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Global militaries shop at U.S. arms expo

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WAR PREPARATIONS: More than
2,500 companies showed off military
weapons and equipment at the SHOT
Show exposition this year in Las Vegas.
BY BILL GERTZ
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
LAS VEGAS | Russia’s war in Ukraine
and China’s growing threats against
Taiwan have sent militaries from both
regions on shopping sprees in an unlikely
locale: the No. 1 gambling destination
in the U.S.
Poland, Romania and the Baltic States
sent homeland defense delegations to the
SHOT Show 2023 exposition to buy some
of the latest small-arms warfare offerings,
machine guns and related military gear.
Taiwan, Japan, the Philippines and
other Asian states also were among the
Show-and-tell draws China, N. Korea,
Europeans wary of ‘crazy neighbor’
foreign nations that sent delegations.
Some surprising visitors were contin-
gents from China and North Korea.
European and Asian nations are re-
sponding to growing fears of war and the
need to prepare the kinds of volunteer
militias and civil defense forces that
sprang up in Ukraine after Russia’s inva-
sion nearly a year ago.
More than 52,000 people attended
the three-day event last week at The
Venetian resort and casino, where more
than 2,500 companies showed off arms
and equipment.
A Commerce Department official at-
tending the trade show said 40 nations
sent delegations to buy guns and related
equipment.
Hubert Marciniak, a Polish defense
contractor, said his government is con-
cerned that Russian aggression could
spread. As a result, Warsaw is bolstering
ground and air defenses while Poland
hosts millions of war refugees from
neighboring Ukraine.
In addition to buying M1 Abrams
tanks, F-35 jets and High Mobility Artil-
lery Rocket Systems, or HIMARS, from
the U.S., Poland is equipping troops and
border guards with new weapons, most
made domestically.
Polish special operations forces were
buying Heckler & Koch compact ma-
chine guns on display at the expo as part
of its defense buildup.
“Russia is our neighbor. But it’s also
» see ARMS | A8

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GOP aims to cancel delayed nominee Republicans fight

Inexperience
raises doubts
at fraught time
for air travel
BY SUSAN FERRECHIO
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
A string of recent air travel
nightmares is focusing attention
on the long-delayed confirmation
of a Federal Aviation Administra-
tion chief, with critics targeting
his inexperience in the aviation
industry.
President Biden’s pick, Phil-
lip A. Washington, faces ques-
tions about his qualifications for
the job and his involvement in a
corruption scandal dating to his
tenure overseeing the Los Ange-
les Metro transit system.
Mr. Biden renominated Mr.
Washington on Jan. 4, but Repub-
licans are threatening to ground
him. The Democratic-led Senate
failed to take up his nomination
last year.
Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, the
top Republican on the Senate
Commerce, Science and Trans-
portation Committee, which
has yet to hold a hearing on Mr.
Washington’s nomination, criti-
cized the Biden administration
OFF SCHEDULE: After nightmares during Christmas and the first nationwide grounding of all flights since
Sept. 11, 2001, Phillip A. Washington is waiting for confirmation to head the Federal Aviation Administration.
for picking a candidate with “zero
aviation experience — a requisite
for the job.”
Mr. Washington has decades
of experience overseeing transit
but not air transportation. He
took over as chief executive of-
ficer of Denver International Air-
port in July 2021. Mr. Washington
spent two decades running public
transit in Denver and Los Angeles
after retiring from nearly 25 years
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in the Army.
Mr. Biden praised Mr. Wash-
ington, 64, for his experience in
the military and later overseeing
D.C. proposal to go
easier on crime
Bowser backs only ‘home rule’
BY TOM HOWELL JR.
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Powerful Republicans plan to
use “every remedy available” to
block a D.C. crime overhaul that
would reduce maximum sen-
tences for gun offenses, carjack-
ings and robberies, marking an-
other skirmish in a long-running
war over “home rule.”
The Republican pledge coin-
cides with rising crime concerns
in the nation’s capital and is an-
other sign that the new House
majority will flex its constitu-
tional right to oversee the Dis-
trict. That power has already
upended abortion and marijuana
programs in the city and fueled
its pursuit of statehood.
ABORTION
Earlier this month, Republi-
cans filed a resolution to block
a D.C. measure allowing non-
citizens to vote in local elections.
“All Americans should feel
safe in their capital city, but radi-
cal left-wing policies have created
a crime crisis in the District of
Columbia,” said House Oversight
and Accountability Committee
Chairman James Comer, Ken-
tucky Republican.
“As the committee with ju-
risdiction over the District of
Columbia, we will conduct over-
sight of the disastrous policies
that have allowed crime to run
rampant in our nation’s capital
city. We will use every remedy
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» see FAA | A6
Pro-lifer’s trial to test
U.S. scales of justice
FBI
Federal case seen as overkill
Trump investigator now accused BY VALERIE RICHARDSON declined to pursue the case and
a judge threw out a civil lawsuit.

of collusion with Russia oligarch

BY JEFF MORDOCK
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
A former top FBI counterintel-
ligence official who was involved
in the Trump-Russia collusion
investigation was arrested on
charges of conspiring to violate
U.S. sanctions on Russia, federal
prosecutors announced Monday.
Charles McGonigal, who had
been the special agent in charge
of the FBI’s counterintelligence
division in New York, is accused
of taking secret payments from
Russian billionaire Oleg Deri-
paska in exchange for investigat-
ing a rival oligarch, according to
court documents.
Mr. McGonigal, 54, is one of
the highest-ranking FBI officials
ever charged with a crime. He
faces one count of violating U.S.
sanctions, one count of money
laundering and two conspiracy
counts.
Each of the four counts, which
were filed in a New York federal
court, carries a maximum sen-
tence of 20 years in prison.
Appearing in a Manhattan
federal court Monday afternoon,
Mr. McGonigal pleaded not guilty
to the four-count indictment. The
» see FBI | A6
ASSOCIATED PRESS
CROSSFIRE CRISSCROSS:
Charles McGonigal has become
one of the highest-ranking FBI
officials charged with a crime.
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Attorney General Merrick
Garland’s crackdown on pro-life
activists will encounter its first
federal courtroom test starting
Tuesday in Philadelphia with the
trial of Mark Houck.
The father of seven was ar-
rested in a dawn raid by armed
FBI agents at his home in Penn-
sylvania in September. Federal
authorities charged him with
violating the Freedom of Access
to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act
even though local prosecutors
Mr. Houck, 49, now faces up
to 11 years in prison as the Jus-
tice Department steps up federal
protections of abortion clinics.
Last year, the department filed
charges against nearly 30 pro-
life activists and fueled accusa-
tions of selective prosecution
and viewpoint discrimination in
the wake of the Supreme Court’s
overturning of Roe v. Wade.
“The Biden Department of
Justice’s prosecution of Mark
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integrity and the trust of the American people, Harbor, a resort on the Potomac River just south in office.

BELTWAY
IINNSIDE THE
INSIDE THE
BY JENNIFER HARPER
‘STEALING YOUR VOTE’
A new book is arriving Tuesday that could
prompt readers to take a sharp look at the U.S.
voting process. The title tells all.
“Stealing Your Vote: The Inside Story of the
2020 Election and What It Means for 2024,” by
Christina Bobb, focuses on the alarming potential
of election fraud.
The author asserts
that the 2020 presi-
dential election was
teeming with “lying,
cheating, stealing and
vote dumping,” among
other things.
“‘Stealing Your
Vote’ tells the story
of corruption within
the Democratic Party
— but also reveals the
cowardice throughout
SKYHORSE PUBLISHING
the Republican Party,
The new book “Stealing as fat and happy politi-
Your Vote: The Inside cians from both parties
Story of the 2020 desperately worked to
Election and What It protect the status quo.
Means for 2024,” by As we look forward
Christina Bobb, looks to 2024, we face an
at voting and potential unprecedented crisis:
election fraud in the U.S. millions of Americans
have now lost faith in
the integrity of our
elections,” SkyHorse Publishing said in advance
notes.
“Election integrity should not be a partisan
issue. Fair and honest elections are the bedrock
of our republic — while tainted elections are the
hallmark of tyranny. If we fail to regain election
all of us, Democrat and Republican, liberal and
conservative, are doomed to a dark future,” the
publisher said.
The author is both an investigative reporter
and an attorney. Ms. Bobb was a defense counsel
for the Marine Corps who also served overseas
in Afghanistan and Germany. She later held
executive level positions in the Department of
Homeland Security and was a host and corre-
spondent for One America News, according to
her biography.
“Christina currently serves as attorney for
President Donald J. Trump, working closely with
him to further the America First agenda. Most
notably, she was his legal representative on site
during the unprecedented raid by the FBI on
Mar-a-Lago,” the publisher advised.
The book features a foreword by Steve Ban-
non, who served in the Trump White House as an
adviser.
CPAC COUNTDOWN IS ON
Did you know: The Conservative Political
Action Conference — that’s CPAC for short, of
course — is a record-setting event?
“CPAC is back! The Conservative Political
Action Conference is the largest and most influ-
ential gathering of conservatives in the world.
After two years of hosting amazing gatherings in
Florida and Texas, The CPAC returns to Wash-
ington, DC in 2023,” the organization noted in an
advance preview of the event.
The first CPAC took place in 1974. Some 18,000
people “from college-aged to retired” typically
attend the event, according to the organization.
Attendees hail from conservative organiza-
tions and educational institutions, among many
other groups; they include “elected officials,
thought leaders, media personalities, and grass-
roots activists who fight for conservatism in
America and abroad.” the preview said.
CPAC 2023 is already rushing up on the calen-
dar, scheduled for March 1-4 at Gaylord National
of the nation’s capital.
Tickets are now on sale and include an option
for the ever-popular, quickly sold out Ronald
Reagan Dinner. Speakers, agenda and events will
soon be revealed, but one event has already been
promoted. Yes, former President Donald Trump
is among the speakers — a highlight confirmed
by the host organization in a public notice last
week.
Take a peek and the developing doings at
Conservative.org.
MACE ON THE CASE
Would Rep. Nancy Mace want to be a presi-
dential running mate in 2024 — as in a vice presi-
dential candidate? Apparently not. The South
Carolina Republican anticipates that it would
pose a challenge at this point in time.
“You could definitely be on the 2024 ticket,”
said HBO “Real Time” host Bill Maher on Friday,
suggesting to Ms. Mace that she was a “rising
star” in the Republican Party.
The thought of a White House run does not
appeal to her.
“I might spontaneously combust,” she replied,
later suggesting that a “unifier” would be a good
choice for the next GOP candidate.
Ms. Mace later revealed a few more thoughts
on Twitter.
“It’s a tough jump from U.S. House to White
House, unless you’re Abe Lincoln,” the South
Carolina lawmaker tweeted Monday.
She is, however, “cheering on” Florida Gov.
Ron DeSantis, Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina
and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley
should they reveal an interest in a presidential
run.
ANDREW ON THE AIRWAVES
He ran for governor of New York in the last
electoral cycle and served as a special assistant to
former President Donald Trump during his time
That would be Andrew Giuliani, son of former
New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and
an emerging talk-radio star. The younger Mr.
Giuliani has joined the morning lineup at WABC
— Manhattan’s nationally known source for
political talk and opinion. He’ll also contribute to
afternoon programming as well.
“After working in the White House and taking
a run at the governorship of New York, Andrew
brings an insider’s perspective on national, state,
and local political issues to WABC Radio and its
listeners,” station owner John Catsimatidis said in
a written statement.
“I’m excited to get on the air and connect
with the WABC Radio listeners in New York and
around the world,” the new host said, also in a
statement.
The on-air talent at WABC, by the way, also
includes former Rush Limbaugh producer James
Golden (also known as “Bo Snerdley”), Guardian
Angels founder Curtis Sliwa Newsmax host Greg
Kelly, and the elder Mr. Giuliani too. Syndicated
hosts Mark Levin and Bill O’Reilly are heard in
the evening lineup.
POLL DU JOUR
• 81% of U.S, adults are comfortable using at-
home COVID-19 tests.
• 69% are comfortable with “telehealth” visits.
• 63% get advice from health care
professionals.
• 57% have procrastinated over scheduling a
medical checkup.
• 52% obtain health advice from internet
searches.
• 51% know their blood type.
• 22% get health advice from “social media
influencers.”
• 20% know their cholesterol levels.
SOURCE: A QUEST DIAGNOSTICS/HARRIS POLL OF 2,085 U.S.
ADULTS CONDUCTED DEC. 19-21 AND RELEASED MONDAY.
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POLITICS
INSIDE
SUPREME COURT
Justices back VA in benefits dispute
The Supreme Court issued Monday its first
opinion of the current term, ruling unanimously
against a Navy veteran who was seeking roughly
three decades of retroactive disability benefits.
The case was brought by Adolfo Arellano,
who had served from 1977 to 1981.
Mr. Arellano suffered from psychiatric disor-
ders due to trauma he experienced while on an
aircraft carrier that collided with a ship.
A Department of Veterans Affairs regional
office concluded the illness was connected to the
accident and granted him benefits effective on
the day the VA received his claim. But Mr. Arel-
lano challenged the finding, arguing the effective
day for his benefits should have been the day
after his honorable discharge.
Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote the 14-page
opinion for a unanimous court that affirmed
lower court rulings against Mr. Arellano.
The court reasoned that the VA applied the
default rule, which awards benefits on the day the
VA receives the request.
— Alex Swoyer
SENATE
Bill would deny pay if no balanced budget
Sen. Steve Daines introduced legislation Mon-
day that would block lawmakers from being paid
unless Congress balanced the budget.
Mr. Daines, who chairs the National Repub-
lican Senatorial Committee, said the bill was
meant to shine a light on the country’s “public
debt crisis.”
“Congress is here to serve — not to be served,”
he said. “If Congress can’t do its job and pass a
balanced budget, members shouldn’t get paid.”
The bill stipulates that if Congress does not
pass a balanced budget by April 15 of each year,
Rep. Ruben Gallego announced that he will challenge Sen. Kyrsten Sinema for her seat in the
next election. Democratic senators were mum on the move against the independent senator.
ARIZONA
Democratic senators coy on Gallego challenge to Sinema
Mum’s the word from the senators in
charge of electing Democrats to the upper
chamber as they contemplate whether to
support Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, the Arizona
Democrat-turned-independent, or Demo-
cratic challenger Rep. Ruben Gallego.
“We have to wait and see what happens,”
said Democratic Senatorial Campaign Com-
mittee Chair Gary Peters of Michigan.
One of his deputies, Vice Chair Tina
Smith of Minnesota, said she “does not
know who is running,” referencing Ms.
Sinema’s silence on whether she’ll seek
reelection.
lawmakers will have their wages suspended. Mr.
Daines’ said it would increase accountability
by requiring members of Congress to put their
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“It’s premature,” Ms. Smith repeated
about a half dozen times to reporters as she
boarded an elevator in the Capitol.
Ms. Sinema’s long-held moderate posi-
tions and support of the 60-vote filibuster
threshold in the Senate has made her a
prime target among progressives for years.
Mr. Gallego officially announced his candi-
dacy Monday.
“You’re the first group of people that are
hearing this besides my family,” Mr. Gallego,
who served as a Marine in Iraq, told veter-
ans featured in the ad.
— Ramsey Touchberry
pocketbooks on the line.
The bill faces long odds of becoming law.
— Haris Alic
White House to ‘accommodate’ requests
The White House on Monday tepidly offered
to “accommodate” House Oversight Committee
Chairman James Comer’s request for information
related to classified materials found at President
Biden’s former office and Delaware home.
In a letter to Mr. Comer, Kentucky Republi-
can, White House counsel Stuart Delery wrote
that the administration does not have possession
of the documents that the Justice Department
seized as part of its investigation into Mr. Biden’s
potentially illegal handling of classified materials.
Mr. Delery also promised cooperation with
Mr. Comer’s information requests, but warned
that would have to be balanced with the Justice
Department probe. The letter suggests there will
be a limit to how much the White House will
share with Congress.
“As I’m sure you are aware, these consider-
ations include the critical need to protect the
integrity and independence of law enforcement
investigations,” Mr. Delery wrote.
— Jeff Mordock
2024 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Trump to visit New Hampshire GOP
Former President Donald Trump, the con-
sensus front-runner in the 2024 Republican
presidential race, is slated to headline the New
Hampshire GOP’s annual meeting this weekend.
The New Hampshire Republican State Com-
mittee announced Monday that Mr. Trump will
visit the first-in-the-nation primary state on
Saturday.
“We are excited to welcome President Trump
back to the Granite State to be the keynote
speaker at our 2023 annual meeting,” said state
GOP Chair Stephen Stepanek. “President Trump
has long been a strong defender of New Hamp-
shire’s first-in-the-nation primary status and we
are excited that he will join us.”
Mr. Trump also is scheduled Saturday to visit
South Carolina, which traditionally hosts the
first-in-the-South presidential primary.
— Seth McLaughlin

WHITE HOUSE various individuals who may come into contact

House investigators demand Wilmington residence visitor records
BY JEFF MORDOCK
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
House Oversight and Accountability Committee
Chairman James Comer on Monday demanded that
the Secret Service turn over all documents, commu-
nications and visitor records from President Biden’s
home in Wilmington, Delaware, where several
stashes of government secrets have been found.
The letter comes after more classified documents
from Mr. Biden’s time in the Senate and as vice presi-
dent turned up at the residence when searched on
Friday by Justice Department investigators.
“The U.S. Secret Service protected President
Biden during the time he stored these classified
materials at his Wilmington residency,” wrote Mr.
Comer, Kentucky Republican. “Given the White
House’s lack of transparency regarding President
Biden’s residential visitor logs, the Committee
seeks information from the Secret Service regard-
ing who had access to his home since serving as
Vice President.”
The Secret Service did not immediately respond
to a request for comment from The Washington
Times.
It is normal for retired vice presidents not to have
Secret Service protection once they leave office.
However, Mr. Biden had Secret Service protection
as a presidential candidate and then as president,
which would overlap some of the time the docu-
ments were stored at the residence.
Since taking office, Mr. Biden has made 52 trips
totaling 164 days to his Wilmington home.
Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi
last week said that the agency doesn’t track who
comes and goes from Mr. Biden’s home because it
is a private residence.
Days later, he reversed course and acknowledged
the Secret Service does have information about
who has visited Mr. Biden’s Wilmington residence.
“The Secret Service does generate law enforce-
ment and criminal justice information records for
with Secret Service-protected sites,” he said in a
statement.
The White House has released visitor logs from
the White House but not from Mr. Biden’s Wilm-
ington home or his vacation house in Rehoboth
Beach, Delaware.
Visitor logs for presidential residences are tra-
ditionally made public, though former President
Donald Trump did not release records for the White
House or his other residences.
Responding to a Freedom of Information Act
request from The New York Post last fall, the Secret
Service said at the time that the search for visitor
logs “produced no responsive records.”
Since classified documents were first found at
Mr. Biden’s Wilmington home in December, Re-
publicans have demanded the White House turn
over the visitor logs.

