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Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., speaking on the second day of the Republican National Convention on Tuesday, July 16, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Cotton calls Jack Smith a ‘deranged fanatic’ over election-season filing

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., speaking on the second day of the Republican National Convention on Tuesday, July 16, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Cotton says Americans value records over endorsements

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Lab staff prepare small petri dishes, each holding several 1-7 day old embryos, for cells to be extracted from each embryo to test for viability at the Aspire Houston Fertility Institute in vitro fertilization lab Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024, in Houston. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke)

GOP Sen. Cotton says he’s ‘open to’ Trump IVF-coverage proposal

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump walks off the stage after speaking at a campaign event Tuesday, June 18, 2024, in Racine, Wis. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)

GOP senators in a bind as they root for their colleagues in contention as Trump’s running mate

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Criminal Justice and Counterterrorism ranking member Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., left, sitting next to Chair Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., right, speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 21, 2024, to examine forced labor in prisons. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Sen. Tom Cotton says he would ‘entertain’ any administration position offered by Trump

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Demonstrators rally in support of Palestinians, Tuesday, April 2, 2024, at Lafayette Park across from the White House in Washington. Sen. Tom Cotton urged the Biden administration to crack down on the pro-Palestinian protesters who vandalized statues and threw objects at a park ranger during Saturday, June 8, 2024's protest near the White House. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Cotton calls on Biden to charge pro-Hamas ‘lunatics’ who defaced statues

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., 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) ** FILE **

Cotton calls for Justice Dept. probe of news photographers ‘embedded with Hamas’

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, March 10, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

Sen. Cotton asks Secret Service about arresting owner of White House cocaine stash

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill, Thursday, March 25, 2021, in Washington, in this file photo. Sen. Cotton said at a Judiciary Committee meeting Thursday that nothing in an antitrust journalism bill will stop Big Tech and media organizations from censoring conservative content for alleged trustworthiness concerns and through other private arrangements. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool) **FILE**

Cotton unveils bill to make doctors liable for gender transition surgery on kids

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill, Thursday, March 25, 2021, in Washington, in this file photo. After the not-guilty verdict was reached in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial on Friday, Nov. 19, Mr. Cotton called President Biden for essentially calling the teenager a white supremacist during the 2020 presidential campaign. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool) **FILE**

Sen. Tom Cotton challenges U.S. asylum policy, says New Orleans more dangerous than Honduras

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

TikTok illustration by Alexander Hunter / The Washington Times

Media frets about Musk, ignores the real national security threat: TikTok

By Kelly Sadler - The Washington Times

Afghans take selfie wit Taliban fighters during patrol in the city of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021. The Taliban celebrated Afghanistan's Independence Day on Thursday by declaring they beat the United States, but challenges to their rule ranging from running a country severely short on cash and bureaucrats to potentially facing an armed opposition began to emerge. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Cotton says Taliban ‘goons’ blocking access to airport, beating people near U.S. troop line

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., speaks during a hearing to examine United States Special Operations Command and United States Cyber Command in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2022 and the Future Years Defense Program, on Capitol Hill, Thursday, March 25, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool) **FILE**

Sen. Cotton says critical race theory threatens cohesion in military units

By Kery Murakami - The Washington Times

This March 27, 2008, file photo, shows the Pentagon in Washington. Reports of sexual assaults across the U.S. military increased by a very small amount in 2020, a year when troops were largely locked down for months as bases around the world grappled with the COVID-19 pandemic, according to U.S. officials. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Pentagon gets ‘woke’: Whistleblowers reveal segregation for ‘privilege walks,’ critical race theory

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., speaks during a hearing to examine United States Special Operations Command and United States Cyber Command in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2022 and the Future Years Defense Program, on Capitol Hill, Thursday, March 25, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool) **FILE**

Tom Cotton tells Republican workers to challenge firms fighting Georgia election law: ‘Send emails’

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., speaks as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, not pictured, testify during a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020, in Washington. (Al Drago/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Sen. Tom Cotton insists ‘the border is wide open’ after Mayorkas claims border is secure

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Migrants, many of whom were returned to Mexico under the Trump administration's "Remain in Mexico" policy, wait in line to get a meal in an encampment near the Gateway International Bridge in Matamoros, Mexico, Aug. 30, 2019. The Biden administration on Friday, Feb. 12, 2021, announced plans for tens of thousands of asylum-seekers waiting in Mexico for their next immigration court hearings to be released in the United States while their cases proceed. (AP Photo/Veronica G. Cardenas, File) **FILE**

Tom Cotton rips Biden for border chaos, ‘inviting the entire world to show up and claim asylum’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Vice President Mike Pence administers the oath of office to Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., as his wife Anna Peckham holds a Bible, during a reenactment ceremony in the Old Senate Chamber at the Capitol in Washington, Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021. (Kevin Dietsch/Pool via AP)

Tom Cotton will oppose GOP effort to object to Joe Biden’s electoral votes

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee nomination hearing for Rep. John Ratcliffe, R-Texas, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May. 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool) ** FILE **

Tom Cotton warns against Joe Biden’s ‘amnesty’ agenda

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

In this May 5, 2020, file photo Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee nomination hearing for Rep. John Ratcliffe, R-Texas, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool, File)

Tom Cotton praises Trump, dodges 2024 questions

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times