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President Donald Trump signs an executive order to create the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington, as White House staff secretary Will Scharf watches. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump vs. deep state: Tiny agency takes an oversized role in battle over aid

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

This March 22, 2013, photo, shows the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

Judge: DOJ faces ‘uphill battle’ in explaining IRS-worker recall amid shutdown

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this March 16, 2017, file photo, air traffic controllers work in the tower at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Judge declines to grant immediate pay, other relief to workers in throes of gov’t shutdown

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

A voter marks a ballot for the New Hampshire primary inside a voting booth on Feb. 9 in Manchester, N.H. (Associated Press)

Voter citizenship checks in Kansas, Alabama, Georgia upheld by judge

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A sign stands outside the National Security Agency (NSA) campus in Fort Meade, Md., in this June 6, 2013, file photo. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Federal judge rules against NSA phone-snooping program

By Andrea Noble and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

The dome of the Capitol is reflected in a skylight of the Capitol Visitor's Center in Washington on Jan. 1, 2013. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Judge tosses lawsuit trying to force new constitutional convention

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Larry Klayman speaks in Melbourne, Fla. (AP Photo/Peter Cosgrove, File)

Larry Klayman’s NSA phone-snooping suit may get revival

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

March for Life holds a rally and march each year to protest the Supreme Court's landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that declared a constitutional right to abortion. (Associated Press Photo/File)

Federal judge shields March for Life from Obamacare birth-control rules

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

This photo taken June 4, 2014, shows Labor Secretary Thomas Perez speaking in Washington. (AP Photo/Connor Radnovich) ** FILE **

Judge undercuts Obama housing discrimination argument, rebukes Tom Perez

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

**FILE** Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (center), Vermont Democrat, speaks with committee members and Democratic Sens. Charles Schumer (right) of New York and Dianne Feinstein of California on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 22, 2013, during the committee's hearing on immigration reform. (Associated Press)

Top Democrats reject court ruling over NSA spying on Americans

By Stephen Dinan and Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Sen. Dianne Feinstein, California Democrat, who chairs the Senate Intelligence Committee, speaks with reporters following a closed-door briefing by intelligence agencies on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, April 23, 2013. (Associated Press)

Feinstein: Judge got NSA ruling wrong

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

** FILE ** National Security Agency (NSA) Director Gen. Keith B. Alexander testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 18, 2013, before the House Intelligence Committee. (Associated Press)

Federal judge says NSA phone program violates Fourth Amendment

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Former D.C. Council Chairman Kwame R. Brown (left) enters the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse for his plea hearing in Washington, D.C., Friday, June 8, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

Prosecutors want six days in jail for Kwame Brown

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Former D.C. City Council Chairman Kwame Brown, who pleaded guilty to bank fraud and a misdemeanor campaign finance violation over the summer, arrives for a hearing at the D.C. federal courthouse after failing to make three weekly phone calls with court officials, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, October 9, 2012. A federal judge placed a curfew on Brown and ordered him to make weekly visits with court officials as punishment. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Judge gives Kwame Brown stricter release conditions

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Former D.C. Council Chairman Kwame R. Brown (left) enters the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse for his plea hearing in Washington, D.C., Friday, June 8, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

Former D.C. Council chairman pleads guilty to bank fraud

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Appellate judges weigh graphic images on cigarette packs

By Frederic J. Frommer - Associated Press

Court weighs graphic health warnings on cigarettes

By FREDERIC J. FROMMER - Associated Press

Panel’s ruling a boost to anti-smoking warnings

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times

This image provided by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday, June 21, 2011, shows one of nine new warning labels cigarette makers will have to use by the fall of 2012. (AP Photo/U.S. Food and Drug Administration)

Court snuffs out FDA rule on cigarette-pack notices

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times

Prosecution of federal bribery case collapses

By Nedra Pickler - Associated Press