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CIA, FBI help U.S. Marshals Service probe pizza doxxing, judicial threats

Director of U.S. Federal Marshals Service Gadyaces Serralta listens as President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Sept. 15, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

By Alex Swoyer and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

The CIA has been helping out in an investigation into a bizarre intimidation tactic used against federal judges in which someone has been ordering pizzas sent to their homes, the head of the U.S. Marshals Service said.

Rand Paul threatens to cancel DHS secretary vote over dispute on transparency

Committee Chairman Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky, speaks before Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., President Donald Trump's pick for Homeland Security secretary, testifies before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearing, Wednesday, March 18, 2026 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Sen. Markwayne Mullin acknowledged to colleagues Wednesday that he took part in an ultra-secret operation a decade ago as a member of Congress that he can’t speak about in public — and the matter could derail his path to a speedy confirmation as the next Homeland Security secretary.

Committee Chairman Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky, speaks before Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., President Donald Trump's pick for Homeland Security secretary, testifies before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearing, Wednesday, March 18, 2026 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Rand Paul threatens to cancel DHS secretary vote over dispute on transparency

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System (LUCAS) drones are positioned on the tarmac at a base in the U.S. Central Command operating area, Nov. 23. Costing approximately $35,000 per platform, LUCAS drones are providing U.S. forces in the Middle East low-cost, scalable capabilities to strengthen regional security and deterrence. U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (Nov. 23, 2025) (Courtesy Photo)

Back to the future: Despite tech advances, age-old ‘continuities of war’ key to U.S.-Iran conflict

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump listens to a reporter's question during a meeting with Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin in the Oval Office of the White House, on St. Patrick's Day, Tuesday, March 17, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump says he might destroy Iran’s leadership and let other countries deal with Strait of Hormuz

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Israeli authorities hang Israeli and U.S. flags at the site struck by an Iranian missile that killed two people, in Ramat Gan, Israel, Wednesday, March 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Iran’s intel chief killed in overnight Israeli airstrike, Iranian president confirms

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Joe Kent, director of the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center, speaks during a congressional debate at KATU studios in Portland, Ore., on Oct. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane) ** FILE **

White House distances itself from counterterrorism official who resigned over Iran war

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

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Israeli authorities hang Israeli and U.S. flags at the site struck by an Iranian missile that killed two people, in Ramat Gan, Israel, Wednesday, March 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Iran’s intel chief killed in overnight Israeli airstrike, Iranian president confirms

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Joe Kent, director of the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center, speaks during a congressional debate at KATU studios in Portland, Ore., on Oct. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane) ** FILE **

White House distances itself from counterterrorism official who resigned over Iran war

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

This March 16, 2019, file photo shows a natural gas refinery at the South Pars gas field constructed by Revolutionary Guard-affiliated company, Khatam al-Anbia, the largest Iranian contractor of government construction projects, on the northern coast of the Persian Gulf, in Asaluyeh, Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

Israel strikes Iran’s massive natural gas facility

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Maryland State Trooper cars appear on display during National Night Out, Tuesday, August 1, 2023, in Salisbury, Md. The event, hosted by the Salisbury Police Department, aims to promote stronger community relationships and includes a number of organizations that provide support services to families. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson) **FILE**

Three shootings on Maryland highways have cops still searching for suspect

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

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Higher gas prices are the least of our problems

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U.S. Marine Corps being destroyed from within

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Jessie Buckley accepts the award for actress in a leading role for "Hamnet" during the Oscars on Sunday, March 15, 2026, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Ratings for Oscars lowest since 2022, saw first year-over-year drop since 2021

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Teyana Taylor arrives at the 32nd Annual Actor Awards on Sunday, March 1, 2026, at the Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

Academy ‘extremely upset’ after security guard shoves actress Teyana Taylor at Oscars

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TikTok personality Rachel Tussey dies after tummy tuck surgery in Ohio

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Houthi supporters chant slogans against Israel and the United States during a rally in Sanaa, Yemen, on Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman) **FILE**

Houthis missing in action as U.S., Israel pummel terrorist group’s backers in Iran

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A man walks along the shore as oil tankers and cargo ships line up in the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Khor Fakkan, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, March 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Iran’s unconventional asymmetric warfare pits cheap weapons against expensive ones

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Saudi’s Petroline undercuts Iran’s energy blackmail and offers a lesson for America

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As Trump closes the border, unauthorized migrants surge at U.S. airports

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., speaks with reporters on the steps at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, March 5, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Trump’s homeland security pick Mullin is poised to inherit a department beset by challenges

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President Donald Trump steps off Air Force One, Saturday, March 7, 2026, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump will pay his respects in Delaware to 6 US service members killed in the Middle East

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President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin in the Oval Office of the White House, on St. Patrick's Day, Tuesday, March 17, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Committee Chairman Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky, speaks before Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., President Donald Trump's pick for Homeland Security secretary, testifies before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearing, Wednesday, March 18, 2026 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Rand Paul threatens to cancel DHS secretary vote over dispute on transparency

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this file photo, Ranking Member Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., addresses Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Deanne Criswell as she testifies in front of a House Committee on Oversight and Accountability hearing on oversight of FEMA, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) ** FILE **

Rep. Jamie Raskin demands answers on Trump’s Board of Peace patent

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Joe Kent, director of the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center, speaks during a congressional debate at KATU studios in Portland, Ore., on Oct. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane) ** FILE **

White House distances itself from counterterrorism official who resigned over Iran war

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Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., speaks during a Senate Homeland Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner) ** FILE **

Rand Paul lashes out at Trump’s DHS nominee, says Markwayne Mullin is ‘a man with anger issues’