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“It’s not that we have too many committees or commissions [on China.] It’s that we haven’t had enough,” Rep. Chris Smith said.
HOUSE
Smith aims to expose
abuses on commission
Promises to highlight major issues in China
BY MICA SOELLNER
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Rep. Chris Smith will chair
the House-Senate bipartisan
commission on China, say-
ing he’s determined to expose
and highlight Beijing’s human-
rights abuses.
The New Jersey Republi-
can was tapped by Speaker
Kevin McCarthy to lead the
Congressional Executive
Commission on China, and
promises to highlight forced
labor, religious crackdowns,
and other alleged abuses by
the Chinese Communist Party
against its people.
Mr. Smith’s work also will
complement, rather than com-
pete with, the newly created
Select Committee on China,
which will be chaired by Re-
publican Rep. Mike Gallagher
of Wisconsin.
“It’s not that we have too
many committees or com-
missions [on China.] It’s that
we haven’t had enough,” Mr.
Smith told The Washington
Times in an interview.
House Republicans have
made China a top issue of their
agenda, bringing a floor vote
to create Mr. Gallagher’s select
committee in their second
week. It passed with wide-
spread bipartisan support.
Mr. McCarthy promised
Democrats he would foster
a bipartisan commitment to
combating the rapid rise of
Beijing.
“That is my hope, my de-
sire, my wish that we speak
HOUSE
Jeffries prepares to fight after selecting Swalwell, Schiff for intelligence committee
BY KERRY PICKET
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
House Minority Leader Ha-
keem Jeffries formally nominated
two California Democrats on the
Select Committee on Intelligence
and is expected to nominate an-
other Democrat on the Foreign
Affairs panel, all three of whom
Speaker Kevin McCarthy pledged
to block.
Mr. Jeffries, New York Demo-
crat, in a letter to Mr. McCarthy,
California Republican, on Sat-
urday reappointed to the House
Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence Ranking Member
Adam B. Schiff and Rep. Eric
Swalwell.
“Together, these Members
have over two decades of dis-
tinguished leadership providing
CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY
These are some of the worst human rights violations that
China is accused of, all of which Bejing denies.
◾ Forced abortions
◾ Organ harvesting
◾ Persecution of religious groups, including Christians and Muslims
◾ Forced labor of Uyghurs with over a million sent to "re-education camps”
SOURCE: Congressional Executive
Commission on China
with one voice and that we
focus on the challenges that
we have,” Mr. McCarthy said.
Mr. Gallagher said he
wants to seek ways to re-
store U.S. supply chains to
reduce dependence on China,
strengthen the military, re-
view the confiscation of
Americans’ data and intel-
lectual property, as well as
how to combat human rights
abuses.
Democrats have also been
eager to pursue work on
China, though House Minor-
ity Leader Hakeem Jeffries of
New York has not yet named
which of his colleagues will be
serving on committees.
Lawmakers across the aisle
have commended the work of
the commission in the past.
Established in 2000, the con-
gressionally mandated Com-
mission — which includes
presidential appointees serv-
ing in the administration — is
charged with monitoring Chi-
na’s compliance with interna-
tional human rights standards,
encouraging the development
of the rule of law in China, and
oversight of our nation’s Intel-
ligence Community, in addition
to their prosecutorial work in law
enforcement prior to serving in
Congress,” Mr. Jeffries wrote in
the letter first obtained by Punch-
bowl News.
Mr. Jeffries acknowledged that
appointments to the committee
are within the “prerogative of
the Speaker, in consultation with
the Democratic Leader” and that
Mr. McCarthy plans to block Mr.
Schiff and Mr. Swalwell from
being seated on the panel, which
he described as breaking with
the “longstanding House tradi-
tion of deference to the minor-
ity party Intelligence Committee
recommendations.”
“The denial of seats to duly
elected Members of the House
Democratic Caucus runs counter
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
identifying victims of human
rights abuses.
In a 2021 speech, then-
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
commended Mr. Smith, as
well as his Democratic coun-
terpart Rep. Jim McGovern of
Massachusetts, as being “re-
lentless, persistent advocates
for human rights in China.”
Mr. Smith has long been a
China hawk on Capitol Hill,
now in his 22nd term in the
House.
He has served four prior
terms as chairman of the com-
mission and four terms as the
ranking member. Mr. McGov-
ern will be the top Demo-
crat on the commission.
Mr. Smith has chaired
76 congressional hearings
throughout his career related
to human rights abuses in
China. He also chairs the sub-
committee on global human
rights under the House For-
eign Affairs Committee.
He has been sanctioned by
China for his work to amplify
human rights abuses, which
Beijing denies. That hasn’t
stopped him from speaking
to the serious and sober mission
of the Intelligence Committee,”
Mr. Jeffries wrote.
Mr. McCarthy has repeatedly
promised to follow through with
removing Mr. Swalwell and Mr.
Schiff from their committee as-
signments since Republicans were
poised to take control of the lower
chamber. The speaker also named
Rep. Ilhan Omar, Minnesota Dem-
ocrat, who serves on the Foreign
Affairs Committee, for removal.
The pledge from the Califor-
nia Republican came in retalia-
tion for the Democrats removing
two Republicans from their com-
mittee assignments in the last
Congress, such as Reps. Marjorie
Taylor Greene of Georgia and
Paul Gosar of Arizona. He also
promised a response last Congress
after then-House Speaker Nancy
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up on the issues.
“Silence is not an option,”
Mr. Smith said. “We really
need to come to that point
of realization that China is
an egregious violator of our
human-trafficking laws.”
Mr. Smith laid out a se-
ries of allegations against the
Chinese Communist Party, in-
cluding religious crackdowns
on Christians and Muslims,
as well as those who practice
Falun Gong.
The lawmaker also cited
practices such as aborting
female babies, harvesting
organs, and waging crimes
against ethnic minority Uy-
ghurs in the northwest region
of Xinjiang.
Human rights groups be-
lieve China has detained over
1 million Uyghurs against their
will in “reeducation camps.”
Hundreds of thousands have
been sentenced to prison
terms.
“In plain sight, he is com-
mitting a genocide,” Mr. Smith
said of Chinese President Xi
Jinping.
Mr. Smith has introduced
several bills in the past, in-
cluding proposals to remove
CCP-influenced Hong Kong
economic and trade offices
from the U.S. and stopping
funding for organizations that
enable China’s forced abortion
and involuntary sterilization
policies.
Though China is one of the
few areas for bipartisan work
in Congress, some Democrats
have been critical, saying Re-
publicans’ focus on it could
foster anti-Asian sentiment.
Mr. Smith said he wants
to make clear the distinction
between the Chinese people
and the Chinese Community
Party in his work.
“We stand with the Chi-
nese people,” he said. “They’re
the ones who are being op-
pressed. We should not be
standing with the oppressor.”
Pelosi denied the nominations of
Reps. Jim Banks of Indiana and
Jim Jordan of Ohio to the Jan. 6
committee.
Mr. Jeffries wrote that remov-
ing Mr. Gosar and Mrs. Greene
from their committees by a vote
in the lower chamber was appro-
priate because lawmakers found
them “unfit to serve on standing
committees for directly inciting
violence against their colleagues.”
“This action was taken by both
Democrats and Republicans given
the seriousness of the conduct
involved, particularly in the af-
termath of a violent insurrection
and attack on the Capitol,” Mr.
Jeffries said. “It does not serve
as precedent or justification for
the removal of Reps. Schiff and
Swalwell, given that they have
never exhibited violent thoughts
SENATE
Ticketmaster exec
plans to apologize
to singer Swift, fans
Senators to grill company
leader on business practices
BY RYAN LOVELACE
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
People are fed up with Tick-
etmaster and its messing with
Taylor Swift fans didn’t help,
but the company’s president will
tell Congress on Tuesday that he
doesn’t deserve to be a punch-
ing bag for the entertainment
industry.
In testimony before a Senate
panel, Live Nation Entertain-
ment President Joe Berchtold
also plans to apologize to Ms.
Swift and her legion of fans for
botched ticket sales for her tour.
“We hear people say that
ticketing markets are less com-
petitive today than they were
at the time of the Live Nation-
Ticketmaster merger,” Mr. Ber-
chtold will say, according to pre-
pared remarks that Ticketmaster
shared with The Washington
Times. “That is simply not true.”
Still, lawmakers contend that
his company has shirked custom-
ers’ complaints for more than
a decade. Sen. Amy Klobuchar
said the ticketing leader will not
be able to shake it off this time. 
“The issues within America’s
ticketing industry were made
painfully obvious when Tick-
etmaster’s website failed hun-
dreds of thousands of fans hop-
ing to purchase tickets for Taylor
Swift’s new tour, but these prob-
lems are not new,” the Minnesota
Democrat said in a statement
announcing the hearing. “For
too long, consumers have faced
high fees, long waits, and website
failures, and Ticketmaster’s dom-
inant market position means the
company faces inadequate pres-
sure to innovate and improve.”
Ms. Klobuchar, who leads the
Judiciary Committee’s antitrust
panel, said everybody suffers
when there is a lack of competi-
tion to incentivize fair pricing
and better services and she plans
to probe how consolidation has
harmed customers and artists.
Ticketmaster merged with
Live Nation in 2010, which led
to Ticketmaster controlling an
estimated 70% of the primary
ticketing and live events market.
Critics say the merger gave Tick-
etmaster the power to dictate
high prices while delivering poor
results for fans and entertainers.  many artists’ guitars are caused
In November 2022, millions
of people joined a Ticketmaster
presale for Ms. Swift’s Eras Tour,
which led to long waits and sys-
tem crashes. Amid the ensuing
outrage, Ticketmaster canceled
a general sale for the tour and
apologized, while Ms. Swift said
the drama “really pisses me off.”
Ms. Klobuchar then wrote a
sternly worded letter to Ticket-
master’s leadership expressing
or behavior.”
Mr. McCarthy has cited Mr.
Schiff ’s political partisanship on
the panel, his references to the
“Steele dossier” and its debunked
allegations about former President
Donald Trump and Russia as rea-
sons for removal.
Mr. Swalwell had close rela-
tions with a Chinese spy, with
whom he later cut ties after federal
investigators informed him of the
espionage link.
During a press briefing, Mr.
McCarthy told reporters, “If you
got the briefing that I got from the
FBI, you wouldn’t have Swalwell
on any committee.”
Mr. Swalwell chalked up Mr.
McCarthy’s response as “political
vengeance.”
“Kevin McCarthy seems to
want to heat up the leftovers of
TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2023
longstanding skepticism about
its business and questioning
whether it has followed an anti-
trust consent decree governing
the ticket company’s operations. 
Ticketmaster argues that its
industry is more competitive
than ever, that it innovates more
than any other ticket company,
and it supports policymakers
making changes such as banning
speculative selling and decep-
tive sites while better enforcing
existing laws and imposing new
penalties. 
Congress is digging into the
company, and Ms. Klobuchar
and her Democratic colleagues
are not the only ones with ques-
tions. Republican antitrust anger
has largely focused on Big Tech,
but their targets appear to have
spread and they are eager to take
aim at Ticketmaster, too. 
“American consumers de-
serve the benefit of competition
in every market, from grocery
chains to concert venues,” Sen.
Mike Lee, Utah Republican, said
in a statement. “I look forward to
exercising our subcommittee’s
oversight authority to ensure that
anticompetitive mergers and ex-
clusionary conduct are not crip-
pling an entertainment industry
already struggling to recover
from pandemic lockdowns.”
The growing anger on Cap-
itol Hill about Ticketmaster’s
practices comes as the drama
involving Ms. Swift increased the
visibility of complaints against
the ticket company.
Activists started a #BreakUp-
Ticketmaster campaign in Octo-
ber 2022 and saw interest surge
following the debacle affecting
Ms. Swift’s fans. American Eco-
nomic Liberties Project senior
policy analyst Krista Brown said
attention to her team’s anti-Tick-
etmaster campaign has spiked. 
“I think we had roughly 10,000
signatures from no inciting inci-
dent, then with her we’ve grown
to 100,000, from other things as
well of course but there is cer-
tainly an appetite,” Ms. Brown
said.
The disgruntled opponents
of Ticketmaster are not limited
to concertgoers and live events
attendees but include entertain-
ers as well. The teardrops on
by Ticketmaster, Ms. Brown said. 
“I would say prior to Taylor
Swift there was a frustration with
the feeling that this conversation
happens every couple of years
where a brave artist will speak
out about the inner workings of
the industry and then very little
will happen so hopefully that will
change,” Ms. Brown said.
• This article is based in part
on wire-service reports.
a story that goes back to Barack
Obama’s first term. The FBI has
said three different times in a
rare form that they never talked
about the investigations,” he said
during an MSNBC interview. “All
I did was help them. I was never
suspected of wrongdoing.”
Mr. Jeffries noted that, while
denying seats to Mr. Swalwell
and Mr. Schiff on the Intelligence
Committee, the GOP Steering
Committee approved first-term
Republican Rep. George Santos of
New York, who is under multiple
investigations for lying about his
finances and his biography, for two
standing committees.  
“The apparent double standard
risks undermining the spirit of
bipartisan cooperation that is so
desperately needed in Congress,”
Mr. Jeffries said.
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ECONOMY

Democrats won’t negotiate with Republicans on debt limit

BY HARIS ALIC
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Democrats are digging in on their
refusal to negotiate with House Republi-
cans on cutting spending in exchange for
raising the $31.4 trillion debt limit.
Senate Majority Leader Charles E.
Schumer of New York said there was
simply nothing to negotiate, despite some
fellow Democrats questioning the wis-
dom of that strategy.  sial cut that Democrats can use to soften
“Brinksmanship, hostage taking, de-
faulting on the debt should be off the
table. Both parties should work together
to ensure we can continue to pay our debt
on time,” Mr. Schumer said in a Senate
floor speech.
In a show of unity, Mr. Schumer and
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries
of New York will meet with President
Biden on Tuesday at the White House.
The debt limit is expected to top the
agenda.
Still, Sen. Joe Manchin III, West Vir-
ginia Democrat, has cast doubt on his
party’s no-negotiations stance.  spending cuts they want in exchange for
UNCLE SAM’S IOU
The national debt is soaring, now accounting for more than 120% of the nation’s gross
domestic product and amounting to more than $94,000 per citizen.
FEDERAL DEBT AS SHARE OF GDP
1960
53.3%
National debt:
$31.5 trillion
SOURCE: usdebtclock.org
“I think it is a mistake,” Mr. Manchin
told CNN. “We have to negotiate. This is a
democracy. We have a two-party system.
And we should be able to talk and find
out where our differences are.”  substance counts,” Mr. Schumer said. “If
In his speech,  Mr. Schumer pushed
back on those comments. He said House
Republicans should make public the
House Republicans are unlikely to
put all their cards on the table now, as it
would open them up to criticism. What’s
more, serious negotiations on the debt
limit have yet to take place and could
1980 2000 Now wind up stretching into the summer.
“We’ve got months of negotiations
ahead of us on this and the [Mr. Schumer]
knows that,” said a senior House GOP
34.5% 59.5% 121.5%
aide. “He’s just hoping Republicans will
stick their neck out for some controver-
us up before the real talks start.”  Conservatives say the goal can only
2022 GDP: Interest on debt: Debt per citizen: Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen noti-
$25.9 trillion $522.5 billion $94,239 fied congressional leaders last week that
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
the U.S. had reached the debt limit and
Treasury began taking “extraordinary
measures” to avoid default. She said her
raising the debt ceiling. actions will hold off potential default
“It’s not enough to hide behind the until at least June, giving Congress time
old GOP talking point about wasteful to pass legislation to raise the limit or
spending. When you’re in the majority suspend it again.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, Cali-
Republicans are talking about draconian fornia Republican, has said that raising
cuts, they have an obligation to show the debt ceiling without cutting spending
Americans what those cuts are and let is a nonstarter.
the public react and let them do it now.” “Families and businesses have to live
within a budget — Washington must as
well,” said Mr. McCarthy. “I look forward
to sitting with President Biden at the
table.”
Despite the government being months
away from defaulting on its debt, the
looming showdown casts a large shadow
on Capitol Hill. That’s because Mr. Mc-
Carthy pledged to work with conservative
GOP hard-liners to balance the budget
over the next decade in exchange for their
support in clinching the speakership. 
be reached by using the debt ceiling as
leverage.
“We believe there ought to be specific,
concrete limits on spending, attached to
a debt ceiling increase,” said Rep. Chip
Roy, Texas Republican. 
To balance the budget, House Re-
publicans want to cap federal spending
at levels authorized by Mr. Biden’s 2022
fiscal budget. Those spending levels
are at least $130 billion lower than what
Congress approved in December in a $1.7
trillion measure to fund the government
until the end of September.

ENERGY

House Republicans, White House spar over oil reserves

BY RAMSEY TOUCHBERRY
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Republicans and the White House
traded barbs Monday as the GOP
House majority looks to prevent the
administration from selling more of
the nation’s oil stockpile for non-emer-
gency use.
As part of the GOP’s energy agenda,
the House will vote on legislation
as early as this week to restrict the
administration from tapping into the
Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR)
“except in the case of a severe energy
supply interruption,” such as a hurri-
cane or other natural disasters.
If a president did want to authorize
a release for what the measure deems
non-emergency purposes, such as
trying to lower prices, the secretary
of the Department of Energy would be
required to increase oil and natural gas
production on federal lands to offset a
drawdown.
The bill is dubbed the Strategic
Production Response Act and is
AMERICA’S million barrels, in response to Russia’s
invasion of Ukraine and to ease record-
“I’ll be very clear: If Congress were
to pass H.R. 21, the president would
refilling the SPR when the price of U.S.
crude falls to around $70 per barrel, a
ENERGY DIET high prices at the pump.   veto it. He will not allow the American price it hasn’t been at in more than a
Petroleum and natural gas make up more
than two-thirds of all the energy used by “We’re very clear here about the people to suffer because of the back- year. WTI Crude, the U.S. benchmark,
Americans. purpose of the SPR,”  a Republican wards agenda that House Republicans briefly bottomed out at about $71 last
House committee aide said. are advancing,” Ms. Granholm said. “It month. As of Monday, it was around
U.S. ENERGY CONSUMPTION
BY SOURCE IN 2021 “It’s supposed to be used for severe would not offer any tangible benefits $81.
Nuclear
supply interruptions. It’s not meant to to the American people.” The House also passed a bill earlier
8% necessarily try to stabilize global oil The administration has come under this month to prevent SPR sales from
prices. There’s been a lack of tension intense scrutiny for selling 180 million being awarded to Chinese companies,
Coal to the purpose of the SPR. There’s barrels from the SPR, the final sales of following some of the reserves being
11%
Petroleum
also been no meaningful plan to re- which were delivered last month.  bought by the foreign adversary last
Renewables
36% fill the SPR, and there’s been a lack The sell-off first began in the year. Under federal law, sales are re-
12% of openness from the administration months before the November mid- quired to go to the highest bidder. The
to encourage domestic oil and gas terms, as prices soared to a record $5 legislation overwhelmingly passed
Natural gas production.” per gallon amid a global oil crunch with the support of 113 Democrats and
32%
The White House, meanwhile, came and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The awaits action by Senate Democrats.
out swinging against the proposal. moves raised accusations of tapping Ms. Granholm touted the poten-
Note: Data doesn’t add up to 100% because of rounding Energy Secretary Jennifer Gran- into the reserve for political purposes. tial savings to taxpayers by making
SOURCE: Energy Information Administration
THE WASHINGTON TIMES holm accused Republicans during a The historic release has depleted purchases for the SPR when market
White House briefing of pushing leg- the SPR to its lowest level since No- prices fall below the level when the
spearheaded by House Energy and islation that would kneecap the admin- vember 1983, according to Energy In- 180 million barrels were sold, but she
Commerce Committee Chair Cathy istration’s ability to quickly respond to formation Administration data. There did not address a time frame.
McMorris Rodgers, Washington Re- emergencies and inflate prices. She is- is no concrete timeline when it will be “In the end, because of the way
publican. It comes in the wake of Mr. sued a veto threat, though the measure restocked, prompting national security this has been managed, people will be
Biden authorizing the largest SPR is not expected to be considered in the concerns from Republicans. pleased to see the savings to taxpayers,”
release in U.S. history last year, 180 Democratic-led Senate. The administration plans to begin Ms. Granholm said.

HOUSE Missouri, will have jurisdictions including international finance industry.”

Republicans keep diversity, inclusion as priorities
on revamped House financial services committee
BY KERRY PICKET
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Republicans hold the reins of the
House Financial Services Committee
and have no plans to kill off a Democratic
relic that prioritized diversity and inclu-
sion on the panel.
Rep. Patrick McHenry of North Caro-
lina, the chairman of the House Financial
Services Committee, announced two
weeks ago that six of the panel’s subcom-
mittees will press ahead on “diversity and
inclusion” as key priorities throughout the
committee. But Republicans did eliminate
a subcommittee specifically dedicated to
those goals.
“For four years, Democrats wasted the
“identifying best practices and policies Rep. Bill Huizenga of Michigan chairs
that continue to strengthen diversity and
inclusion in the capital markets industry.”
the subcommittee on Oversight and In-
vestigations. That panel will oversee “all
The subcommittee on Financial In- agencies, departments, programs and
stitutions and Monetary Policy, chaired
by Rep. Andy Barr of Kentucky, also
matters within the Financial Services
Committee’s jurisdiction, including
valuable and limited time and resources people—rather than simply messaging.” will cover “identifying best practices agency and programmatic commitment
of our committee to push burdensome Diversity and inclusion are two parts and policies that continue to strengthen to diversity and inclusion policies and
mandates on American job creators. of the activist-supported Diversity Equity the financial industry’s commitment to best practices.”
Democrats’ goal was to name and shame and Inclusion agenda, often referred to as diversity and inclusion.” Finally, the subcommittee on Housing
companies until they parroted their woke DEI. Democrats and their liberal allies Likewise, the subcommittee on Digital and Insurance, chaired by Rep. Warren
social agenda,” Mr. McHenry said in a have pressured the government, schools Assets, Financial Technology and Inclu- Davidson of Ohio, plans to identify “best
statement to The Washington Times. and the private sector to establish it as a sion, chaired by Rep. French Hill of Ar- practices and policies that continue to
Under his leadership, he said, the mandated policy. kansas, says it will identify “best practices strengthen diversity and inclusion in the
GOP will “refocus the Committee on the Conservatives have fought against and policies that continue to strengthen housing industry.”
kitchen table issues that matter most to these measures in recent years across diversity and inclusion in the digital asset During the last Congress, when Dem-
American families, from charting a path the country in public schools, businesses ecosystem.” ocrats held the majority, Rep. Maxine
out of the dismal Biden economy to ex- and government. Additionally, Republi- Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer of Missouri Waters of California chaired the com-
panding opportunities for all Americans.” cans campaigned against Democratic DEI chairs the subcommittee on National mittee, and she created a subcommittee
Mr. McHenry said the creation of a dig- policies during the 2022 election, deriding Security, Illicit Finance, and International focused exclusively on diversity and
ital asset subcommittee and the returning them as too “woke.” Financial Institutions, which will identify inclusion. But the GOP eliminated that
subcommittees “will allow Republicans But the committee’s website shows “best practices and policies that con- subcommittee in this Congress, replacing
to address the most pressing issues for that the subcommittee on Capital Mar- tinue to strengthen diversity and inclu- it by adopting the two priorities among
our financial system and the American kets, chaired by Rep. Ann Wagner of sion within the national security and all six subcommittees.

