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Illustration on Ukrainian president Zelenskyy by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

A profile in courage: Zelenskyy is an inspirational hero to democracies everywhere

By Daniel N. Hoffman

First lady Jill Biden visits a classroom at Glendale Middle School on Wednesday, May 5, 2021, in Salt Lake City. (Carlos Barria/Pool via AP)

Jill Biden thanks military spouses in Colorado for service

By PATTY NIEBERG - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 29, 2008, file photo Vice presidential candidate Joe Biden, D-Del., left, and Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., right, wave during a rally at the Bank Atlantic Center in Sunrise, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

Biden’s long political evolution leads to his biggest test

By BILL BARROW - Associated Press

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at Gettysburg National Military Park in Gettysburg, Pa., Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Biden harnesses history to describe urgency of 2020 campaign

By BILL BARROW - Associated Press

Medical Research Frontier Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

In the war against COVID-19, the Endless Frontier Act builds on a historical blueprint

By Peter J. Pitts

In this June 23, 2018 photo, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., delivers the keynote address to the Nevada Democratic Convention in Reno, Nev. Warren’s plan to pay for Medicare for All without raising middle-class taxes departs from the shared responsibility the U.S. has traditionally required for bedrock programs. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner)

Warren health plan departs from US ‘social insurance’ idea

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 14, 2005, file photo, President George W. Bush throws out the ceremonial first pitch at the Washington Nationals home opener in Washington. The Nationals play the Arizona Diamondbacks in the first regular season baseball game in Washington in 34 years. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ** FILE **

Trump intends to uphold tradition of presidents and baseball

By Jonathan Lemire - Associated Press

New deal for FDR mansion, renovations planned next year

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Associated Press)

Baseball milestone: 75 years as the indispensable pastime

By Thom Loverro

FILE - In this Dec. 7, 1941 photo made available by the U.S. Navy, a small boat rescues a seaman from the USS West Virginia burning in the foreground in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, after Japanese aircraft attacked the military installation. A few dozen survivors of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor plan to gather in Hawaii, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016, to remember those killed 75 years ago. (U.S. Navy via AP, File)

AP WAS THERE: 75 years ago, the AP reported on Pearl Harbor

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

BOOK REVIEW: ‘His Final Battle: The Last Months of Franklin Roosevelt’

By James Srodes

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Recall Franklin Roosevelt’s message

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Democratic presidential candidate, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks to South Carolina House Democratic Women's Caucus and Women's Council, Wednesday, May 27, 2015, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Richard Shiro)

Hillary Clinton: First stop is New York City’s Welfare Island

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Amateur actors re-enact the link-up of Soviet and American troops during the 70th anniversary of the Elbe Day in Torgau, eastern Germany, Saturday, April 25, 2015. The WW II link-up of US and Soviet Forces occurred here at the river Elbe on April 25, 1945. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

KONSTANTIN KOSACHEV: Russia and the U.S. 70 years after Allied victory in WWII

By Konstantin Kosachev

A Likely Exhibit at the Obama Presidential Library Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

THOMAS DIBACCO: A presidential library for Obama’s fairy tales

By Thomas V. DiBacco

President Barack Obama speaks at the Democratic National Committee winter meeting in Washington, Friday, Feb. 20, 2015. Taunting Republicans, the president said it's "not an accident" that the economy is improving on his watch and that Republicans' "doom and gloom" predictions haven't come true. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

THOMAS DIBACCO: Obama’s naivete over Iran trumps reality

By Thomas V. DiBacco

This Nov. 21, 2011, file photo shows, Edward Herrmann after presenting an award at the 39th International Emmy Awards, in New York. AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams, File)

Stage, screen actor Edward Herrmann dies at 71

By Lynn Elber - Associated Press

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BRUCE FEIN: CIA competence questioned

By Bruce Fein

President Obama drew a number of lines in his executive order, slicing and dicing the illegal immigrant community. To qualify for the new deferred action program, someone has to have been in the U.S. for at least five years and have either a U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident child. (Associated Press)

KIM HOLMES: Obama’s amnesty bowls over restraints on executive power

By Kim R. Holmes