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The entrance to the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran, where 63 people are being held hostage, seen in 1980. Graffiti on the wall at left reads: "Dear American minority, brothers and sisters (Blacks and Indians) study the holy Koran and start a revolution against U.S. discrimination. God and Iranian Muslim people are supporting you. Down with Reagan." (AP Photo, File)

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Virginia’s new congressional map would be country’s most extreme gerrymander

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‘Designer Xanax’ faces federal crackdown as DEA adds it to controlled substances list

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Director of U.S. Federal Marshals Service Gadyaces Serralta listens as President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Sept. 15, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

CIA, FBI help U.S. Marshals Service probe pizza doxxing, judicial threats

By Alex Swoyer and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Air traffic controllers from the 54th Operations Support Squadron man the air traffic control tower during evening flight operations at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, Nov. 13, 2025. The 54th OSS is a critical part of the 49th Wing mission of training the worlds most skilled F-16 Fighting Falcon pilots and MQ-9 Reaper pilots and sensor operators. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Victor J. Caputo)

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Sheriff Grady Judd, of Polk County, Fla., speaks during a state commission meeting as they investigate the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre and how Broward school district and others access threats, on Tuesday, July 10, 2018, in Sunrise, Fla. In 2022, he says, “We’re not going to wait for an Uvalde, Texas, or a Parkland or a Columbine if we have the information and people say that they’re going to shoot or kill. ... We’re going to use the tools that the state gave us.” (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

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This March 16, 2019, file photo shows a natural gas refinery at the South Pars gas field constructed by Revolutionary Guard-affiliated company, Khatam al-Anbia, the largest Iranian contractor of government construction projects, on the northern coast of the Persian Gulf, in Asaluyeh, Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

Israel strikes Iran’s massive natural gas facility

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Liberia-flagged tanker Shenlong Suezmax, carrying crude oil from Saudi Arabia, that arrived clearing the Strait of Hormuz, is seen at the Mumbai Port in Mumbai, India, Thursday, March 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

U.S. drops 5,000-pound bombs on Iranian missile sites near the Strait of Hormuz

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks with Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a roundtable discussion on college sports in the East Room of the White House, Friday, March 6, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Trump, Rubio say Cuba needs to see major changes ‘soon’

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

A man walks along the shore as oil tankers and cargo ships line up in the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Khor Fakkan, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, March 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

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United States defenseman Cole Hutson (24) celebrates after his goal as he skates past Finland forward Jesse Kiiskinen (38) during second-period IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship gold medal game action in Ottawa, Ontario, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP)

Capitals’ Hutson earns rave reviews ahead of potential NHL debut

By Liam Griffin - The Washington Times

Iran's players pose for a team photo before an Asian group A qualifying soccer match against North Korea for the 2026 World Cup, June 10, 2025, at Azadi Stadium in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, file)

Iran lobbies FIFA to move World Cup matches from U.S. to Mexico

By Liam Griffin - The Washington Times

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Kino Border Initiative takes in migrants at the border, cites Catholic values

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This March 16, 2019, file photo shows a natural gas refinery at the South Pars gas field constructed by Revolutionary Guard-affiliated company, Khatam al-Anbia, the largest Iranian contractor of government construction projects, on the northern coast of the Persian Gulf, in Asaluyeh, Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

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Maryland State Trooper cars appear on display during National Night Out, Tuesday, August 1, 2023, in Salisbury, Md. The event, hosted by the Salisbury Police Department, aims to promote stronger community relationships and includes a number of organizations that provide support services to families. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson) **FILE**

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By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Xanax in pile on black background. File photo credit: gremlinworks via Shutterstock.

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By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

Military personnel take part in a military parade to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II held in front of Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (Alexander Kazakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

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By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

A customs agent wears a patch for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York on Oct. 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) **FILE**

As Trump closes the border, unauthorized migrants surge at U.S. airports

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

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Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks at the annual Fancy Farm picnic, Aug. 2, 2025, in Fancy Farm, Ky. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

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By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

A serviceman controls an FPV drone of "General Cherry" company at the polygon in Ukraine on Dec. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) **FILE**

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By Guillaume Ptak - Special to The Washington Times

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., talks about President Donald Trump's decision to attack Iran and Democratic efforts to force congressional approval for going to war, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 4, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

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Then-Republican candidate Joe Kent waits before taking the stage for a candidates' debate Sept. 27, 2022, in Vancouver, Wash. (AP Photo/Rachel La Corte, File)

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Cesar Chavez, a farm worker, labor organizer and leader of the California grape strike, is seen in a California works office in 1965. (AP Photo, George Brich, File)

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President Donald Trump speaks with Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a roundtable discussion on college sports in the East Room of the White House, Friday, March 6, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

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By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Attorney General Pam Bondi listens as she testifies before a House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner)

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Irish PM treads carefully in Oval Office visit as Trump bashes European leaders

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Front row, from left, President Joe Biden, first lady Jill Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff and second row from left, former President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former President George W. Bush, Laura Bush, former President Barack Obama, President-elect Donald Trump and Melania Trump, stand during the state funeral for former President Jimmy Carter at Washington National Cathedral in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

War in Iran: Former presidents deny telling Trump, ‘I wish I did it’

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U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino stands with Federal agents outside a convenience store, Jan. 21, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis, File)

Gregory Bovino, Border Patrol commander who led Trump’s enforcement surge, to retire

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Gov. Abigail Spanberger becomes emotional during the investiture ceremony of Chief Justice Cleo E. Powell in the chamber of the Supreme Court of Virginia, in Richmond, Va., on Monday, March 2, 2026. (Mike Kroff/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP) **FILE**

Virginia Democrats ran on affordability — then passed a new payroll tax

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks before signing an executive order regarding a task force on fraud in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, March 16, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Trump says lawmakers who reject his SAVE America Act will suffer consequences at polls

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

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