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Not a victimless crime: Angel Families reshape the narrative about illegal immigration

Mary Ann Mendoza poses for a photograph while holding a framed picture of herself and her son, Brandon Mendoza, on Thursday, March 2, 2017, at her home in Mesa, Ariz. Families who have lost loved ones to crimes committed by immigrants are praising President Donald Trump’s announcement this week that he will create a new office to advocate on their behalf. Mendoza's son, a Mesa police officer, was killed on May 12, 2014, in a head-on collision with a man who authorities say was intoxicated and an immigrant in the country illegally. Both Brandon Mendoza and the other driver were killed in the crash. (AP Photo/Brian Skoloff) ** FILE **

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Mary Ann Mendoza went to bed on Mother’s Day in 2014 not knowing her nightmare was about to begin.

Epstein’s newly revealed ‘black book’ is a who’s who of wealthy power players

FILE - President Donald Trump, right, and Britain's Prince Andrew, leave after a tour of Westminster Abbey in London, June 3, 2019. Prince Andrew and Trump are some of the numerous people who has been getting renewed attention because of the recently released court documents related to financier Jeffrey Epstein. Many of those people have never been accused of any wrongdoing, but have nonetheless become the subject of a whirlwind of conspiracy theories. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Jeffrey Epstein had the private phone numbers and addresses of the very rich and very famous in an address book seized by the FBI during their investigation of a sex trafficking ring he operated for more than a decade.

FILE - President Donald Trump, right, and Britain's Prince Andrew, leave after a tour of Westminster Abbey in London, June 3, 2019. Prince Andrew and Trump are some of the numerous people who has been getting renewed attention because of the recently released court documents related to financier Jeffrey Epstein. Many of those people have never been accused of any wrongdoing, but have nonetheless become the subject of a whirlwind of conspiracy theories. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

Epstein’s newly revealed ‘black book’ is a who’s who of wealthy power players

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

In this photo released by the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi speaks in a meeting with Tehran-based foreign diplomats, Iran, Saturday, July 12, 2025. (Iranian Foreign Ministry, Hamid Forootan via AP) ** FILE **

Iranian regime confirms it has lost access to its stockpiles of enriched uranium

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

The Supreme Court Building is seen in Washington on March 28, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Supreme Court to hear challenge to Trump’s tariffs

By Alex Swoyer, Stephen Dinan and Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before he enters a restaurant near the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025, in Washington, to have dinner Vice President JD Vance. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump to expand use of the National Guard to an additional city to help combat crime 59 minutes ago

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

FILE - Pharmaceuticals are seen in North Andover, Mass., on June 15, 2018. The biggest investment ever in the U.S. to fight climate change. A hard-fought cap on out-of-pocket prescription drug costs for seniors in the Medicare program. A new corporate minimum tax to ensure big businesses pay their share. And billions leftover to pay down federal deficits. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, file)

Trump cracks down on drug ads on TV, social media that he says mislead people

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

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President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before he enters a restaurant near the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025, in Washington, to have dinner Vice President JD Vance. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump to expand use of the National Guard to an additional city to help combat crime

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FILE - Pharmaceuticals are seen in North Andover, Mass., on June 15, 2018. The biggest investment ever in the U.S. to fight climate change. A hard-fought cap on out-of-pocket prescription drug costs for seniors in the Medicare program. A new corporate minimum tax to ensure big businesses pay their share. And billions leftover to pay down federal deficits. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, file)

Trump cracks down on drug ads on TV, social media that he says mislead people

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

People enter and exit a Charlotte Area Transit System light rail, Monday, Sept. 8, 2025, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Erik Verduzco)

Federal charge brings chance of death penalty for suspect in Charlotte light rail attack

By Matt Delaney and Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Governor Greg Abbott signs Make Texas Healthy Again legislation alongside U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Texas Republican lawmakers at the Capitol, which requires the food industry to remove certain additives or add warning labels for those products sold in Texas, in Austin, Texas, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. (Mikala Compton/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

RFK Jr. finds more than 100 ways to make America’s children healthier

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The art of lying about Israel

By Clifford D. May

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Defund the National Academy of Sciences and save Trump’s energy agenda

By Steve Milloy

FILE - Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift kiss after the AFC Championship NFL football game against the Buffalo Bills, Jan. 26, 2025, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)

Taylor Swift’s engagement could be the economy’s next big hit

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No, Dr. Daskalakis, not all babies need the hepatitis B vaccine

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The Trump International Hotel and Tower's main entrance can be seen in Chicago on Aug. 19, 2024. (Dave Boyer/The Washington Times)

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Demonstrators protest outside the Columbia University campus on the Day of Action for Higher Education, Thursday, April 17, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Free speech report gives U.S. colleges an ‘F’ as most students oppose speakers amid Trump crackdowns

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

Teenage boy using laptop under blanket on bed at night. File photo credit: New Africa via Shutterstock.

