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DHS to make all immigration agents in Minnesota wear body cams

Axon body cameras charge on a docking station at Oklahoma City police headquarters on Friday, May 31, 2024 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (AP Photo/Nick Oxford)

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

All immigration personnel operating in the Minneapolis enforcement surge will be outfitted with body cameras, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Monday.

Thousands of Epstein docs pulled down after victims complained

A document that was included in the U.S. Department of Justice release of the Jeffrey Epstein files is photographed Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, shows the report when Epstein was taken into custody on July 6, 2019. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Millions of pages of new Epstein files went up — and several thousand have already come down, after victims complained the files contained information that could reveal their identities.

A document that was included in the U.S. Department of Justice release of the Jeffrey Epstein files is photographed Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, shows the report when Epstein was taken into custody on July 6, 2019. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

Thousands of Epstein docs pulled down after victims complained

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A cargo ship sails past the Panama Canal's Port of Balboa, managed by CK Hutchison Holdings, in Panama City on March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix) **FILE**

Panama blocks Chinese-linked company from operating ports at either end of the canal

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

A protester holds up handcuffs to taunt a police officer during a demonstration outside the South Texas Family Residential Center detention facility where Liam Ramos and his father are being detained in Dilley, Texas, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Judge orders ICE to let members of Congress make snap inspections

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks with reporters at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

‘Hostility to nonwhite immigrants’: Judge slams DHS Secretary Noem

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., speaks in front a House Committee on Oversight and Accountability hearing Capitol Hill in Washington, Nov. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, file)

GOP lawmakers drop voter-ID demand under pressure from Trump

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks with reporters at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

‘Hostility to nonwhite immigrants’: Judge slams DHS Secretary Noem

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., speaks in front a House Committee on Oversight and Accountability hearing Capitol Hill in Washington, Nov. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, file)

GOP lawmakers drop voter-ID demand under pressure from Trump

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

Former President Bill Clinton, left, and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton listen as Vice President Kamala Harris delivers a eulogy for U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, Aug. 1, 2024, in Houston. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Former President Bill Clinton, former Sec. of State Hillary Clinton agree to testify before Congress

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks at the Federal Reserve, Dec. 10, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Trump says probe of Fed’s Powell should continue despite threats to block successor

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

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Virginia Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger during an interview at the Capitol Tuesday Jan. 6, 2026, in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Spanberger’s needless tax hike plans will cause a Virginia exodus

By Cal Thomas

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy (Courtesy Paramount)

‘Starfleet Academy’ turns Star Trek into a woke culture war casualty

By Jared Whitley

Transgenderism and gender-affirming surgery illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Medical establishment faces reckoning after teen gender-affirming surgery lawsuit victory

By Kelly Sadler

Journalist Don Lemon, talks to the media after a hearing at the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building in Los Angeles on Friday, Jan. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Justice squeezes Don Lemon over Minnesota church invasion

By Editorial Board

Health care costs and Big Insurance illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Siding with health care insurers emerges as political liability in 2026 midterm elections

By Jim McLaughlin

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Chuck Negron, former lead singer of Three Dog Night, sings to a crowd during a Christmas Eve party Wednesday, Dec. 24, 1997, at the Union Rescue Mission in Los Angeles. More than 3,000 homeless and poor were treated to food, toys and entertainment in the Skid Row community. (AP Photo/John Hayes)

Three Dog Night’s Chuck Negron, voice behind ‘Joy to the World,’ dies

By Beth Harris - Associated Press

A boat sails in front of Alcatraz Island in San Francisco, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

NBC bringing Super Bowl pregame show to Alcatraz Island

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A woman walks outside The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center For The Performing Arts, Monday, Feb. 2, 2026 in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Trump says Kennedy Center renovations will cost $200 million

