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• 300 drones seized for flying around World Cup sites across U.S.

  24-06-2026 17:14 via washingtontimes.com
  
  The Transportation Security Administration said that as of Tuesday, law enforcement had seized over 300 drones illegally flying around World Cup sites.
  
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• Poll: One-third of Americans favor cutting legal immigration

  24-06-2026 21:47 via washingtontimes.com
  
  POLL: One-third of Americans believe the number of legal immigrants admitted into the country each year should be reduced or eliminated entirely.
  
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• U.S. stocks waver as tech companies slip and oil prices continue falling

  24-06-2026 21:30 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Stocks wavered in afternoon trading on Wall Street Wednesday as big technology stocks slipped and weighed on the broader market.
  
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• Transgender showdown looms at Daughters of the American Revolution's annual meeting

  24-06-2026 21:30 via washingtontimes.com
  
  The internal feud over transgender members at the Daughters of the American Revolution is going public as the women's patriotic organization holds a pivotal vote on whether to continue accepting biological males who identify as female.
  
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• Trump pressures gasoline companies to more quickly ease the pain at the pump

  24-06-2026 21:28 via washingtontimes.com
  
  President Trump on Wednesday ordered the Department of Justice to open a price-gouging probe because gas prices are not falling as fast as oil prices, which plunged to their lowest levels since the start of the Iran war.
  
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• George Conway loses N.Y. congressional primary, finishing fifth in crowded field

  24-06-2026 21:28 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Attorney George Conway, a co-founder of the Lincoln Project and one of the country's most prominent critics of President Trump, lost his bid for a Manhattan congressional seat Tuesday, finishing fifth in a Democratic primary that saw New York Assemblyman Micah Lasher emerge as the front-runner to succeed retiring Rep. Jerry Nadler.
  
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• 'We have a new party': Mamdani's New York primary wins propel the Democratic Party toward socialism

  24-06-2026 21:14 via washingtontimes.com
  
  All three candidates endorsed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani won primaries on Tuesday in a sweep that cements the Democratic Party's lurch toward socialism.
  
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• Shark attacks 12-year-old American boy in waters off Bahamas

  24-06-2026 20:53 via washingtontimes.com
  
  A 12-year-old American boy swimming with his brother off the island of Staniel Cay in the Bahamas was injured by a shark on Tuesday.
  
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• Socialists draft an aggressive new agenda for the Democratic Party

  24-06-2026 20:49 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Claire Valdez used her victory speech Tuesday night in New York's 7th Congressional District to lay down a marker: She vowed to fight to abolish U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, stand firmly with the transgender community, and push to end the Israeli military occupation of the West Bank and Gaza.
  
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• Justice Dept. begins paying $17M to Hawaii jet fuel contamination victims

  24-06-2026 20:48 via washingtontimes.com
  
  The Justice Department has begun issuing settlement payments to hundreds of plaintiffs who brought claims against the United States over a 2021 jet fuel contamination disaster at a Hawaii military base, the department announced.
  
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• Ukraine's latest long-range strikes on Russia hit a major natural gas plant and satellite centers

  24-06-2026 20:42 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Ukrainian forces struck a major natural gas processing plant and two key satellite communications centers in their latest nighttime attacks on Russia, Ukraine's General Staff said Wednesday.
  
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• House committee advances bill to ban lawmakers from government-related bets on prediction markets

  24-06-2026 20:39 via washingtontimes.com
  
  A bill barring members of Congress and their family members from placing government-related bets on prediction markets narrowly passed a House panel.
  
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• Boafo wins Democratic nomination for Hoyer's seat, McClain Delaney tops Trone in Maryland primaries

  24-06-2026 20:24 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Adrian Boafo won the Democratic race to succeed Rep. Steny Hoyer, and Rep. April McClain Delaney fended off a multimillion-dollar challenge from predecessor David Trone in her reelection bid during Maryland's Democratic primary elections.
  
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• Food stamp overpayment rate was 9% last year

  24-06-2026 20:22 via washingtontimes.com
  
  The country's food stamp overpayment rate topped 9% last year, the Agriculture Department announced Wednesday, as states continue to struggle with fraud and waste in the program.
  
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• Nigeria's Senate passes bill to allow creation of state police to tackle insecurity

  24-06-2026 20:14 via washingtontimes.com
  
  The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday approved a bill to allow states to have their own police forces, paving the way for a major reform that would reshape the policing structure of the conflict-racked nation.
  
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• Stephen A. Smith challenges activists defending Karmelo Anthony after murder conviction

  24-06-2026 20:04 via washingtontimes.com
  
  STEPHEN A. SMITH questions those who criticize the Karmelo Anthony verdict: "When we sit up here and we think about the battles that need to be fought, we gotta be mindful of what's worth fighting for and what's not worth fighting for."
  
