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In this March 30, 2021, photo, young minors lie inside a pod at the Donna Department of Homeland Security holding facility, the main detention center for unaccompanied children in the Rio Grande Valley run by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), in Donna, Texas. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills, Pool) **FILE**

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The Biden administration awarded a bloated half-billion-dollar contract to take care of migrant children to a politically connected nonprofit that had no experience handling that large an operation, a new inspector general report says.

Hispanic groups warn Trump’s ICE surge could ‘nullify’ GOP’s Texas congressional goals

Pepper spray is dispersed towards protesters outside the South Texas Family Residential Center detention facility where Liam Ramos and his father are being detained in Dilley, Texas, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Republicans may not be able to make good on the five seats they hope to net from Texas’ new congressional map, according to an immigration group that says the GOP is counting on Hispanics who are slipping away.

Pepper spray is dispersed towards protesters outside the South Texas Family Residential Center detention facility where Liam Ramos and his father are being detained in Dilley, Texas, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Hispanic groups warn Trump’s ICE surge could ‘nullify’ GOP’s Texas congressional goals

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U.S. Army soldiers cross a floating bridge on the Imjin River during a joint river-crossing exercise between South Korea and the United States as a part of the Freedom Shield military exercise in Yeoncheon, South Korea, March 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

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‘Trading blood for steel’: Army’s new combat philosophy puts autonomous robots on front lines

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President Donald Trump speaks to reporters at his Mar-a-Lago club, Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

‘Media tribalism and media bias’: Trump’s flurry of lawsuits changes the game for news outlets

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Republicans ask Supreme Court to block pro-Democrat rewrite of N.Y. congressional map

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President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, Feb. 13, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump says he’ll visit Venezuela, touts good relations with interim president

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Republicans ask Supreme Court to block pro-Democrat rewrite of N.Y. congressional map

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President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, Feb. 13, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump says he’ll visit Venezuela, touts good relations with interim president

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Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche answers a question during a news conference after the Justice Department announced the release of three million pages of documents in the latest Jeffrey Epstein disclosure in Washington, Friday, Jan. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Seen, Heard & Whispered: Blanche, Martin mend fences; Pelosi loses the room; new election push

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to reporters before boarding his plane, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Md., en route to the Munich Security Conference. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)

‘The old world is gone’: Rubio looks to reexamine relationship with allies at Munich conference

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

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China’s communist horror: Pastor Ezra Jin’s arrest sparks global outrage

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Spanberger, Virginia Democrats lie brazenly in rush to gerrymander

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Democrats’ demands for immigration enforcement changes should be DOA

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Don Lemon pleads not guilty to charges in Minnesota church protest

By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

Kansas City Chiefs' Travis Kelce walks off the tenth green at Spyglass Hill Golf Course during the first round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am golf tournament in Pebble Beach, Calif., Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

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Air Force major has 17 Guinness World Records, with 3 more pending confirmation

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Journalist Don Lemon, waves to the media after a hearing outside the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building in Los Angeles on Friday, Jan. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to reporters before boarding his plane, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Md., en route to the Munich Security Conference. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)

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Trump endorses his friend Viktor Orban, a Putin ally, for reelection in Hungary

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President Donald Trump speaks to reporters at his Mar-a-Lago club, Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

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President Donald Trump listens to a question from a reporter during an event with Environmental Protection Agency director Lee Zeldin to announce the EPA will no longer regulate greenhouse gases, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump invites Latin America leaders to attend summit in Florida

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President Donald Trump listens as Environmental Protection Agency director Lee Zeldin speaks during an event announcing that the EPA will no longer regulate greenhouse gases, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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