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Britain is wracked by political, economic and social angst, but on its southeast coast, a tiny fortress town famed for its medieval charm is holding back the tide of malaise. Seventy-eight miles south of central London, the 4,800-person town of Rye both exemplifies and defies national trends. (File Photo credit: JSvideos via Shutterstock)

Historic British fortress town holds back the national malaise, just barely

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

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A cargo ship sails past the Panama Canal's Port of Balboa, managed by CK Hutchison Holdings, in Panama City on March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix) **FILE**

Panama blocks Chinese-linked company from operating ports at either end of the canal

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Colombian President Gustavo Petro speaks during the swearing-in ceremony of Gen. William Rincon as the new national police director in Bogota, Colombia, Friday, Oct. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia) ** FILE **

Trump to confront Colombia’s Petro on drug allegations as U.S. overdose deaths decline

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

In this photo released by the U.S. Air Force, Capt. Ryan Vickers stands for a photo to display his new service tapes after taking his oath of office to transfer from the U.S. Air Force to the U.S. Space Force at Al-Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Sept. 1, 2020. (Staff Sgt. Kayla White/U.S. Air Force via AP, File)

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By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Chinese software engineer convicted of stealing AI trade secrets from Google

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Trump Central View all

Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., speaks as FBI Director Kash Patel appears before the House Judiciary Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sept. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

‘Radical Left flamethrower’: Trump blames Massie’s wife for senator’s disloyalty

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump cautions GOP will never win again if illegal immigrants are not deported

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump, right, speaks with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a news conference in the East Room of the White House, Feb. 13, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

Trump to reduce India tariffs after Modi pledges to stop buying Russian oil

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

In this image taken from KXAS video, state Sen-elect Taylor Rehmet (D) speaks Jan. 31, 2026, in Fort Worth, Texas, after winning a special election for the Texas state Senate and flipping a reliably Republican district that President Donald Trump won by 17 points in 2024. (KXAS via AP)

Trump shrugs off Democratic upset in deep-red Texas

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

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Jury awards $2 million to detransitioner in first malpractice trial over 'gender-affirming care'

Deputy AG Blanche promises appeal to judge's order to free 5-year-old and father from ICE custody

China not a competitor, but America's top adversary

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Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, left, and FBI Deputy Director Andrew Bailey, enter a command vehicle as the FBI takes Fulton County 2020 Election ballots, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026, in Union City, Ga., near Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

DNI Tulsi Gabbard said Trump asked her to be present for FBI search of Georgia election center

By Eric Tucker - Associated Press

FILE - Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., speaks in front a House Committee on Oversight and Accountability hearing Capitol Hill in Washington, Nov. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, file)

GOP lawmakers drop voter-ID demand under pressure from Trump

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

Former President Bill Clinton, left, and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton listen as Vice President Kamala Harris delivers a eulogy for U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, Aug. 1, 2024, in Houston. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Former President Bill Clinton, former Sec. of State Hillary Clinton agree to testify before Congress

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks at the Federal Reserve, Dec. 10, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Trump says probe of Fed’s Powell should continue despite threats to block successor

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

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In this file photo, demonstrators hold a rainbow pride flag outside the Supreme Court as justices deliberate Obergefell vs. Hodges, the case that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide, in Washington on April 28, 2015. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) ** FILE **

Gay marriage back on the table as conservatives launch campaign to nix Obergefell

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

A federal immigration officer knocks on the door of a residence Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

ICE arrests 650 in West Virginia in January; state hails ‘professionalism’ of agents

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

People attend the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) hearing on the midair aircraft collision that killed 67 people near Washington Reagan National Airport, at the National Transportation and Safety Board boardroom in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

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By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

A shopper selects a carton of 18 Large Grade A eggs from a cooler in a Costco Warehouse in Cranberry, Pa., on Jan. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) **FILE**

Eggs-asperated: Justice Dept. battles states over cage-free laws

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks with reporters at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

