Washington Times - Politics
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Biden shatters records for worst border with 3.2 million illegal immigrants, 169 terrorism suspects
The Biden administration just tallied the worst year in border security history, according to Homeland Security's final numbers for fiscal year...
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Emmer officially launches bid for speaker, says GOP is at 'crossroads'
House Majority Whip Tom Emmer has officially launched his bid for Speaker of the House after floating a run for the gavel with allies and...
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Biden says Hamas attacked Israel in part to stop a historic agreement with Saudi Arabia
President Biden says a goal of Hamas' terrorist assault against Israel was to derail a historic normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia, an...
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Lawmaker pushing unity pledge to back GOP's next speaker nominee
A Republican lawmaker is attempting to stymie division in the GOP before lawmakers choose a third nominee for Speaker of the House with a pledge to...
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Violence forced them to flee. Now faith sustains these migrants on their journey to the U.S.
Night after night for six weeks, Erika Hernandez knelt outside her home in central Mexico and prayed: "Please, God, don't let my son turn into a...
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Biden is dangling border security money to try to get billions more for Israel and Ukraine
President Joe Biden is trying to sweeten his pitch for more money for Ukraine by mixing in billions of dollars for securing the U.S.-Mexico border...
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Biden: Hamas attacked Israel in part to stop a historic agreement with Saudi Arabia
President Joe Biden said Friday he thought Hamas was motivated to attack Israel in part by a desire to stop that country from normalizing relations...
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Federal government notches $1.7 trillion deficit for fiscal year, third-worst on record
The federal deficit leaped to $1.7 trillion for the just-ended fiscal year 2023, the Treasury Department announced, with President Biden's team...
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Judge temporarily lifts gag order on Trump in 2020 election interference case
The federal judge overseeing Donald Trump's 2020 election interference case in Washington agreed Friday to temporarily lift her narrow gag order....
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Oklahoma AG sues to stop first public religious school in U.S.
Oklahoma's Republican Attorney General Gentner Drummond on Friday sued to stop a state board from establishing and funding what would be the...
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These are the new Republican candidates for speaker of the House
More than a half dozen Republicans have jumped into the race for House speaker now that Rep. Jim Jordan is out of the running.
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McCarthy endorses Minnesota Rep. Tom Emmer for speaker
Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy Friday endorsed Republican Majority Whip Tom Emmer to succeed him after GOP lawmakers voted to remove Rep. Jim...