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Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., talks after a policy luncheon on Capitol Hill, Sept. 24, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

Senators tee up post-Thanksgiving votes on more of Biden’s judicial nominees

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

Frozen whole turkey breast is displayed at a Walmart store in Milford, Conn., on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)

Grocery chains vie for a place on Thanksgiving tables with turkey dinner deals and store brands

By Anne D'Innocenzio - Associated Press

Frozen turkey is displayed at a Walmart store in Secaucus, N.J., on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Anne D'Innocenzio)

Thanksgiving dinner will cost less this year as inflation cools

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

Travelers line up at the Southwest Airline ticket counter in the departures area of Terminal B at LaGuardia Airport, Tuesday, June 27, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

TSA offers advice on traveling with Thanksgiving leftovers

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Tired of turkey for Thanksgiving dinner? These delicious alternatives will please even your most traditional guests. Photo credit: Depositphotos.

Turkey or no turkey? Thanksgiving feast alternatives your family may not hate

By Gina Matsoukas - Associated Press

You'd think classic Thanksgiving mishaps were a thing of the past - wrong! A little planning easily avoids these blunders. Photo credit: Depositphotos.

7 Thanksgiving faux pas you won’t believe people still make

By Jessica Haggard - Associated Press

The sun sets behind the Manhattan skyline as a plane approaches LaGuardia Airport on Sept. 6, 2023, in New York. Holiday travel is kicking off on highways, trains, and airports this week. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

Ready, set, travel: The holiday rush to the airports and highways is underway

By David Koenig - Associated Press

In this Monday, Nov. 29, 2010, file photo, a consumer looks at Cyber Monday sales on her computer at her home in Palo Alto, Calif. Consumers are scouring the internet for online deals as they begin to cap off the five-day post-Thanksgiving shopping bonanza with Cyber Monday. Cyber Monday — a term coined back in 2005 by the National Retail Federation — continues to be the biggest online shopping day of the year, thanks to the deals and the hype the industry has created to fuel it. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)

Cyber Monday marks the year’s biggest online shopping day, and one more chance to save on gifts

By Haleluya Hadero - Associated Press

Zainab Chaudry joins other demonstrators outside the Supreme Court in Washington, on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015. The Maryland Attorney General this week, Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023, suspended Chaudry, a member of the state’s new commission aimed at addressing hate crimes, after she posted on social media criticizing the recent actions of Israel in Gaza. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Higher Ground: Muslim leader suspended over anti-Israel posts

By Mark A. Kellner and Billy Hallowell - The Washington Times

A group of people, including many from China, walk along the wall after crossing the border with Mexico to seek asylum, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023, near Jacumba, Calif. As Congress returns this week, Senate Republicans have made it clear they won’t support additional war aid for Ukraine unless they can pair it with border security measures. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Republicans want to pair border security with aid for Ukraine. Here’s why that makes a deal so tough

By Mary Clare Jalonick and Stephen Groves - Associated Press

Washington Commanders defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio during an NFL football game, Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023, in Foxborough, Mass. The Washington Commanders have fired defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio and defensive backs coach Brent Vieselmeyer. Del Rio was 12 games into his fourth season with the team. The moves made Friday, Nov. 24, come after the Commanders lost 45-10 at Dallas on Thursday. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) **FILE**

Rivera fires Del Rio, promises changes to NFL’s worst defense

By Michael Phillips - Special to The Washington Times

President Joe Biden pardons the national Thanksgiving turkeys, Liberty and Bell, during a pardoning ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, Nov. 20, 2023. On Friday, Nov. 24, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly claiming a video clip shows Biden “abruptly” leaving this year’s Thanksgiving turkey pardoning ceremony at the White House. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Biden’s Thanksgiving message: ‘Stop the rancor’

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

First lady Jill Biden walks with her daughter Ashley Biden as they visit shops in Nantucket, Mass., Friday, Nov. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

Family lunch, some shopping, a Christmas tree lighting: Biden’s day out in Nantucket

By Seung Min Kim - Associated Press

People pass by a giant Christmas tree displayed to celebrate the upcoming holiday season at a shopping mall in Vilnius, Lithuania, Saturday, Dec. 23, 2023. Opulent festive decorations are a common sight in the main shopping centre during the Christmas season. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

The Christmas season is upon us: How to prepare your heart

By Dr. Donald Sweeting – Special to Higher Ground

Amazon and NFL hoping to establish a tradition with the first Black Friday game

By Joe Reedy - Associated Press

Maryland head coach Mike Locksley, center, looks on during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Michigan, Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023, in College Park, Md. Michigan won 31-24. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Maryland makes slight adjustments to its Thanksgiving week schedule

By George Gerbo - The Washington Times

This image taken from video and provided by WTVQ shows people sitting at a table at Rockcastle Middle School being used as an evacuation center in Mt Vernon, Ky., Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023. People were evacuated from a nearby town after a CSX train derailed Wednesday near Livingston, a remote town with about 200 people in Rockcastle County. CSX says two of the 16 cars that derailed carried molten sulfur, which caught fire after the cars were breached. (WTVQ via AP)

CSX says Livingston, Kentucky residents can return home after train derailment

Associated Press

Travelers wait in line to board an Amtrak train ahead of the Thanksgiving Day holiday at 30th Street Station in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Record Thanksgiving travel rush off to a smooth start despite snowy forecast

By Dee-Ann Durbin - Associated Press

Washington Redskins' Robert Griffin III (10) receives the Galloping Gobbler 2012 award following their NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys Thursday, Nov. 22, 2012, in Arlington, Texas. The Redskins won 38-31. (AP Photo/Matt Strasen)

LOVERRO: Washington’s rare Thanksgiving Day wins worth remembering, worth savoring

By Thom Loverro

President Joe Biden serves dinner during a visit to soldiers at Fort Bragg to mark the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday, Monday, Nov. 22, 2021, in Fort Bragg, N.C. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Ask Dr. E: How do we set a positive Thanksgiving tone with relatives we disagree with politically?

By Everett Piper