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President Biden speaks with members of the press before leaving Washington for a weekend at his home in Delaware. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

House Republicans see ‘obstruction’ in Biden administration’s freeze-out of Afghan watchdog

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Illustration on the FBI and Israeli Defense Force by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Why sic the FBI on the Israeli Defense Force?

By Clifford D. May

Attorney General of Paraguay Sandra Quiñonez prays to a Virgin Mary statue at the entrance of her office in Asuncion, Paraguay, Tuesday, May 10, 2022, after she found out about the killing of Paraguayan prosecutor Marcelo Pecci during his honeymoon in Colombia. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz) ** FILE **

U.S. offers reward for information on slaying of anti-narcotics prosecutor from Paraguay

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to the media before departing from al-Bateen Air Base in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019, as U.S. special representative on Iran Brian Hook, left, listens. (Mandel Ngan/Pool via AP)

U.S. says Iran threats to ex-officials Pompeo, Hook persist

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

State Department building in Washington D.C. ** FILE **

Rep. McCaul: State Department grant for Ecuador drag show sparks congressional concern

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

In this Aug. 20, 2021, file image provided by the U.S. Marines, U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Crisis Response - Central Command, provide assistance during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Lance Cpl. Nicholas Guevara/U.S. Marine Corps via AP, File)

Shocking neglect: Biden’s team ignored 325,000 emails from Afghan allies needing rescue

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin, second right, gestures as he visits with Deputy Commander of the Airborne Troops Anatoly Kontsevoy, right, a military training centre of the Western Military District for mobilised reservists in Ryazan Region, Russia, on Oct. 20, 2022. Moscow after a string of battlefield defeats and other setbacks, further cornering Russian President Vladimir Putin and setting the stage for an escalation. Ukrainian forces pressing an offensive in the south have zeroed in on Kherson, a provincial capital that has been under Russian control since the early days of the invasion. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Dirty tricks: U.S., allies denounce Russian bomb claim as disinformation

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

This July 28, 2022, photo shows emcee Golden Delicious performing before a mock election at Cafecito Bonito in Anchorage, Alaska, where people ranked the performances by drag performers. Several organizations are using different methods to teach Alaskans about ranked choice voting, which will be used in the upcoming special U.S. House election. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

State Department funding drag shows in Ecuador

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

In this photo provided by Ibrahim Almadi, Saad Ibrahim Almadi sits in a restaurant in an unidentified place, in the United States, on August 2021. Almadi, 72, who is a citizen of both Saudi Arabia and the U.S., was arrested in Saudi Arabia last November and was recently sentenced to 16 years in prison over tweets critical of the Saudi government. (Ibrahim Almadi via AP) ** FILE **

U.S. citizen in Saudi Arabia tortured, sentenced to 16 years over tweets, family says

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Remembering Benghazi illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

A decade after Benghazi, honoring four American heroes who paid the ultimate price

By Daniel N. Hoffman

President Joe Biden speaks about student loan debt forgiveness in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Against the odds, Biden inches closer to nuclear deal with Iran

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Uyghurs and other members of the faithful pray during services at the Id Kah Mosque in Kashgar in western China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, as seen during a government organized visit for foreign journalists on April 19, 2021. Under the weight of official policies, the future of Islam appears precarious in Xinjiang, a remote region facing Central Asia in China's northwest corner. Outside observers say scores of mosques have been demolished, which Beijing denies, and locals say the number of worshippers is on the decline. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

State Department: China using artificial intelligence programs to blunt criticism of Uyghur policies

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Taliban fighters celebrate one year since they seized the Afghan capital, Kabul, in front of the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Tens of thousands of Afghan allies still waiting for U.S. rescue a year after Taliban takeover

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this image provided by the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Air Force aircrew, assigned to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, assist qualified evacuees boarding a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft in support of the Afghanistan evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Aug. 21, 2021. (Senior Airman Taylor Crul/U.S. Air Force via AP)

Afghanistan chaos: GOP report reveals new details of Biden administration’s disastrous withdrawal

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A view of the building known as the so-called troll factory's new office in St. Petersburg, Russia, Oct. 20, 2018. The Internet Research Agency, is one of a web of companies allegedly controlled by Yevgeny Prigozhin, who has reported ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin. The State Department on July 28, 2022, offered a $10 million reward for information about Russian interference in American elections, including Prigozhin, and a troll farm that officials say fueled a divisive social media campaign in 2016. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, File)

State Dept. offers rewards of up to $10M for information on election interference

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Families evacuated from Kabul, Afghanistan, walk through the terminal to board a bus after they arrived at Washington Dulles International Airport, in Chantilly, Va., Sept. 1, 2021. The U.S. airlifted 124,000 people out of Kabul over about six weeks as the American-backed Afghan military and government fell to the Taliban. Since then, around 8,000 people have managed to depart on flights arranged by the State Department or private groups and individuals. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe, File)

U.S. streamlines process for Afghan allies to get visas

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this photo provided by U.S. Navy, Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG 65) conducts routine underway operations in the Philippines Sea on June 24, 2022. The U.S. Navy on Wednesday, July 13, 2022, sailed the destroyer close to China-controlled islands in the South China Sea in what Washington said was a patrol aimed at asserting freedom of navigation through the strategic seaway. (Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Arthur Rosen/U.S. Navy via AP) ** FILE **

Navy warship marks S. China Sea ruling anniversary

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

U.S. State Secretary Antony Blinken talks to the media as he attends a bilateral meeting with Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi on the sidelines of the G2-0 Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, Friday, July 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara, Pool)

Republican lawmakers blast Biden administration grant to protect atheists overseas

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

In this May 11, 2019 photo, a tourist walks through a Spanish-style church at the Hermitage of Monserrate, in Matanzas, Cuba. In total, Cuba drew 4.7 million tourists in 2018, a 1.3% rise over the previous year that puts its latest goal of 5 million within reach. (AP Photo/Ismael Francisco)

Freedom of religion falls short in Cuba, new report reveals

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

In this June 10, 2014, file photo, John F. Sopko, Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington before the House Foreign Affairs subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa hearing on Examining U.S. Reconstruction Efforts in Afghanistan. With Washington set to send billions of dollars in fresh aid to Afghanistan despite the military drawdown, Sopko says its not too late to address the fraud and mismanagement that has bedeviled the 14-year effort to rebuild the country. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File) **FILE**

Afghan IG claims State Department stonewalled over probe into Kabul government collapse

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times