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APNewsBreak: Attorneys general cast doubt on Utah land push

By MICHELLE L. PRICE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, March 3, 2016, file photo, people work on a job search on a computer at an office in Atlanta. On Saturday, Oct. 1, 2016, the U.S. government plans to cede control of some of the internet’s core systems, namely, the directories that help web browsers and apps know where to find the latest weather, maps and Facebook musings. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

AP EXPLAINS: What’s at stake as US cedes internet control

By ANICK JESDANUN - Associated Press

Advocates say hunts, slaughter threaten Yellowstone bison

By MATT VOLZ - Associated Press

In this Thursday, July 16, 2015, file photo, a customer re-fuels her car at a Costco in Robinson Township, Pa. The U.S. government says the fuel economy of the nation’s fleet of cars and trucks likely won’t meet its targets in 2025 because low gas prices have changed the types of vehicles people are buying. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Questions and answers about U.S. fuel economy standards

Associated Press

Senate subcommittee on Oversight, Agency Action, Federal Rights and Federal Courts Chairman Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 7, 2016, during a joint hearing with the Senate Constitution subcommittee on the Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Ted Cruz proposes bill to keep U.S. from giving up internet governance role

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Illustration on the death of Hezbollah commander Mustafa Badreddine by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

CLIFFORD MAY: Hezbollah, Iran mourn loss of Mustafa Badreddine, master terrorist

By Clifford D. May

This June 6, 2013, file photo, shows a sign outside the National Security Agency (NSA) campus in Fort Meade, Md. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Warrantless searches targeting U.S. persons doubled between 2013 and 2015: report

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

This image made from video released by militants in Libya claiming loyalty to the Islamic State group purportedly shows Egyptian Coptic Christians in orange jumpsuits being led along a beach, each accompanied by a masked militant. Libyan officials found a mass grave on Dec. 23, 2018, with 34 Ethiopian Christians slain by ISIS terrorists in 2015. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Religious freedom under threat worldwide: U.S. report

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

American student Otto Warmbier, center, arrives at the People's Cultural House, as Warmbier is presented to reporters Monday, Feb. 29, 2016, in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korea announced late last month that it had arrested the 21-year-old University of Virginia undergraduate student. (AP Photo/Kim Kwang Hyon)

North Korea puts Otto Warmbier, tearful detained American, before cameras

By Eric Talmadge and Jon Chol Jin - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this Sunday, June 9, 2013, file photo provided by The Guardian newspaper in London, shows Edward Snowden, who worked as a contract employee at the U.S. National Security Agency, in Hong Kong. Two Norwegian lawmakers said Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014 that they have jointly nominated former NSA contractor Edward Snowden for the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize. (AP Photo/The Guardian, File)

Islamic State supporters share Edward Snowden video to explain need for encryption

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Sean Penn (Associated Press/File)

Sean Penn’s ‘El Chapo’ interview stirs rumors of government role, reward for capture

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Christian sects and religious minorities face brutal persecution in areas controlled by the Islamic State. Activists say an official finding by the Obama administration that the persecution amounts to genocide should set in motion a number of legal and financial sanctions and give the issue a much greater urgency around the world. (Associated Press)

ISIS terror ‘genocide’ label could help save Christians in Iraq, lawmakers told

By Douglas Burton - Special to The Washington Times

The Internal Revenue Service. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Federal government agencies spend billions on self-promotion

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Jan. 17, 2011 file photo, American and Chinese flags fly along Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House in Washington. The Justice Department’s indictment last week of five Chinese military officials charged them with trying to pilfer confidential information from American companies. But even some of the alleged U.S. corporate victims of the hackers have little incentive to cheer any trade rupture with China. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

China arrests alleged OPM hackers, claims breach was criminal, not state-sponsored

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Peru's President Ollanta Humala gestures to the press to move back and give him space to walk before delivering his last State of the Nation address to congress on Independence Day in Lima, Peru, in this July 28, 2015, file photo. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File)

Peru military fails to act as narco planes fly freely

By Frank Bajak - Associated Press

Illustration on U.S. bias against Israel by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

ELIANA RUDEE: Obama reveals anti-Israel prejudice to Jewish Americans

By Eliana Rudee

Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom speaks during the Intelligence and Security select committee hearing at Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand, July 3, 2013. (Associated Press)

Kim Dotcom, Megaupload colleagues appear in court to face extradition case

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Illustration on the threats of foreign legal prosecution of exposed U.S. intelligence personnel by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

EDWARD ROCHE: Hackers expose the intelligence community

By Edward M. Roche