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FAA
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major transit agencies, including a fleet
of 2,200 clean-air buses and six rail lines
in Los Angeles. Mr. Washington’s resume
also boasts of his development and im-
plementation of an “Equity Framework”
while running the Los Angeles Metro
that required the agency “to apply equity
measures to all programs and initiatives,
including planning and construction.”
Mr. Washington declined to be inter-
viewed for this article.
He told a panel at the U.S. Conference
of Mayors last week, “Wherever I’ve
worked, I’ve tried to use the leverage of
my position to improve opportunities for
communities or individuals who have
been underserved.”
His lack of experience in aviation,
however, raised concerns among con-
gressional Republicans other than Mr.
Cruz. They questioned whether Mr.
Washington is the right person to run
the FAA as it copes with a cascade of air
transit problems.
Earlier this month, the nation’s air
travel was halted entirely for several
hours after an antiquated notification
system for pilots shut down because of
a contractor error. It was the first na-
tionwide grounding of all flights since
the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. That
travel nightmare followed crushing can-
cellations, delays and missing luggage for
thousands of Southwest Airlines passen-
gers over the Christmas holiday season.
The nation is facing a pilot shortage
that is expected to last into the next de-
cade, forcing airlines to cut routes and
lower requirements for piloting certain
aircraft. The airline industry also is bat-
tling flight crews over efforts to change
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available to the House to prevent the
D.C. Council’s pro-criminal bill from
becoming law,” he said.
Rep. Andrew Clyde, Georgia Repub-
lican, will draft a disapproval resolution
of the D.C. crime overhaul. His office said
it would be filed in the coming weeks,
but the process can’t start until the local
bill is formally transmitted to Congress.
“By advancing this bill, the D.C. Coun-
cil is recklessly emboldening criminals
and abandoning the safety of residents
and visitors at a time when crime con-
tinues to soar in our nation’s capital,” Mr.
Clyde said. “Congress must forcefully
condemn this insanity, which is why I
plan to introduce a resolution of disap-
proval to block this dangerous, illogical
and irresponsible measure.”
The unfolding spat is particularly
fraught because D.C. Mayor Muriel
Bowser, a Democratic champion of D.C.
autonomy, tried to veto the bill over fears
that it weakens criminal penalties while
the city tries to restore public safety.
The bill, which phases in changes
starting in 2025, eliminates most manda-
tory minimum sentences and reduces
maximum penalties for gun offenses and
major crimes. It also allows jury trials
for misdemeanors, a change that could
overwhelm the courts.
The council overrode the mayor’s
veto last week, setting up a clash with
congressional Republicans.
A 1973 law expanded self-rule in the
nation’s capital, allowing D.C. residents
to elect a mayor and council with legisla-
tive powers.
Still, D.C. laws have to be submitted
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judge released him on a $500,000 per-
sonal recognizance bond plus travel
restrictions and prohibitions on contact-
ing anyone else associated with the case.
Corey Lewandowski, a former Trump
campaign manager, said the indictment
underscores the duplicity of the FBI.
“The depth of the corruption inside
the FBI knows no bounds. They quite
literally had the fox guarding the hen-
house as it relates to Donald J. Trump,” he
told The Washington Times. “The chief
‘investigator’ of alleged ties between
Trump and Russia turns out to have his
own illegal ties to Russia. Nothing shocks
me anymore.”
A separate indictment by the U.S. at-
torney in Washington unsealed Monday
accuses Mr. McGonigal of falsifying
records and documents. It said he made
false statements to conceal a $225,000
payment from an individual with busi-
ness interests in Europe who he knew
was an employee of a foreign intelligence
service.
The nine-count indictment said that
while Mr. McGonigal worked for the
FBI, he sought to conceal from the bu-
reau his ties to the unidentified former
intelligence official, even while traveling
abroad with the person and meeting with
foreign nationals.
Court documents describe the intel-
ligence officer as an Albanian national
who was employed by a Chinese energy
Nearly every aspect of air travel, including the air traffic control system and the
oversight of manufacturers, is overseen by the Federal Aviation Administration, and
Republicans doubt that President Biden’s choice to head the agency is up to the job.
safety requirements, including allowing
planes to fly with one pilot.
After the ground stop incident, Sen.
Roger F. Wicker of Mississippi, who
was the top Republican on the Senate
transportation panel last year, called on
Mr. Biden to ditch Mr. Washington and
send a more experienced FAA nominee
to the Senate.
“Today’s FAA action to halt all U.S.
flight underscores this agency’s first
mission is safety,” Mr. Wicker said. “But
Phil Washington, President Biden’s pick
to lead FAA, has no safety or aviation
experience. We can’t leave the flying
public’s well-being up to chance. We
need a new nominee.”
The FAA has been headed by interim
administrator Billy Nolen since April
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Mayor Muriel Bowser supports autonomy
but is wary of a D.C. Council bill that she
says would weaken criminal penalties
while the city tries to restore public safety.
to Congress and can be vetoed by reso-
lutions of disapproval that pass both
chambers and are signed by the presi-
dent during a mandatory review period.
Although disapproval resolutions
rarely succeed, Republicans have lever-
aged budget negotiations on critical bills
to thwart D.C. policies.
President Obama traded away the
District’s ability to use local funds for
abortions more than a decade ago, and
Rep. Andy Harris, Maryland Republican,
responded to a D.C. voter initiative that
legalized marijuana in 2015 with a leg-
islative rider that barred the taxing or
regulating of sales of the drug.
City officials say Republicans treat the
District as a political fiefdom even though
it is home to more than 700,000 people —
more than Vermont or Wyoming. They
want the District to gain statehood so it
can take off federal shackles or at least
conglomerate. Prosecutors said Mr. Mc-
Gonigal had a business relationship with
the official from August 2017 through
September 2018, when he retired from
the bureau.
Prosecutors said the unidentified in-
telligence official later “served as an FBI
source in a criminal investigation involv-
ing foreign political lobbying” in which
Mr. McGonigal had a supervisory role.
An initial appearance in a federal
court in the District of Columbia has not
been scheduled.
His attorney, Seth DuCharme, said in
a statement that he expects Mr. McGo-
nigal to be exonerated.
“Charlie served the United States
capably, effectively, for decades,” Mr.
DuCharme said. “We have closely re-
viewed the accusations made by the
government and we look forward to
receiving discovery so we can get a view
on what the evidence is upon which the
government intends to rely.”
Mr. McGonigal and Mr. Deripaska
have ties to the FBI’s investigation into
accusations of collusion between the
Kremlin and Mr. Trump’s 2016 campaign.
In 2016, Mr. McGonigal was serving
as chief of the cybercrime section at
FBI headquarters. In that position, he
was one of the first FBI officials to learn
that a Trump campaign official bragged
that Russian officials had dirt on Hillary
Clinton, sparking the Trump-Russia col-
lusion investigation known as Operation
Crossfire Hurricane.
As FBI director, James B. Comey later
promoted Mr. McGonigal to oversee
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1, but aviation experts say the lack of
a permanent administrator could be
dangerous.
William J. McGee, a senior fellow for
Aviation and Travel at the American Eco-
nomic Liberties Project, said the vacancy
at the top of the FAA could impact safety.
The FAA oversees nearly every aspect
of air travel, including the air traffic
control system and the oversight of
manufacturers.
“It’s one of these things that I think it’s
out of sight, out of mind until something
happens,” Mr. McGee said. “There are
those within the agency that would say
we have the authority to continue doing
the day-to-day work, but I don’t think
that’s good enough. I think you need
direction from the top.”
get a seat at the table through voting
representation in Congress.
The push for political autonomy is
popular locally, though some city resi-
dents question the timing and content
of the crime overhaul.
Gun crimes dominate local headlines,
and carjackings in the city rose for a fifth
straight year in 2022. The Metropolitan
Police Department has recorded 14 ho-
micides already this year, up from 12 at
this point in 2022.
A recent Nextdoor posting urged
residents to lobby against the bill. Some
called it “stupid” and “irresponsible.”
Ms. Bowser said criminal justice re-
form is important but she would like to
have had more community input. She
objected in particular to parts of the
bill that substantially reduce maximum
penalties for carjackings, robberies and
home invasions, and a section that low-
ers the maximum penalty for illegal
gun possession from 15 years to four
for those who have been convicted of
violent crimes.
“A complete overhaul of our city’s
criminal code is a once-in-a-century op-
portunity. I believe it is more important
to get this opportunity right than to add
policies and weaken penalties into what
should be a bill that makes D.C. safer,”
she told the council chairman in her
veto letter.
Some members of the D.C. Council
worry that Ms. Bowser’s characteriza-
tion will fuel Congress’ push to kill the
legislation.
“It is irresponsible for the mayor to
have characterized this as ‘This bill does
not make us safer,’ ” council Chairman
Phil Mendelson, a Democrat, said at
the Jan. 16 meeting to override the veto.
“That is irresponsible rhetoric, and it
counterintelligence operations in New
York.
Mr. McGonigal is the fourth major
FBI official who helped lead the Trump-
Russia collusion probe to face criminal
charges or end up under investigation.
“This is a disturbing trend of illegal
activity by the intel analysts/leader-
ship agents who ‘investigated’ me,” said
George Papadopoulos, an adviser for Mr.
Trump’s campaign who was part of the
Russia collusion probe.
Mr. Papadopoulos pleaded guilty in
2017 to lying to the FBI to conceal his
contacts with Russians and Russian
intermediaries during the presidential
campaign. He was sentenced to 14 days
in prison.
Some on the other side of the Russia
collusion probe have faced their own
legal jeopardy in the matter.
Former FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith
pleaded guilty to doctoring an email that
FBI officials used to justify secret surveil-
lance of Carter Page, a Trump campaign
adviser. Mr. Clinesmith was sentenced
to 12 months of probation.
FBI supervisory agent Curtis Heide
testified in federal court last year that the
bureau is conducting an internal review
into suspected misconduct, including im-
properly handling a surveillance warrant,
during the Trump-Russia investigation.
Mr. Heide said he is under inves-
tigation for potentially withholding
exculpatory information from the For-
eign Intelligence Surveillance Court,
which oversees wiretaps against Ameri-
cans. The material in question was a
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Phillip A. Washington, President Biden’s nominee to lead the Federal Aviation
Administration, has a long resume of public transportation work but little experience
with the airline industry.
◾ Chief executive officer of the Denver International Airport since July 2021.
◾ Chief executive officer of Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, (public
transportation, bus and rail) 2015-2021.
◾ Last year, Mr. Washington was named in a search warrant that is part of an investigation into corrupt
contract awards from his time heading the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
◾ Chief executive officer, Regional Transportation District, Denver (public transportation, bus and rail),
2009-2015; RTD assistant general manager, 2000-2009.
◾ U.S. Army, 1976-2000, rose to Command Sergeant Major (highest military enlisted rank).
Mr. McGee said he couldn’t judge
Mr. Washington’s qualifications for the
job, but he said the nominee’s outsider
status could be beneficial. Many at the
FAA have gone back and forth from the
airline industry, which could dull over-
sight, he said.
“Maybe a fresh set of eyes would
be good in that regard, particularly in
overseeing the airlines,” Mr. McGee said.
The Democratic-led Senate can
confirm any of Mr. Biden’s nominees
with just 51 votes, which would make
it difficult for Republicans to block Mr.
Washington.
Still, Republicans may have a path
to stop Mr. Washington’s confirmation.
In addition to questions about his
qualifications, Mr. Washington is em-
broiled in a public corruption investiga-
tion stemming from his tenure overseeing
the Los Angeles Metro. Mr. Washington
is named in a search warrant related to a
probe of no-bid contracts that, accord-
ing to a whistleblower, Mr. Washington
awarded to curry favor with a member
of the Los Angeles Metro board of direc-
tors. Mr. Washington denied the charges
and claimed the whistleblower is a dis-
gruntled employee.
plays into folks like the Freedom Caucus
in Congress, who are going to use the
mayor’s veto and her rhetoric against us
when this bill goes up towards Congress.”
Mr. Mendelson’s office said the chair-
man had not heard directly from Repub-
lican lawmakers but pointed to warnings
from Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton,
a Democrat who serves as the city’s
nonvoting member of Congress.
Mrs. Norton’s office said it had not
been given a heads-up about a disap-
proval resolution, but Republicans have
60 legislative days to object to criminal
laws enacted by the District.
The city is also fighting congressional
Republicans on another front.
Mr. Comer filed a disapproval resolu-
tion against a D.C. plan to allow nonciti-
zens to vote in local elections. He said it
was “irresponsible and will only exacer-
bate the ongoing border crisis, subvert
the voices of American citizens, and
open the door for foreign adversaries to
peddle influence in our nation’s capital.”
Mrs. Norton pledged this month to
defeat the measure and a companion
resolution from Sen. Tom Cotton, Ar-
kansas Republican, that would require
a simple majority to pass in the Senate.
The Senate is led by Democrats and
President Biden would not sign off on
the measure, so Republicans would need
to find other ways to trip up D.C. plans.
“Don’t be surprised to see riders with
the same objectives, and others, attached
to larger bills coming out of the House,”
said Chuck Thies, a veteran political
consultant and longtime participant in
D.C. politics. “Republicans effectively
used this strategy in the past to limit
District autonomy on medical marijuana,
abortion and other matters.”
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has
“recording from one of the subjects,”
Mr. Heide said without revealing further
information.
The Justice Department inspector
general, the agency’s internal watchdog,
referred former FBI Deputy Director An-
drew McCabe for criminal investigation
after investigators concluded that he lied
four times while being questioned about
an improper leak to journalists.
Prosecutors declined to file criminal
charges against Mr. McCabe.
Mr. Deripaska, an aluminum magnate
who is close to Russian President Vladi-
mir Putin, had ties to Paul Manafort, who
briefly served as Mr. Trump’s campaign
manager. Mr. Manafort was indebted
to Mr. Deripaska. Court filings in Mr.
Manafort’s 2018 financial fraud trial
said he tried to leverage his role in Mr.
Trump’s campaign to resolve his debts
with Mr. Deripaska.
The Trump administration in 2018
sanctioned Mr. Deripaska with two
dozen oligarchs and Kremlin officials
tied to Mr. Putin.
At the time, the Treasury Department
said the sanctions were for “having acted
or purported to act for on behalf of, di-
rectly or indirectly, a senior official of the
Government of the Russian Federation.”
An indictment filed in New York
federal court accuses Mr. McGonigal of
accepting payments from the Russian
oligarch that directly violated those
sanctions.
Mr. McGonigal was arrested Saturday
at John F. Kennedy International Airport
in New York upon returning from Sri
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What’s more, Mr. Cruz is angling to
hold up Mr. Washington’s confirmation
by arguing that his military service
blocks him from taking the job unless
both the Senate and the Republican-led
House approve a waiver. In the Senate,
the waiver would require 60 votes, which
means at least nine Republicans and all
Democrats would have to vote for it.
“The Senate has repeatedly required
adoption of a waiver when an FAA
administrator nominee was a retired
member of the military,” Mr. Cruz said.
“But with Phil Washington’s extreme
lack of aviation experience and the scan-
dals surrounding him, I am unsure how
Democrats plan to obtain passage of
such a waiver.”
Democrats have not backed away
from their support of Mr. Washington.
Senate Majority Leader Charles E.
Schumer, New York Democrat, said last
week that he intended “to break this log-
jam” and get Mr. Washington confirmed.
The chairwoman of the Senate trans-
portation panel, Sen. Maria Cantwell,
Washington Democrat, said last year
that she planned to hold a hearing on Mr.
Washington’s nomination in January. So
far, the hearing has not been scheduled.
pledged a more free-wheeling amend-
ment process. Republicans looking to
thwart the D.C. agenda may find op-
portunities on must-pass legislation
that Democrats would swallow hard
and accept.
That was what happened in 2011.
Facing tough budget negotiations, Mr.
Obama relented to a Republican request
to block the District from using local
funds to subsidize abortions for poor
women.
“John, I will give you D.C. abortion. I
am not happy about it,” Mr. Obama was
quoted as telling House Speaker John
A. Boehner.
House Republicans will have to de-
cide how much time and energy to spend
on combating liberal ideas out of the Dis-
trict. For now, the crime issue and local
overhaul put the mayor in a tough spot.
Ms. Bowser’s office did not respond to
a request for comment on how it would
like the process to unfold, though the
mayor told The Washington Post last
week that Congress had intervened in
D.C. affairs on issues such as marijuana
and abortion even when she and the
council were “on the same page.”
Despite Ms. Bowser’s desire for
changes in the crime overhaul, observ-
ers say there is no way she will break
from the leave-us-alone stance that is
an article of faith in the city.
“The mayor will unwaveringly ob-
ject to congressional meddling. Period,”
Mr. Thies said. “Might she privately be
pleased if House Republicans fulfill her
objective? Sure. But publicly, the mes-
sage to Congress is: ‘Keep your hands
off D.C. We have the right to make our
own mistakes and rectify them or suf-
fer the consequences just like all other
Americans.’ ”
Lanka, according to court records.
In New York, Mr. McGonical was
charged with a court interpreter, Sergey
Shestakov, who also worked with Mr.
Deripaska. After leaving the FBI, Mr.
McGonigal worked for Mr. Deripaska
through a law firm that represented the
Russian billionaire.
As prosecutors tell it, Mr. McGonigal
and Mr. Shestakov agreed in 2021 to
investigate one of Mr. Deripaska’s rivals
in exchange for payments. Both defen-
dants are accused of receiving payments
through shell companies and forging
signatures to keep Mr. Deripaska’s pay-
ments secret.
Mr. McGonigal made at least $25,000
as an investigator for the law firm before
directly working for Mr. Deripaska. He
received an initial payment of $51,000
and then payments of $41,790 each
month for three months from August
2021 to November 2021, the indictment
said.
Prosecutors said Mr. McGonigal con-
cealed his ties to the Russian oligarch
by telling friends he was working for a
“rich Russian guy” and stressed that his
work was legal. In conversations about
Mr. Deripaska, he would try to keep his
employer’s identity a secret by referring
to him as “the big guy” and “you know
whom.”
Mr. Shesktaov, 69, who is a Con-
necticut resident, is also accused of
lying to FBI investigators in November
2021 about his ties to Mr. Deripaska. He
faces an additional count of making false
statements.
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CALIFORNIA
Authorities seek motive in Lunar New Year killing rampage
BY AMY TAXIN AND STEFANIE DAZIO
ASSOCIATED PRESS
MONTEREY PARK | Investiga-
tors searching for a motive in
the largest mass shooting in Los
Angeles County history say a
search of the suspected gunman’s
home discovered a rifle, hundreds
of rounds of ammunition and
evidence he was manufacturing
gun silencers.
Los Angeles Sheriff Robert
Luna said investigators have not
yet established Huu Can Tran’s
motive in the massacre during a
celebration of Lunar New Year at
a Monterey Park dance hall.
“What drove a mad man to
do this? We don’t know, but we
intend to find out,” Sheriff Luna
said.
The 72-year-old Tran fired
42 rounds at the Star Ballroom
Dance Studio, where 11 people
were killed and nine wounded.
More states cut taxes on groceries
Move meant to relieve pain from rampant food inflation
BY SEAN SALAI
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
A growing number of states
have cut grocery taxes to relieve
working Americans struggling
with runaway inflation.
Five of the 13 states that
taxed groceries last year —
Kansas, Idaho, Illinois, Tennes-
see and Virginia — have since
passed laws reducing their cut
from supermarket transactions.
That cut ranges from 4% to 7%,
depending on the state.
Taxing food as prices rise
creates unfair burdens for
Americans who spend larger
shares of their income on gro-
ceries, according to the food
industry association FMI.
“Grocery taxes are funda-
mentally bad public policy
because they disproportion-
ately impact lower-income
families,” Andy Harig, an
FMI vice president, told The
Washington Times. “More
than three-quarters of states
have now refused to tax gro-
ceries, and we are hopeful
additional states will follow
suit to provide families with
much-needed relief.”
As costs for food soar
higher and faster than other
items, lawmakers have in-
creasingly clashed over re-
pealing grocery taxes to re-
lieve inflationary pain.
PUBLIC HEALTH
Officials want to treat
COVID-19 shots like flu
Vaccine would be administered yearly
BY MATTHEW PERRONE
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Health officials want to make
COVID-19 vaccinations more like
the annual flu shot. The Food and
Drug Administration on Monday
proposed a simplified approach
for future vaccination efforts, al-
lowing most adults and children
to get a once-a-year shot to pro-
tect against the mutating virus.
This means Americans would
no longer have to keep track of
how many shots they’ve received
or how many months it’s been
since their last booster.
The proposal comes as boost-
ers have become a hard sell.
While more than 80% of the U.S.
population has had at least one
vaccine dose, only 16% of those
eligible have received the latest
boosters authorized in August.
The FDA will ask its panel of
outside vaccine experts to weigh
in at a meeting Thursday. The
agency is expected to take their
He then drove to the nearby Lai
Lai Ballroom where Brandon
Tsay, who works at the establish-
ment started by his grandparents,
wrestled a 9 mm semi-automatic
pistol away from him and saved
“countless lives,” the sheriff said.
“He’s the hero that disarmed
the suspect,” Sheriff Luna said.
“What a brave man he is.”
Authorities have shared little
about Tran.
“We do understand that he
may have had a history of visiting
this dance hall and perhaps the
motivation has to do with some
personal relationships. But that’s
something that I think investiga-
tors are still uncovering and in-
vestigating,” said Monterey Park
Mayor Henry Lo.
Sheriff ’s deputies from Los
Angeles County searched the
home in a gated senior com-
munity where Tran lived in the
town of Hemet, an hour’s drive
ECONOMY
Virginia Gov. Glenn Young-
kin, a Republican, signed a bill
last year to abolish the 2.5% gro-
cery tax, fulfilling a campaign
promise. This month, state Sen-
ate Democrats killed a GOP
effort to repeal the local part of
the tax, arguing that some towns
may need the revenue.
Consumer prices for food
rose 11.8% during the 12 months
ending in December, according
to the most recent data from the
Bureau of Labor Statistics. By
comparison, consumer prices
for all items rose 6.5% over the
same period.
Some free market advocates
say the rising costs offer the
perfect opportunity to eliminate
all food taxes — including sales
taxes targeting “unhealthy”
sodas, snacks and candy bars.
“Free markets are the best
solution to rising food prices,”
said Michael Warder, a California-
based business consultant and
former vice chancellor at Pepper-
dine University. “Government is
inherently ham-handed picking
winners and losers.”
Last year in Kansas, Dem-
ocrats led a bipartisan push
to eliminate their state’s 6.5%
sales tax but had to compromise
with Republicans who wanted
to phase it out more gradually.
They ended up cutting the sales
tax on food to 4%.
“Politicians dealing with
advice into consideration while
deciding future vaccine require-
ments for manufacturers.
In documents posted on-
line, FDA scientists say many
Americans now have “sufficient
preexisting immunity” against
the coronavirus because of vac-
cination, infection or a combina-
tion of the two. That baseline of
protection should be enough to
move to an annual booster against
the latest strains in circulation
and make COVID-19 vaccinations
more like the yearly flu shot, ac-
cording to the agency.
For adults with weakened im-
mune systems and very small
children, a two-dose combination
may be needed for protection.
FDA will also ask its panel
to vote on whether all vaccines
should target the same strains.
That step would be needed to
make the shots interchangeable,
doing away with the current com-
plicated system of primary vac-
cinations and boosters.
Eleven people died in shooting rampage at a Monterey Park, California,
dance hall Sunday during a Lunar New Year celebration. Nine people
were wounded in the attack. The gunman’s motive is not known.
inflation by a lower grocery
sales tax is like trying to put
out a fire with a glass of water,”
said Michael Austin, a former
chief economic adviser to two
Kansas governors and econo-
mist at the National Center
for Public Policy Research’s
Project 21. “If state policy-
makers want to make a real
difference, they should stop
tinkering with sales taxes and
make a splash by dropping
the overall sales or income
tax rates.”
Efforts to cut grocery taxes
have stalled for similar rea-
sons in the other eight states
that have them — Alabama,
Arkansas, Hawaii, Mississippi,
Missouri, Oklahoma, South
Dakota and Utah.
South Dakota Gov. Kristi
Noem, a Republican, made a
campaign promise to repeal the
4.5% grocery tax. Her fellow
Republicans in the Legislature
have proposed cutting sales and
property taxes instead, arguing
they affect more people.
South Dakota is one of three
states that tax groceries at the
rate of other sales, according to
the nonprofit Tax Foundation.
Cutting state grocery taxes
to reduce inflation is a “pure
wealth transfer” with few
long-term benefits, said Sam
Kain, a finance instructor at
Walsh College in Michigan.
The FDA proposed a simplified approach for future COVID-19
vaccination efforts. Most adults and children would get a once-a-year
shot to protect them against the mutating coronavirus.
The initial shots from Pfizer
and Moderna — called the pri-
mary series — target the strain
of the virus that first emerged in
2020 and quickly swept across
the world. The updated boost-
ers launched last fall were also
tweaked to target omicron rela-
tives that had been dominant.
Under FDA’s proposal, the
agency, independent experts and
manufacturers would decide an-
nually on which strains to target
by the early summer, allowing
several months to produce and
launch updated shots before
the fall. That’s roughly the same
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“Those paying less sales
tax benefit, but eventually
their community will raise
those taxes,” Mr. Kain said in
an email. “In the interim, the
feds are pushing the burden
of inflation onto the states. It’s
bad all the way around.”
Most states do not tax gro-
ceries and are unlikely to do so
anytime soon.
But in addition to the 13
states that do, others tax se-
lected food products.
For example, Connecticut
does not levy a sales tax on all
groceries but targets prepared
food items like oven-roasted
chickens. In 2019, Democratic
Gov. Ned Lamont signed a law
raising the tax on restaurant
food and other prepared meals
from 6.35% to 7.35%.
Reducing grocery taxes
will “ease the burdens of food
inflation on all households”
in the short term, said James
Mohs, an accounting and taxa-
tion professor at the Univer-
sity of New Haven.
“The impact would be de-
termined based on the income
level,” Mr. Mohs said in an
email. “Unfortunately, like the
suspension of the gas tax in
many states this may only be
a temporary solution which
will soften the blow at the
checkout until the price infla-
tion abates.”
ASSOCIATED PRESS
approach long used to select the
strains for the annual flu shot.
Ultimately, FDA officials say
moving to an annual schedule
would make it easier to promote
future vaccination campaigns,
which could ultimately boost vac-
cination rates nationwide.
The original two-dose
COVID-19 shots have offered
strong protection against severe
disease and death, but protec-
tion against mild infection wanes.
Experts are debating how much
the latest round of boosters helps,
particularly for younger, healthy
Americans.
from the scene of the crime in
Monterey Park, Hemet police
spokesperson Alan Reyes told
The Associated Press.
Tran had visited Hemet police
twice this month to report he
was the victim of fraud, theft and
poisoning by family members
a decade or two ago in the LA
area, Mr. Reyes said. Tran said he
would return to the station with
documentation but never did.
He was found dead Sunday in
the van that he used to flee after
attempting to attack a second
dance hall, authorities said. The
mayor of Monterey Park said
Tran may have frequented the
first dance hall that he targeted,
and his ex-wife told CNN she had
met him there and he offered her
free lessons.
The death toll rose to 11
Monday after health officials
announced that one of the 10
people wounded had died, the
TENNESSEE
Lawyer likens police
video to Rodney King
Man, 29, was pepper sprayed, beaten
BY ADRIAN SAINZ
ASSOCIATED PRESS
MEMPHIS | Memphis police of-
ficers beat motorist Tyre Nichols
for three minutes, treating him
like “a human pinata” in a “sav-
age” encounter reminiscent of
the infamous 1991 police beating
of Los Angeles motorist Rodney
King, attorneys for the family
said Monday.
Attorney Ben Crump said po-
lice video viewed by the family
Monday showed that Nichols
was shocked, pepper sprayed
and restrained after the 29-year-
old FedEx worker and father was
pulled over Jan. 7 just minutes
from his home while returning
from a suburban park where he
had taken photos of the sunset.
Another attorney, Antonio Ro-
manucci, said that Nichols was
kicked before Mr. Crump stopped
him from saying more.
Mr. Crump said the Nichols
family agreed to investigators’
request to wait a week or two
before making the video public
to “make sure to give this family
what they want most, and that
is justice.”
Shelby County District Attor-
ney Steve Mulroy said in a state-
ment Monday that investigators
don’t want to risk compromising
the investigation.
Mr. Crump said the video
shows the encounter was “vio-
lent” and “troublesome on every
level.” Mr. Romanucci called it
“savage” and out of proportion
to the purported offense.
The city has been on edge
about the release of the police
footage because of the possibil-
ity of unrest. Nichols’ stepfather,
Rodney Wells, asked that any
protests remain peaceful, saying
violence “is not what Tyre wanted
and won’t bring him back.”
Nichols was arrested after of-
ficers stopped him for reckless
driving.
Police said in a statement the
day after the encounter that “a
confrontation occurred” as offi-
cers approached the vehicle and
Nichols ran; they said officers
caught up to him and that “another
confrontation occurred” as they
were taking him into custody.
Police said Nichols complained
of shortness of breath and was
taken to a hospital, where he died
three days later.
Relatives have accused the
police of beating Nichols and
causing him to have a heart
attack and kidney failure. Au-
thorities have only said that
Nichols experienced a medical
emergency.
The U.S. Justice Department
has opened a civil rights inves-
tigation into the arrest, and the
Tennessee Bureau of Investiga-
tion also is looking into the case.
Memphis police Director
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LA County Department of Health
Services said.
Officials did not disclose any
information about the 11th fatality,
but all except one of the others
were 60 or older, according to
information released Monday by
the Los Angeles coroner’s office
providing the first identifications.
My Nhan, 65, Lilian Li, 63,
and Xiujuan Yu, 57, were the
three women named. Two other
women were in their 60s, and one
was in her 70s. Valentino Alvero,
68, was the only man identified.
Three men in their 70s and one
in his 60s were also killed.
Authorities have shared little
about Tran, who once owned a
trucking company, according to
California business records. He
had a previous conviction for
unlawful possession of a firearm
in 1990 and otherwise a limited
criminal history, Sheriff Luna
said.
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Kenyana Dixon is comforted at a
Jan. 16 rally for her brother Tyre
Nichols, who was killed during a
traffic stop with Memphis police
on Jan. 7. Five Memphis police
officers were fired after his death.
Cerelyn “CJ” Davis announced
Friday that five officers involved
in the arrest were fired after the
police probe determined that
they used excessive force or failed
to intervene and render aid. The
officers were identified as Tadar-
rius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Em-
mitt Martin III, Desmond Mills Jr.
and Justin Smith.
All five officers are Black,
though Mr. Crump said that was
irrelevant and that non-White
motorists often are treated dif-
ferently than White motorists re-
gardless of the officers’ race, and
that the pain of Nichols’ death “is
just the same.”
Mr. Wells, who said the family
wants the officers charged with
first-degree murder, told report-
ers that his stepson had good
reason to run from the officers.
“Our son ran because he was
scared for his life,” Mr. Wells said.
“And when you see the video,
you’ll see why he was scared for
his life.”
After the family’s news confer-
ence about 10 activists walked
into the lobby of Mr. Mulroy’s
office to demand answers to
why the district attorney was
withholding the video from the
public for up to two more weeks
and why he hadn’t charged the
officers.
“People want to see what hap-
pened to Tyre,” Pamela Buress
said. “We’re angry about it.”
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BRIEFLY
THE NATION
IOWA
2 students killed in attack
on school for at-risk youth
DES MOINES | Two students
were killed Monday and an
adult employee was injured in
what police said was a targeted
shooting at a Des Moines
school that is dedicated to help-
ing at-risk youth, and threepeo-
ple were arrested afterward.
The shooting was at an edu-
cational program called Starts
Right Here that is affiliated with
the Des Moines school district.
Police say emergency crews
were called to the school, which
is in a business park, just before
1 p.m. Officers arrived to find
two students critically injured,
and they started CPR immedi-
ately. The two students died at
a hospital.
The adult employee of the
school who was injured is in se-
rious condition and was headed
into surgery Monday afternoon.
“The incident was definitely
targeted. It was not random,”
Sgt. Paul Parizek said.
The Starts Right Here pro-
gram, which helps at-risk youth
in grades 9-12, was founded in
2021 by Will Holmes, a rap-
per whose stage name is Will
Keeps. He didn’t immediately
respond to a message seeking
comment Monday.
— Associated Press
NORTH CAROLINA
‘Diamond’s’ death was
due to heart condition
RALEIGH | Lynette Hardaway,
a strong supporter of former
President Donald Trump whose
death had prompted wide-
spread speculation, died earlier
this month of a heart condition,
according to a death certificate
obtained Monday by The As-
sociated Press.
Known by the moniker
“Diamond” of the conservative
political commentary duo Dia-
mond and Silk, Hardaway, 51,
died Jan. 8 of heart disease due
to chronic high blood pressure.
Hardaway and her sister,
Rochelle Richardson, found
stardom as Black women who
ardently backed Mr. Trump.
The cause of Hardaway’s
death, which was not released
by the family, had become a
topic of widespread and some-
times gleeful speculation by
liberals on social media that it
was COVID-19.
The pair had lost some of
the social-media access be-
cause of their open skepticism
about the dominant COVID-19
narratives.
— Associated Press
OHIO
Bowling Green hazing
lawsuit settled for $3M
The family of a student who
died from alcohol poisoning
while pledging a fraternity will
get nearly $3 million from Bowl-
ing Green State University to
settle its lawsuit, according to an
agreement announced Monday.
As part of the settlement, the
family of Stone Foltz and the
university both said they will
work to address and eliminate
hazing on college campuses.
Foltz died of alcohol poi-
soning in March 2021 after a
fraternity initiation event where
new members finishing or
attempting to finish a bottle of
alcohol, according to a univer-
sity investigation.
The 20-year-old from Dela-
ware, Ohio, was found uncon-
scious after members of the Pi
Kappa Alpha fraternity dropped
him off at his apartment. He
died three days after he was put
on life support.
— Associated Press
SOUTH CAROLINA
Disgraced lawyer on trial
in killings of wife, son
WALTERBORO | As his life
unraveled over the past two
years, disgraced South Carolina
attorney Alex Murdaugh didn’t
fight giving up his law license
and admitted plenty of mistakes
tied to missing client money
and a financial mess that led to
100 criminal charges.
But he has adamantly
insisted, from the moment he
found the bodies of his wife and
youngest son shot at the fam-
ily’s estate in June 2021, that he
was not the killer.
Soon, it will be up to 12 ju-
rors to decide if they agree.
Jury selection began Mon-
day morning as prosecutors
and defense attorneys sifted
through some 700 summons
to find 12 jurors and several
alternates.
More than 200 people were
brought in for a first round of
questioning that lasted nearly
three hours, but only about 30
were qualified for the pool of
potential jurors.
More potential jurors were
pulled from a second panel
Monday afternoon.
Testimony is expected to
begin once the jury is seated
later this week.
— Associated Press
NEW MEXICO
Candidate charged in gun
attacks due in court
ALBUQUERQUE | A political
newcomer who lost his bid for
the New Mexico statehouse
and is accused of orchestrating
a series of drive-by attacks in-
volving gunfire at the homes of
Democratic officials was sched-
uled to appear in court Monday
for a detention hearing.
Prosecutors are seeking to
detain Solomon Pena, 39, pend-
ing trial on charges that include
shooting at a dwelling and pos-
session of a firearm by a felon.
They say he’s a danger to the
community.
Mr. Pena’s defense attorney
hasn’t addressed the charges
publicly, but said in her client’s
initial court appearance last
week that she would ask for
conditions of release to be set.
No one was hurt in the
attacks.
Authorities arrested Mr.
Pen on Jan. 9, accusing him of
paying a father and son and
two other men to shoot at the
officials’ homes between early
December and early January.
The violence followed Mr.
Pena’s unsuccessful GOP bid
in a district long considered
a Democratic stronghold. He
claimed the election was rigged.
— Associated Press