‘Hostility to nonwhite immigrants’: Judge slams DHS Secretary Noem

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

An NRA sign is seen outside the track of the NASCAR Sprint Cup series, on Friday, April 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Tim Sharp, File)

Infighting, money woes drag down NRA’s comeback as a heavyweight in American politics

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

FILE - A protester is silhouetted against a trans pride flag during a pro-transgender rights protest outside of Seattle Children's Hospital, Feb. 9, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, file)

Jury awards $2 million to detransitioner in first malpractice trial over ‘gender-affirming care’

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

In this April 18, 2018, photo, a detective with the New York City Police Department uses a detection device that indicates if a credit card reader has been compromised, at a New York convenience store. The device is under development by the Florida Institute for Cybersecurity Research. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) **FILE**

Secret Service cracks down on payment-card ‘skimmers’ in four cities

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

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A cargo ship sails past the Panama Canal's Port of Balboa, managed by CK Hutchison Holdings, in Panama City on March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix) **FILE**

Panama blocks Chinese-linked company from operating ports at either end of the canal

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Women, one flashing a victory hand gesture, cross a street under a huge banner showing hands firmly holding Iranian national flags as a sign of patriotism, in Tehran, Iran, Jan. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

Iran summons EU ambassadors to protest Revolutionary Guard being listed as a terror group

By Jon Gambrell and Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

A Jewish man attends a ceremony commemorating the extermination of the Jewish people and their deportation to Nazi concentration camps on Holocaust Remembrance Day, at the Monumental Cemetery, in Turin, Italy, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026. (Fabio Ferrari/LaPresse via AP)

Rising antisemitism in Europe revives fears of a new Jewish exodus

By Eric J. Lyman - Special to The Washington Times

In this photo provided by Ukraine's 93rd Kholodnyi Yar Separate Mechanized Brigade press service, a serviceman poses for a photographer in Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (Iryna Rybakova/Ukraine's 93rd Mechanized Brigade via AP)

A Kremlin official confirms that U.S.-brokered Russia-Ukraine talks are resuming this week

By Illia Novikov and Dasha Litvinova - Associated Press

Sports View all

Players from the NFC, left, compete in tug of war against the AFC during an NFL Pro Bowl Games skills competition in San Francisco, Monday, Feb. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Maligned modern Pro Bowl to serve as flag football showcase ahead of Olympics

By Liam Griffin - The Washington Times

FILE - North Carolina head coach Bill Belichick walks on the field before an NCAA college football game against Syracuse, Oct. 31, 2025, in Syracuse, N.Y. (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus, File)

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By Thom Loverro

Washington Capitals defenseman Martin Fehérváry (42) celebrates his goal during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the New York Islanders, Monday, Feb. 2, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Capitals top Islanders to pull within two points of third place in Metropolitan Division

By Noah Trister - Associated Press

Christina Carreira and Anthony Ponomarenko skates during the "Making Team USA" performance at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

From Montreal to Milan: Skating journey took Carreira to U.S. citizenship, Winter Olympics

By Dave Skretta - Associated Press

Higher Ground View all

A visitor kneels in front of the Last Judgement fresco by the Italian Renaissance painter Michelangelo inside the Sistine Chapel in Rome, May 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)

Michelangelo’s ‘The Last Judgment’ fresco undergoes 3-month cleaning at Sistine Chapel

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A Jewish man attends a ceremony commemorating the extermination of the Jewish people and their deportation to Nazi concentration camps on Holocaust Remembrance Day, at the Monumental Cemetery, in Turin, Italy, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026. (Fabio Ferrari/LaPresse via AP)

Rising antisemitism in Europe revives fears of a new Jewish exodus

By Eric J. Lyman - Special to The Washington Times

Progressive Christians illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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‘Progressive’ Christians, not evangelicals, are the moral sellouts

By Everett Piper

Rebecca Weintraub, assistant rabbi of New York City's B'nai Jeshurun congregation, holds her son during a Hannukah party at the synagogue on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao)

