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New ICBMs lead parade of advanced Chinese weapons

The DF-5C liquid-fueled intercontinental strategic nuclear missiles take part in a military parade to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Japan's World War II surrender held in front of Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

China’s military carried out a large-scale show of force on Wednesday, brandishing its growing arsenal of high-tech arms including missiles, tanks, warplanes and drones during a World War II anniversary parade in Beijing.

No names: Epstein victims say they are making a list of men who abused them but may keep it secret

Attendees raise their hands to press congress to release the Jeffrey Epstein files during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

A handful of women who were victimized in disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking say they plan to list the wealthy and powerful men who were involved. But they might keep that list to themselves.

Attendees raise their hands to press congress to release the Jeffrey Epstein files during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

No names: Epstein victims say they are making a list of men who abused them but may keep it secret

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Metropolitan Police department MP DC decal emblem badge on police vehicle. File photo credit: DCStockPhotography via Shutterstock.

Big pay raise for D.C. cops marks further shift away from ‘defund the police’ movement

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

President Trump reads from a paper and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen listens after reaching a trade deal between the U.S. and the EU at the Trump Turnberry golf course in Turnberry, Scotland Sunday, July 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Trump warns of sweeping damage if Supreme Court doesn’t uphold his tariff power

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to reporters before boarding his plane at Homestead Air Reserve Base in Homestead, Fla., en route to Mexico City, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, pool)

Rubio says U.S. will continue targeting drug boats

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks during an event on the economy, from the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex, Oct. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

New GAO study finds Biden’s claim of ‘shrinkflation’ had minimal impact on inflation

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to reporters before boarding his plane at Homestead Air Reserve Base in Homestead, Fla., en route to Mexico City, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, pool)

Rubio says U.S. will continue targeting drug boats

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks during an event on the economy, from the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex, Oct. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

New GAO study finds Biden’s claim of ‘shrinkflation’ had minimal impact on inflation

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo gestures as he speaks to supporters and members of the media before a bill signing by Gov. Ron DeSantis, Nov. 18, 2021, in Brandon, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara) **FILE**

Florida plans to become first state to eliminate all childhood vaccine mandates

By Curt Anderson - Associated Press

California National Guard are positioned at the Federal Building, June 10, 2025, in downtown Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer, File)

Trump appeals court ruling against his troop deployment in Los Angeles

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

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Illustration on the ghosts of World War II by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

America’s postwar dominance built the modern world

By Michael McKenna

FILE - Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, right, and Greenland's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen, right, during a statement at Marienborg, Denmark, April 27, 2025. (Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix via AP, file)

Danish apology to Greenland should be just the start

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Liberal media bias illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Media bias turns free press into Gaza propaganda

By Cal Thomas

Democratic Party on death's bed illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

How Democrats learned to love the Grim Reaper

By Joseph Curl

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg waves from a boat taking part in a civilian flotilla bound for Gaza, aiming to break the Israeli blockade and deliver humanitarian aid, in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Trump slashes foreign aid again

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Conservative news network Newsmax files antitrust lawsuit against Fox News

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Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J.,, speaks during a confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Jan. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

Sen. Cory Booker announces engagement to girlfriend Alexis Lewis

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Cardi B attends the Balmain Spring/Summer 2025 collection presented in Paris on Sept. 25, 2024. (Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP, File)

Cardi B wins case filed by security guard who accused rapper of assault

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Lee Barracks, named for Civil War General Robert E. Lee, is shown at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, July 13, 2020, in West Point, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

West Point restores Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s portrait

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In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, center, and foreign leaders including Russia President Vladimir Putin, center left, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center right, walk to Tiananmen Rostrum ahead of a ceremony to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Japan's World War II surrender in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (Shen Hong/Xinhua News Agency via AP)

Xi, Putin and Kim solidify authoritarian axis at parade in Beijing

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The United States of America's foreign policy shift between India and Pakistan illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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Trump’s India tariffs signal a Southeast Asia policy shift

By Christopher Shays

Lessons from Afghanistan illustration by Linas Garsys/ The Washington Times

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Lessons from Afghanistan

By Jason Redman

In this photo provided by Ukraine's 93rd Kholodnyi Yar Separate Mechanized Brigade press service, soldiers fire a mortar toward positions of Russian troops near Kostyantynivka in Donetsk region, Ukraine, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (Iryna Rybakova/Ukraine's 93rd Mechanized Brigade via AP) ** FILE **

Moscow forcing young Ukrainians in occupied regions into Russian army, say U.K. officials

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

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President Donald Trump speaks during an event about the relocation of U.S. Space Command headquarters from Colorado to Alabama in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump fires back at reporter over ‘no action’ allegation vs. Putin

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Bottles of European wines are displayed at DECANTsf Bottle Shop and Bar in San Francisco, Thursday, March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) ** FILE **