TRIAL motion last week that a volunteer clinic

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Houck is pure harassment, meant solely
to intimidate our nation’s pro-life side-
walk counselors who provide vital re-
sources to help pregnant women at risk
for abortion,” said Peter Breen, Thomas
More Society executive vice president
and head of litigation, who represents
Mr. Houck.
The political angle is expected to
loom large at the trial, scheduled to
run Tuesday through Friday in U.S. Dis-
trict Court for the Eastern District of
Pennsylvania.
Mr. Houck, president of the Catholic
nonprofit group the King’s Men, has
pleaded not guilty to two counts of
violating the FACE Act. He is accused of
shoving volunteer escort Bruce Love, 72,
twice on Oct. 13, 2021, outside a Planned
Parenthood clinic in Philadelphia.
Defense attorneys countered that Mr.
Love initiated the two confrontations
by accosting Mr. Houck and his then-
12-year-old son when they were 50 and
100 feet from the clinic, prompting Mr.
Houck to tell him to “stay away from my
son.” Mr. Love was reportedly pushed to
the ground.
The FACE Act prohibits anyone from
injuring, intimidating or interfering with
a “provider of reproductive health care,”
but attorneys for Mr. Houck argued in a
escort such as Mr. Love doesn’t meet the
definition.
The defense produced a transcript
of a 1993 Senate exchange in which the
bill’s sponsor, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy,
Massachusetts Democrat, said there
was a limit on who was covered by the
legislation.
“Demonstrators, clinic defenders,
escorts and other persons not involved
in obtaining or providing services in the
facility may not bring such a cause of
action,” Mr. Kennedy said, as reprinted
in a court motion filed Friday.
His statement demonstrated that the
legislative intent “was never intended to
cover disputes between advocates on the
public sidewalks outside of our nation’s
abortion clinics,” Mr. Breen said.
“This new evidence shows clearly
that Congress intended to limit the FACE
Act to patients and staff working in the
clinic, and not to take sides between
pro-life and pro-choice counselors and
escorts on the sidewalk,” he said.
The motion objected to the govern-
ment’s proposed jury instructions, which
say a “provider of reproductive health
services includes any staff member or
volunteer escort who is an integral part
of a business where reproductive health
services are provided,” including Mr.
Love.
The case became a national rallying
cry for the pro-life movement after Mr.
Houck was arrested Sept. 23 at home in
front of his wife and children in rural
Bucks County by what Mr. Houck said
were “dozens of heavily armed state
police and federal agents.”
His defenders accused the Justice
Department of overkill.
Months earlier, Mr. Houck offered
through his attorney to surrender after
receiving a Justice Department target
letter in April.
The FBI later defended the arrest by
saying there was no SWAT team and
that the bureau used “the personnel and
tactics deemed necessary to effect a safe
arrest or search.”
U.S. Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero
said in a statement that “assault is always
a serious offense, and under the FACE
Act, if the victim is targeted because of
their association with a reproductive
healthcare clinic, it is a federal crime.”
The penalties are severe. If convicted,
Mr. Houck could receive a maximum
sentence of 11 years in prison, three years
of supervised release and fines of up to
$350,000.
At least 25 other pro-life activists have
been arrested on FACE Act violations,
most from incidents in 2020 or 2021.
They include 11 people charged in Oc-
tober with the March 2021 protest at the
Mount Juliet Reproductive Health Clinic
in Tennessee, which the Justice Depart-
ment called a “blockade” that prevented
a client and an employee from entering.
The FACE Act also prohibits attacks
on crisis pregnancy centers.
The Justice Department has an-
nounced no arrests in the 78 attacks on
pro-life facilities and offices since May
2, the date of the leak of the Supreme
Court’s draft opinion in Dobbs v. Jack-
son Women’s Health Organization. The
Dobbs ruling overturned the 1973 deci-
sion for nationwide abortion rights.
Those attacks include at least three
firebombings causing hundreds of
thousands of dollars in damage in
Colorado, New York and Oregon. Left
behind was pro-Roe graffiti and ref-
erences to Jane’s Revenge, a radical
pro-choice group.
Associate Attorney General Vanita
Gupta heightened concerns about a
prosecutorial double standard with her
speech last month marking the civil
rights division’s 65th anniversary, which
decried the threat to abortion clinics but
not pro-life centers.
“Earlier this year, in Dobbs v. Jackson
Women’s Health Organization, the Su-
preme Court dealt a devastating blow to
women throughout the country, taking
away the constitutional right to abortion
and increasing the urgency of our work,
including enforcement of the FACE Act,
to ensure continued lawful access to
reproductive services,” Ms. Gupta said.
FBI Director Christopher A. Wray
told a Senate committee in Novem-
ber that about 70% of abortion-related
violence under investigation was di-
rected at pro-life groups and insisted
that the bureau was treating both sides
evenhandedly.
“I don’t care if you’re motivated by
pro-life or pro-choice views,” Mr. Wray
said at the hearing. “You don’t get to use
violence to express it.”
Last week, the FBI announced a
$25,000 reward for information leading to
arrests and convictions after an assailant
threw a Molotov cocktail into a Planned
Parenthood facility in Peoria, Illinois.
CatholicVote President Brian Burch
said he doubted it was a coincidence.
“After over 300 combined attacks
on Catholic churches and pregnancy
resource centers, it only took a single
attack on an abortion facility for the
DOJ to issue a press release,” Mr.
Burch said. “It certainly won’t com-
pensate for the millions of dollars in
damage and widespread fear caused
by the criminal activity that has been
overtly ignored.”
Presiding over the Houck trial is U.S.
District Court Judge Gerald J. Pappert,
an Obama appointee. Jury selection is
scheduled for Tuesday.
DEATH NOTICE

