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Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

Biden’s Potomac fever is spreading, getting more dangerous

By Tom Basile

President Joe Biden meets with Angola's President Joao Manuel Goncalves Lourenco in the Oval office of the White House, Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

White House lawyers warned Biden about Oval Office donor tours

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin arrives for a classified briefing for Senators on Israel and Gaza at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard)

First congressional Democrat calls for Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to resign

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin makes a joint statement with Israel Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant, after their meeting about Israel's military operation in Gaza, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, Dec. 18, 2023. (AP photo/ Maya Alleruzzo)

White House orders Cabinet secretaries to notify when they can’t perform duties after Austin illness

By Seung Min Kim and Zeke Miller - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin makes a joint statement with Israel Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant, after their meeting about Israel's military operation in Gaza, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, Dec. 18, 2023. (AP photo/ Maya Alleruzzo)

Questions, furor mount on Pentagon leadership; deputy unaware of Austin illness

By Mike Glenn and Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Then-House Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C., leaves the chamber after Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., told lawmakers she will step down as Democratic leader but remain in Congress, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022. Republicans took over as the majority party in the following Congress. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

House Dem: Defense secretary has ‘duty to keep the public informed’ after undisclosed medical leave

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., speaks as former President Donald Trump looks on at the Georgia Republican convention, Saturday, June 10, 2023, in Columbus, Ga. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) **FILE**

Trump supporters weigh running mate prospects before primary voting begins

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Michelle Obama-Gavin Newsom presidential election ticket illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Coming Joe Biden coup and the Michelle Obama-Gavin Newsom election gambit

By Peter Navarro

The Treasury Building in Washington, on May 4, 2021. The U.S. Treasury has announced that the nation's gross national debt has surpassed $34 trillion. The record high comes after Republican lawmakers and the White House had agreed to temporarily lift the nation's $31.4 trillion debt limit last year after the government ran up against its legal borrowing capacity and needed to implement "extraordinary measures" to avoid a default. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

National debt hits record $34 trillion as Congress gears up for funding fight

By Fatima Hussein and Josh Boak - Associated Press

Julie Su speaks during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions confirmation hearing for her to be the Labor Secretary, on Capitol Hill, Thursday, April 20, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

Legal contortions keep Biden’s unconfirmed labor secretary on the job

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 6, 2021 file photo insurrectionists loyal to President Donald Trump riot outside the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

American democracy has overcome big stress tests since the 2020 election. More challenges are ahead

By Nicholas Riccardi - Associated Press

President Joe Biden speaks about his economic agenda at the Wisconsin Black Chamber of Commerce, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden cuts deals with rogue gallery of U.S. adversaries but won’t negotiate with Republicans

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

A portion of US Steel's Edgar Thomson plant is seen in Braddock, Pa., on Monday, Dec. 18, 2023. U.S. Steel, the Pittsburgh steel producer that played a key role in the nation's industrialization, is being acquired by Nippon Steel in an all-cash deal valued at approximately $14.1 billion. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

White House says sale of U.S. steel to Japanese firm may need ‘serious scrutiny’

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden attend the lighting ceremony of the National Christmas Tree on the Ellipse of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Joe Biden, our milquetoast president normalizing the abnormal

By Kelly Sadler - The Washington Times

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)

VP Harris will lean into abortion fight with U.S. tour in early 2024

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson, left, and Mayor Rahm Emanuel, right, look on as Chicago billionaire Ken Griffin discusses a $10 million donation to reduce gun violence in the city during a press conference in Chicago, April 12, 2018. Millionaire candidates and billionaire investors are harnessing their considerable personal wealth to try to win competitive Republican primaries for open U.S. Senate seats in Ohio and Pennsylvania. Griffin has contributed millions to a super PAC supporting former hedge fund CEO David McCormick in Pennsylvania. (Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Times via AP, File)

The billionaire who clipped Ron DeSantis’ China hawk wings

By Peter Navarro

Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, speaks during a news conference outside the U.S. Capitol, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023, in Washington. Hunter Biden on Wednesday lashed out at Republican investigators who have been digging into his business dealings, insisting outside the Capitol he will only testify before a congressional committee in public. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

White House refuses to say why Hunter Biden was left off Marine One passenger list

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023. Senators met earlier with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as he issued a plea for Congress to break its deadlock and approve continued wartime funding for Ukraine, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Schumer busts Senate’s year-end break for border talks, war aid vote but House home for holidays

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Asylum-seekers walk to a U.S. Border Patrol van after crossing the nearby border with Mexico, Tuesday Sept. 26, 2023, near Jacumba Hot Springs, Calif. Migrants continue to arrive to desert campsites along California's border with Mexico, as they await processing. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy, File)

Biden considers new border and asylum restrictions as he tries to reach Senate deal for Ukraine aid

By Stephen Groves, Lisa Mascaro and Colleen Long - Associated Press

Biden's Runaway Inflation Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

2024’s fiscal tale of the tape

By J.T. Young