The ranks of U.S. rabbis grow more diverse, with rising numbers of women and LGBTQ people

By Luis Andres Henao - Associated Press

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Trump says probe of Fed’s Powell should continue despite threats to block successor

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Dan Bongino, FBI deputy director, speaks during a news conference at the Department of Justice in Washington on Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Ex-FBI deputy director Dan Bongino lashes out at critics in return to podcast

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

The seal of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is seen before an FCC meeting to vote on net neutrality, Dec. 14, 2017, in Washington. The FCC on Thursday, April 25, 2024 restored “net neutrality” rules that prevent broadband internet providers such as Comcast and AT&T from favoring some sites and apps over others.. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

FCC battles California, Newsom over free-phone fraud

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A woman walks outside The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center For The Performing Arts, Monday, Feb. 2, 2026 in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Trump says Kennedy Center renovations will cost $200 million

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Players from the NFC, left, compete in tug of war against the AFC during an NFL Pro Bowl Games skills competition in San Francisco, Monday, Feb. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Maligned modern Pro Bowl to serve as flag football showcase ahead of Olympics

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In this image taken from KXAS video, state Sen-elect Taylor Rehmet (D) speaks Jan. 31, 2026, in Fort Worth, Texas, after winning a special election for the Texas state Senate and flipping a reliably Republican district that President Donald Trump won by 17 points in 2024. (KXAS via AP)

Texas special-election stunner energizes Democrats, triggers GOP ‘wake-up call’

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Attorney General Pam Bondi listens as President Donald Trump speaks at an event on addiction recovery in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)

Two more activists arrested in protesters’ takeover of Minnesota church

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

Colombian President Gustavo Petro speaks during the swearing-in ceremony of Gen. William Rincon as the new national police director in Bogota, Colombia, Friday, Oct. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia) ** FILE **

Trump to confront Colombia’s Petro on drug allegations as U.S. overdose deaths decline

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Axon body cameras charge on a docking station at Oklahoma City police headquarters on Friday, May 31, 2024 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (AP Photo/Nick Oxford)

DHS to make all immigration agents in Minnesota wear body cams

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian pose for a photo during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on Jan. 17, 2025. (Vyacheslav Prokofyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Russia working to de-escalate Iran tensions as Washington demands limits on nuclear power, missiles

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

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New list identifies immigration sanctuary school districts across the U.S.

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

The U.S. Capitol is photographed Friday, Jan. 30, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

House opposition mounts to spending package needed to end partial shutdown

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrive for the premiere of her movie "Melania" at The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center For The Performing Arts, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Former Biden aide: Melania has done more in one year than Jill did in four

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Groundhog Club handler A.J. Dereume holds Punxsutawney Phil, the weather prognosticating groundhog, during the 139th celebration of Groundhog Day on Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa., Feb. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Barry Reeger, File)

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First lady Melania Trump signs the book on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange before ringing the opening bell, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

‘Melania’ documentary delights audiences, foils naysayers with successful opening weekend

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

A Jewish man attends a ceremony commemorating the extermination of the Jewish people and their deportation to Nazi concentration camps on Holocaust Remembrance Day, at the Monumental Cemetery, in Turin, Italy, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026. (Fabio Ferrari/LaPresse via AP)

Rising antisemitism in Europe revives fears of a new Jewish exodus

By Eric J. Lyman - Special to The Washington Times

A shopper selects a carton of 18 Large Grade A eggs from a cooler in a Costco Warehouse in Cranberry, Pa., on Jan. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) **FILE**

Eggs-asperated: Justice Dept. battles states over cage-free laws

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Host Trevor Noah speaks during the 68th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Trump threatens to sue comedian Trevor Noah over Epstein joke at Grammys

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Federal agents stand near the site of a shooting Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

Trump’s deportation surge loses big in Texas court, but prevails in Minnesota

By Stephen Dinan and Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times