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In this Sept. 10, 2020, file photo, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks at the Austin Police Association in Austin, Texas. Paxton had an extramarital affair with a woman whom he later recommended for a job with the wealthy donor now at the center of criminal allegations against him, according to two people who said Paxton told them about the relationship. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP, File)

Texas asks Supreme Court to revive Trump’s immigrant self-sufficiency policy

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Migrant families, mostly from Central American countries, wade through shallow waters after being delivered by smugglers on small inflatable rafts on U.S. soil in Roma, Texas, Wednesday, March 24, 2021. As soon as the sun sets, at least 100 migrants crossed through the Rio Grande river by smugglers into the United States. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

Team Biden tuned out Trump’s warnings, modeling on migrant surge

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Tribe removes disputed coronavirus reservation checkpoints

Associated Press

Iranian refineries are fueling defiance of U.S. sanctions imposed by the Trump administration. China has sent a lifeline to Tehran by tripling its purchases of oil from the nation since President Biden took office. (Associated Press)

China flouts Iran sanctions on oil as Trump-era pressure campaign crumbles

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

A group of migrants rest on a gazebo at a park after the deportees from the U.S. were pushed by Mexican authorities off an area they had been staying after their expulsion, Saturday, March 20, 2021, in Reynosa, Mexico. The Biden administration says that it's working to address the increase in migrants coming to the border. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) ** FILE **

Joe Biden says border surge ‘happens every year’

By Stephen Dinan - 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

Education Secretary Miguel Cardona speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Wednesday, March 17, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Students who got partial loan relief to see full discharge

By CAROLE FELDMAN - Associated Press

FILE - In this photo released by the semi-official Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA), a long-range S-200 missile is fired in a military drill in the port city of Bushehr, on the northern coast of Persian Gulf, Iran, Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2016. The U.S. airstrike that killed a prominent Iranian general in Baghdad raises tensions even higher between Tehran and Washington after months of trading attacks and threats across the wider Middle East. (Amir Kholousi, ISNA via AP)

James H. Baker, Pentagon strategist, says Iran nukes ‘probable’

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 7, 2021, file photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani attends a meeting in Tehran, Iran. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP, File)

Lawmakers urge Biden not to ignore Iran’s support for terrorism

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden visits W.S. Jenks &amp; Son hardware store, a small business that received a Paycheck Protection Program loan, Tuesday, March 9, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Biden visits businesses to highlight changes to loan program

By AAMER MADHANI - Associated Press

President Joe Biden departs after attending Mass at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, Saturday, March 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Joe Biden directs evaluation of Trump’s Title IX regulation on sexual misconduct

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden step off Marine One before boarding Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Friday, Feb. 26, 2021. The Bidens are en route to Houston to survey damage caused by severe winter weather and encourage people to get their coronavirus shots. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Joe Biden takes U.S. national security strategy to the left — with nods to Donald Trump

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

A Honduran man seeking asylum in the United States wears a shirt that reads, "Biden please let us in," as he stands among tents that line an entrance to the border crossing, Monday, March 1, 2021, in Tijuana, Mexico. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

GOP demands hearings on border ‘crisis’ amid migrant ‘surge’

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Wind turbines face into the breeze on top of Saddleback Wind Mountain, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021, in Carthage, Maine. President Joe Biden wants to change the way the U.S. uses energy by expanding renewables, but faces several challenges. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Biden faces steep challenges to reach renewable energy goals

By PATRICK WHITTLE and CATHY BUSSEWITZ - Associated Press

A migrant family crosses the border into El Paso, Texas, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Friday, Feb. 26, 2021. After waiting months and sometimes years in Mexico, people seeking asylum in the United States are being allowed into the country as they wait for courts to decide on their cases, unwinding one of the Trump administration's signature immigration policies that President Joe Biden vowed to end. (AP Photo/Christian Chavez)

DHS secretary blames Donald Trump for new border surge

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with lawmakers on investments in infrastructure, in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021, in Washington. From left, Biden, Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, on screen. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden team readies wider economic package after virus relief

By KEVIN FREKING and HOPE YEN and JOSH BOAK - Associated Press

Grazing rights rescinded for controversial Oregon ranchers

Associated Press

Katherine Tai, nominee for U.S. trade representative, testifies before a Senate Finance Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021. (Tasos Katopodis/Pool via AP)

Biden’s trade pick vows to work more closely with allies

By PAUL WISEMAN - Associated Press

President Joe Biden signs a series of executive orders on health care, in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump deregulation rule Biden ditched on Day One helped save $160 billion, analysis finds

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

The Ticking Time Bomb that is Iran Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Biden administration shouldn’t be negotiating with Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

By Victoria Coates