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A variety of military-style semi-automatic rifles obtained during a buy back program are displayed at Los Angeles police headquarters on Dec. 27, 2012, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Biden-nominated judge can’t define assault weapons in confirmation hearing

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

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)

Sen. Kennedy says Biden is ‘as popular as herpes’ in Louisiana

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., gives an opening statement as Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee hold a hearing in response to recent criticism of the ethical practices of some justices of the Supreme Court, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, May 2, 2023. Associate Justice Clarence Thomas has been criticized for accepting luxury trips nearly every year for more than two decades from Republican megadonor Harlan Crow without reporting them on financial disclosure forms. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Sen. John Kennedy on Iran: Stop sending money, start reissuing sanctions

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., speaks during Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2023, at the National Harbor, in Oxon Hill, Md., Thursday, March 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) **FILE**

GOP Sen. John Kennedy accuses Biden of ‘demagoguing’ Social Security funding

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., speaks during a news conference on the border on Dec. 21, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Louisiana Republican told supporters, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023, that he will not run for governor in his state this year. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

Sen. Kennedy drops ‘truth’ bombs, laments ‘common sense is illegal’ in D.C.

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Sen. John Kennedy, joined by his wife, Becky, left, addresses supporters during his election night party, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, at the Lod Cook Alumni Center on the campus of LSU in Baton Rouge, La. (Hilary Scheinuk/The Advocate via AP)

GOP Sen. John Kennedy considers bid for Louisiana governor

By Sara Cline - Associated Press

FILE - U.S. Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing of then Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 22, 2022. Kennedy faces 12 other candidates in his reelection bid for the U.S. Senate on Nov. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Republican John Kennedy reelected to U.S. Senate in Louisiana

By Sara Cline - Associated Press

People wait to vote in-person at Reed High School in Sparks, Nev., prior to polls closing on Nov. 3, 2020. Elected officials in a northern Nevada county have rejected sweeping election reforms that would have posted sheriff's deputies at polling sites and required most votes to be cast with paper ballots counted by hand. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner, File)

Unqualified Nevada candidate will stay on ballot, judge rules

By Gabe Stern - Associated Press

Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., speaks during a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on the CARES Act on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021 in Washington. (Kevin Dietsch/Pool via AP)

Sen. John Kennedy urges Justice Dept. to crack down on anti-Catholic crime, vandalism

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Saule Omarova of New York testifies before a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington to examine her nomination to be the Comptroller of the Currency, Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Lawmakers clash over Treasury nominee’s Soviet background, anti-fossil fuel positions

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., questions Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing to examine the FY 2022 budget request for the Treasury Department, Wednesday, June 23, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Shawn Thew/Pool via AP)

GOP senators move to prevent Biden’s $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill from benefiting China

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks to the virtual Leaders Summit on Climate, from the East Room of the White House, Thursday, April 22, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

John Kennedy: President Biden has gone ‘full wokerista’

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

In this June 3, 1961, photo, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev and President John F. Kennedy talk in the residence of the U.S. Ambassador in a suburb of Vienna. The meeting was part of a series of talks during their summit meetings in Vienna. Monday, May 29, 2017 marks the 100-year anniversary of Kennedy's birth. (AP Photo/File)

CROSSTALK: How to avoid WWIII

By Edward Lozansky

Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, speaks during a confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Monday, Oct. 12, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool) ** FILE **

John Kennedy, Joni Ernst push bill to block federal funding for Planned Parenthood

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Louisiana’s Cassidy and Kennedy diverge on Trump impeachment

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Corps gets $12M, could pay $2.1B for hurricane protection

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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., talks to reporters about the impact of the election on the political landscape in Congress, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Nov. 6, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Sen. John Kennedy rebukes Pelosi: ‘She’s drunk’

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., speaks to reporters as he leaves the Senate Republican policy meeting on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Kennedy to Comey: You are an ‘equal opportunity egotist,’ ‘tried to screw both Trump and Clinton’

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Sen. John Kennedy is introducing a bill to make it easier for people to determine whether they have unredeemed savings bonds. (Associated Press/File)

John Kennedy: Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley, Rashida Tlaib, ‘Squad’ members, are ‘Marxists’

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., listens to testimony from White House lawyer Steven Menashi, President Donald Trump's nominee for U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

John Kennedy: We’re choosing between ‘cancer and a heart attack’ on coronavirus restrictions

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times