ARMS Asked why North Korea was allowed

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a crazy neighbor, so we need to be
prepared for what they are doing,” Mr.
Marciniak said.
The Polish military is providing
60,000 new machine guns to its troops
and border guards and to its new civil
Territorial Defense Force.
For Polish special operations troops,
“the machine guns are usually from the
U.S.,” he said, noting the Heckler & Koch
and two other models.
Asian interest
Military officials from Taiwan, Japan,
South Korea and the Philippines were
walking the aisles and visiting the booths
to look at the hundreds of automatic
weapons and other military equipment
on display.
Taiwan’s government is stepping up
military training to confront a grow-
ing threat from Beijing. Taipei recently
announced a tripling of compulsory
military service from four months to
one year.
The more extensive military training
is a response to increasingly belligerent
language from China and lessons learned
watching the course of Russia’s invasion
of Ukraine.
A Japanese official declined to com-
ment on Tokyo’s shopping list. Asked
whether the Japanese military was buy-
ing or selling at the show, a female
member of the delegation said tersely,
“Buying.”
Edmund Villavicencio, an arms buyer
with the Negros Sports Exchange Guns and
Ammo group in Bacolod City, Philippines,
said his country had loosened gun owner-
ship restrictions because of concerns about
Chinese military expansion.
“We’re being lenient in allowing civil-
ians to own guns,” Mr. Villavicencio said.
“With all the tensions that are happening
around Asia right now, they just want to
defend themselves in response to whatever
insurgencies or invasions may happen.”
Manila’s focus is on greater civil de-
fense, Mr. Villavicencio said.
The expo also included the latest
technology for warfare.
At the high end of the spectrum was
a multibarrel machine gun that could
fire up to 2,500 rounds a minute. And
This high-fire, five-barrel machine gun can fire up to 2,500 rounds a minute in what
its manufacturer calls the most lethal weapon in the world. Foreign delegations in Las
Vegas also were interested in drone aircraft, one of the biggest emerging threats.
the maker of a new electronic warfare
system said it could knock out nearly
two dozen drones at once.
Many of the militaries were looking
for newer and advanced weapons in case
Russian and Chinese conflicts engulf
their regions in broader wars or even a
global conflict.
“That has definitely increased inter-
est” in buying U.S.-made firearms and
military equipment, the Commerce De-
partment official said.
Despite a vast flow of U.S. and West-
ern security aid over the past year,
Ukraine sent a military delegation to
the Las Vegas exposition. U.S. officials
expected Kyiv’s armed forces to spend
some of the $27 billion in U.S. aid on
American weapons at the show.
The annual arms show is hosted by
the National Shooting Sports Founda-
tion, which provided The Washington
Times with a list of the 115 foreign nations
BILL GERTZ/THE WASHINGTON TIMES
selling or buying small arms and military
and law enforcement equipment.
“Based upon my military background,
there is always an interest in provid-
ing the best product you can for your
military so they can be successful in
their missions,” Mark Oliva, director of
public affairs for the foundation, said of
the foreign arms shopping.
Chinese companies were mainly sell-
ing optics and gun sights, Mr. Oliva said.
A U.S. official at the conference said
Chinese spies were active at past shows.
Some were observed conducting covert
electronic listening operations from
backpacks.
Unlikely customers
One of the more surprising partic-
ipants was a delegation from North
Korea, the rogue state under heavy sanc-
tions from the U.S. and the United Na-
tions over its nuclear weapons programs.
to take part, expo spokesman Robert
Brooks said: “NSSF can confirm the
inclusion of North Korea on this list is
correct, but we are unable to disclose
any additional information.”
The North Koreans likely were al-
lowed to take part so U.S. intelligence
agencies could find out what kinds of
arms the government was interested in
copying or selling.
The Commerce Department official
said such delegations are strictly moni-
tored during their visits.
Delegations of nations facing Chinese
military expansion in the South China
Sea included Indonesia, Malaysia, Thai-
land and Vietnam, along with military
and defense officials from Japan and
South Korea. No details of any small-
arms purchases could be identified from
those nations.
Browsers got early looks at some
cutting-edge munitions, including the
XR338 five-barrel machine gun. Known
in military circles as a “mini-gun,” it is
modeled after the military’s M134 gun
deployed on attack helicopters and C-130
gunships, but with a longer range.
“This is the most lethal gun in the
world,” said a spokesman with Radical
Firearms, one of two manufacturers of
the gun, along with DTV Arms.
The mini-gun was built in the past
three months. It includes a battery-
powered firing mechanism that allows
gunners to increase the rate of fire just
by pulling the trigger.
Radical Firearms was offering a sepa-
rate .308 caliber version with six barrels.
Two other models with different calibers
are expected to be unveiled in the com-
ing months.
One of the biggest emerging military
threats involves drone aircraft, which
can be used for intelligence gathering,
electronic warfare and gun or missile
attacks. A hot military and civilian item
sold at the expo was the HH-SP1, a coun-
terdrone zapper that the manufacturer
said is capable of knocking out intruding
drones within a nearly 2-mile radius.
The square jammer is built by Vigilant
Drone Defense, a Los Angeles company
that has sold the device to the U.S. military
and for civilian drone defenses.
A more advanced model can pro-
vide 360-degree defenses against drone
swarms up to 3 miles.
Dickason,
Cheryl Linette
March 20, 1953 - December 28, 2022
Cheryl Linette Dickason born to Clar-
ence Dickason and Helen Hayes Dickason
on March 20, 1953 in Washington, D.C.
died suddenly Dec 28, 2022 at Holy Spirit
Hospital in Pennsylvania. She was 69
years old. The family is deeply saddened
and shocked by her unexpected death.
Dr. Cheryl Dickason is predeceased by
her father Clarence Dickason Sr., mother
Helen Dickason, and brother Clarence
Dickason Jr.
Her surviving relatives include sister Ni-
cole; her niece Chrissy and nephew Cza-
kar; her great nephews Rashon, Joshua
and Caleb; and her great great nephew
and nieces Jamari , Jordan, and Zailyn.
A true Washingtonian, as she would tell
anyone who asked, after graduating as
Valedictorian from high school she chose
to complete her undergraduate degree at
Howard University majoring in Zoology.
She then left her familiar roots behind to
attend the University of Michigan Medi-
cal School from 1975-1979 and graduate
with honors. After earning her medical
degree, she served in the United States
Public Health Corps from 1979-1981.
She later completed residency in Internal
Medicine and Emergency Medicine. Dr.
Cheryl Dickason continued to thrive aca-
demically and professionally.
During her stellar and illustrious 42-
year career as a Board-Certified Emer-
gency Medicine Physician she worked at
multiple hospitals to include Fairmount
Regional Medical Center, Greater Balti-
more Medical Center, Uniontown Hos-
pital and Penn Highland Hospital. Her
dedication, kindness, and compassion
enabled her to be an outstanding physi-
cian tirelessly working towards providing
unrivaled quality patient care to all those
in need.
Matthew 5:4
“Blessed are those who mourn, for
they will be comforted.”
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World
McCarthy to visit Taiwan; trip likely to anger China
BY TOM HOWELL JR. AND GUY TAYLOR
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
House Speaker Kevin Mc-
Carthy is planning to travel to
Taiwan later this year. Chinese
analysts warn that this will
trigger a fresh escalation of
bilateral tensions that soared
following then-Speaker Nancy
Pelosi’s trip in 2022.
Capitol Hill sources con-
firmed Monday that Mr. Mc-
Carthy is intent on making the
trip but declined to comment
on specific timing, although
there were reports that the
Pentagon has already begun
drafting plans to contain any
security blowback.
An official directly involved
in the planning told Punch-
bowl News on Monday that the
California Republican speaker’s
trip is expected to take place
sometime in the spring and that
the U.S. military is in the early
stages of preparations.
Mr. McCarthy first signaled
last July that he would visit Tai-
wan if he became speaker. The
trip would symbolize the new
House GOP majority’s support
for the democratically run Tai-
wan, which China’s communist
government considers a break-
away province.
Heading a congressional del-
egation, Mrs. Pelosi, California
Democrat, became the highest-
ranking American official to visit
Taiwan in a quarter-century. Bei-
jing responded with a series of
aerial and naval maneuvers of
UKRAINE
Poland to press Germany for approval to send tanks to Kyiv
BY MONIKA SCISLOWSKA
ASSOCIATED PRESS
WARSAW, POLAND | Poland said
Monday it would ask Berlin for
permission to send its German-
built Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine
as Western allies move to supply
Kyiv with more powerful mili-
tary hardware to thwart Russia’s
invasion.
Despite pressure from the
Biden administration and many
of its EU neighbors, Germany
has hesitated to approve send-
ing tanks to Ukraine, fearing in
part it would be too provocative
to the Kremlin. But Polish of-
ficials seized on remarks Sun-
day by German Foreign Minister
Annalena Baerbock that Berlin
wouldn’t seek to stop Poland from
providing the Leopard 2 battle
tanks in its own armored fleet
to Ukraine, which has made re-
peated pleas for more tanks.
Polish Prime Minister Ma-
teusz Morawiecki didn’t specify
when the request to Germany
will be made. He said that Poland
is building a coalition of nations
JAPAN
Kishida cites regional dangers in push for military build-up
BY MARI YAMAGUCHI
ASSOCIATED PRESS
TOKYO | Prime Minister Fumio
Kishida said Monday that Japan
faces the severest security envi-
ronment in the region since the
end of World War II and pledged
to push a mili-
tary buildup
under a newly
adopted secu-
rity strategy, as
well as tackle
rapidly declin-
ing births so
the country
Kishida can sustain na-
tional strength.
With the
Biden administration in sup-
port, Mr. Kishida’s government
in December adopted key secu-
rity and defense reforms, includ-
ing a counterstrike capability
that breaks from the country’s
Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is planning to visit Taiwan. Analysts warn this visit may escalate tensions with China.
unprecedented score in the wa-
ters around Taiwan.
The Communist Party-
aligned Global Times news-
paper in Beijing has already
published commentary articles
warning Mr. McCarthy not to
follow Mrs. Pelosi’s lead. “If
McCarthy does visit Taiwan in
2023,” one article said last week,
“China-U.S. relations will wit-
ness another shock comparable
to or even worse than that in
August 2022 when Pelosi vis-
ited Taiwan.”
Poland will apply to the German government for permission to supply
the German-made Leopard battle tanks to Ukraine. Ukraine says
tanks, especially the Leopards, are vital to its war effort.
ready to send Leopard 2 battle
tanks to Ukraine.
Poland needs the consent of
Germany, which builds the tanks,
to send them to a non-NATO
country.
But even if Germany doesn’t
grant permission, Warsaw will
make its own decisions, Mr.
Morawiecki said at a news
conference.
Ukraine says tanks — and
especially the Leopards — are
vital to its war effort. Both sides’
exclusively self-defense-only
postwar principle.
Japan says the current de-
ployment of missile interceptors
is insufficient to defend it from
rapid weapons advances made by
China and North Korea.
In his policy speech opening
this year’s parliamentary session,
Mr. Kishida said active diplomacy
was needed, but it requires “de-
fense power to back it up.” He said
Japan’s new security strategy is
based on a realistic simulation
“as we face the most severe and
complex security environment
since the end of World War II and
a question if we can protect the
people’s lives in an emergency.”
The strategy seeks to keep in
check China’s increasingly asser-
tive territorial ambitions, but it’s
also a sensitive issue for many
countries in Asia that were vic-
tims of Japanese wartime aggres-
sion. Mr. Kishida acknowledged
DIPLOMACY
While hostility and suspi-
cion of a rising China can be
found in both parties on Capitol
Hill, the newly GOP-controlled
House has signaled a desire to
push an even more confronta-
tional policy toward Beijing.
House Republicans recently
set up a select committee on
China with some Democratic
support and have been vocal
about defending Taiwan’s right
to self-determination.
Mr. McCarthy has tapped
Rep. Mike Gallagher, Wisconsin
ASSOCIATED PRESS
battlefield positions in Ukraine’s
east and south are mostly dead-
locked during winter, with new
ground offensives expected in
the spring. Russia’s forces are
much larger than Ukraine’s, so
Kyiv wants to gain an advantage
in weaponry and fuller backing
from its Western allies.
Poland has become a leading
advocate in the European Union
for giving military aid to help
Ukraine prevail 11 months after
the Kremlin’s forces invaded.
it was a “drastic turnaround” of
Japan’s security policy, but said
it still remains within the limita-
tions of its pacifist constitution
and international law.
“I make it clear that there will
not be even a slightest change
from Japan’s non-nuclear and
self-defense-only principles and
our footsteps as a peace-loving
country,” Mr. Kishida said.
This month, the center-right
Japanese leader took a five-nation
tour, including Washington, to
explain Japan’s new defense plan
and further develop defense ties
with its ally the United States.
While the security strategy
said China presents “an unprec-
edented and the greatest strate-
gic challenge” to the peace and
security of Japan and the region,
Mr. Kishida said he hoped to
continue talks with China, includ-
ing with President Xi Jinping, to
reinforce “constructive and stable
☆R
Republican, to head the new se-
lect committee. Mr. Gallagher
told The Washington Times in
a recent interview that Wash-
ington should be focused on
ramping up U.S. defensive as-
sets in and around Taiwan.
War-game simulations car-
ried out for the Pentagon over
the years by private think tanks
repeatedly show Beijing tri-
umphing in a direct clash over
Taiwan, with U.S. and allied
forces too small and too far
away in a crisis.
Germany’s hesitation has drawn
criticism, particularly from Po-
land and the Baltic countries on
NATO’s eastern flank that feel
especially threatened by Russia.
Although Berlin has provided
substantial aid, it has been criti-
cized for dragging its feet on
providing military hardware.
German government spokes-
man Steffen Hebestreit said it
was important for Germany not
to take a “reckless” step it might
regret, adding that a decision will
not be rushed.
“These are hard questions of
life and death,” he added. “We
have to ask what this means for
the defense of our own country.”
Pressed on how long a deci-
sion on sending tanks might take,
Mr. Hebestreit said: “I assume
that it’s not a question of months
now.”
Previously, Polish officials
have indicated that Finland and
Denmark were ready to join
Warsaw in sending Leopards
to Ukraine. The United King-
dom has pledged to send Chal-
lenger tanks. French President
relations.”
Japan plans to nearly double
its defense budget within five
years to $332 billion and improve
cyberspace and intelligence capa-
bilities. While three-quarters of an
annual defense budget increase can
be squeezed out through spending
and fiscal reforms, the rest needs to
come from a tax increase, and Mr.
Kishida has already faced criticism
from opposition lawmakers and
even from his governing party.
Mr. Kishida also faces a criti-
cal question of Japan’s stagnant
population growth.
“We cannot waste any time
on the policies for children and
child rearing support,” he said.
“We must establish a children-
first economic society and turn
around the birthrate.”
Japan’s population of more
than 125 million has been declin-
ing for 14 years and is projected to
fall to 86.7 million by 2060.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
“I have serious concerns
about our near-term deterrent
posture over Taiwan,” Mr. Gal-
lagher told The Times.
A McCarthy trip to Taiwan
would likely spark a repeat
of tensions that followed Mrs.
Pelosi’s visit in August 2022.
Republicans offered rare praise
for Mrs. Pelosi at the time.
However, President Biden was
more cautious, highlighting the
Pentagon’s wariness and saying
the longstanding “one China”
policy fudging the question
Emmanuel Macron said Sunday
he asked his defense minister
to “work on” the possibility of
sending Leclerc battle tanks to
Ukraine.
But the Pentagon has balked
at one idea floated by Berlin to
make the deal happen — send-
ing American M1 Abrams tanks
along with the Leopards to Kyiv
as a package deal. Lawmakers in
Congress have pressed the White
House to drop its objections to
the package deal.
Mr. Morawiecki said that
while Poland intends to ask Ger-
many for permission to send
Leopard tanks to Ukraine, the
request is “a secondary matter”
as a group of EU countries look
at how to help Kyiv.
Ms. Baerbock, Germany’s top
diplomat, told French television
channel LCI on Sunday that Po-
land hasn’t formally asked for
Berlin’s approval, but added, “If
we were asked, we would not
stand in the way.”
Poland wants to send a com-
pany of Leopard tanks, which
means 14 of them.
Mr. Kishida pledged to bol-
ster financial support for families
with children, including more
scholarships, and said he would
compile a set of measures of “dif-
ferent dimensions.”
Opposition lawmakers ques-
tioned how Mr. Kishida’s govern-
ment will manage the hefty price
tags that come with implement-
ing his key policies.
Katsuya Okada, secretary
general of the main opposition
Constitutional Democratic Party
of Japan, said it is “wrong” that
only defense spending has been
predetermined, even when huge
spending for measures to address
low births and elderly care is
expected.
“It is important to think about
an appropriate balance of the
economy in the mid- to longer
term. There must be proper dis-
cussion about how much should
be spent for what,” he said.
WORLD | A9
of Taiwan’s ultimate status re-
mained intact.
Under the policy, Wash-
ington has long acknowledged
Beijing’s position that Taiwan
is part of China, even though
the U.S. maintains informal
diplomatic relations and sub-
stantial defense ties with the
island democracy and does not
technically recognize Chinese
sovereignty over it.
Taiwanese officials, mean-
while, have spent recent
months sounding alarm bells
over China’s ramped-up mil-
itary exercises. Taiwanese
Foreign Minister Joseph Wu
warned in September that
China could attack the island
in 2023, asserting that ex-
panded Chinese missile tests
and other military moves in
the wake of Mrs. Pelosi’s visit
were clear signals that Beijing
was practicing for a “future
invasion.”
Taipei is, however, likely to
embrace a visit by Mr. McCar-
thy, although Taiwan’s official
news service reported in No-
vember that Mr. Wu had told
a legislative session at the time
that no official contact had yet
been made regarding the tim-
ing of such a visit.
Mr. McCarthy telegraphed
his own plans back in July, tell-
ing reporters he wanted to head
a congressional delegation to
the island. “I’d love to do it as
speaker,” he said at the time.
• Ben Wolfgang contributed
to this story.
BRIEFLY
THE WORLD
TURKEY
Erdogan: Protest clouds
Sweden’s NATO hopes
ISTANBUL | Turkey’s president
cast serious doubt on NATO’s
expansion Monday after
warning Sweden not to expect
support for its bid for member-
ship into the military alliance
following weekend protests in
Stockholm by an anti-Islam ac-
tivist and pro-Kurdish groups.
President Recep Tayyip
Erdogan slammed a Quran-
burning protest on Saturday as
an insult to Muslims. He was
particularly incensed at Swed-
ish authorities for allowing the
demonstration to take place
outside the Turkish Embassy in
Stockholm under “the protec-
tion” of security forces.
With Turkey having an
effective vote over the hopes
of Sweden and Finland to
join NATO, Mr. Erdogan also
criticized Sweden for allowing
pro-Kurdish protests where
demonstrators waved flags
of various Kurdish groups,
including the Kurdistan Work-
ers’ Party, which has waged a
decadeslong insurgency against
Turkey.
PHILIPPINES
— Associated Press
Marcos seeks China
talks on sea disputes
MANILA | Philippine Presi-
dent Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
said Monday he has proposed
to China that the two coun-
tries hold talks between their
foreign ministers to quickly
resolve any new conflicts in the
disputed South China Sea, and
blamed Chinese actions for the
disagreements.
Mr. Marcos told Philippine
TV networks the two sides are
ironing out the details for talks
with senior Chinese officials.
China and the Philippines,
along with Vietnam, Malaysia,
Brunei and Taiwan, have been
locked in a tense standoff over
their overlapping claims in the
busy and resource-rich wa-
terway, which is regarded as a
potential Asian flashpoint.
— Associated Press
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DISTRICT
4 Oath Keepers convicted of seditious conspiracy Defense
Jurors deliberated over three days;
judge hasn’t set date for sentencing
BY MICHAEL KUNZELMAN
AND ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Four members of the Oath
Keepers were convicted Monday
of seditious conspiracy in the
Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack in the
second major trial of far-right
extremists accused of plotting
to forcibly keep former President
Donald Trump in power.
The verdict against Joseph
Hackett of Sarasota, Florida; Ro-
berto Minuta of Prosper, Texas;
David Moerschel of Punta Gorda,
Florida; and Edward Vallejo of
Phoenix, comes weeks after a dif-
ferent jury convicted the group’s
leader, Stewart Rhodes, in the
mob attack that halted for a few
hours the certification of Presi-
dent Biden’s electoral victory.
It’s another major victory for
the Justice Department, which
is also trying to secure sedition
convictions against the former
leader of the Proud Boys and
four associates. The trial against
Enrique Tarrio and his lieuten-
ants opened earlier this month
in Washington and is expected
to last several weeks.
Jurors deliberated for about 12
hours over three days. The judge
didn’t immediately set a date for
sentencing.
The trials are some of the
most serious cases brought so far
in the sweeping Jan. 6 investiga-
tion, which continues to grow
two years after the riot. The
Justice Department has brought
nearly 1,000 cases and the tally
increases by the week.
Prosecutors told jurors that
Rhodes and his group began
shortly after the 2020 election
Prosecutor to seek life sentence in slaying of deaf inmate
BY LEA SKENE
ASSOCIATED PRESS
BALTIMORE | Baltimore’s new
top prosecutor, Ivan Bates, has
announced that he’ll personally
prosecute a defendant accused
of strangling his deaf cellmate
while awaiting trial in another
murder case last year.
The case has raised signifi-
cant questions about the city’s
jail operations and its back-
logged court system.
Javarick Gantt, a deaf man
who relied on sign language to
communicate, was found dead
inside his cell in the Baltimore
Central Booking and Intake
Center the morning of Oct. 9.
Weeks later, authorities an-
nounced charges against his
cellmate, Gordon Staron, 34,
who had been locked up since
September after his arrest in
the deadly stabbing of Keith
Bell, 63, near a Baltimore bus
stop.
Jail officials have refused to
NORTH CAROLINA
State lawmaker proposes protections to power grids
BY HANNAH SCHOENBAUM
ASSOCIATED PRESS/REPORT FOR AMERICA
RALEIGH, N.C. | When gunshots
at two electrical substations cut
power to thousands of central
North Carolina homes for several
days in early December, Republi-
can state Rep. Ben Moss watched
his vibrant district full of fam-
ily farms, small businesses and
sprawling golf courses become “a
ghost town.”
After the latest attack last
week on a substation in Randolph
County, northeast of Charlotte,
Mr. Moss is urging fellow law-
makers to prioritize new legisla-
tion that would secure the state’s
to prepare an armed rebellion
to keep Trump in power. Mes-
sages show Rhodes and the Oath
Keepers discussing the prospect
of a “bloody” civil war and the
need to keep Mr. Biden out of
the White House.
“Our democracy was under
attack, but for the defendants
it was everything they trained
for and a moment to celebrate,”
Prosecutor Louis Manzo told
jurors in his closing argument.
Prosecutors alleged that the
Oath Keepers amassed weapons
and stashed them at a Virginia
hotel for “quick reaction force”
teams that could quickly shuttle
guns into Washington to support
their plot if they were needed.
The weapons were never used.
Rhodes and Florida chapter
leader Kelly Meggs were con-
victed of seditious conspiracy in
the previous trial that ended in
November. They were the first
people in decades found guilty at
trial of the charge, which carries
up to 20 years in prison. Three
other Oath Keepers were cleared
of the charge in that case but
were found guilty of other crimes.
They are all awaiting sentencing.
Defense attorneys sought to
downplay violent messages as
mere bluster and said the Oath
Keepers came to Washington
to provide security at events
before the riot. They seized on
prosecutors’ lack of evidence
that the Oath Keepers had an
explicit plan to storm the Capi-
tol before Jan. 6 and told jurors
that attacking the Capitol was a
spontaneous act.
“They left evidence out and
they picked and chose what
they wanted,” said William Lee
Baltimore’s new state’s attorney, Ivan J. Bates, says he will
personally prosecute defendant Gordon Staron, who is accused of
strangling his deaf cellmate, Javarick Gantt, to death last October.
answer questions about why
Mr. Staron was housed with
Gantt, a disabled man facing
relatively minor charges.
Mr. Bates held a news con-
ference Friday to announce
he had entered his appear-
ance in the case that morn-
ing — hoping to demonstrate
critical infrastructure when the
legislative session begins in ear-
nest this week. He’s among the
first state legislators to propose
power grid protections this year
amid a surge in attacks on U.S. sub-
stations, primarily in the Carolinas
and Pacific Northwest.
The recent attacks in Moore
County, North Carolina, and oth-
ers in Washington, Oregon, South
Carolina and Nevada, have under-
scored the vulnerability of the
nation’s far-flung electrical grid,
which security experts have long
warned could be a target for do-
mestic extremists.
Lawmakers in at least two af-
fected states — North Carolina
Man who put feet on Pelosi’s desk found guilty
BY MICHAEL KUNZELMAN
ASSOCIATED PRESS
An Arkansas man who
propped his feet up on a
desk in then-House Speaker
Nancy Pelosi’s office during
the U.S. Capitol riot was con-
victed on Monday of joining
a mob’s attack on the building
two years ago.
A federal jury unani-
mously convicted Richard
“Bigo” Barnett on all eight
counts in his indictment
including felony charges of
civil disorder and obstruc-
tion of an official proceeding.
Barnett lounging at a desk
in Mrs. Pelosi’s office made
him one of the most memo-
rable figures from the riot
on Jan. 6, 2021, the day when
Congress convened a joint
session to certify President
Biden’s electoral victory.
Prosecutors had asked
U.S. District Judge Christo-
pher Cooper to jail Barnett
while he awaits sentencing,
which will happen May 3,
but he refused and Barnett
will remain free on certain
conditions.
Outside the courthouse
after the verdict, Barnett
vowed to appeal his convic-
tion, calling it an “injustice.”
He noted that the judge had
rejected his request to move
his trial from Washington to
Arkansas.
Shipley, an attorney for Minuta.
Prosecutors argued that while
no evidence specifically spells
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BALTIMORE SUN VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS
his commitment to curbing
rampant violence in Baltimore,
which recently recorded more
than 300 annual homicides for
the eighth year running.
He said his office plans to
seek life without parole sen-
tences in both murder cases
against Mr. Staron.
and South Carolina — have begun
proposing remedies.
“I don’t want to see anybody
else go through what Moore
[County] did,” said Mr. Moss, a
2024 candidate for state labor
commissioner whose district
saw a peak of more than 45,000
customers lose power. “When the
power goes out, you don’t have
heat, don’t have food, can’t get fuel
or some medications, the people
are unsafe.”
Mr. Moss is drafting legisla-
tion, obtained in its preliminary
form by The Associated Press, that
would require utilities to provide
24-hour security at substations,
which transform high-voltage
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Richard “Bigo” Barnett was
convicted by a federal jury
unanimously on Monday. His
indictment includes felony
charges of civil disorder.
“This is not a jury of my
peers,” he told reporters.
Justice Department pros-
ecutor Alison Prout said the
jury concluded that Barnett
took a weapon into Mrs. Pe-
losi’s office.
“We can only imagine
what would have happened
if [Mrs. Pelosi] had been there
at the time,” she said.
Barnett, 62, testified last
Thursday that he was look-
ing for a bathroom inside the
Capitol when he unwittingly
entered Mrs. Pelosi’s office
and encountered two news
photographers. He said one
of the photographers told him
to “act natural,” so he leaned
back in a chair and flung his
legs onto the desk.
“Did it dawn on you that
what you were doing could
cause some trouble?” defense
attorney Joseph McBride
out a plan to attack the Capitol,
the Oath Keepers saw the riot as
a means to an end and sprung
Mr. Bates, who took office
this month, was elected last
year after defeating then-in-
cumbent Marilyn Mosby in
a Democratic primary. Most
recently a high-profile defense
lawyer, Mr. Bates also served
as a city prosecutor before run-
ning for state’s attorney.
“I want people to know, the
reason I entered my appearance
is because, at the end of the day,
we have to do things differently
in Baltimore City,” he said.
“I want the criminal ele-
ment to know that I am truly
on the other side, and I’m here
to hold you accountable.”
He’s pledged to roll back
some of Ms. Mosby’s more pro-
gressive policies, including her
decision not to prosecute cer-
tain misdemeanors and minor
felonies.
While campaigning, Mr.
Bates pledged to use low-level
offenses such as drug posses-
sion and prostitution to divert
people into addiction treatment
electricity into the lower voltages
that power communities. Security
provisions would vary across sites,
some of which are already gated
with nearby cameras while others
are more exposed.
He considers the bill “a conver-
sation opener” between lawmak-
ers, utilities and security experts
to help the General Assembly
identify cost-effective defenses
that wouldn’t drive up consumer
prices.
His call for increased surveil-
lance comes as questions linger
about the Moore County shoot-
ings. The FBI is still seeking in-
formation and no arrests have
been made.
asked Barnett.
“I was just in the moment,”
Barnett replied. “I’m just kind
of going with the flow at this
point.”
Barnett’s decision to tes-
tify was “unequivocally the
right one,” his lawyer told
reporters after the verdict.
“He had a story that
needed to be told,” Mr. Mc-
Bride said. “People needed to
know why he came here, what
his intentions were and what
he did while he was here.”
Prosecutors said Barnett
had a stun gun tucked into
his pants when he stormed
the Capitol and invaded Mrs.
Pelosi’s office. He took a piece
of her mail and left behind
a note that said, “Nancy,
Bigo was here,” punctuating
the message with a sexist
expletive.
Before leaving Capitol
grounds, Barnett used a bull-
horn to give a speech to the
crowd, shouting, “We took
back our house, and I took
Nancy Pelosi’s office!” ac-
cording to prosecutors.
Videos support Barnett’s
testimony that a crowd
pushed him into the Capi-
tol as he approached an en-
trance, causing him to briefly
fall to his knees as he crossed
the threshold.
“We have no choice!” he
shouted repeatedly as he en-
tered the Capitol.
into action at an apparent oppor-
tunity to help keep Mr. Trump
in power.
and other services. He also
pledged to spend more time in
the courtroom than Ms. Mosby,
prosecuting at least one case
per year.
Gantt, 34, had been jailed
since July while his cases
crawled through a backlogged
court system. His charges
stemmed from a 2019 domes-
tic dispute in which no one was
seriously injured.
But largely because he
missed court dates and proba-
tion check-ins, he was ordered
held without bail and remained
behind bars awaiting a late Oc-
tober trial date.
Standing just over 5 feet tall
and weighing about 105 pounds,
Gantt was frequently the target
of bullies. Sign language was
his first language; his reading
and writing skills were limited.
In the weeks leading up to his
death, loved ones said, he ex-
pressed safety concerns about
his cellmate, saying he would
rather be housed alone.
Federal regulators in Decem-
ber ordered a review of physical
security standards across the na-
tion’s vast electricity transmission
network following the attacks in
North Carolina.
The North American Electric
Reliability Corporation (NERC),
which oversees the nation’s bulk
power system, has until early April
to submit a report and recommend
possible improvements.
Manny Cancel, a NERC senior
vice president and the CEO of
the Electricity Information Shar-
ing and Analysis Center, said the
situation demands more com-
munication and collaboration
between the different levels of
government, industry leaders and
law enforcement.
“The frequency has increased,
the targeting has increased,” Mr.
Cancel said.
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MARYLAND
move to
quit case
opposed
Mosby’s lawyers
may have to stay
BY LEA SKENE
ASSOCIATED PRESS
BALTIMORE | After attorneys
for Baltimore’s former top pros-
ecutor Marilyn Mosby asked to
stop representing her in an ongo-
ing perjury and mortgage fraud
case, federal prosecutors filed a
motion Saturday opposing the
request.
They said the judge should
require five of Ms. Mosby’s six
defense attorneys remain on the
case, which is slated for trial
March 27 in Baltimore, because
a mass exodus would likely delay
the proceedings even further.
The trial date has already been
pushed back multiple times.
Ms. Mosby’s entire defense
team tried to quit last week after
a series of recent rulings created
significant hurdles for them, in-
cluding the possibility of criminal
contempt charges against her
lead attorney, A. Scott Bolden.
U.S. District Judge Lydia Kay
Griggsby ruled earlier this month
that Mr. Bolden violated several
court rules in recent months,
including when he used pro-
fanity on the courthouse steps,
disclosed confidential juror re-
sponses and filed a motion with-
out a Maryland law license.
In the request to withdraw,
Mr. Bolden, along with three
other attorneys who work at his
firm, said they could no longer
represent Ms. Mosby because of
a conflict, while the remaining
two said they didn’t have the
time and resources to take over
her defense.
Prosecutors didn’t oppose Mr.
Bolden’s request to step down,
but they said his five colleagues
failed to show good cause for
their removal.
“The Government is confident
that the matter would be handled
in a more professional and civil
matter by any of the other five
attorneys that represent the De-
fendant,” prosecutors wrote in
their motion.
Ms. Mosby recently left office
after serving two high-profile
terms as Baltimore state’s at-
torney. She was defeated in a
Democratic primary last year
after federal prosecutors accused
her of lying about experienc-
ing pandemic-related financial
hardship in order to make early
withdrawals from her retirement
account. She used the money to
buy two Florida vacation proper-
ties and now faces two counts
each of perjury and mortgage
fraud.
Prosecutors claimed the ex-
isting defense team should be
more than capable of continuing
to represent Ms. Mosby without
Mr. Bolden’s help.
“In sum, this is not a case
involving sophisticated financial
transactions, multiple defendants
or complex charges,” they wrote.
“It is a case of a single defen-
dant lying on four separate occa-
sions about her personal finances
in order to buy two houses in
Florida.”
Defense attorneys, however,
said they recently discussed
the matter with the Office of
the Federal Public Defender for
Maryland, which could repre-
sent Ms. Mosby moving forward.
Typically, public defenders are as-
signed to people who are unable
to afford private counsel.
In 2020, Ms. Mosby submit-
ted requests for one-time with-
drawals of $40,000 and $50,000,
respectively, from Baltimore’s
deferred compensation plans, ac-
cording to her indictment. Pros-
ecutors allege Ms. Mosby falsely
certified that she experienced
financial hardship because of the
coronavirus, but she actually re-
ceived her nearly $250,000 salary
in 2020.
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Sloppy Joe’s New front in Democrats’

on the lunch menu war on energy: Your kitchen
The worm has turned Americans should be free to make purchasing decisions based on what’s right for them
on President Biden in Washington
By Sen. John Barrasso affordable energy sources.
By Charles Hurt The last two years have shown the president isn’t worried about driv-

D
emocrats in Washington feel burned, thanks to ing up energy costs. Eliminating gas stoves would add to the burden this