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• Federal judge bars Trump from implementing proof of citizenship requirement to vote

  24-06-2026 19:53 via washingtontimes.com
  
  A federal judge on Wednesday permanently barred President Donald Trump's administration from implementing most of his first executive order on elections, part of which sought to require people to show documentary proof of citizenship when they register to vote.
  
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• Chemours agrees to $450M settlement over PFAS pollution at four facilities

  24-06-2026 19:53 via washingtontimes.com
  
  The Justice Department, Environmental Protection Agency, and West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection announced a multi-state settlement with The Chemours Company over pollution from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances -- synthetic "forever chemicals" -- at four facilities in West Virginia, North Carolina, and New Jersey, the agencies said.
  
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• A member of the cultlike Zizians group is charged in the killings of her parents in Pennsylvania

  24-06-2026 19:50 via washingtontimes.com
  
  A member of the cultlike group known as Zizians has been charged with murder in the shooting of her parents at their Pennsylvania home on her 30th birthday, and a prosecutor said Wednesday that authorities don't believe she was acting alone.
  
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• Andy Burnham inches closer to power in Britain as Keir Starmer seeks a legacy

  24-06-2026 19:48 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Andy Burnham took a step closer to becoming Britain's next prime minister without a contest on Wednesday when Cabinet minister Darren Jones, touted as a possible rival, said he would not run.
  
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• Amazon Prime Day: 15 practical 'Made In The USA' products you never knew you needed

  24-06-2026 19:41 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Amazon Prime Days are here, which means the deals are flying fast. Most of the "best sellers" scrolling across your screen were made an ocean away. We went hunting for the opposite: genuinely practical, build-to-last products that happen to be forged, sewn, molded, or mixed right here in the United States.
  
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• Camp Mystic, Texas summer camp where floods killed 28, files for bankruptcy

  24-06-2026 19:32 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Camp Mystic, the Christian summer camp in Texas where 25 girls and two teen counselors died during floods in July, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Wednesday.
  
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• Lebanese on the edge of Israel's occupation live with fear and rising tensions

  24-06-2026 19:21 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Looking out from a friend's balcony, Milia el-Cheikh struggled to find her own home in the ruins of her now-deserted village, its entrances strung with barbed wire.
  
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• Giants president of baseball operations stonewalls reporters on Pride Night controversy

  24-06-2026 19:21 via washingtontimes.com
  
  San Francisco Giants President of Baseball Operations Buster Posey declined to answer any questions about the team's ongoing Pride Night controversy during a tense press conference at Oracle Park on Tuesday, as the fallout from this month's Bible verse incident continues to engulf the franchise.
  
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• Record 455 charged as Trump crackdown exposes $6.5 billion in Medicare fraud

  24-06-2026 19:12 via washingtontimes.com
  
  The Trump administration has charged a record 455 people in a $6.5 billion Medicare and Medicaid fraud sweep. The schemes targeted the elderly, billed for the dead -- and funded Ferraris and fine jewelry.
  
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• 'Yellowstone' creator Taylor Sheridan warns Dems' defiance of federal law sets 'dangerous' precdent

  24-06-2026 18:50 via washingtontimes.com
  
  'Yellowstone' creator Taylor Sheridan: "It's so dangerous what we're seeing. You can like Trump or not like Trump ... people are going to like presidents and dislike presidents. But now, defying the rule of law because he happens to be the head of the federal government and openly defying the government."
  
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• Four sentenced in insider trading scheme tied to $3.2B pharma merger

  24-06-2026 18:49 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Four people have been sentenced for their roles in an insider trading scheme tied to a $3.2 billion pharmaceutical merger that generated more than $600,000 in illicit profits, the Justice Department announced.
  
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• Pentagon defends F-35 to lawmakers after questions from recent GAO report

  24-06-2026 18:41 via washingtontimes.com
  
  The F-35 Lightning II is the Pentagon's most expensive single weapon system at $80 million to $100 million apiece, but analysts say the program hasn't met performance goals while sustainment costs continue to increase.
  
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• WATCH: Young conservative firebrand C.J. Pearson on faith, family and fighting for Gen Z

  24-06-2026 18:40 via washingtontimes.com
  
  C.J. Pearson is one of the GOP's most influential voices on youth outreach -- and he has a lot to say about where the party is winning, where it's falling short, and why the midterms are a battle between good and evil.
  
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• Vance appearance draws 3.3 million viewers to 'The View,' show's best ratings in 18 months

  24-06-2026 18:37 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Vice President J.D. Vance's June 16 appearance on ABC's "The View" drew roughly 3.331 million viewers, making it the program's most-watched episode since the day after the 2024 presidential election and its second-most-watched telecast in nearly five and a half years.
  
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