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Texas man in 3D-printed firearms case welcomes legal battle

By CHUCK LINDELL - Associated Press

In this Oct. 30, 2017, file photo, Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., participates in a panel discussion during a summit on the country's opioid epidemic at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore. A post on the congressman’s Facebook page for re-election says 91-year-old Ruth Elma Cummings died Monday, Feb. 5, 2018. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) **FILE**

House Democrats seek subpoena in State Department’s lead cyber office overhaul

By Dan Boylan - The Washington Times

In this March 13, 2018, file photo, police officers guard a cordon around a police tent covering a supermarket car park pay machine near the spot where former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter were found critically ill following exposure to the Russian-developed nerve agent Novichok in Salisbury, England. The United States will impose sanctions on Russia for the country’s use of a nerve agent in an assassination attempt on a former Russian spy and his daughter. The State Department says Aug. 8, sanctions will be imposed on Russia as the country used chemical or biological weapons in violation of international law.(AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

The Latest: Russia weighs retaliation to US sanctions

Associated Press

In this March 13, 2018, file photo, police officers guard a cordon around a police tent covering a supermarket car park pay machine near the spot where former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter were found critically ill following exposure to the Russian-developed nerve agent Novichok in Salisbury, England. The United States will impose sanctions on Russia for the country’s use of a nerve agent in an assassination attempt on a former Russian spy and his daughter. The State Department says Aug. 8, sanctions will be imposed on Russia as the country used chemical or biological weapons in violation of international law.(AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

New Russia sanctions over poisoning of former spy, daughter

By Susannah George and Matthew Lee - Associated Press

In this March 13, 2018, file photo, police officers guard a cordon around a police tent covering a supermarket car park pay machine near the spot where former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter were found critically ill following exposure to the Russian-developed nerve agent Novichok in Salisbury, England. The United States will impose sanctions on Russia for the country’s use of a nerve agent in an assassination attempt on a former Russian spy and his daughter. The State Department says Aug. 8, sanctions will be imposed on Russia as the country used chemical or biological weapons in violation of international law.(AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

U.S. to impose sanctions on Russia over nerve agent attack

Associated Press

In this Dec, 16, 2015 file photo, Ensaf Haidar, wife of the jailed Saudi Arabian blogger Raif Badawi, shows a portrait of her husband as he is awarded the Sakharov Prize, in Strasbourg, France. Saudi Arabia has given Canada's ambassador 24 hours to leave the kingdom after Canada criticized the recent arrest of women's rights activists. Among the arrested activists is Samar Badawi, whose writer brother Raif Badawi was arrested in Saudi Arabia in 2012 and later sentenced to 1,000 lashes and 10 years in prison for insulting Islam while blogging. (AP Photo/Christian Lutz, File)

U.S. staying out of Saudi-Canada spat, but aware of human rights concerns

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this May 10, 2013, file photo, Cody Wilson, the founder of Defense Distributed, shows a plastic handgun made on a 3D-printer at his home in Austin, Texas. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP, File)

Dispute over 3D-printed guns raises many legal issues

By LISA MARIE PANE - Associated Press

In this May 10, 2013, file photo, Cody Wilson, the founder of Defense Distributed, shows a plastic handgun made on a 3D-printer at his home in Austin, Texas. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP, File)

Judge blocks release of blueprints for 3D-printed guns

By MARTHA BELLISLE and MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press

Report: Keystone XL would have no major impact on Nebraska

By GRANT SCHULTE - Associated Press

Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the close of a three-day conference on religious freedom at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, July 26, 2018. Shortly after the possibility of sanctions was first announced by Vice President Mike Pence Thursday, Trump wrote on Twitter that the U.S. &quot;will impose large sanctions on Turkey for their long time detainment of Pastor Andrew Brunson.&quot; (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Pence unleashes on North Korean abuses: ‘Much worse’ than China

By Bradford Richardson - The Washington Times

US warns of North Korea’s global outsourcing of forced labor

By MARTHA MENDOZA - Associated Press

Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback, speaks to reporters as he unveils the annual U.S. assessment of religious freedom around the world, at the State Department in Washington, Tuesday, May 29, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Religious freedom is under attack, Sam Brownback says at forum

By Bradford Richardson - The Washington Times

Sales of 3-D printers are expected to double to 217,000 this year. The Defense Department is testing how they can help soldiers in the field by "printing" food, medicine and weapons, and is even exploring the ideas of printing antennas and warheads. (Associated Press)

Software for 3-D printed guns available Aug. 1

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

British military soldiers walk past a scale model of a F35 jet forming part of an exhibit on the grounds of the Celtic Manor Resort prior to a NATO summit in Newport, Wales on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014. NATO heads of state meet for a two-day summit beginning on Thursday. (AP Photo/Jon Super)

U.S. weapons sales undeterred by Trump’s NATO, trade talk

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

US slaps terror designation on Iran-linked group in Bahrain

By SUSANNAH GEORGE - Associated Press

"The president deeply believes that having Russia be part of these important geostrategic conversations is inevitable, there's a long history of that," said Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Mike Pompeo defends Donald Trump’s outreach to Russia

By Natalie Malek - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump walks off stage after a roundtable discussion on tax reform Saturday, June 23, 2018, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Global journalists weigh the fallout of Trump’s ‘fake news’ rhetoric

The Washington Times

In this June 12, 2018, file photo, a car carrying U.S. President Donald Trump enters Sentosa island where the summit between him and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will take place at the Capella Hotel in Sentosa, Singapore. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

What’s that sound? Singapore scare highlights U.S. concern

By Josh Lederman and Matthew Lee - Associated Press

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivers a keynote address at the opening dinner of the 17th IISS Shangri-la Dialogue, an annual defense and security forum in Asia, held in Singapore, Friday, June 1, 2018, in Singapore. (AP Photo/Yong Teck Lim) ** FILE **

Journalists in Asia watch in fear as Donald Trump battles ‘fake news’

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this Oct. 3, 2017, file photo, tourists ride a classic convertible car on the Malecon beside the United States Embassy in Havana, Cuba. Medical tests have confirmed that one additional U.S. Embassy worker has been affected by mysterious health incidents in Cuba, bringing the total number to 25. That's according to an unclassified notice sent to congressional officials by the State Department. (AP Photo/Desmond Boylan, File)

1 more US worker confirmed hurt by mystery Cuba incidents

By JOSH LEDERMAN and MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press