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• Republicans lob perjury accusations at Jack Smith

  16-07-2026 21:07 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Former special counsel Jack Smith may find himself on the scales of justice.
  
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• Family to hold a vigil for man fatally shot by immigration officer in Houston

  17-07-2026 00:49 via washingtontimes.com
  
  The family of a man who was shot and killed by a federal immigration agent in Houston is holding a public vigil Thursday evening, in response to what the man's son says is an outpouring of support amid renewed criticism of enforcement tactics.
  
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• Illinois awards AD Josh Whitman a new contract worth more than $31 million over the next 10 years

  17-07-2026 00:29 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Illinois has extended athletic director Josh Whitman's contract through 2036, committing more than $31 million over the next 10 years on the heels of a series of standout seasons for the department and its teams.
  
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• FDA approves a first-of-its-kind pill to cut cholesterol in high-risk patients

  17-07-2026 00:25 via washingtontimes.com
  
  The Food and Drug Administration has approved a first-of-its-kind pill that can drastically reduce cholesterol in a way that's previously only been available with expensive, injectable drugs.
  
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• Weather conditions again brought devastating floods to a vulnerable swath of Texas

  17-07-2026 00:23 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Long before sunrise in Texas, a shallow spot of the Guadalupe River rose above the height of a two-story house in just five hours on Thursday, sending a rush of water through a region still weary from last summer's fatal flash floods.
  
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• Hegseth backs low-altitude military flyovers as a series of maneuvers draws scrutiny

  17-07-2026 00:09 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is sticking to encouraging low-altitude military flyovers after a fighter jet buzzed a Florida beach during a show this week, raising new scrutiny after the Pentagon has dismissed a series of safety reviews of such flights.
  
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• Homeland Security: Foreign journalist visas set at 240 days, Chinese reporters cut to 90 days

  16-07-2026 23:51 via washingtontimes.com
  
  The Trump administration announced Thursday it will drastically shorten visas for foreign journalists in the U.S. to 240 days, down from years, and cut those for Chinese journalists to only 90 days, raising concerns over press freedom in the United States and retaliation against American journalists overseas.
  
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• Complaint accuses doctor involved in failed Tennessee execution of violating ethics

  16-07-2026 23:48 via washingtontimes.com
  
  The sister of a Tennessee death row inmate whose execution was halted because of problems inserting an IV has filed a complaint against the doctor who was involved.
  
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• National Guard to remain deployed in D.C. through 2029 inauguration

  16-07-2026 23:47 via washingtontimes.com
  
  National Guard personnel deployed in the nation's capital to stop crime will remain through the 2029 inauguration, Pentagon officials said.
  
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• John Leguizamo trashes Hollywood as not an 'accepting place' for Latinos

  16-07-2026 23:26 via washingtontimes.com
  
  JOHN LEGUIZAMO on Latinos in Hollywood: "It's always been a battle. Hollywood is not the most accepting place ... Even though we Latin people are 30% to 40% of the box office and a third of streamers, we're the most aggressively underrepresented group in America."
  
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• Trump media firm plans to sell high speed access to Truth Social posts, possibly Trump's own

  16-07-2026 23:12 via washingtontimes.com
  
  President Donald Trump's media company is planning to charge for special high-speed access to Truth Social posts, including possibly his own affecting national security and financial markets.
  
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• Wildfire smoke makes air unhealthy from the U.S. Midwest to East Coast. Officials say stay inside

  16-07-2026 23:10 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Heavy, pungent wildfire smoke darkened skies in the U.S. on Thursday from the Great Lakes to parts of the East Coast, reducing visibility and prompting warnings that breathing the air outside could be dangerous.
  
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• Gallego dismisses new staffer relationship report as 'gossip'

  16-07-2026 23:07 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Democratic Sen. Ruben Gallego brushed aside a new report alleging he had relationships with at least two Dem House staffers while he was unmarried and serving in the lower chamber, telling reporters Thursday, "I'm not going to engage in gossip."
  
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• Americans' confidence in Big Tech falls to lowest point on record

  16-07-2026 22:56 via washingtontimes.com
  
  POLL: Americans' trust in Big Tech has sunk to its lowest level since Gallup began tracking the measure.
  
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• AOC gets squeamish about Democratic Socialists of America's plan to abolish the U.S. Senate

  16-07-2026 22:54 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is not jumping on the push by her fellow Democratic Socialists of America to abolish the Senate.
  
