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Trump gives Iran a ‘last chance’ to make a deal to end the war

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting about military families, in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Aug. 3, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

President Trump on Monday said renewed talks with Iran are the Islamic regime’s “last chance” to sign a deal giving up its quest for a nuclear weapon.

Blanche nomination back on track after he rescinds Trump weaponization fund

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Todd Blanche appears to have enough support to advance through the Senate Judiciary Committee after he reached an agreement to fully revoke President Trump’s “anti-weaponization fund” and clarify Mr. Trump’s limited immunity from prosecution over past tax malfeasance.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Blanche nomination back on track after he rescinds Trump weaponization fund

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A student participates during an immigration protest on the campus of Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, Ga., on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart) **FILE**

Campus free speech hits 20-year high under Trump administration

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham, front, runs by a fan holding a sign referencing her comments on transgender athletes and women's sports during the first half of a WNBA basketball game against the Seattle Storm, Tuesday, July 28, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

WNBA pressed to bar transgender athletes from the league

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., questions Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as he testifies before a Senate Committee on Finance hearing on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, April 22, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

‘Donald Trump is right’: Elizabeth Warren looks to president to help her kill U.S. debt limit

By George Caldwell - The Washington Times

Troy Jackson, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, speaks at the Maine Democratic Nominating Convention, Saturday, July 25, 2026, in Bangor, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) ** FILE **

Troy Jackson, Maine Democratic Senate candidate, lashes out at reporting on his cousin romance

By George Caldwell - The Washington Times

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., questions Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as he testifies before a Senate Committee on Finance hearing on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, April 22, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

‘Donald Trump is right’: Elizabeth Warren looks to president to help her kill U.S. debt limit

By George Caldwell - The Washington Times

Troy Jackson, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, speaks at the Maine Democratic Nominating Convention, Saturday, July 25, 2026, in Bangor, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) ** FILE **

Troy Jackson, Maine Democratic Senate candidate, lashes out at reporting on his cousin romance

By George Caldwell - The Washington Times

This undated photo taken through a microscope provided by the CDC shows Cyclospora cayetanensis oocysts found in a fresh stool sample, which had been prepared with a formalin solution and stained with safranin. (CDC via AP, File)

Michigan reports first 2 U.S. deaths in outbreak of cyclospora

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South Korean navy's 3,000-ton submarine Shin Chae HO is seen during a naval fleet review off South Korea's southeastern coast near Busan, Friday, Sept. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) ** FILE **

South Korea focuses on drone mine counters, naval gunnery as attritable unmanned threats proliferate

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

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Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., arrives before President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Fetterman should switch party affiliation to independent

By Kelly Sadler

Pharmacist holding medicine box and capsule pack in pharmacy drugstore. File photo credit: i viewfinder via Shutterstock.

Germany’s new drug law is a case study in foreign freeloading

By Chad Mizelle

Democrats radical liberal policies and the United States of America illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Republicans should make Democrats own the radical agenda they refuse to reject

By Robert Knight

Finding intelligence in the United States of America illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Finding brains in America: Are we getting dumber?

By Don Feder

Alan Ritchson attends the premiere of "Motor City" at the Museum of Modern Art on Monday, July 13, 2026, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Actor Alan Ritchson’s profanity defense has a biblical problem

By Billy Hallowell

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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attends an event on health care affordability in the Oval Office at the White House, Thursday, April 23, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. erupts at CNN host over COVID pandemic coverage

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Ariana Grande arrives at the 31st Annual Critics Choice Awards on Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026, at The Barker Hanger in Santa Monica, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

Ariana Grande withdraws from a London musical and will take a break from the public eye

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Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr departs an event in the East Room of the White House, March 20, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)

ABC accuses FCC of trying to censor its stations

By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

FILE - Visitors walk the grounds of the festival opera house "Festspielhaus" in Bayreuth, southern Germany, on July 17, 2010. (Eckehard Schulz/DAPD via AP)

AI-assisted staging draws boos at the Richard Wagner festival in Germany

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Washington Times National Security Editor Guy Taylor sits down with longtime regional expert Michael Shifter of the Inter-American Dialogue to examine Latin American political nuances that the U.S. national security community should be most aware of going forward.

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A burned car is seen after a Russian missile attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Dan Bashakov)

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President of Iran Masoud Pezeshkian takes questions from the media during a news conference in New York on Sept. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis, File)

Iran executes two men accused of spying for Israel as wave mounts of wartime hangings

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

This aerial photo shows the port of Umm Qasr empty of commercial ships and cargo ships, near the city of Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, July 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Ali Rahim)

Trump halts strikes on Iran, says peace deal ‘perimeters’ are in place

By John T. Seward - The Washington Times

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Specialist Dilip Patel works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, July 30, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura) ** FILE **

Wall Street starts week with a bang after Trump calls off strikes

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Pedestrians walk past the Nasdaq building as the stock price of Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. is displayed on screens, March 26, 2024, in New York. On Friday, May 3, Trump Media and Technology Group, the owner of social networking site Truth Social, fired BF Borgers, an auditor that federal regulators recently charged with “massive fraud.” (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

Trump Media launches services for faster access to Truth Social posts

By Mary McCue Bell and Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump holds up an image taken from his Truth Social account at an event about coal, Thursday, June 4, 2026, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson,File)

Trump frequently announces he’s halting strikes in Iran. But they keep happening

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President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting, Friday, July 31, 2026, at Camp David, the presidential retreat, near Thurmont, Md., Friday, July 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump blames Walz for cyberattack on Minnesota water systems despite suspicions Iran is involved

