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U.S. pauses strikes on Iranian targets for a second day

People stand on a bridge destroyed after a strike in Hormozgan province, southern Iran, Saturday, July 18, 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/Iranian Students' News Agency via AP)

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

The White House paused strikes on Iranian targets for a second straight day Sunday, creating space for diplomatic efforts even as the U.S. maintains its blockade on Iranian ports.

Trump’s ‘anti-weaponization’ fund has become a roadblock for his attorney general nominee

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

By Stephen Dinan and Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

President Trump’s “anti-weaponization” fund has become the chief stumbling block to Todd Blanche’s confirmation as attorney general, with key Republicans saying they cannot let him be approved until the $1.776 billion idea is fully eradicated.

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

Trump’s ‘anti-weaponization’ fund has become a roadblock for his attorney general nominee

By Stephen Dinan and Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., smiles during a campaign rally for Michigan Democratic U.S. Senate primary candidate Abdul El-Sayed, Saturday, July 18, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Jose Juarez)

Congressional Democrats say AOC has emerged as party leader, but less sure about ‘28 prospects

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New College of Florida students and supporters protest ahead of a meeting by the college's board of trustees, Feb. 28, 2023, in Sarasota, Fla. The conservative-dominated board of trustees of Florida's public honors college was meeting to take up a measure making wholesale changes in the school's diversity, equity and inclusion programs and offices. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

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Police respond to a shooting at Seattle Center during the Bite of Seattle food festival Sunday, July 26, 2026, in Seattle, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

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New College of Florida students and supporters protest ahead of a meeting by the college's board of trustees, Feb. 28, 2023, in Sarasota, Fla. The conservative-dominated board of trustees of Florida's public honors college was meeting to take up a measure making wholesale changes in the school's diversity, equity and inclusion programs and offices. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

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Police respond to a shooting at Seattle Center during the Bite of Seattle food festival Sunday, July 26, 2026, in Seattle, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters ahead of an address by President Donald Trump, Thursday, July 16, 2026, at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Top Democrats brush aside DSA friction as party girds for November

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the state memorial for Ze'ev Jabotinsky, at Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem, Tuesday, July 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

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This photo taken on Aug. 9 photo and provided by Michigan Technological University from the Ford Center's 60th anniversary celebration in Alberta, Mich., shows a Model-T. The site that sprang out of Henry Ford's desire to produce wood for his automobiles continues on as a Michigan Technological University site for forest research. The 60th anniversary of the site's transfer to MTU was commemorated with a two-day celebration recently at the Ford Center, according to The Daily Mining Gazette of Houghton. (AP Photo/Michigan Technological University, Tara Bal)

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President Donald Trump speaks at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner at the Waldorf Astoria Washington DC, Friday, July 24, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

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People stand on a bridge destroyed after a strike in Hormozgan province, southern Iran, Saturday, July 18, 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/Iranian Students' News Agency via AP)

U.S. pauses strikes on Iranian targets for a second day

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, salute as a U.S. Army carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of Pvt. Isabella Gonzales of Carrollton, Texas, Wednesday, July 22, 2026, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Iran war death toll excludes those killed after broken ceasefire

By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

A general view of the Meeting of the North Atlantic Council Session with fellow heads of state at the NATO summit at the IFEMA arena in Madrid, on June 30, 2022. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Intern arrested in Belgium on suspicion of spying inside NATO military headquarters

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Members of the U.S. Secret Service look on as Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event with Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, Saturday, July 20, 2024, at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Mich. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

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Gary Leffler drives his tractor past supporters before the arrival of former President Donald Trump at a rally, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023, in Ottumwa, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

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U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz speaks before President Donald Trump arrives at the United States Army War College in Carlisle, Pa., during the Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit, Wednesday, July 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Waltz: Military action against Iran still on the table even as U.S. strikes on hold

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

A radiation sign is seen near a broken Russian vehicle with a V letter, a sign of the Russian army, close to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Chernobyl, Ukraine, April 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)

As Trump boosts nuclear power, regulators seek to eliminate a longstanding radiation safety rule

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White House border czar Tom Homan speaks with reporters outside the White House, Monday, July 20, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters ahead of an address by President Donald Trump, Thursday, July 16, 2026, at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., speaks at a Martin Luther King Jr. Day commemoration at the South Carolina Statehouse, Jan. 19, 2026, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard, File)

Khanna joins Mamdani in calling for Netanyahu’s arrest in U.S.

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

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Face the facts: N.J. lawmakers demand biometric checks for online gamblers

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Anthea Hartig, director of the National Museum of American History, part of the Smithsonian Institution, testifies during a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency hearing about the Smithsonian, Tuesday, July 21, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Smithsonian museum director on hot seat over display of ‘crotch harness’

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A barred owl (left) and a spotted owl (Photo Credit: Don Ryan, AP)

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A "Vote Here" sign indicates a polling place in Cherry Hill, Tuesday, N.J., Oct. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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New College of Florida students and supporters protest ahead of a meeting by the college's board of trustees, Feb. 28, 2023, in Sarasota, Fla. The conservative-dominated board of trustees of Florida's public honors college was meeting to take up a measure making wholesale changes in the school's diversity, equity and inclusion programs and offices. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

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HUD opens civil rights probe into race-based university housing

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Police respond to a shooting at Seattle Center during the Bite of Seattle food festival Sunday, July 26, 2026, in Seattle, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

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Raul Morales, a 51-year-old man who is accused of stabbing two people on the Upper West Side in Manhattan on Thursday afternoon is escorted out of the NYPD 20th Precinct by police officers in New York, Friday, July 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Ryan Murphy)

Man accused of yelling ‘Allahu Akbar’ in Manhattan stabbing spree faces hate crime charges

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Lilly Nimmer, left, and Reba Bergmann, right, hold a sign to protest the police shooting of Corey Ruiz outside of the Wisconsin state Capitol during the weekly farmers market on Saturday, July 25, 2026, in Madison, Wisconsin. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer)

Wisconsin’s capital city cancels signature events, grapples with fallout from police shooting

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Police officers stand near a vehicle crashed into a tree after driving into a crowd near Berlin's annual Pride event, in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, July 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Suspect in Berlin Pride stabbing spree killed by police

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U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz speaks before President Donald Trump arrives at the United States Army War College in Carlisle, Pa., during the Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit, Wednesday, July 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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Police officers stand near a vehicle crashed into a tree after driving into a crowd near Berlin's annual Pride event, in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, July 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

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Police officers are on the scene following the cancellation of Christopher Street Day in Berlin, on Saturday, July 25, 2026. (Fabian Sommer/dpa/dpa via AP)

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Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James stands on the court in the closing minutes of Game 4 in a second-round NBA basketball playoff series against the Oklahoma City Thunder, May 11, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

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Washington Nationals' James Wood is greeted in the dugout after hitting a solo home run during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks, Sunday, July 26, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)

Nationals’ Wood, Abrams shine in crucial win over Diamondbacks

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Washington Nationals' Curtis Mead hits a two RBI double during the third inning of a baseball game against the Athletics Friday, July 17, 2026, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Sara Nevis)

Nationals ship infielder Mead to Red Sox for rookie pitcher Early

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Anthea Hartig, director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, speaks at an event, Feb. 20, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert, File)

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The Ephesus House, a replica of the House of the Virgin Mary in Ephesus, Turkey, now stands at Alfonso town, Cavite province, Philippines on July 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

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