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• Netflix posts higher Q2 results but shares drop due to lukewarm forecast

  16-07-2026 22:51 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Netflix said Thursday its second-quarter profit grew thanks to new membership signups and price increases, which "had gone well and as expected."
  
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• Richard Gere calls Trump a rogue who has caused deaths

  16-07-2026 22:32 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Actor RICHARD GERE on Trump: "He's a rogue personality who's destroyed so much; he's caused so many deaths. But it will be over. He's an old man; he's a damaged personality. You can see, he must have had a horrible childhood to be the man that he is now."
  
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• An NYC helicopter that crashed and killed 6 last year shows signs of bird strike, safety board says

  16-07-2026 22:30 via washingtontimes.com
  
  The remains of several geese were found on a New York City sightseeing helicopter that crashed into the Hudson River last year and killed 6 people, investigators said Thursday, strong suggestions that multiple bird strikes contributed to the tragedy.
  
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• White House confirms ICE vehicle stops to continue

  16-07-2026 22:20 via washingtontimes.com
  
  The White House on Thursday confirmed that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will continue conducting traffic stops, days after reports surfaced that the tactic had been temporarily halted following two fatal shootings.
  
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• Navy's Blue Angels draw safety review after low-altitude flyover in Florida

  16-07-2026 22:10 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Leaders of the Navy's 80-year-old Blue Angels air exhibition squadron are conducting a safety review after a pilot flew over Florida beachgoers at low altitude.
  
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• House GOP eyes early vote on stopgap funding bill to keep government open through election

  16-07-2026 22:09 via washingtontimes.com
  
  House Republican leaders are planning to hold a vote next week on a stopgap funding bill to prevent a government shutdown this fall in an early test of Democrats' appetite for forcing another appropriations lapse.
  
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• U.S., Iran trade further attacks

  16-07-2026 22:03 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Renewed fighting between the U.S. and Iran entered its sixth day on Thursday, with both nations' militaries ramping up their attacks on sensitive facilities.
  
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• Questions loom over whether children born in U.S. to migrant parents can access Trump Accounts

  16-07-2026 21:58 via washingtontimes.com
  
  The new Trump Accounts investment program, designed to seed children's financial futures with $1,000 in Treasury funds, appears to let kids born to illegal immigrants in the U.S. access the accounts.
  
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• Video shows Baltimore teens beating elderly man outside 7-Eleven

  16-07-2026 21:57 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Baltimore police are searching for six suspects accused of attacking a 74-year-old man outside a 7-Eleven, releasing surveillance footage that shows the group knocking the victim to the ground while displaying what appears to be an assault rifle and a sword. The footage shows the suspects, described only as younger males, throwing objects at the man and knocking him down multiple times.
  
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• House Budget panel advances blueprint for filibuster-proof defense, voter ID funding bill

  16-07-2026 21:39 via washingtontimes.com
  
  The House Budget Committee on Thursday advanced Republicans' budget blueprint with instructions for crafting a filibuster-proof bill focused on defense funding, farm aid and voter ID requirements.
  
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• Ex-TD Bank employees sentenced in money laundering, fraud schemes

  16-07-2026 21:38 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Two former TD Bank employees have been sentenced for separate schemes that facilitated money laundering and fraud through their positions at the bank and, in one case, another financial institution, federal prosecutors announced.
  
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• Hal Williams, '227' and 'Sanford and Son' actor, dies at 91

  16-07-2026 21:34 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Hal Williams, the veteran television actor best remembered for playing Officer "Smitty" Smith on "Sanford and Son" and family patriarch Lester Jenkins on "227," has died at 91.
  
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• Two plead not guilty in foiled UFC terror plot at White House

  16-07-2026 21:25 via washingtontimes.com
  
  Two suspects pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges in the alleged terror plot targeting President Trump and other attendees at last month's UFC showcase at the White House.
  
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• Pentagon has spent $2.64 billion on southern border since 2025: Report

  16-07-2026 21:23 via washingtontimes.com
  
  The Trump administration has tapped the Defense Department to cover $2.64 billion in southern border operations.
  
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• Army to have its own tilt-rotor combat aircraft like the earlier V-22 Osprey

  16-07-2026 20:57 via washingtontimes.com
  
  In December 2022, the Army officially chose Bell's V-280 Valor as the winner of its competitive Future Long Range Assault Aircraft program. Now designated as the MV-75 Cheyenne II, the unique tilt-rotor aircraft will eventually replace the venerable UH-60 Black Hawk as the Army's main workhorse aircraft.
  
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