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President Joe Biden delivers the keynote address at the South Carolina State University's 2021 Fall Commencement Ceremony in Orangeburg, S.C., Friday, Dec. 17, 2021.(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

White House touts vaccination rate, school openings as top yearly accomplishments

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

Patricia Posey (family photo)

Patricia Posey, a smiling presence with The Times from the start, dies at age 72

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden listens during a meeting with business leaders about the debt limit in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

GOP lieutenant governors urge Biden to stop rationing COVID-19 therapy

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

In this June 4, 2020, file photo, new citizens, socially distanced, recite the pledge of allegiance outside the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services building in Lawrence, Mass. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File) **FILE**

Exclusive: USCIS director warns of ‘unprecedented’ backlog as Dems seek to add millions more cases

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Illustration on "shadow banning" COVID-19 information by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

‘They’ are controlling you. ‘They’ are silencing you.

By Everett Piper

In this July 12, 2020, file photo, smoke rises from the USS Bonhomme Richard at Naval Base San Diego in San Diego after an explosion and fire. The U.S. Navy said Thursday, July 29, 2021, that charges have been filed against a sailor who is accused of starting a fire last year that destroyed a warship docked off San Diego. The amphibious assault ship called the USS Bonhomme Richard burned for more than four days and was the Navy's worst U.S. warship fire outside of combat in recent memory. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy, File) **FILE**

Sailor accused of torching USS Bonhomme Richard washed out of SEAL school

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this undated photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a Chinese H-6K bomber patrols the islands and reefs in the South China Sea. China’s state broadcaster showed on Sunday, May 7, 2017, navy fighter bombers taking part in exercises over the South China Sea, including one involving the detection and expulsion of foreign military surveillance aircraft such as those deployed regularly in the area by the U.S. and others. The video shown on CCTV’s military channel shows a squadron of two-seater Xian JH-7 Flying Leopards flying in formation and dropping bombs on targets in the ocean below. (Liu Rui/Xinhua via AP, File)

EXCLUSIVE: China begins military flights from disputed South China Sea bases

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Newt Gingrich underscored the delicate security situation in the region and the perils that could come if one side or the other tries to break out of the tense status quo. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Gingrich says U.S. support for Taiwan hinges on maintaining status quo

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

This June 8, 2021, photo shows the Supreme Court in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Supreme Court rejects florist’s case against participating in same-sex wedding

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

In this June 8, 2021, file photo, Tracy Stone-Manning listens during a confirmation hearing for her to be the director of the Bureau of Land Management, during a hearing of the Senate Energy and National Resources Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. She is facing pressure to withdraw over her ties to environmental activists convicted of spiking trees to sabotage a national forest timber sale more than 30 years ago. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Biden pick accused of lying to Senate committee about tree-spiking investigation

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

This April 19, 2021, photo shows Glenn Youngkin making his closing remarks during a GOP gubernatorial candidate forum hosted by the College Republicans in Lynchburg, Va. (Kendall Warner/The New & Advance via AP) **FILE**

Virginia Republican gubernatorial hopeful Youngkin vows to fight human trafficking

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

In this Sept. 25, 2019, photo, Giffords Law Center Senior Policy Adviser David Chipman speaks at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on assault weapons on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Biden administration had nominated Chipman, a former federal agent and adviser at the gun control group Giffords, to be director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

David Chipman, Joe Biden’s ATF nominee, to tout experience at confirmation hearing

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

In this June 30, 2019, file photo, President Donald Trump shakes hands with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone, South Korea. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Trump may have cleared Biden’s path to check NKorea, experts tell Washington Times Foundation event

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Some smugglers use inflatable rafts to take families across the Rio Grande from Mexico to the U.S. Authorities in Texas have reported an increase in drownings in the river this year. (Associated Press)

Mexico border-jumping ‘gotaways’ spike from 2020

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Legislature approves expansion of low-income tax credit

Associated Press

In this July 8, 2019, photo, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers escort a man in handcuffs during an operation in Escondido, Calif. The carefully orchestrated arrest last week in this San Diego suburb illustrates how President Donald Trump's pledge to start deporting millions of people in the country illegally is virtually impossible with ICE's budget and its method of picking people up. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) **FILE**

ICE priority arrests down 75%; top-ranking cases involve national security, public safety

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Change language in reporting

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

In this Oct. 12, 2020, file photo, people wait in line for early voting at the Bell Auditorium in Augusta, Ga. (Michael Holahan/The Augusta Chronicle via AP, File) ** FILE **

Yes, Georgia voters can drink water while waiting in line

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Fentanyl-laced fake oxycodone pills held in evidence are shown in this undated file photo. (U.S. Attorneys Office for Utah via AP) **FILE**

Exclusive: GOP calls for AG Garland to extend ban on fentanyl knockoffs

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Tampa Bay Buccaneers owner Joel Glazer, left, talks with Washington Football Team owner Daniel Snyder, right, before an NFL wild-card playoff football game Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021, in Landover, Md. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Dan Snyder agrees to buy out minority partners

By Matthew Paras - The Washington Times