By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

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Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham, front, runs by a fan holding a sign referencing her comments on transgender athletes and women's sports during the first half of a WNBA basketball game against the Seattle Storm, Tuesday, July 28, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

WNBA pressed to bar transgender athletes from the league

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting about military families, in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Aug. 3, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump creates commission to improve quality of life for military families

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Troy Jackson, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, speaks at the Maine Democratic Nominating Convention, Saturday, July 25, 2026, in Bangor, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) ** FILE **

Troy Jackson, Maine Democratic Senate candidate, lashes out at reporting on his cousin romance

By George Caldwell - The Washington Times

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., questions Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as he testifies before a Senate Committee on Finance hearing on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, April 22, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

‘Donald Trump is right’: Elizabeth Warren looks to president to help her kill U.S. debt limit

By George Caldwell - The Washington Times

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In this photo provided by the Center for Biological Diversity are the meadows at Baltazor Hot Spring in Humboldt County, Nev., Jan. 14, 2022. Conservationists who are already suing to block a geothermal power plant where an endangered toad lives in western Nevada are now seeking U.S. protection for a rare butterfly at another geothermal project the developer plans near the Oregon line. The Center for Biological Diversity is now petitioning the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to list the bleached sandhill skipper under the Endangered Species Act at the only place it's known to exist. (Patrick Donnelly/Center for Biological Diversity via AP)

Nigerian scammers bilk the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service of hundreds of thousands of taxpayer cash

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Young man using his smartphone on the bed in a dark room. File photo credit: Gap_Abstracture via Shutterstock

Generation Z chooses ‘bed rot’ over real life: Experts see worsening loneliness crisis

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

This June 30, 2015, photo shows a sign at the entrance to the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) **FILE**

ICE detention center staff taunted kids by eating candy in front of them: Democrat investigation

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A speed camera is positioned underneath Washington Circle Park for east bound traffic on K Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., Monday, December 30, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times) **FILE**

D.C. lawyer’s courtroom victory over speed camera ticket prompts revision of policy

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

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This image provided by KMVT shows the scene of a shooting that started at an In-N-Out Burger restaurant, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026 in Twin Falls, Idaho. (KMVT via AP)

Authorities seek a motive in the mass shooting at an Idaho In-N-Out Burger

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This undated photo taken through a microscope provided by the CDC shows Cyclospora cayetanensis oocysts found in a fresh stool sample, which had been prepared with a formalin solution and stained with safranin. (CDC via AP, File)

Michigan reports first 2 U.S. deaths in outbreak of cyclospora

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A student participates during an immigration protest on the campus of Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, Ga., on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart) **FILE**

Campus free speech hits 20-year high under Trump administration

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

This still image captured from video by a witness shows the scene of a shooting that started at an In-N-Out Burger restaurant, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026 in Twin Falls, Idaho. (Kevin Bell Jr. via AP)

Suspect in shooting at Idaho fast-food restaurant died from self-inflicted gunshot wound, police say

By Rebecca Boone and Martha Bellisle and Sarah Raza - Associated Press

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President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting about military families, in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Aug. 3, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump gives Iran a ‘last chance’ to make a deal to end the war

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Vehicles travel past a billboard depicting a fallen Statue of Liberty and crowds carrying Iranian and Shiite flags at Revolution Square in Tehran, Iran, Monday, Aug. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Trump accuses Iranian leaders of duplicity over peace negotiations

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

President of Iran Masoud Pezeshkian takes questions from the media during a news conference in New York on Sept. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis, File)

Iran executes two men accused of spying for Israel as wave mounts of wartime hangings

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

A worker drives a forklift at the Phoenix Tailings refinery Wednesday, July 22, 2026, in Exeter, N.H. (AP Photo/Rodrique Ngowi)

U.S. faces new pressure to build weapons without China’s rare-earth magnets

By Didi Tang, Josh Funk and Rodrique Ngowi - Associated Press

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Washington Nationals' Luis García Jr., right, sits in the dugout with Andrés Chaparro (87) after he was scratched from the starting lineup before a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Erik S. Lesser)

Nationals’ deadline plans clouded by losing skid, early success

By Liam Griffin - The Washington Times

Workers dry off the Stadium court during the WTA final of the DC Open tennis tournament in Washington, D.C., Sunday, August 2, 2026. Play was delayed twice due to lengthy thunderstorms in the area. (All-Pro Reels)

Daylong rain and thunderstorms force postponement of DC Open men’s and women’s finals

By George Gerbo - The Washington Times

Atlanta Braves' Matt Olson hits a solo home run against the Washington Nationals during the fourth inning of a baseball game, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Erik S. Lesser)

Slumping Nationals drop 5th straight, swept by Braves

By Charles Odum - Associated Press

Fans wear shirts saying "Trans Kids Belong In Sports" during a WNBA basketball game between the Minnesota Lynx and the Indiana Fever Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

Rallies follow Fever after Cunningham’s comments on transgender athletes

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LGBTQ movement and transgender children illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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MyGender Dolls brings leftist gender indoctrination to preschoolers

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Alan Ritchson attends the premiere of "Motor City" at the Museum of Modern Art on Monday, July 13, 2026, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

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Actor Alan Ritchson’s profanity defense has a biblical problem

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Holy ghostwriter: Pastors turn to AI to help write sermons — and feel torn about it

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