A
fter two years of unending disasters from this adminis- the loose lips of a Biden appointee. administration and Democrats in Congress have imposed on families.
tration, misplaced government papers are going to Consumer Product Safety Commission Gas stoves are less dangerous than the alternatives. According to the
be the downfall of President Biden. member Richard Trumka Jr. recently an- National Fire Protection Association, they showed a lower risk of cook-
Two months ago, Mr. Biden was riding high and nounced that the CPSC would take a hard ing fires, deaths and associated losses than other ranges.
appeared to be cruising to become the Democrats’ nominee for look at gas-powered stoves with an eye Claims that gas stoves pollute also don’t hold up. Even the Environ-
2024. Somehow, the Old Geezer had averted slaughter at the polls toward regulating them, or even banning them mental Protection Agency says gas stoves “burn very cleanly, emitting
for Democrats in the midterm elections, and they were quick to altogether. He again raised the possibility of a very little pollution.” A 2013 study in the scientific journal The Lancet
rally around him. ban in an interview this month. found “no evidence of an association between the use of gas as a cook-
The day after the election, Mr. Biden offered a rare press Natural gas stoves have been used for well over a century. These ef- ing fuel and either asthma symptoms or asthma diagnosis.”
conference where he turned in one of his most impressive ficient and safe appliances are Many other studies also
performances since he found in almost 40% of U.S. show no connection.
first became a politician homes. Many chefs value gas This has never been about
over half a century ago. cooking for its cost, speed, re- safety. It is part of a larger
NUCLEARR
OPTION
He was coherent. He liability and precision. Plenty effort to kill natural gas.
appeared to know where of families do, too. The idea of The secretary of energy is
he was. He knew that he banning them is ridiculous. in Twitter videos promoting
BY CHARLES HURT was president. He recog- America’s natural gas re- induction ranges to replace
nized people around him. serves are among the world’s your gas stove. Induction
Answered questions somewhat cogently. Never offered to largest. The shale revolution stoves cost a lot more than
shake hands with apparitions on stage. gave this country access to a gas ranges.
Not once in over an hour did White House press handlers century’s worth of this afford- They also require the
have to dispatch the Easter Bunny to rescue him. able domestic fuel. purchase of special pots and
It was a miracle of modern medicine. Whatever doctors Greater use of natural gas pans, adding to the cost of
had pumped Mr. Biden up with was some kind of potion benefits both our energy se- switching over.
from the Fountain of Youth that we innocent citizens do not curity and our environment. Cash-strapped families
have access to. It was some kind of magic, political Viagra. It’s one of the main reasons are as likely to do this as
Whatever it was, they should put it in the water supply U.S. carbon dioxide emissions buying an expensive electric
for the rest of us. are more than 17% below their vehicle.
On second thought, if it were Viagra, it would probably peak of 15 years ago. The Democrats’ war on
be wise to keep it away from anyone in the Biden family. Even the climate-fixated natural gas is like their other
Can you imagine? European Union now recog- efforts to eliminate fossil
Anyhoo, that was back on Nov. 9. Two and a half months nizes natural gas as climate- fuels. It involves eliminating
ago. Today, Democrats and the media (not to repeat myself) friendly. President Biden and the option of safe, reliable
are back to talking openly about Mr. Biden’s doomed politi- the Democrats don’t. and affordable technol-
cal future.  In his campaign, Mr. Biden ogy and replacing it with
He has gone promised to eliminate natural a complicated and costly
from putting gas, oil and coal, which ac- alternative.
together his re- count for four-fifths of our People should be free to
election team to energy supply. He’s intent on make purchasing decisions
plotting how he keeping that promise. based on what’s right for
survives the next Since he was sworn in, the them. It shouldn’t be up to
two years of president has done everything some political appointee.
his presidency. he can to undermine U.S. The president has
Again, all over natural gas production. He’s boasted of an “all of govern-
misplaced gov- severely restricted produc- ment” approach to drive oil,
ernment docu- tion on federal land, tied natural gas and coal out of
ments — the projects up in red tape, and the economy. But just about
ILLUSTRATION BY LINAS GARSYS
most insidery of raised taxes. Energy prices everything he wants to use
insider political for American families have instead is more expensive,
scandals. skyrocketed. less reliable or less safe. Often it depends on key materials supplied by
Mr. Biden has This gas range fiasco is part of the Democrats’ larger war on natural foreign adversaries, like China or Russia.
lost the media. gas. More than 50 California counties and cities have moved to ban That’s exactly the wrong approach. Instead, Washington needs to
He has lost the natural gas hookups in new buildings. In 2021, New York City banned get out of the way. American workers can unleash a range of energy
FBI. He has lost gas connections for new buildings. Now their governor wants to ban sources: Coal, oil, natural gas, nuclear, wind, solar, and more. They all
leading Demo- them statewide. play a role in restoring American energy preeminence.
crat politicians My Democratic colleagues in the Senate had a chance to fight this The White House and the CPSC both now say that they have no in-
in Congress. And trend. In 2021, the Energy and Natural Resources Committee debated tention of implementing Mr. Trumka’s half-baked idea. Until Mr. Biden
now, accord- the president’s infrastructure bill. I offered an amendment to make and his appointees abandon their support of efforts to ban natural gas
ing to a lead- it harder to block natural gas hookups in new buildings. Every hookups nationwide, there is no reason to believe them.
ing conspiracy Democrat voted against it.
website known The Democrats’ goal is clear. It’s to prevent Americans John Barrasso, Wyoming Republican, is ranking member of the Senate
as “The New from using one of the cleanest, safest, most reliable and most Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
York Times,” he
has lost his own
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chief of staff, President Biden
Ron Klain.
To be fair to Mr. Klain, if he has any hope of cashing in
on the Biden presidency, it appears he needs to hurry. The
Empower parents
window on his ability to sell access to the Biden administra-
tion appears to be closing.
It’s all a fairly extraordinary turn of political fortunes in a
remarkably short period of time.
to be educational entrepreneurs
To put it into perspective, consider all the Biden scandals In 118th Congress, era of trapping children
these people have toughed out with “the Big Guy.”
A full year before the election, the FBI got Hunter Biden’s in failing government-run schools is over
abandoned laptop that provided enough obvious concrete
evidence of massive corruption around the world that would put By Rep. Virginia Foxx
most people in jail for a very long time. The FBI covered it up
and attacked anyone who talked about it. t is time to empower parents to become education
The media, meanwhile, worked in concert with the FBI to
silence anyone who tried reporting on the obvious, provable
corruption. Democrat politicians and government officials
smeared honest reporters as pushing “conspiracies” and “Rus-
sian disinformation.”
I entrepreneurs — even if it means facing down powerful
teachers unions and the bureaucratic education behemoth
to do it.
Americans have long held that the primary responsibility
of educating children belongs to parents and that the government
At the same time, these very same people knowingly peddled plays only a supporting role. The left believes the opposite, with
actual “Russian disinformation” and actual “conspiracies” that many believing that children belong first to the state and only sec-
they knew were false in order to destroy Mr. Biden’s political ondarily to their parents. This callous disregard for the fundamen-
opponents. tal role of parents is appalling.
All that was before Mr. Biden even got into the White House. And fortunately, parents agree. More parents across the
Since then, he has single-handedly wrecked the southern bor- country are push-
der, destroyed U.S. energy production, lost a war in Afghanistan, ing back against Alicia G. Edwards, a mother from
armed the Taliban with $80 billion in American materiel and government
spent even more on a new war with Russia in Eastern Europe. overreach and are Miami, praised the independent
Any one of these disasters would have gotten Mr. Biden’s prede- taking ownership school her child attends: “It’s
cessor impeached. of their children’s an enormous freedom knowing
In addition, he and his party have overseen the largest spike education. Jason that I get to determine what
in grocery prices ever, double-digit jumps in violent crime, and Sampler, a father
gasoline prices that reached historic highs. from Georgia, told
my student learns and how.”
The political press, the FBI, government stooges, Demo- The Washington
cratic politicians and Mr. Klain all happily hung with Mr. Post that he was pleased his child’s private school sees itself as a
Biden through all this misery and mayhem. But misplaced help or support for parents. He stated, “We love that our school
government documents? That’s a bridge too far for these partners with us in education. …[W]e work in tandem to best meet
people. each child’s needs.” Alicia G. Edwards, a mother from Miami,
Something else is going on here, and it sure will be fun praised the independent school her child attends: “It’s an enor-
to watch it all trickle out now that the swamp has turned on mous freedom knowing that I get to determine what my student
Sloppy Joe. learns and how.”

Charles Hurt is the opinion editor at The Washington Times. ILLUSTRATION BY HUNTER » see FOXX | B4
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COMMENT & ANALYSIS

Overselling climate change

For ‘select’ at Davos, money is key to staying cool

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eware of the individual who
refers to his ilk as “we select
group of human beings.” It’s
the unmistakable mark of the elite
who believe their concern for cli-
mate can save the world.
Mindful that those who guaran-
teed the safety of the COVID-19
vaccines now associated with
disturbing health anomalies de-
rive from the same exclusive
class, Americans should regard
the purveyors of climate change
remedies with studied caution.
The most self-assured of this
sort have a habit of showing up
for the World Economic Forum’s
annual gathering, which recently
concluded in Davos, Switzerland.
With his “select group” puffery,
President Biden’s special envoy
for climate, John Kerry, gathered
his fellow discussion panelists and
according to The Washington Post,
could not quite manage a gentle-
man’s C in his Harvard science
classes.
Common sense prescribes the
inclusion of information from
properly credentialed sources. Roy
Spencer, the principal research sci-
entist at the University of Alabama
in Huntsville and former senior sci-
entist for climate studies at NASA’s
Marshall Space Flight Center, is
reputed to embrace only meteoro-
logical facts.
In studies posted in recent
months at Drroyspencer.com, he
makes the case that computer mod-
Political left dupes those
els employed to explain climate
change trends over the past half
ignorant of history
a century have exaggerated the If they steal the past, we have no future
warming effect by more than
50%: “Homogenization tech- By Don Feder Over the course of a century, pro-
niques” — scientific lingo for gressives have steadily pushed history

T
he world lost a great historian out of public education. Although 21
audience into a league of their own. methods of averaging out tem- and America lost a great friend states require teaching American history
It is all a part of forum founder perature anomalies — “can re- when Paul Johnson died this at the high school level, the curriculum
Klaus Schwab’s plan to “master the move abrupt changes in station month at age 94. is pap. History has been largely replaced
future” through climate change data,” he writes, “but cannot cor- Johnson wrote more than 50 books, by something called social studies,
covering everything from the history of which focuses primarily on vague theory
activism. Eager to oblige, Mr. Kerry rect for any sources of slowly- the 20th century to ancient Egypt, the rather than concrete facts.
urged all within earshot to rebuff increasing spurious warming.” Renaissance and seminal figures such as The history that students encounter
any self-image of “a crazy tree- Mr. Spencer submits that such Socrates, President George Washington, most often is victim history. There’s Black
hugging lefty liberal” and embrace “spurious warming” is caused Napoleon Bonaparte and British Prime History Month, Hispanic History Month,
Minister Winston Churchill. A Brit, he Asian American History Month and
their identity of the “almost extra- by “urban heat island effects” wrote the best one-volume history of LGBTQ History Month, but no American
terrestrial” breed who are “saving on ground-based temperature America. A Catholic, he wrote a most History Month.
the planet.” monitors in areas of intensify- perceptive and sympathetic history of Our schools have been infiltrated by
the Jews. ideologues pushing pseudo-history like the
He made the case that the key ing population growth. Using Johnson’s career highlights the 1619 Project, which teaches that America is
to staying cool is “money, money, data gathered by space-based importance of learning history and the a uniquely racist country — that we were
money, money, money, money, satellites instead, he writes, “The perils of its neglect. founded on racism, that America’s accumu-
money”: The denizens of Davos results show an average trend It’s hard to imagine a people who lated wealth is based on slavery, and that
know less — and care less — about their we remain a nation of institutional racism.
want $3 trillion annually to finance fully 50% below that produced history than Americans, an ignorance From this perspective, reparations for
greenhouse gas reductions. by the official [National Oceanic carefully cultivated by the left. This lack slavery seem like a matter of fairness. A
By contrast, climate guru and and Atmospheric Administra- of knowledge makes it easier for them to 2022 Pew Research poll found that a de-
former Vice President Al Gore tion] product.” manipulate us. pressing 30% of Americans favor this racial
How can you know where you are or plunder.
showed little hesitation in personi- Evidence has emerged that where you’re going if you don’t know From grade school through college,
fying the crazy tree-hugger. Refer- the governing elite has oversold where you’ve been?  Americans are taught to hate
ring to human-caused atmospheric COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness A 2018 survey by the themselves. Far too many
Woodrow Wilson National The beneficiaries believe that the American saga
emissions, the Davos forum regular in stopping virus transmission Fellowship Foundation of this is about slavery, genocide,
claimed, “That’s what is boiling the and underplayed the incidence showed that only 1 in 3 Amer- entrenched exploitation and oppression
oceans, creating these atmospheric of vaccine-caused health ailments. icans could pass a citizenship
ignorance are — from the antebellum South
rivers and the rain bombs and suck- Consequently, Americans should test.  to the Indian Wars, Japanese
On a multiple-choice those with a internment during World War
ing the moisture out of the land, cre- be wary of Chicken Little-like rheto- exam, only 24% knew the vested interest II and voter ID laws, which
ating the droughts and raising the ric contending that the planet can causes of the American in voters being supposedly disenfranchise
sea level and causing these waves of be saved from a coming climate Revolution, while 69% didn’t
clueless about minorities.
climate refugees predicted to reach catastrophe — with boiling oceans, know which countries we Paul Johnson began his
fought in World War II. how their nation “History of the American
one billion in this century.” rain bombs and climate refugee Each generation knows was founded, People” with these stirring
All this “settled science” from a waves — only by handing over less than the last. Those 65 what it stands for words: “The creation of the
self-appointed climate expert who, more money, money, money. and older did best, with 74% and how it grew United States of America
answering six out of 10 ques- is the greatest of all human
tions correctly. Those under to greatness. adventures. No other national
45 did worst, with a pathetic story has such tremendous
19% passing. lessons for the American people and for the
The beneficiaries of this entrenched rest of mankind.”
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ignorance are those with a vested inter-
est in voters being clueless about how
While Johnson is popular with conser-
vatives, educators much prefer Marxist
their nation was founded, what it stands Howard Zinn’s “People’s History of the
Address mental illness for and how it grew to greatness — citi-
zens in such a fog that they believe the
United States.” Instead of what he calls
“nationalist history,” Zinn offers a diatribe
Another mass shooting, this time don’t think so. We have a mental- people think and act. Many times left’s agenda represents progress. on how the masses have been duped and
in Monterey Park, California, at a health crisis in this country, a seri- society cannot even come to grips Lack of historical consciousness manipulated by capitalists.
Lunar New Year celebration, results ous illness that goes deep into the with the bad actors born and bred accounts for the widespread belief Zinn was my faculty adviser when I was
in calls for gun control at different minds of our citizens. into it. Until we can do so, society that America is a democracy and not a an undergraduate at Boston University in
levels of our society (“Suspect in We must first come to grips with will not be able to quell violence of republic, that the Social Security system the 1960s. Campus conservatives called him
Monterey Park, Calif. shooting mental illness and the rage that any sort. is based on sound economic principles, Ho Chi Zinn.
found dead inside white van,” Web, ends in these and other mass kill- that President Franklin Roosevelt When faced with a daunting array of
Jan. 22). But can we resolve these ings. To focus on guns is to ignore BOB JACK brought us out of the Great Depression, enemies, foreign and domestic, Ameri-
shootings by restricting guns? I the true problem, which is the way Harrison, Tennessee which was caused by capitalist greed, cans’ ignorance of history leaves them
that inflation has nothing to do with easy targets for any hucksters who hap-
government spending, that the First pen along.
‘No regrets’ Biden Amendment prohibits laws based on History must be rescued from the
the Judeo-Christian ethic, and that the left. A nation of people ignorant of its
President Biden actually has the gall Web, Jan. 19). Worse yet, he has no his entire crime family. Founding Fathers were rich White men past has no future.
to say that he has no regrets about shame, honor, integrity or humil- It is simply ludicrous that the interested primarily in maintaining their
not disclosing the classified docu- ity. Nor does he have any love for man has intentions of running for status instead of idealists who launched Don Feder is a columnist with The Wash-
ments in his possession before the his country. If he did, he would put president in 2024. a noble experiment in self-government. ington Times.
midterm elections (“Biden says he America — not himself — first.
has ‘no regrets’ about keeping public He wanted to be president so that JOANN LEE FRANK
in dark about classified documents,” he could further enrich himself and Clearwater, Florida

Vacate debt limit

The current debt limit is not an
incorporated feature of the Con-
stitution. It was conceived in 1917,
with additional action in 1939. Both
measures were instituted for the
convenience of Congress.  Furthermore, the 14th Amend-
Both the 1917 and the 1939 statu-
tory transfers of a constitutionally
enumerated legislative branch power
(to borrow money on the credit of
the United States) to the executive
branch were prima-facie separation-
of-powers violations.
Under Article I, Section 8, the Con-
stitution grants power to Congress to
borrow money on the credit of the
United States. This authority is ab-
solutely free from encumbrance or
constraint commonly known as the
“debt limit.”
ment, Section 4, explicitly states that
the validity of the public debt, as au-
thorized by law, of the United States
shall not be questioned. This means
that any previous, illogically con-
strued conceptions of a “debt limit”
must now be renounced by Congress.  JORGE CARRASQUILLO, Information Technology Director
In 2011, although a default on
United States sovereign debt was
averted, politicians allowed the U.S.
credit rating on its sovereign debt to
downgrade from AAA to AA+. This
must never happen again, as the full
faith and credit of the United States
is at stake.  CATHY GAINOR, Managing Editor
Congress either must vacate the
debt limit and do it now, or be re-
sponsible for America’s financial
standing being thrust over the cliff
into the black abyss of long-term
economic calamity.
EARL BEAL
Terre Haute, Indiana
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2023
Death rate from COVID-19
remains unacceptably high
FDA should approve more therapeutics to treat virus
By Dr. Erik R. Swenson
T
he United States is still dealing with more than 10,000
COVID-19 deaths per month. This is unacceptably high. Why
this death rate has not instilled a sense of urgency at the FDA
is baffling to me. Is it really ‘COVID-19 fatigue’? Or might it
be because older adults and the frail account for 90% of those
deaths? Whatever
the reason, the
FDA has failed to
act in a timely way, and neither of
the above reasons justifies ignoring
available science and tools.
More than two months ago, a
group I once chaired — the Food and
Drug Administration’s Pulmonary-
Allergy Drugs Advisory Committee
(PADAC) — convened to review
an Emergency Use Authorization
(EUA) for sabizabulin, a COVID-19
therapeutic drug specifically tar-
geted to help hospitalized, severely
ill patients.
The PADAC was presented with
data showing that over a period
of 18 months, in conjunction with
guidance from the FDA, sabiz-
abulin was tested in a double-blind
placebo clinical trial format against
the toughest possible population
— those already hospitalized with
moderate to severe COVID-19.  treatments for hospitalized pa-
In fact, the clinical trial re-
sults were so remarkably positive
that an FDA-independent review
pane made up of representatives
from the University of Maryland,
Cleveland Clinic and Mayo Clinic
stopped the Phase 3 trial early due
to overwhelming clinical efficacy
and convincing safety, declaring
that it would be unethical to con-
tinue to give hospitalized patients
(who were receiving the customary
standard of care) a placebo that
had little to no effect at preventing
patient deaths.  is unacceptable — period. And
Since last June, the FDA staff has
been aware that patients receiving
sabizabulin experienced a relative
reduction in mortality of more than
50%, without any significant adverse effects caused by interactions with
drugs regularly taken by that population. Six months later, in November,
the PADAC reviewed that clinical trial data showing a significant number of
these severely ill, hospitalized older adults taking the drug could be saved
Debt ceiling kabuki
Republicans will cave and U.S. government finances will get even worse
By Alvaro Vargas Llosa
ere we go again. Treasury Secretary Janet
H Yellen warns that the federal government’s
borrowing limit has been reached. Even
with Treasury taking “extraordinary mea-
sures,” the government’s ability to meet payments
will be exhausted in a few
months.
Leaders of the Republican-
controlled House of Representa-
tives say the House won’t vote
to raise the debt ceiling, which
would allow further borrowing,
without spending cuts. But the
White House and Democratic
leaders reject that proposition.
Soon the bond markets will
be roiled. Fearmongers will raise
the alarm that the United States
will default on its bond obliga-
tions and will no longer be able
to make Social Security and
Medicare payments.
The White House will bet
that the standoff hurts the op-
position, which it will, and then
a deal will be reached that, in
essence, involves the GOP-led
House caving in while the White
House and the Democrats agree
to meaningless budget reduc-
tions (in reality, reductions in
planned increases, not real cuts)
that, if they ever materialize, will
change little in the grand scheme
of things.
All this as the U.S. balance
sheet continues its descent into
banana republic unviability.
We’ve been here before.
Nothing indicates that the cur-
rent fight between the Republi-
can House and the Democratic
White House over the debt ceil-
ing won’t follow a similar script.
To start, let’s be clear about
the risk of the United States
defaulting on its debt. There is
none. The United States can
and will continue to borrow and
inflate its way out of the debt
pressures. Even if the debt ceiling is not raised (pos-
sible only in la-la land), the government could always
prioritize its expenses, as you and I do, by servicing
the debt and honoring its commitments to retirees and
elderly patients. Yes, it would have to withhold some
other payments (that’s what prioritizing means, right?),
but it would not default.
Let’s be clear about something else too. The need to
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over those receiving the accepted standard of care. 
One might believe that this compelling data would have been acted upon
quickly. Alas, that has not been the case. When one of the FDA reviewers
was prompted by a PADAC member on the timing of an FDA decision, the
response was, “What’s the rush?” Such bureaucratic indifference typically
wears a more discerning public mask, but the apparent disdain and apathy
toward the families of those who were dying of COVID-19 were on full dis-
play. Frankly, I think several of the
PADAC members didn’t fully un-
derstand the difference between
reviewing an application under
the guidelines for an emergency
use authorization and one outside
of an emergency declaration.   quit and not for the usual reasons of
I firmly believe that the FDA
approval process should be based
on scientific data, yet I’ve never
reviewed a proposed drug ap-
plication where that data was as
comprehensive or as “perfect” as
I might like. I had to balance the
data we had with the human ben-
efit and ethical factors that every
physician understands. Patients’
well-being should come first. That
is why I don’t understand what is
taking the FDA so long to act.  is only 42 and in what most would
Today’s most serious COVID-
19 challenge isn’t vaccination
rates, testing, or travel bans, but
rather the deployment of effective
tients who comprise the most vul-
nerable members of society and
older adults. Too many people are
still dying of COVID-19, and we
need therapeutics such as sabiz-
abulin that have demonstrated sig-
nificant potential to safely prevent
death and, based on mechanism of
action, are expected to be effective
against all virus variants.
As a physician who has dedi-
cated his life to saving people, I
know that even a single death
that could have been prevented
therefore, the FDA needs to act
quickly, hopefully, to give families
assurance that their loved ones
are not being ignored.  big respon-
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Dr. Erik R. Swenson is a professor of medicine, physiology and biophysics at
the University of Washington, and a former chairman of the FDA’s Pulmonary-
Allergy Drugs Advisory Committee.
borrow does not stem from the COVID-19 pandemic or it look as if incurring ever larger amounts of debt was a
the war in Ukraine. The deficit has increased 12% since minor sin that carried little punishment.
last year alone when it dropped precipitously from the The result of this fiscal profligacy and interest rate
previous year because politicians could no longer make
a convincing case that extraordinary COVID-related
expenditures were still needed.
Part of the increase is tied to the rise of interest rates.
repression is that public debt since the new millennium
began has increased from almost $6 trillion to almost
$31 trillion, rising at close to six times the rate of growth
of interest payments.
This fiction was bound to
meet reality sooner or later.
That time is now — with the
Fed having to let interest rates
rise to fight inflation.
U.S. government finances
will get even worse in the
future, with interest expenses
projected to triple over the
next 10 years.
Continuing to raise the
debt ceiling while never doing
anything meaningful about
the unwieldy U.S. government
is why we find ourselves in
the current situation. If we
count entitlements, manda-
tory spending measures, the
defense budget and interest
expenses, there is very little
over which Congress has any
discretion (defense is politi-
cally untouchable, the others
legally so).
One cannot pursue contra-
dictory aims for a long time
and expect consistent results.
The welfare state, the warfare
state and the financially
responsible state are mutually
exclusive propositions.
The U.S. government
decided a long time ago to
pursue the first two and throw
away the third. Soon it will
find out that the other two are
also incompatible — precisely
because, in the absence of an
overriding sense of financial
responsibility, there is no
way to sustain those two
behemoths.
The House GOP can
ILLUSTRATION BY HUNTER demand meaningful spending
reductions in exchange for in-
But blaming the Federal Reserve’s monetary tighten- creasing the debt ceiling, but it’s bound to lose because,
ing for the debt ceiling crisis is silly. The culprits are in the political game, nothing is what it seems. Espe-
the fiscal spendthrifts who have been running up U.S. cially spending “cuts.” It’s still worth trying — I guess.
deficit spending for a crazy long time, resulting in the
astronomical debt that has accumulated. Alvaro Vargas Llosa is a senior fellow with the Inde-
Monetary policy, to be sure, gravely contributed to pendent Institute in Oakland, California. His latest
the U.S. government’s financial chaos by keeping inter- book is “Global Crossings: Immigration, Civilization
est rates artificially low for more than a decade, making and America.”
OPINION | B3
Ardern’s
surprise
resignation
It’s refreshing
when a politician knows
when to quit
By Cal Thomas
WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND
L
ike Halley’s comet, which comes
around only every 75 years,
the resignation of a top
politician from office is a
rare occurrence.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has
scandal or the all-purpose excuse “to
spend more time with my family.” In
a burst of honesty worthy of emula-
tion by other leaders, Ms. Ardern has
resigned because she says she has
“nothing left in the tank.”
She made her announcement at
a news conference that shocked her
Labour Party and everyone else. Ms.
Ardern, who led the country through
the pandemic and a massacre at a
mosque in Christchurch in 2019,
consider the prime of her political
life. She had recently denied press
reports that she would quit.
One factor that may have contrib-
uted to her resignation takes some of
the bloom off the rose of her seem-
ing transparency. She insisted her
decision to step down had nothing
to do with polls that show her party
behind the rival National Party ahead
of the upcoming October election.
She claimed she could win reelection
if she ran.
The Labour Party has held power
since 2017, but last year lost its con-
sistent lead in the polls. The opposi-
tion National Party began to surge
last October.
At the news conference in which
she fought back tears, Ms. Ardern
said: “I am leaving because with such
a privileged
job comes a
Ms. Ardern was
sibility. The the subject of
responsibil- heavy criticism
ity to know for imposing some
when you
are the right of the strongest
person to COVID-19
lead — and restrictions in the
also when
you’re not.”
Wouldn’t
that be an
world, including
lockdowns
New
in which
Zealanders
excellent couldn’t even buy
standard for carryout food.
American
She also closed
politicians,
many of the country’s
whom stay
far beyond
their “sell-
by” dates?
border for more
than two years.
She also said she wants to marry
her fiance, with whom she has a
child.
Ms. Ardern, who was considered
a role model for women and young
people by many, was elected five
years ago and, at 37, became New
Zealand’s youngest-ever prime min-
ister. Before that, at 28, she was the
youngest sitting member of Parlia-
ment in 2008. At her press confer-
ence, she admitted: “I didn’t expect
to be prime minister.”
Ms. Ardern was the subject of
heavy criticism for imposing some of
the strongest COVID-19 restrictions
in the world, including lockdowns in
which New Zealanders couldn’t even
buy carryout food. She also closed
the country’s border for more than
two years.
It made Democratic Michigan
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s COVID-
19 arbitrary policy banning the sale
of seeds and some gardening sup-
plies while allowing the sale of other
things look sane by comparison.
New Zealand politics can be
confusing and contradictory as in the
U.S. In 1984, the Labour government
came to power with a promise to
make the country nuclear-free. This
attitude was typical among many on
the left who believed showing the
Soviet Union that we “meant them
no harm,” as the saying went, would
create a different kind of deterrent.
Ronald Reagan’s “peace through
strength” approach proved decisive.
For many, politics is either an aph-
rodisiac or a drug. Both are addictive
and difficult to break free from. As-
suming her resignation explanation is
true, Jacinda Ardern has managed to
achieve that goal. More power to her.
Readers may email Cal Thomas at
tcaeditors@tribpub.com. Look for
Cal Thomas’ latest book, “America’s
Expiration Date: The Fall of Empires
and Superpowers and the Future of
the United States” (HarperCollins/
Zondervan).
B4 | OPINION ☆R TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2023

