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President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026, in Washington, before signing a spending bill that will end a partial shutdown of the federal government. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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President Trump signed a bill Tuesday to reopen the federal government after a four-day partial shutdown.

The hard, cold reality of Arctic warfare

Danish, Greenlandic and U.S. flags are seen at Joint Arctic Command center in Nuuk, Greenland, on Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

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The U.S. could learn a lot from Nordic allies about projecting military power in the Arctic, where the cold wreaks havoc on the high-tech tools American forces rely on elsewhere in the world.

Danish, Greenlandic and U.S. flags are seen at Joint Arctic Command center in Nuuk, Greenland, on Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

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Justice Dept. eyes hundreds of new denaturalization cases targeting convicts, war criminals

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House Democrats’ report accuses Trump officials of lies, covering up ICE misconduct

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In this Nov. 19, 2019, photo made available by U.S. Navy, the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, left, the air-defense destroyer HMS Defender and the guided-missile destroyer USS Farragut transit the Strait of Hormuz with the guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Zachary Pearson/U.S. Navy via AP) **FILE**

U.S. forces shoot down Iranian drone that ‘aggressively approached’ aircraft carrier in Arabian Sea

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House Democrats’ report accuses Trump officials of lies, covering up ICE misconduct

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In this Nov. 19, 2019, photo made available by U.S. Navy, the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, left, the air-defense destroyer HMS Defender and the guided-missile destroyer USS Farragut transit the Strait of Hormuz with the guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Zachary Pearson/U.S. Navy via AP) **FILE**

U.S. forces shoot down Iranian drone that ‘aggressively approached’ aircraft carrier in Arabian Sea

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Danish, Greenlandic and U.S. flags are seen at Joint Arctic Command center in Nuuk, Greenland, on Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

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By John T. Seward - The Washington Times 18 minutes ago

In this Nov. 19, 2019, photo made available by U.S. Navy, the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, left, the air-defense destroyer HMS Defender and the guided-missile destroyer USS Farragut transit the Strait of Hormuz with the guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Zachary Pearson/U.S. Navy via AP) **FILE**

U.S. forces shoot down Iranian drone that ‘aggressively approached’ aircraft carrier in Arabian Sea

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

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Federal immigration officers deploy tear gas after a shooting Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr, File)

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President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Feb. 2, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump pushes to nationalize elections; cites states he lost in 2020 to Biden as vulnerable to fraud

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Trump says he will not back down in negotiations with Harvard University, seeks $1 billion

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President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026, in Washington, before signing a spending bill that will end a partial shutdown of the federal government. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump signs bill to reopen government after brief partial shutdown

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Infighting, money woes drag down NRA’s comeback as a heavyweight in American politics

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