Report finds teens reaching out to AI companions for ‘sex’

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The Supreme Court Building is seen in Washington on March 28, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Transgender athlete asks Supreme Court to dismiss her challenge of Idaho’s ban ahead of arguments

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Parents who object to LGBTQ-themed storybooks for elementary-age schoolchildren rally outside U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Maryland, before an Aug. 9, 2023, hearing on a lawsuit seeking reinstatement of opt-out provisions. (Becket Fund for Religious Liberty photo, used with permission) **FILE**

Maryland mom who won LGBTQ story time case in Supreme Court says changes needed in education

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Smoke rises from an explosion, allegedly caused by an Israeli strike, in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025. (UGC via AP)

Israeli military strike targets Hamas leadership in Qatar

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In this photo released by the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi speaks in a meeting with Tehran-based foreign diplomats, Iran, Saturday, July 12, 2025. (Iranian Foreign Ministry, Hamid Forootan via AP) ** FILE **

Iranian regime confirms it has lost access to its stockpiles of enriched uranium

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Area residents received a letter that this ICE processing facility in the Chicago suburb of Broadview, Ill., shown on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025, will be the main processing center for President Donald Trump's immigration operation in the Chicago area, expected to last more than a month. (AP Photo/Laura Bargfeld)

ICE announces new ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ to arrest illegal immigrants in Chicago area

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

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President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before he enters a restaurant near the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025, in Washington, to have dinner Vice President JD Vance. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump to expand use of the National Guard to an additional city to help combat crime

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In this image released by the Martin County, Fla., Sheriff's Office, law enforcement officers arrest Ryan Routh, the man suspected in the apparent assassination attempt of Donald Trump, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. (Martin County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

What kind of person might want to kill Trump? We’re about to find out

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

This screengrab made from video provided by the Charlotte Area Transit System shows Iryna Zarutska, bottom right, before she was fatally stabbed on a commuter train on Aug. 22, 2025. (Charlotte Area Transit System via AP)

Stabbing death of Ukrainian refugee by ‘madman’ brings focus to Trump’s anti-crime agenda

By Valerie Richardson and Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Joseph Simons, left, testifies during a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 8, 2019, regarding consumer protection on data privacy. Simons is joined at the witness table by, from left, FTC Commissioners Christine Wilson, Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, Noah Joshua Phillips and Rohit Chopra. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

Supreme Court sides with Trump in firing of FTC commissioner

By Alex Swoyer and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

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FILE - Rep. Yvette Clarke, D-N.Y. speaks during a Community Town Hall on Feb. 22, 2017, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

Congressional Black Caucus members rip GOP’s ‘racist’ redistricting plans

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Federal Reserve Board of Governors member Lisa Cook listens during an open meeting of the Board of Governors at the Federal Reserve, June 25, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Court: Lisa Cook can remain Federal Reserve governor while fighting Trump’s attempt to fire her 47 minutes ago

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FILE - Pharmaceuticals are seen in North Andover, Mass., on June 15, 2018. The biggest investment ever in the U.S. to fight climate change. A hard-fought cap on out-of-pocket prescription drug costs for seniors in the Medicare program. A new corporate minimum tax to ensure big businesses pay their share. And billions leftover to pay down federal deficits. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, file)

Trump cracks down on drug ads on TV, social media that he says mislead people

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Governor Greg Abbott signs Make Texas Healthy Again legislation alongside U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Texas Republican lawmakers at the Capitol, which requires the food industry to remove certain additives or add warning labels for those products sold in Texas, in Austin, Texas, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. (Mikala Compton/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

RFK Jr. finds more than 100 ways to make America’s children healthier

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Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts warms up before an NFL preseason football game against the Cincinnati Bengals on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

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Police confront a protesters outside City Hall during protests over federal immigration enforcement raids on Wednesday, June 11, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, from left, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping talk ahead of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center in Tianjin, China, Monday, Sept. 1, 2025. (Suo Takekuma/Pool Photo via AP)

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Trump says Russia, India are ‘lost’ to China amid summit, trade wars

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Soybeans are planted on Thursday, May 8, 2025 near Waverly, Minn. (AP Photo/Mark Vancleave)

A tough row to hoe: Trump-loving farmers weather low crop prices, tariff costs on fertilizer