Accountability and oversight in new Congress

Hunter Biden’s foreign entanglements, president’s classified documents are on the table
By Rep. Lisa McClain his tech firms’ algorithms to downplay the story
leading up to the 2020 midterms. And, of course, the

T
he American people can rest president brazenly affirmed to the American people
assured that the gavel for the that he has never had any part of his family’s busi-
House Committee on Over- ness dealings and worked tirelessly to hide the story,
sight and Accountability will going so far as to use the Department of Treasury to
be wielded with authority block congressional access to more than 150 suspi-
and justice. cious activity reports related to his family’s financial
For the past two years, transactions.
congressional oversight was If we break down the story of Hunter’s laptop
a complete and utter joke. and his father’s mishandling of classified documents,
The committee focused on a former president we can see several systemic failures in oversight that
while the current one ushered in more scandals have led to widespread deception. First and fore-
than a soap opera. But now, we will give the most, the president’s misleading and false statements
country what it deserves: the truth. regarding his involvement with his son’s business
Look at the story unfolding about President interests, as well as his refusal to address the classi-
Biden’s classified documents. Right now, we know fied information he took.
several details that warrant investigation. Chief Second, the weaponization of a federal agency to
among them is the fact that the public was not made hide information from Congress and using the power
aware of the discovery of classified documents when of the presidency to hide a story until after the
they were found on Nov. 2 — just six midterms. Third, the blatant dis-
days before the midterms. regard for journalistic standards
In addition, a midnight raid was not The documents from the mainstream media by
conducted at Mr. Biden’s Delaware found in Mr. Biden’s refusing to cover the laptop story
residence in the same manner that garage were not and their handling of the ongoing
occurred at Mar-a-Lago. Why? And secure, which means documents story. And finally, Big
why are Mr. Biden’s personal lawyers, Tech’s suppression of information
who do not have security clearance,
that anyone that that mattered to voters ahead of a
allowed to handle these documents? entered that house critical election year — a violation
We also know that the documents could have parsed of the First Amendment. Aside
found in Mr. Biden’s garage were not through potential from the obvious concerns about
secure, which means that anyone national security implications due
that entered that house could have
information to the Biden father-son duo, these
parsed through potential information regarding national are serious and tangible examples
regarding national security. security. One of an effort to rob the United
One such person we know about such person we States of the truth.
is Hunter Biden, the well-known This is where the Oversight
know about is
son of the president. At one point Committee comes into play. As a
in time, Hunter listed himself as the Hunter Biden. sitting member of the committee,
owner of the home, guaranteeing I can confidently say we are ready
that he had access to the garage where the docu- to conduct investigations with the sole aim
ments were found. of revealing the truth. The American people
What’s more, we know that Hunter Biden elected our majority so that we can get to the
already poses a possible security threat to our bottom of these issues. There is no excuse for
nation, and there are numerous examples that the last two years of ineptitude with congres-
show it. sional oversight. If the committee’s stated goal
Take, for instance, Hunter’s infamous laptop. is to prevent corruption, fraud, waste, and
The disturbing twists and turns in that story have abuse by the government, then we are obligated
been perpetuated due to a lack of real oversight, to investigate matters such as Hunter Biden’s
but that ends now. Right before the midterm laptop and the elder Biden’s classified docu-
elections, NPR sent out a tweet stating, “We don’t ments. We do not care if we ruffle the wrong
want to waste our time on stories that are not really feathers, and we will not stop until the truth
stories.” That tweet was, of course, in reference to comes to light. That is simply our duty.
the laptop and the potentially incriminating informa- We promised the country that we would be
tion contained on the device. transparent when given the majority. Unlike
Twitter itself went so far as to block users from the last Congress, we intend to keep our word.
posting links to stories about the issue, including
locking the New York Post’s account. Facebook Lisa McClain has served as U.S. representative for
founder Mark Zuckerberg also acknowledged using Michigan’s 9th Congressional District since 2021.   ILLUSTRATION BY HUNTER

Debt, deficits and default

U.S. should consider Swiss model of spending process reform
By Richard W. Rahn Reserve to raise interest rates. The interest rate from more production and less demand, but the which, in some cases, made them almost debt free.
rise causes all borrowing to be more expensive, underlying fiscal problem remains, leading to more The higher the rate of inflation, the quicker the real
hat happens to a family whose yearly including what the U.S. Treasury needs to sell gov- deficit spending, which will result in a renewal or at value of the government debt erodes to manageable

W spending rises faster than its income?

A painful day of reckoning arrives,
requiring drastic cuts in its spending
or a declaration of bankruptcy. What happens to
a business whose debt burden grows to the point
where the interest payments on the debt impede
the ability of the business to continue?
The business declares bankruptcy, restruc-
tures or both, and normally the managers’ incomes
are cut or they are replaced. What happens when a
government has reached the point of diminishing
returns from taxes, increasing its debt and neces-
sary interest payments to the point where it can no
longer provide essential services? The population
suffers from the cuts in government services and
the stifling tax burden — while those politicians and
bureaucrats that caused the mess continue to suck
at the teat of government.
Government officials in the U.S. and most
other rich countries have been spending taxpay-
ers’ money as if it were play money in a child’s
game, with no limit to what can be borrowed. The
negative effects of all of this added debt have been
hidden through the artificial suppression of interest
rates — making the spending binge appear to be
almost costless. But then reality struck with the big
rise in inflation — caused by a supply shock (lack of
goods) from the pandemic shutdowns and from the
explosion in money growth (new money was being
printed far faster than the increase in production of
goods and services).
The rise in inflation has forced the Federal
ernment bonds — greatly increasing government
outlays without the benefit of added government
services. Larger interest payments, coupled with
either higher taxes or more debt, lead to a fiscal
death spiral.
least steady inflation at an elevated rate. Over time,
inflation reduces the real value of the government
debt until it reaches a manageable level.
For example, assume you have a $100,000 inter-
est-only mortgage on your home. Also assume that
levels.
The current fiscal disaster will be self-correcting
as described above, even if nothing is done — but
the people will lose the real value of their social
security and other government payments causing
As an analogy, many people take on more you earn $50,000 per year, and that your salary just great hardship, even though there is no reduction in
debt than they can comfortably the nominal payments.
manage, which causes them to go Given that tax revenue is still
deeper into debt merely to pay DEFICITS AND DEBT running at a rate about 11 times
Selected High-Income Countries.'
the interest on the debt they have as high as interest payments, the
already incurred. Ultimately, it Country Consumer Unemployment Budget Central government can still pay interest
price rate balance Government
forces them to also reduce their (% change (%) (% of GDP, debt and principal on the debt as well as
spending on goods and services. per year) 2022) (% of GDP) Social Security, Medicare and Med-
When this happens to large num- icaid for many years.
U.S. 6.5 3.5 -5.5 115
bers of people at the same time, it A default on the required debt
reduces the growth in total spend- Japan 3.8 2.5 -6.3 221 payments will occur only if Con-
ing, leading to a recession. U.K. 10.5 3.7 -6.8 102 gress and the administration refuse
Businesses are also suffering to cut other spending.
Euro area 9.2 6.5 -4.2 88
both from reduced consumer Rather than fight about spe-
spending and from an increase in Switzerland 2.8 1.9 -1.0 14 cific spending cuts in the next two
the interest paid on their debt, re- SOURCE: The Economist magazine and IMF THE WASHINGTON TIMES months (which are likely to be very
ducing their ability and incentives small at best), it might be wiser to
to engage in new capital spending and hire more keeps up with the rate of inflation for the next 10 demand spending process reform. Two decades
people, further depressing productivity as well as years. If the rate of inflation averages 7% per year, ago, the Swiss reformed their system to require a
growth of the gross domestic product. 10 years from now you will be earning $100,000 balanced budget over the business cycle, known
As can be seen in the enclosed table, almost per year yet have the buying power of only $50,000 as the “Swiss debt brake.” It has worked very
all governments of the large rich countries have today. But your $100,000 mortgage will be equal to well, as can be seen in the table, and is fiscally
increased their debt burdens to levels close to or a $50,000 liability in today’s dollars. responsible. Congress should try a similar system
exceeding their GDP. Debt is near the level when Most of the former communist countries in East- in the U.S.
the fiscal death spiral has or is likely to begin. ern Europe have low and manageable debt-to-GDP
The initial surge in inflation is likely to moderate ratios because they suffered high rates of inflation Richard W. Rahn is chairman of the Institute for
for some months as the supply shortages disappear during the economic transition 30 years ago on Global Economic Growth and MCon LLC.

Foxx parents surveyed said the 2020-21 school

From page B1
Parents are particularly fired up in
the aftermath of the pandemic. After
experiencing prolonged school closings
and witnessing the inappropriate content
their children were being exposed to,
parents are demanding better options for
their children.
Interest in independent schools has
risen nationwide. According to a report
by the James Madison Institute, Hebrew
school enrollment in South Florida
exploded in the wake of the pandemic,
and 170,000 Florida students use a private
school choice scholarship program.
But these changes are not limited to
Florida. Private Christian school enroll-
ment is up 35% and charter school enroll-
ment increased by 7% in the 2020-2021
school year. In addition, the number of
home-schooled students has doubled
since the pandemic. Among Black fami-
lies, home-schooling rates went from just
3% to 16%, according to Cheryl Fields-
Smith, professor of elementary education
at the University of Georgia.
And these are not temporary trends.
According to a National Parents Union
poll, most parents want more schooling
options for their children. In fact, 80% of
year caused them to want more input and
involvement in their child’s education.
This marketplace model is the future
of K-12 education. Yet the Biden admin-
istration is throwing cold water on
education freedom. President Biden’s
charter school rule, for example,
imposes significant and arbitrary
demands on charter schools that fo-
cused more on union complaints and
demands rather than student needs
or academic concerns.   In the 118th Congress, the era of
That is why I am fighting to restore
power to parents. Two important bills
that were introduced last Congress, the
Educational Choice for Children Act
and the Parents Bill of Rights Act, will
be priorities for Republicans in the new
Congress as well.
Before parents can choose the best
schooling option for their child, they
need information. That’s what the
Parents Bill of Rights provides. This
legislation will force schools to increase
curricular and financial transparency so
parents can make informed decisions.
The Educational Choice for Chil-
dren Act will expand education oppor-
tunities for millions of students, giving
them and their parents the freedom to
direct their own academic careers.
Parents should be at the helm of
their child’s education, and these
bills will help them get there.
trapping children in failing govern-
ment-run schools is over. Repub-
licans are giving parents the tools to
make the best choices for their children’s
education.
Rep. Virginia Foxx represents North
Carolina’s 5th Congressional District
and is chairwoman of the Commit-
tee on Education and the Workforce.
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RELIGION Sibling of deceased brother

A creation fit for the gods
Man finds calling in decorating for deities in Hindu temples
BY DEEPA BHARATH
ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHENNAI, INDIA | The former
computer professional — now
a very specialized type of artist
— locked his gaze on the deity
before him.
On a recent afternoon, 33-year-
old S. Goutham was perched on a
ladder at the altar of the goddess
Durga at the Anantha Padma-
nabha Swamy Temple in Chennai,
India. Mr. Goutham — his hand
moving steadily — was pleating a
green silk sari to adorn the deity.
“You cannot get tense when
you are doing this work,” he said.
“You can’t do this if you are not
patient. You need to become one
with her.”
A computer science graduate,
Mr. Goutham quit his job nearly
a decade ago to pursue his call-
ing. He has since followed in
the footsteps of his ancestors as
a fifth-generation decorator of
temple deities.
In Hindu temples, idols are
mostly made of materials such
as black granite, white marble
or five-metal alloys that have
sacred significance. These dei-
ties are worshipped as physical,
tangible representations of god
(Brahman) who is believed to be
infinite, omnipresent and beyond
comprehension.
Worship in a Hindu temple
includes bathing these deities in
milk, decorating them with col-
orful clothes, flowers, perfumes
such as sandalwood, jewelry, and
even weapons such as swords,
clubs and tridents. Oil lamps are
lit at the altar, and sacred chants
and foods are offered to the gods.
Decorating the deities is a
millennia-old practice that is
described in the Hindu epic
S. Goutham, who spent hours decorating the Durga idol, is a fifth-
generation practitioner of this spiritual art of decorating temple deities.
Ramayana, and Mr. Goutham
has been learning the art since
he was a toddler. He crafted his
first formal decoration when he
was 13 — at the very altar where
he stood 20 years later on a day
in November.
He has done thousands of
decorations, ranging from rela-
tively simple ones that take an
hour or two to complete, to others
that are more complex and take
several days.
Mr. Goutham said he became
interested in decorating deities
as a child because of his father.
“When you are little, your
father is your hero,” he said. “I
wanted to be just like him.”
The first lesson Mr. Goutham
got from his dad was about the
weapons each god would hold.
He heard stories about the power
of each weapon and how gods
would wield them.
“The personality of the deity
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and the story of the god or god-
dess could change depending on
their weapons, the clothes they
wear, the expression on their face
or the position in which they are
sitting or standing,” he said.
When he sets out to decorate
a deity, Mr. Goutham said he
has a concept of what to do, but
doesn’t start out with a sketch. He
goes step by step — placing the
deity’s hands, feet and weapons.
Then, he moves on to the clothes
and jewelry. Gradually, the god’s
form manifests.
There are rules about the
types of materials that can be
used on deities.
“The human body is made up
of earth, water, fire, air and space,
and everything you see naturally
occurring on Earth is made of
these elements,” Mr. Goutham
said. “To show this, we decorate
deities using things that occur in
nature and are a representation of
these elements, like copper, cloth,
coconut fibers and so on.”
He said decorating a deity
combines elements from art,
dance and yoga, in terms of the
hand gestures and postures the
deities assume. Synthetic materi-
als such as plastic are prohibited.
Mr. Goutham said he uses little
pins to hold fabric together, but
makes sure the pins don’t directly
touch the idol.
He sources the deities’ arms
and legs, mostly made from cop-
per or brass, as well as the weap-
ons and jewelry, from artisans.
He has also created an app
and website for those who wish
to learn more about this art and
dreams of establishing an institu-
tion to train artists who can main-
tain the sacred tradition. While
most deity decorators are men,
he sees no reason why women
cannot learn and practice it.
“Everyone is equal under god,”
he said.
Storytelling is an important part
of what he does. One of his favorite
installations depicts the friendship
between Lord Krishna, an incarna-
tion of Vishnu, and Kuchela.
“It shows Krishna washing
the feet of Kuchela, a poor man,
conveying the message that hu-
mility is a virtue — whether you
are a human being or god,” Mr.
Goutham said.
The term “idol worship” may
have negative connotations in
some faiths. But for Hindus, dei-
ties — which are kept in temples,
homes, shops and offices — serve
as focal points “for to us channel
our devotions, our actions and
serve as a reminder of all the
positive values that are associated
with those deities,” said Suhag
Shukla, executive director of the
Hindu American Foundation.
floored by widow’s actions
DEAR ABBY: My process.
ABIGAIL
brother passed
away. He and my
VAN BUREN DEAR ABBY: My
husband and I have
DEAR ABBY been married for
sister-in-law had
a good marriage. nine years. While
A month after his funeral, we were dating, he was
my sister-in-law gave her kind, considerate and lov-
kids their father’s clothes, ing. After we married, he
instructed them to go turned into a chronic com-
through them, keep what plainer, something he later
they wanted or sell or do- confessed he had been
nate the rest. It has been hiding while we dated.
barely a year. Now she’s He talks to me like I’m
redecorating their house trash and then gets nice
— painting, taking down when he wants some-
pictures and buying new thing. He complains about
furniture. my grown children, my
This bothers me greatly. best friend and even if I
I’m so hurt that everything leave for work a couple
is being changed. It’s like of minutes early. He is a
she’s trying to erase him — miserable person. I cannot
all within one year! Should do anything to make him
I ask her why everything happy. I can’t take this
is being changed and anymore.
disposed of so soon? And He has taken the things
should I feel so hurt about away from me that I love —
this? — UNSURE HOW TO flowers, gardening, pets,
FEEL books, friends, etc. I’m
DEAR UNSURE: Your for- ready to leave, but he has
mer sister-in-law appears to cancer and I’d feel guilty.
be more pragmatic than sen- He is clear right now, but it
timental, and there is noth- will come back.
ing wrong with that. She I don’t want to stay. Life
knew her late husband could is too short to live this way.
no longer use his wardrobe, He has a great support
and saw no reason to keep system with his family.
the items hanging in the They would take care of
closet. That she offered his him. My health has been
clothes to her children was affected by him and his
appropriate. That she is terrible attitude. What do I
now making changes to the do? — WORN-OUT WIFE
house is not unusual. People DEAR WIFE: What you
are cautioned not to make do now is consult a lawyer,
“important decisions” for pack your bags and leave
about a year after a spouse before he worsens. Do not
passes, and your former SIL expect your husband to be
has wisely refrained. grateful for ANY of the ef-
If you want to ask her forts you have made on his
why she’s changing things, behalf during the course of
do so in a non-accusatory your marriage. During the
way that won’t offend her. I time you were dating, he
suspect that you are feeling hid from you the fact that
hurt because you are still he was a verbal abuser. Now
not ready to accept that your you know he was a fraud.
brother is gone forever. You Don’t feel guilty for protect-
might find it helpful to talk ing yourself and reclaiming
about it with someone with your life.
expertise in the grieving ANDREWS MCMEEL SYNDICATION

