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In this Jan. 17, 2020, photo, U.S. District Court Judge Diane Humetewa sits in her chambers at the federal courthouse in Phoenix. Humetewa, who is Hopi, is one of only three Native Americans who have served as federal judges and is the first Native American woman to do so. (Patty Talahongva/Indian Country Today via AP)

Native American judge blazes trail in federal courts

By KALLE BENALLIE - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 27, 2016, file photo, Neera Tanden, president of the Center for American Progress, speaks at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. A major liberal policy group is raising the ante on the health care debate with a new plan that builds on Medicare to guarantee coverage for all. Called “Medicare Extra for All,” the proposal to be released Feb. 22, 2018, by the Center for American Progress gives politically energized Democrats more options to achieve a long-sought goal. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Leading liberal policy group unveils ‘coverage for all’ plan

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR - Associated Press

A U.S member of Combined Joint Task Force-101 walks past an election banner at a US military base in Bagram north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2008. Soldiers, aid workers and military contractors in Afghanistan are filling out absentee ballots this week and sending them back to the states in hopes they arrive in time to be counted by elections officials. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Liberal Center for American Progress calls for restrictions on overseas military voting

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Nicki Minaj accepts the award for hip-hop video of the year for “Anaconda” at the MTV Video Music Awards at the Microsoft Theater on Sunday, Aug. 30, 2015, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

John Podesta on Nicki Minaj story: ‘Booty equity’

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

The Democratic National Committee headquarters is seen, Tuesday, June 14, 2016 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

DNC hackers accused of broader campaign targeting think-tanks, lobbyists: Report

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

On the eve of the third GOP debate, about two dozen Hispanic leaders emerged Tuesday from a closed-door meeting in Colorado with a stark warning for Republicans: They can kiss the Hispanic vote, and their chances of winning the White House, goodbye if Donald Trump is nominated. (Associated Press)

Republicans move into hostile political territory with Boulder debate

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Syrian rebels have voiced serious reservations about a U.S. program to train moderate opposition fighters in Jordan, dismissing it as a drop in the ocean that would not change realities on the ground. (Associated Press)

Obama’s Syria ‘safe zone’ plan lacks moderate rebels needed to carry it out

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Firearms evidence is on display during a news conference in Portland, Ore., on Dec. 9, 2013. Oregon senators have approved a bill requiring background checks on most private gun sales. (Jamie Francis/The Oregonian via AP) **FILE**

Obama administration: GOP to blame for shoddy gun regulation

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Lyle Alderson, left, a former teacher, with his wife Jan Alderson, a high school science teacher, both of Overland Park, Kansas, and Kevin Gilbert, 42, of Ridgeland, Miss., right, a member-at-large on the National Education Association (NEA) executive committee and a former social studies teacher and coach, are interviewed in Washington on Thursday, May 1, 2014. Mrs. Alderson is a National Teacher Hall of Fame inductee. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

US teachers nowhere as diverse as their students

By JESSE J. HOLLAND - Associated Press

New England editorial roundup

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Wage stagnation and rising income inequality — two features of the current recovery that have puzzled both policymakers and analysts — may reflect not economic factors, but a vast change over the decades in the structure of the American family, in particular the decline in the number of married-parent families, according to a new study. (Associated Press)

Savers beware: Fees may be shrinking your 401(k)

By Josh Boak and Paul Wiseman - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012, file photo, former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland addresses the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C. Strickland will promote liberal causes in his home state and across the country as the new head of a Washington think tank’s advocacy arm. Strickland will become president of the Center for American Progress Action Fund on April 1, he told The Associated Press ahead of Wednesday’s announcement. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Ex-Ohio governor takes position at advocacy fund

By JULIE CARR SMYTH - Associated Press

**FILE** Sen. Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: Chuck Schumer urges IRS to harass Tea Party groups into silence

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

$FILE - In this March 29, 2013 file photo, workers tend to a well head during a hydraulic fracturing operation at an Encana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc. gas well outside Rifle, in western Colorado. Illinois and California officials are writing rules to implement their states&#8217; first-ever laws to regulate hydraulic fracturing, but environmentalists still are pushing to halt the practice amid fears it could cause pollution and health problems. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)$

CAP counts ‘indirect jobs’ in green energy, ignores them for oil and gas

By Lachlan Markay — The Washington Free Beacon

** FILE ** Dr. Vivek Murthy, President Obama's surgeon general nominee. (AP Photo/courtesy of Brigham and Women's Hospital)

Obama’s surgeon general nominee connected to left-leaning think tank

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

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John Podesta’s return to White House will test Obama’s pledge against lobbyists

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

Anti-government protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square react to a televised statement on Feb. 10, 2011, by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who stepped down the following day. His departure and that of Tunisia's Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali have some seeing the twilight of U.S. influence in the Middle East and others seeing new opportunities. (Associated Press)

Think tanks link Arab Spring to global warming

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times