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FILE - Members of the California National Guard and U.S. Marines, guard the entrance outside the Wilshire Federal in Los Angeles, June 13, 2025. (Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via AP, File)

‘Not the typical case’: Newsom’s attempt to end Trump troop deployment turned away by judge

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People enter and exit a Charlotte Area Transit System light rail, Monday, Sept. 8, 2025, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Erik Verduzco)

Federal charge brings chance of death penalty for suspect in Charlotte light rail attack

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New Orleans authorities arrest mother of child killed in alligator attack

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This screengrab made from video provided by the Charlotte Area Transit System shows Iryna Zarutska, bottom right, before she was fatally stabbed on a commuter train on Aug. 22, 2025. (Charlotte Area Transit System via AP)

Man faces federal charge in killing of Ukrainian woman on Charlotte train

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Smoke rises from an explosion, allegedly caused by an Israeli strike, in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025. (UGC via AP)

Israel launches air strikes at Hamas leaders in Qatar; warns Gaza City civilians to leave ‘or else’

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U.S. influencer Ethan Guo speaks with journalists at an event about his donation to children's cancer rehabilitation programs, at the "Fundacion Nuestros Hijos" headquarters in Santiago, Chile, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Chilean authorities in Antarctica release American pilot Ethan Guo

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, right, and Greenland's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen, right, during a statement at Marienborg, Denmark, April 27, 2025. (Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix via AP, file)

Report: Danish officials forced contraception on Greenlandic women, girls

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A graffiti reads, "September 10, we shut everything down" in Paris, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025, at the eve of a national protest. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

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Washington Commanders tight end Zach Ertz (86) celebrating his touchdown with quarterback Jayden Daniels (5) and other teammates during the first half of an NFL football game against the New York Giants, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025, in Landover, Md. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Commanders ride momentum of Week 1 win into Thursday litmus test against Packers

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Maryland football coach Mike Locksley is pictured on the sidelines during the Terrapins game against Florida Atlantic, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025. (All-Pro Reels)

Locksley leads Maryland against alma mater Towson in final nonconference game

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Philadelphia Eagles defensive tackle Jalen Carter walks off the field after being disqualified for unsportsman like conduct before an NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Eagles’ Carter fined $57,222 for spitting on Cowboys’ Prescott

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Washington Nationals' Josh Bell (19) gestures to the bullpen after hitting a three-run home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

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Douglas Wilson, Senior Minister of Christ Church, Moscow, Idaho, speaks at the National Conservatism Conference, Sept. 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

A once-fringe Christian leader gets a warm welcome in Trump’s Washington

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Cardinal Raymond Burke attends the conference "The synodal Babel" in a theater near the Vatican, Oct. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)

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Governor Greg Abbott signs Make Texas Healthy Again legislation alongside U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Texas Republican lawmakers at the Capitol, which requires the food industry to remove certain additives or add warning labels for those products sold in Texas, in Austin, Texas, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. (Mikala Compton/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

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Democratic candidate James Walkinshaw, who is running for the empty 11th congressional seat in Virginia, talks with reporters following a news conference, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025 in Fairfax, Va. Walkinshaw will face Republican Stewart Whitson in a special election on Sept. 9 to fill Rep. Gerry Connolly's congressional seat in Fairfax County (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

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A school bus rolls through a neighborhood near where ICE officers took a man into custody after breaking the window of the family car, Wednesday, April 16, 2025, in New Bedford, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) ** FILE **

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This screengrab made from video provided by the Charlotte Area Transit System shows Iryna Zarutska, bottom right, before she was fatally stabbed on a commuter train on Aug. 22, 2025. (Charlotte Area Transit System via AP)

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FILE - A Super Tuesday voter walks past a sign requiring a photo ID at a polling location, March 5, 2024, in Mount Holly, N.C. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks to reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, April 29, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

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In this image released by the Martin County, Fla., Sheriff's Office, law enforcement officers arrest Ryan Routh, the man suspected in the apparent assassination attempt of Donald Trump, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. (Martin County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

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A hiring sign is displayed at a restaurant in Northbrook, Ill., Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

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Smoke rises from an explosion, allegedly caused by an Israeli strike, in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025. (UGC via AP)

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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**

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Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, a Democrat, takes questions from reporters on the last day of Maryland's legislative session on Monday, April 7, 2025, in Annapolis, Md. (AP Photo/Brian Witte, File)

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Parents who object to LGBTQ-themed storybooks for elementary-age schoolchildren rally outside U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Maryland, before an Aug. 9, 2023, hearing on a lawsuit seeking reinstatement of opt-out provisions. (Becket Fund for Religious Liberty photo, used with permission) **FILE**

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