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I'm George Gerbo, and welcome to Washington Times Weekly, where we get a chance to sit down with our reporters and talk about their coverage of the latest news and events. And joining me this time is defense and national security correspondent John Seward.

Rep. Eric Swalwell on Sunday refused to halt his Democratic campaign for California governor as sexual assault allegations mounted against him, party leaders abandoned him and a Manhattan grand jury investigation loomed.

After his vice president departed Pakistan without an agreement to end hostilities with Iran, President Trump’s next steps are uncertain, as 10 days remain in the ceasefire between the two sides. Speaking to reporters in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad on Sunday, Vice President Vance said that while talks with Iranian officials were “substantive,” the...

It's the first price hike for the service since 2023.

The war in Iran may be on pause, but its effects on prices are still in motion and will continue to ripple through the economy.

There are no broods of periodical cicadas expected to awaken this year, but you may still see some late (or early) bugs around.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel said Sunday that any possible agreements or discussions with the United States are "possible" but "difficult" amid heightened tensions between the two countries. "I think we can have an approach in terms of what is possible and what is difficult. I think dialogue and deals with the U.S. government are possible,...

No American president should ever casually speak of wiping out a civilization.

President Trump on Sunday defended his social media post from earlier this week stating “a whole civilization" would die in Iran, arguing it brought the Iranian government to the negotiating table. “I’m fine with it,” Trump told host Maria Bartiromo on Fox News's “Sunday Morning Futures,” when she asked about the post. On Tuesday, less...

President Trump said Sunday that the U.S. Navy will “clean out” the Strait of Hormuz, just a few hours after he announced that the military branch will block ships from entering the passageway.  “We're going to clean out the strait,” Trump told host Maria Bartiromo on Fox News’s “Sunday Morning Futures.” The president also said...

. In challenging the idea that the government’s authority was absolute, Otis helped lay the groundwork for the American understanding of constitutional limits, individual rights and resistance to arbitrary authority. 

Voters in Social Circle, Ga., overwhelmingly backed President Trump in 2024. But when the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) purchased a 1 million-square-foot warehouse in the tiny city to convert it into a mega detention center for immigrants, residents and local officials pushed back hard. In February, the city notified Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)...

Iran-U.S. negotiations fell apart after Tehran misjudged its leverage, a U.S. official says, as Vice President JD Vance departed Pakistan without a deal.

Conservative nonprofit Restoration of America launches a $5 million nationwide ad campaign urging senators to pass the SAVE America Act on voter ID rules.