear deal and resolve issues related to detained Americans in Iran, but has not been active in his job for weeks. (AP Photo/Florian Schroetter) ** FILE **

Suspension of security clearance for Iran envoy did not follow protocol, watchdog says

By Matthew Lee and Farnoush Amiri - Associated Press

Rep. John Moolenaar, R-Mich., questions witnesses during a hearing on Capitol Hill, Feb. 28, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

China restrictions pass House, still must pass Senate

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

A U.S. Chinook helicopter flies over the U.S. embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021, as the capital was captured by Taliban forces. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

House GOP highlights administration failings in report on botched Afghanistan withdrawal

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, flanked by Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, and John Cornyn, R-Texas, speaks during a news conference about Ukraine on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 16, 2022. After Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy virtually addressed the U.S. Congress on Wednesday morning. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Biden administration’s ‘dismal’ China policy faulted on Capitol Hill

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Israeli police prevent activists from blocking trucks carrying humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip at the Kerem Shalom border crossing, southern Israel, Monday, Jan. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov, File)

Far-right groups that block aid to Gaza receive tax-deductible donations from U.S. and Israel

By Uri Blau And Milan Czerny of Shomrim and Josef Federman of The Associated Press

Israeli police prevent activists from blocking trucks carrying humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip at the Kerem Shalom border crossing, southern Israel, Monday, Jan. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov, File)

Far-right groups that block aid to Gaza receive tax-deductible donations from U.S. and Israel

By Uri Blau and Milan Czerny of Shomrim and Josef Federman - Associated Press

Lehigh University's tower rises above the trees, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023, in Bethlehem, Pa. (AP Photo/Tassanee Vejpongsa)

Foreign teenager fooled ICE, State Department, U.S. college to get a student visa

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

The cover of a U.S. Passport is displayed in Tigard, Ore., on Dec. 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane) **FILE**

State Department launches beta program for people to renew their passports online

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks before signing a $95 billion Ukraine aid package that also includes support for Israel, Taiwan, and other allies, in the State Dining Room of the White House, April 24, 2024, in Washington. The Biden administration is due to deliver a first-of-its-kind formal verdict on whether Israel's conduct of its war in Gaza complies with international and U.S. laws. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**

Has Israel followed the law in its war in Gaza? U.S. is due to render a first-of-its-kind verdict

By Ellen Knickmeyer - Associated Press

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, also chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), center, poses for photos with the new commander of the rocket force Wang Houbin, top left, and its political commissar Xu Xisheng, top right, after promoting them to the rank of general in Beijing on Monday, July 31, 2023. (Li Gang/Xinhua via AP)

Chinese military’s work on marine toxins raising new fears of biological warfare weapons

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin testifies before Senate Committee on Armed Services during a hearing on Department of Defense Budget Request for Fiscal Year 2025 and the Future Years Defense Program on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

U.S. announces $138 million in emergency military sales of Hawk missile systems support for Ukraine

By Tara Copp and Matthew Lee - Associated Press

The State Department seal is seen on the briefing room lectern at the State Department in Washington, Jan. 31, 2022. (Mandel Ngan, Pool via AP, File)

New State Department rule targets global Christian relief

By David Nammo

Biden's State Department funding Hamas illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

How much for Hamas? Biden’s State Department ‘desperately trying to move’ funding to Palestinians

By Michael Chamberlain

Retired Gen. Mark Milley, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, left, and retired Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, former commander of the U.S. Central Command, appear before the House Foreign Affairs Committee about the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, March 19, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Generals fault State in Afghanistan; witnesses say mix of factors led to chaos in troop withdrawal

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times