European winemakers look to Brazil, Mexico to offset U.S. losses from tariffs

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

FOX News reporter Peter Doocy shows President Donald Trump a photo on his phone during an event about the relocation of U.S. Space Command headquarters from Colorado to Alabama in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump says video showing items thrown from White House is AI after his team indicates it’s real

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President Donald Trump walks to board the presidential limousine at the White House, Monday, Sept. 1, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump wasn’t aware of ghoulish speculation on social media that he might be dead

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

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This May 12, 2025 photo shows Graham Linehan in London. (Lucy North/PA via AP)

Republicans warn about spread of European online censorship to U.S. after Irish writer’s arrest

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Police confront a protesters outside City Hall during protests over federal immigration enforcement raids on Wednesday, June 11, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

American citizens emerge as new threat to ICE

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Anouska de Georgiou speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

House Republicans divided over how far to go to force release of Epstein files 25 minutes ago

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to reporters before boarding his plane at Homestead Air Reserve Base in Homestead, Fla., en route to Mexico City, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, pool)

Rubio says U.S. will continue targeting drug boats

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

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White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, right, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Vice President J.D. Vance, center, arrive to greet members of the National Guard at Union Station in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025. (Al Drago/Pool via AP)

Transportation Dept. to run Union Station, aims to improve commercial prospects, clear out homeless

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

In this June 29, 2020, file photo, the Supreme Court is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) ** FILE **

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Supreme Court asked to hear dispute over school secretly transitioning teen to ‘genderqueer’

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Audrey Strauss, acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, points to a photo of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, during a news conference in New York on July 2, 2020. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) **FILE**

House releases trove of Epstein files

By Susan Ferrechio and Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Fullerton, California / USA - November 6, 2018: Voters wait in line at a Fullerton polling place to vote. File photo credit: Matt Gush via Shutterstock.

The rise of the young conservatives: Gen Z turns away from the left 3 minutes ago

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

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A bag of 4-fluoro isobutyryl fentanyl that was seized in a drug raid is displayed at the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Testing and Research Laboratory in Sterling, Va., on Aug. 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Three Americans, many Chinese nationals and companies accused of trafficking fentanyl cutting agent

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump, right, shakes the hand of South Korean President Lee Jae-myung during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

South Korean firm to invest $5 billion to upgrade Philadelphia shipyard that it purchased last year

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo gestures as he speaks to supporters and members of the media before a bill signing by Gov. Ron DeSantis, Nov. 18, 2021, in Brandon, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara) **FILE**

Florida plans to become first state to eliminate all childhood vaccine mandates

By Curt Anderson - Associated Press

The Supreme Court in Washington is shown here on Oct. 9, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) ** FILE **

Supreme Court asked to hear case of Alaska taking plane from man for transporting beer

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

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In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, center, and foreign leaders including Russia President Vladimir Putin, center left, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center right, walk to Tiananmen Rostrum ahead of a ceremony to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Japan's World War II surrender in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (Shen Hong/Xinhua News Agency via AP)

Trump trolls Xi for conspiring against America

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un walk after their meeting at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (Sergei Bobylev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Russia launches over 500 missiles, drones overnight as Ukraine seeks more support

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President Donald Trump speaks about the relocation of U.S. Space Command headquarters from Colorado to Alabama in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025, in Washington, as Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth listen. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

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A national flag of Iran waves in front of the building of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, in Vienna, Austria, Friday, Dec. 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Michael Gruber, File)

Iran increased stockpile of near weapons-grade uranium before Israeli attack, U.N. agency says

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Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts warms up before an NFL preseason football game against the Cincinnati Bengals on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

NFL returns with most ambitious broadcast slate yet, games on 10 different platforms

By Liam Griffin - The Washington Times

Washington Nationals' Nasim Nunez during runs the bases with a smile after hitting his second home run of the day during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)

Nunez homers twice as Nationals complete three-game sweep of Marlins

By Patrick Stevens - Associated Press

Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels (5) rushes for a 14-yard touchdown against the Cincinnati Bengals at Northwest Stadium in Landover, Maryland, Aug. 18, 2025. (Photo by Brian Murphy for the Washington Times) ** FILE **

Daniels, other NFL award winners to don gold patches for 2025 season

By Liam Griffin - The Washington Times

An empty M&T Bank Stadium before an NFL game between the Washington Commanders and the Baltimore Ravens in Baltimore, MD, October 13, 2024. (Photo for the Washington Times)

$5 beer, $3.50 hot dogs: Ravens drop concession prices ahead of NFL season

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton makes a statement at his office, May 26, 2023, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Texas Attorney General encourages schools to say Lord’s Prayer

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Ten Commandments in public school classrooms illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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A view of the gardens inside the Vatican estate in Castel Gandolfo, near Rome, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)

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Trump fires back at reporter over ‘no action’ allegation vs. Putin

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