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Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai pauses during an interview in Hong Kong on July 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)

Trump could move needle on jailed Hong Kong media mogul’s case

- The Washington Times

The son of jailed Hong Kong media magnate and pro-democracy advocate Jimmy Lai says he's optimistic U.S. President Trump can convince China his father should be released, because keeping him imprisoned only reinforces the reputation of Beijing as an authoritarian, freedom-crushing power.

Cpl. Edward Chin of the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines Regiment, covers the face of a statue of Saddam Hussein with an American flag before toppling the statue in downtown Baghdad, Iraq, on April 9, 2003. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)

9/11 was 24 years ago and the U.S. is still at war

- The Washington Times

The U.S. hasn't had troops in Afghanistan for four years, yet nearly a quarter century after al Qaeda's Sept. 11 sneak attack on America, Congress' authorization for the president to conduct a retaliatory global war on terrorism remains in full force.