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• Hurricane Lee raises questions about risks to offshore wind projects

  12-9-2023 Politics Washington Times - Politics 86

  Hurricane Lee's path up the eastern seaboard puts a spotlight on the vulnerability of massive offshore wind projects now in development that could...

• Biden defends honoring 9/11 far from terror attack sites, says fighter jets scrambled in Alaska, too

  12-9-2023 Politics Washington Times - Politics 54

  President Biden commemorated the September 11 anniversary on Monday in Alaska, far from Ground Zero in Manhattan or other sites memorializing the...

• McConnell tells GOP skeptics of more Ukraine aid to stop 'dreaming about America's retreat'

  12-9-2023 Politics Washington Times - Politics 80

  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell doubled down Monday on his criticism of GOP colleagues who are reluctant to dish out more federal spending...

• Trump lawyers seek recusal of judge presiding over federal election subversion case in D.C.

  12-9-2023 Politics Washington Times - Politics 66

  Lawyers for Donald Trump on Monday asked the federal judge presiding over his election subversion case in Washington to recuse herself, saying her...

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• DHS lost track of 177,000 illegal immigrants from border surge, inspector general says

  12-9-2023 Politics Washington Times - Politics 97

  Nearly 20% of newly arrived migrants give bogus addresses to the Border Patrol when they are arrested, an inspector general reported Monday, making...

• Justice Dept. drops case against Bijan Rafiekian, former business partner of Michael Flynn

  12-9-2023 Politics Washington Times - Politics 42

  The Justice Department said Monday it is dropping a five-year-long illegal-lobbying case against Bijan Rafiekian, an ex-business partner of former...

• Senate Republican calls on elected officials to disclose health records

  12-9-2023 Politics Washington Times - Politics 45

  A Senate Republican is calling on all elected officials to release their health records voluntarily, amid concerns about aging lawmakers in...

• FDA approves updated booster shot for COVID-19 ahead of fall campaign

  12-9-2023 Politics Washington Times - Politics 45

  The Food and Drug Administration approved updated booster shots for COVID-19 on Monday, a major step toward launching a fall immunization campaign...

• Meadows requests emergency stay in Georgia case so he can appeal federal judge's ruling on trial

  12-9-2023 Politics Washington Times - Politics 70

  Mark Meadows, President Trump's former chief of staff, filed an emergency motion Monday asking a federal judge to pause an order that kept his...

• Disgraced ex-FBI official in Trump-Russia probe asks court for more time to craft plea deal

  12-9-2023 Politics Washington Times - Politics 44

  The disgraced former FBI official who was once part of the bureau's Trump-Russia collusion probe has asked a federal court in Washington, D.C. for...

• Efforts to disqualify Trump for reelection create a prime case for the Supreme Court's consideration

  12-9-2023 Politics Washington Times - Politics 155

  The fight to remove former President Trump from the 2024 ballot could make it to the Supreme Court, according to court watchers, who say it's...

• Texas AG Ken Paxton's affair took a toll on office, a former staffer says at impeachment trial

  12-9-2023 Politics Washington Times - Politics 45

  One of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton 's former staffers testified Monday that the Republican's extramarital affair took a toll on employees who...