Play chess and see the world

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hess is said to boost
math skills and logi-
cal thinking, but our
favorite game may
work best as a tool for teaching
geography.
With seemingly everyone
and their spouse consumed
these days with Worldle, the
online, guess-the-country spi-
noff of Wordle, what better way
to learn about
DAVID R. the world than
SANDS through the
CHESS most globe-
spanning game
of them all?
Yes, famous tournaments and
championship matches have
been played in New York, Lon-
don and Vienna, but they have
also been staged in Plovdiv,
Bulgaria, Reykjavik, Iceland,
and Cambridge Springs, Penn-
sylvania. When chess aficiona-
dos travel to New Orleans, it’s
typically not for the jazz or the
cuisine, but to visit 417 Royal
Street, the longtime residence
of pioneering American chess
superstar Paul Morphy or to lay
a flower at Morphy’s grave in St.
Louis Cemetery No. 1.
In our imaginary “Chess
Atlas of the World,” Khanty-
Mansiysk, Russia currently
gets more attention than
Moscow, Linares is a bigger
deal than either Madrid or
Barcelona in Spain, and St.
Louis far outshines New York
or Los Angeles as America’s
premier city.
FIDE officials have just an-
nounced that the next world
title match between Russian
GM Ian Nepomniachtchi and
Chinese GM Ding Liren, com-
peting for the throne vacated by
abdicating champion Magnus
Carlsen of Norway, will be held
in the new Kazakhstan capital
of Astana. And just in the last
few editions, the comprehen-
sive “This Week in Chess” has
covered tournaments in such
places as Paracin (Serbia),
Hatkanangale (India), Palmira
(Colombia) and Scarborough,
a suburb of Perth in western
Australia.
Even professional cartog-
raphers might have trouble
identifying the little Dutch
seaside town of Wijk aan Zee,
but it’s a place even the casual
chess fan will know. In a chess-
loving nation, Wijk aan Zee
Islam-Hasan after 29...Qf2+
has been the host since the late
1930s for what is annually one
of the strongest tournaments in
the world, along with a much-
followed companion tourna-
ment that typically features
some of the most promising up-
and-coming talent from every
corner of the globe.
The 85th edition of what
is now called the Tata Steel
Masters Tournament in Wijk is
only halfway through but has
already produced a remarkable
event: two consecutive losses
over the board by Carlsen, an
eight-time winner of the event,
the first back-to-back losses for
the world champ in tournament
play in eight years.
Local hero GM Anish Giri of
the Netherlands upset Carlsen
in last week’s Round 4, only his
second win over the Norwe-
gian in classical chess, the first
coming in 2008. Rising Uzbek
superstar Nodirbek Abdusat-
torov followed up with a fine
win with Black over the champ
a round later in a long, tricky
queen-and-pawn ending.
Now that he soon will no
longer have a crown to defend,
Carlsen appears to have shifted
to a more adventurous, not to
say risky, brand of chess. He
can pull it off against most
players, but Giri here proves a
different story. White takes the
most enterprising approach to
Black’s surprise Queen’s Indian
Defense — 11. Qf5!? (Rxd5?
Nb4 12. Qc3 Nxd5 13. Qxg7 Bf6
14. Qg4 Qe7 plays into Black’s
hands) — Nf6 12. e4 d6 13. e5,
and claims a small but clear
edge after 16. Re1+ Kf8: Giri’s
queenside will develop quickly,
the pawn on d6 is an irritant
and both Black’s king and king’s
rook are awkwardly placed.
The champ makes things
worse for himself on 22. Rb1
Nd4?! (trying to eliminate the
pesky d-pawn as quickly as
possible, but the post mortem
suggested 22...Ne5! was stronger
here) 23. b4! Rxd7?! (again, 23...
Ne5 24. bxc5 bxc5 25. Kg2 Nxd7
26. Ba3 g6, limiting White’s
positional edge, was the way
to go) 24. Bd5!, and despite his
pawn deficit, White enjoys
tremendous pressure.
White’s bishop pair domi-
nate the ensuing play: 26. Ba3
Ke7 (passive defense also falls
short on 26...Rc7? 27. Rb8+ Ne8
28. Rxd4! Bxd4 29. Nb5 Rd7
30. Bc6 Ke7 31. Nxd4 Rxd4 32.
Bxc5+) 27. Bxc5 Ne6 28. Bb4
a5?! (Bxc3 29. Bxc3 Nf5 was the
last realistic chance to defend)
29. Bxa5, and White’s pawn
edge and better pieces prove
decisive.
Carlsen is known for dogged
defense, but here he collapses
quickly on 32. Bb4+ Kf6 33. Nc5
Nxc5 34. Rxc4 Rdc7 35. Ba5, and
the pin will prove decisive after
35...Rd7 36. Bb6 Bd6 37. Bg2! Ke7
38. Rdc1. Black resigned.
Carlsen bounced back from
his two losses with impres-
sive wins over Hungarian GM
Richard Rapport and Ameri-
can star GM Fabiano Caruana,
but Abdusattorov is setting a
blistering pace at 6-2 with four
rounds to go, a full point ahead
of Giri and U.S. GM Wesley So.
We’ll have a full wrap-up of the
action next week.
◾◾◾
The global appeal of chess
means there’s a wealth of
great (or at least greatly enter-
taining) games to pick from
every week from every corner
of the globe. Case in point —
the recent back-and-forth bat-
tle between two Bangladeshi
experts we stumbled over
from last month’s national
championship tournament in
Dhaka.
In a Queen’s Gambit Ac-
cepted, the engines say Black’s
ambitious 9. e4 Bxe4? shouldn’t
really work, as White has
time to build a defense for his
flushed-out king. Still, you have
to admire the chutzpah behind
the move and by 19. Rd1 Rhd8,
Black’s army in fully deployed
and provides the makings for a
real attack.
Things get really fun on
21. Bxg5 Rxg5!? (again the
computer gods disapprove, but
White looks fine after the tepid
21...Rd7 22. Qc3 c5 23. Kb1 Kb8
24. Qc2 Bxd4 25. Be2) 22. Nxg5
Qd5 23. Nf3 Qxa2 24. Ra1 —
now the material deficit is two
pawns for a rook, but White still
some holes to patch around his
king.
Black’s gumption is re-
warded after 26. Qa3 Qg3 27.
Qe3?? (looking to stop 27...Qf2+,
White walks into an unfortu-
nate pin; several moves win
here, including 27. Rd1 Qg6+ 28.
Qd3) Rxd4! 28. Re1 (Qg5 Qf2+
29. Kc1 Na4 30. Qxg7 [Rxa4
Rxa4 31. Nd2 Ra1+ Kc2 Qd4
and wins] Qxb2 mate) Nd5 29.
Qg5 Qf2+ (see diagram; White
can still hold the draw with 30.
Re2; e.g. 30...Rc4+ 31. Kb1 Qc5
32. Re5! Rc2 33. Re2 Rc4 34. Re5
Rc2) 30. Be2??, and now it’s over
after 30...Rc4+ 31. Kb1 Nc3+!
(Black finds the dagger) 32.
bxc3 (Kc2 Ne4+, or 32. Ka1 Ra4
mate) Qb6+ 33. Kc2 Rxc3+, and
White resigns not needing to
be shown 34. Kd2 Qb2+ 35. Kd1
Qc2 mate.
Giri-Carlsen, 85th Tata Steel
Masters, Wijk aan Zee, Neth-
erlands, January 2023
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6
5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. d5 exd5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. O-O Be7 10. Rd1 Nc6 11. Qf5
Nf6 12. e4 d6 13. e5 Qd7 14. Qxd7+
Nxd7 15. exd6 Bf6 16. Re1+ Kf8 17. Nc3
Nb4 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Bxb7 Rd8 20.
Rd1 Nc4 21. d7 Nc2 22. Rb1 Nd4 23.
b4 Rxd7 24. Bd5 Nd6 25. bxc5 bxc5
26. Ba3 Ke7 27. Bxc5 Ne6 28. Bb4 a5
29. Bxa5 Rc8 30. Na4 Nc4 31. Rbc1
Be5 32. Bb4+ Kf6 33. Nc5 Nxc5 34.
Rxc4 Rdc7 35. Ba5 Black resigns
Islam-Hasan, 7th Bangah-
bandhu Championship, Dhaka,
Bangladesh, December 2022
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qb3
dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 Nfd7
8. Nxd7 Nxd7 9. e4 Bxe4 10. fxe4
Qh4+ 11. Kd1 Qxe4 12. Nd2 Qg4+ 13.
Nf3 O-O-O 14. h3 Qg3 15. Bd2 Nb6
16. Qe2 Rd5 17. Qe4 g5 18. Kc2 Bg7
19. Rd1 Rhd8 20. Qe1 Qd6 21. Bxg5
Rxg5 22. Nxg5 Qd5 23. Nf3 Qxa2 24.
Ra1 Qd5 25. Qa5 Qd6 26. Qa3 Qg3 27.
Qe3 Rxd4 28. Re1 Nd5 29. Qg5 Qf2+
30. Be2 Rc4+ 31. Kb1 Nc3+ 32. bxc3
Qb6+ 33. Kc2 Rxc3+ White resigns
⦁ David R. Sands can be
reached at 202/636-3178 or at
dsands@washingtontimes.com.
TODAY’S BIRTH-
DAY (Jan. 24). You
think you know
HOROSCOPE This one will take a
what your favorites
are, but this year
brings a whole new slew
of them — people, places,
foods and more that make
your “best of” list. You’ve a
talent for pricing your work,
and financial wins keep
coming. More highlights: a
sacred calling, the continual
polishing of your talent and
someone you teach who
wins your heart. Virgo and
Sagittarius adore you. Your
lucky numbers are: 7, 10, 3, 33 time.
and 17.
ARIES (March 21-April
19). Whatever state you’re
going for, pretend you’re
already in it. Involve your-
self as fully as possible in
the exercise of acting “as
if,” and before you know it,
you won’t be pretending
anymore.
TAURUS (April 20-May
20). It’s counterproductive
to overwork, though it can
also be hard to tell if you
need to push through tired-
ness or embrace the lazy.
And what exactly is the best
way to rest anyway? Only
you know the right answer.
Trust yourself.
GEMINI (May 21-June
21). You keep going because Jan. 19). You prize honesty,
you’re persistent but also
hopeful. What’s your best
move? The next one! You
wouldn’t want to deprive the and focused on the parts you
world of seeing this. You’ll
have an ally in an Aquarius
or Pisces.
CANCER (June 22-July
22). We all follow someone.
Well-intentioned friends,
parents and leaders don’t
always teach us the right
things. It’s a day to figure out see the lines, but you’ll also
which information is wrong
and make corrections.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22).
There are those who seem
to enjoy complaining. You
know the type; their discon-
tent is endless. Maybe you’ll
be inspired to solve the
problem, which won’t stop
the complaining, but it will
change the direction it flows. to do with the clearing.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.
22). Various curiosities and
passions will intermingle
HOLIDAY in one particularly
MATHIS interesting project.
few tries to get right
because there are
so many elements coming
together. It will bring about
your very best efforts.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct.
23). You won’t have as much
time as you’d like to do what
you want to do. What can
you let go of to make this
work? Image will be very
important. If you approach
with confidence and poise,
you may be able to buy more
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). If someone feels safe
enough to open up to you,
you consider this an honor,
especially if you’re in a posi-
tion to help. It’s best if this
is part of a slow and natural
progression of a relation-
ship. It should take time to
build trust.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov.
22-Dec. 21). When there’s
nothing you would change
about the scene, you’ve
achieved happiness. Want-
ing something to be different
is the opposite of happiness.
What would it take to love
what is and desire nothing
more?
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-
but a certain amount of
showmanship is smart, too.
It will keep people engaged
prefer they would see. You’re
like a magician, directing
eyes to the magic.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). It’s not always terrible
or dangerous when the lines
between dreams and reality
are blurred. Today you can
get the wonderful sensation
that you’re in a movie, and
you’ll be willing to suspend
your belief.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). Like a fallen tree in the
road after a storm, you’ve
come upon blocks that you
have no control over, but
you might have something
You’ll work on it with others
who have the tools to help.
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Pain-free Djokovic upbeat about winning in Australia
BY HOWARD FENDRICH
ASSOCIATED PRESS
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA | It
took about a week for Novak
Djokovic to go from worrying
about whether he simply could
play a match at all on his injured
left hamstring to thinking he can
win the Australian Open.
And one pain-free, nearly per-
fect performance in the fourth
round Monday made a world of
difference.
“Tonight, the way I played, the
way I felt, gives me reason now to
believe that I can go all the way,”
Djokovic said after completely
overwhelming 22nd-seeded Alex
de Minaur 6-2, 6-1, 6-2 to reach the
quarterfinals for the 13th time at
Melbourne Park and 54th time
at all Grand Slam tournaments.
“I mean, I always believe I can
go all the way, in terms of my ten-
nis,” continued Djokovic, whose
21 major championships include
nine in Australia.
“But the way my leg felt be-
fore tonight wasn’t giving me
too many hopes, so to say, for the
entire tournament, to go all the
way through. Tonight I feel that,
so I feel positive about it.”
A year ago, he got kicked out
of the country before the Aus-
tralian Open because he was not
vaccinated against COVID-19.
Novak Djokovic returns a backhand during his 6-2, 6-1, 6-2 win over Alex de Minaur in the fourth round of the
Australian Open on Monday. Djokovic, a nine-time winner in Australia, needed just over two hours to advance.
He still hasn’t gotten the shots,
but the government’s coronavirus
rules have been relaxed.
After looking out of joint occa-
sionally in his first three matches
in the tournament last week,
sometimes stumbling to the
ground, sometimes seeking treat-
ment from a trainer, the 35-year-
old from Serbia looked like his
usual flexible, court-covering,
TENNIS
dominant self at Rod Laver Arena
against de Minaur.
Djokovic won 42 of 64 points
that lasted five shots or more.
He accumulated a 26-9 edge in
winners.
He won all 12 of his service
games, never facing a single break
point. Generally considered the
best returner in the game now
— and, perhaps, ever — Djokovic
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earned a dozen break chances
and converted half.
He broke to lead 4-2 in the
first set and again to end it. He
broke to go up 2-0 and 4-0 in the
second. He broke for advantages
of 1-0 and 3-0 in the third.
“It just felt like constant pres-
sure today. Every service game I
had, wasn’t getting free points. It
felt like an uphill battle from the
start,” de Minaur said. “Never re-
ally was able to get my teeth into
the match, make it tough for him,
or bring the pressure moments
and situations.”
Djokovic said he felt “fantas-
tic” and “really great in terms of
mobility and movement.”
In addition to taking “a lot” of
anti-inflammatory pills to help
the hamstring, Djokovic said he
has been using “different treat-
ments and machines and stuff ”
to help improve his leg.
He also cautioned that he
does not “want to celebrate too
early, ‘cause I don’t know how
the body’s going to respond to-
morrow and for the next match.”
Yes, there are still contests
to come and players to contend
with.
But of the seven remaining
men other than Djokovic, none
has won a Grand Slam title.
“I’ve been in this situation so
many times before,” Djokovic
said, leaning back in his chair and
placing both palms on his chest.
“From that point of view I think
it helps me have kind of a more, let’s
say, clear approach to the remain-
ing days of the tournament and
what I need to do,” he said. “Of
course, I’ll keep an eye on all the
other matches, see how the other
guys are doing. We’ll see what
happens.”
NFL
Reid: Mahomes will
play against Bengals
Chiefs coach Andy Reid said
Monday that Patrick Mahomes
will play in the AFC title game
against the Bengals, and that the
high ankle sprain the All-Pro
quarterback sustained against
the Jaguars last weekend is less
severe than the one he played
through during the 2019 season
opener.
“He’s going
SPORTS to play,” Reid
BRIEFS told a group of
local report-
ers. “That’s his
mindset.”
Mahomes was hurt in the
first quarter of Saturday’s win
over Jacksonville when pass
rusher Arden Key landed heav-
ily on his right ankle. Mahomes
finished the drive but was
hobbling badly, and Reid and
the training staff forced him
to get an X-ray — it came back
negative — and do some agility
testing at halftime before allow-
ing him back in the game. 
Payton meets Panthers
owner on coaching job
The Carolina Panthers in-
terviewed Sean Payton for their
coaching vacancy on Monday.
Panthers owner David Tep-
per has also interviewed Phila-
delphia Eagles offensive coor-
dinator Shane Steichen, Buffalo
Bills offensive coordinator Ken
Dorsey, New York Giants of-
fensive coordinator Mike Kafka,
former Indianapolis Colts head

WIZARDS INJURY to practice in early November. 

From page B12
talks, which appeared to pick
up last week when The Athletic
reported that Washington had
begun discussions with several
Western Conference teams for
Hachimura.
As part of the package from
the Lakers, Washington will re-
ceive a 2023 second-rounder via
Chicago, a 2029 Lakers second
rounder and whatever is the less
favorable pick of the 2028 second-
rounder belonging to Washington
and Los Angeles.
Nunn, the player that Wash-
ington acquired, has averaged
6.7 points in just 13.5 minutes per
game this season. The 27-year-old,
who has been in the league since
2019, gives the Wizards additional
depth at point guard. He is in the
final year of a two-year, $10.3 mil-
lion contract.
The move also saves the Wiz-
ards more than $1 million on the
club’s payroll and helps clear
up a logjam at power forward.
Hachimura had been vying for
time behind starters Kristaps
Porzingis and Kyle Kuzma and
competing for minutes with 2020
first-rounder Deni Avdija off the
bench.
Kuzma, meanwhile, has also
been subject to trade rumors as
he is expected to decline his $13
million player option this sum-
mer and become a free agent.
But the Wizards reportedly have
no interest in trading Kuzma,
who Washington wants to retain
beyond this season. Kuzma has
averaged a career-high 21.8 points
per game in 2022-23.
The Lakers and Wizards have
a history of doing business to-
gether as they completed a com-
plex five-team deal in the summer
of 2021 that sent guard Russell
Westbrook to the Lakers and net-
ted Kuzma.
Hachimura now reunites with
several former Wizards team-
mates in Westbrook, Troy Brown
and Thomas Bryant.
By moving on from Hachimura,
Tommy Sheppard parted ways
with the first first-round selec-
tion of his tenure as Washington’s
general manager.
Hachimura’s selection allowed
the Wizards to tap into a new
section of fans, expanding into
the Japanese market by hiring a
Japanese correspondent to cover
the team and partnering with
a Tokyo-based company that
sponsored Hachimura’s press
conferences.
Sheppard initially touted
Hachimura as a “late bloomer”
with considerable upside. But
the forward was slow to de-
velop, particularly on the de-
fensive end. Last season, he
missed roughly half the year
for a mental health break — an
absence that paved the way for
him to come off the bench full
time.
Hachimura’s trade was com-
pleted weeks before the NBA’s
Feb. 9 trade deadline.
But Young looked worth
coach Frank Reich, Denver
Broncos defensive coordina-
tor Ejiro Evero, former Detroit
From page B12 the wait. Though he didn’t Lions and Colts head coach Jim
record a sack in the final three Caldwell and Steve Wilks, who
take his time,” Fultz told The weeks, the Ohio State product was the team’s interim head
Washington Times. “And not was still productive off the coach this season, for the job.
to rush.” edge with seven pressures. His The 59-year-old Payton is
Basketball and football are most impressive play argu- drawing plenty of interest from
completely different sports ably came in his season debut NFL teams with head coaching
— and no one would argue ue “In the short when he snuffed out a 49ers openings. including the Denver
otherwise — but Fultz’s path ath time he screen and helped teammate Broncos.
perhaps offers a guide for whathat had, he was James Smith-Williams get the Payton did not coach this
Young may expect as he gets ets doing his sack on quarterback Brock past season, but the New Or-
further and further removed ved thing,” said Purdy. leans Saints still hold his rights.
from his initial injury. Just this
his Magic guard Earlier this month, Young
past weekend, Fultz scored 23 Markelle indicated he was pleased with COLLEGE BASKETBALL
points in a loss to the Wash- sh- Fultz, who his progress in the final three
ington Wizards — marking yet went to games. He said he wanted to
Purdue back at No. 1,
another instance in which the he DeMatha “wreak havoc” and feels that Alabama a close No. 2
combo guard resembled more ore High with he did “some of that. More im- Purdue is back at No. 1 in
and more of his explosive, ve, Commanders portantly, Young said he was the AP Top 25. Alabama is right
preinjury form.  defensive looking forward to attacking behind the Boilermakers.
Last season, Fultz logged d 18 end Chase the offseason without having Purdue returned to the top
games upon his return. Those ose Young. “It to focus on his knee. spot in The Associated Press
contests served as a launching ng was good “I’m going to get strong,” men’s college basketball poll on
pad for the guard to shake off to see him Young said, “real strong.” Monday, moving up two spots
the rust and work his way still have During their conversations, after Temple knocked off No.
back into the fold. Similarly, rly, that same Fultz never got the sense that 1 Houston over the weekend.
Young appeared in the Com- m- hunger, that Young’s confidence wavered. The Boilermakers received 39
manders’ final three games mes same fire. That, after all, is perhaps first-place votes from a 62-per-
— which provided a valuable ble Me knowing Young’s most distinguishing son media panel after a volatile
opportunity for the former mer him, I know characteristic. At one point week where just two teams kept
defensive rookie of the year ear that he’s prior to his comeback last the same spot from a week ago.
to rediscover his ability. going to get season, for example, Young an- Alabama climbed two
Fultz made sure to tune in better and swered “Chase Young” when spots to No. 2, picking up 23
when Young played. better as asked what he hoped to add first-place votes for its highest
“In the short time he had, ad, time goes.” to the defense when healthy. ranking since 2002-03. Houston,
he was doing his thing,” said aid “Chase is always going to be Tennessee and Kansas State
Fultz, who went to DeMatha ha Chase,” Fultz said with a smile. round out the top five.
High with Young. “It was good od Still, when the guard would In women’s basketball, South
to see him still have that sameme check in, he wanted to make Carolina (20-0), which has 26
hunger, that same fire. Me sure Young was in a good place consecutive victories dating to
knowing him, I know that he’s e’s mentally. A lot of people, Fultz its run to the NCAA champion-
going to get better and better ter said, “don’t understand” all that ship last season, were again a
as time goes.”  it takes to come back from a unanimous No. 1 choice and
Young’s injury, of course, se, significant injury — both physi- have been ranked atop the poll
was more complicated than an cally and mentally. There are for 31 consecutive weeks.
a traditional ACL tear. The long, grueling days of rehab.  Ohio State (19-0) remained
edge rusher also ruptured his Over that span, Fultz said No. 2 while Stanford flipped
patellar tendon, requiring Dr. he saw Young “listen to his places with LSU for No. 3. LSU
James Andrews to open up body.” From afar, Fultz under- (19-0) is fourth and UConn fifth.
Young’s other knee to graft stood Young’s eagerness to get Notre Dame, UCLA, Utah
his left patellar tendon and back on the field — and the followed the sixth-ranked Hoo-
repair his right knee. That led outside pressure to come back siers. Maryland and Iowa were
to a lengthy recovery process — but saw Young embrace the tied for 10th.
in which the Commanders process of “doing whatever it
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waited an additional month takes” to get back on the field. GOLF
for Young to make his season Young saw action in the Commanders’ last three games of the “I’m very proud of him for
debut, even after he returned season following recovery from a torn ACL in his right knee. staying resilient,” Fultz said.
LIV Golf schedules three
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The second year of Saudi-
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to three courses owned by for-
NFL most impressive all-around
game of all, considering its
opponent. The Bengals shut
direction midway through the
fourth quarter.
“He wants the ball,” Allen said
of picks.
Niners defensive coordinator
DeMeco Ryans, a candidate for
mer President Donald Trump
as part of a 14-event schedule in
2023, according to a report from
From page B12
down Josh Allen and Buffalo’s of Diggs, who had just four recep- several head coaching vacancies, SI.com.
Haason Reddick and Philly’s fe- dynamic offense in a 27-10 win. tions for 35 yards. “And whatever improved his case with another The report said LIV Golf an-
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threw a pick, completed just out three times and managed to learn from.” gonna have a head coaching job full schedule was coming soon.
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lost. The Eagles held the Giants half. Chiefs again in a rematch of last back Jimmie Ward said. “You see it would open its season Feb.
to only 227 total yards. Defensive coordinator Lou year’s AFC Championship Game it with the play calling. We went 24-26 at the Mexican golf resort
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defensive coordinator. “Obvi- rhythm. Allen had only one In the final game of the week- Next up for the 49ers is a trip
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2023
Report: Bezos mulls selling Post to buy Commanders
BY MATTHEW PARAS
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Jeff Bezos has yet to make a bid
for the Washington Commanders
as rumors swirl that owner Dan
Snyder has no interest in selling
to the billionaire owner of the
Washington Post, the newspaper
that tracked down and exposed
the details of the team’s sexual
harassment scandal.
But a new report suggests that
could change.  week. The paper’s publisher, Fred
The New York Post reported
that Bezos may sell The Wash-
ington Post in order to make a
bid for Commanders, citing two
anonymous sources close to the
Niners linebacker Fred Warner upends Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott in a divisional playoff game Sunday. San Francisco held Dallas to 282 total yards in a 19-12 victory.
Throwback football
High-flying NFL offenses shot down by old-school defenses
Eagles defensive end Josh Sweat
forces Giants quarterback Daniel
Jones to lose the ball during
Philadelphia’s 38-7 victory in
a divisional playoff game. The
Eagles had one interception, six
sacks and limited the Giants to
227 yards of total offense.
situation. Bezos and The Wash-
ington Post, through spokespeople,
told the outlet that the paper is not
for sale, but sources believe that
Bezos still may be willing to sell.
“I think Bezos’ people could
go to Dan and say as a gesture
of goodwill, ‘We are selling the
paper,’ ” a source told the New
York Post. “I think that would go
a long way with Dan.”
Bezos made a visit to The
Washington Post’s newsroom last
Ryan, told staff last month that
there will be layoffs during the first
quarter of 2023. The Commanders
announced in November that the
Snyders had hired an investment
BY ROB MAADDI
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Defense stills wins in the
playoffs.
The San Francisco 49ers and
Cincinnati Bengals advanced to
the conference championship
games with excellent defensive
performances on Sunday.
The Philadelphia Eagles also
had a standout defensive effort
Saturday night.
While high-flying offenses led
by star quarterbacks get most of
the attention, defense matters.
It was evident in the NFL
divisional round this weekend.
Chiefs defensive coordina-
tor Steve Spagnuolo’s aggressive
unit forced two turnovers in the
fourth quarter, helping Kansas
City beat Jacksonville 27-20 in
the first game.
“We focused throughout the
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Bezos Snyder
bank to explore “potential transac-
tions” of the franchise, including a
sale of the team. That bank report-
edly set a late December deadline
for the first round of bids to be due
— but reports indicated recently
that the team did not receive an
offer higher than $6.3 billion,
NFL
week, especially on the week we
had off, focused on maybe punch-
ing the ball a little bit more or
hop on the ball or just catching
the ones that they give us,” Chiefs
linebacker Nick Bolton said. “I
dropped one early, but it’s one
of those things you kind of have
to keep going on, and in playoffs,
you understand that they count
times two when you get them.”
Jalen Hurts and the Eagles’
offense were unstoppable, espe-
cially dominating the Giants on
the ground with 268 yards rush-
ing. But Philadelphia’s defense,
which was No. 2 in the league this
season, was downright nasty in a
38-7 rout over New York.
Coming off an impressive 301-
yard passing game in an upset
over 13-win Minnesota, Daniel
Jones had no chance against
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lower than the $7 billion target
that Snyder is seeking. 
NBC Sports Washington re-
ported that with Bezos yet to
make an offer, Philadelphia 76ers
and New Jersey Devils owner
Josh Harris might be the “top can-
didate” to buy the Commanders.  BY MATTHEW PARAS
Front Office Sports reported
that Bank of America Securities,
the investment bank hired by Sny-
der, “continues to court Bezos” to
make an offer. Bezos emerged as
an early prospective buyer in the
process — rumored to be interested
in partnering with rapper Jay-Z —
and was largely considered to be
the front-runner because of his
extreme personal wealth.
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Bengals defenders Logan Wilson (55) and Mike Hilton swarm
Bills quarterback Josh Allen during Cincinnati’s 27-10 victory
in a divisional playoff game Sunday. The Bengals defense
accounted for eight quarterback hits and eight pass deflections.
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NBA’s Fultz sees his NFL pal
Young overcoming knee injury
so he could relate. And relay
THE WASHINGTON TIMES a bit of advice. 
Like Young, Fultz took
As Chase Young rehabbed longer to return than some
from his knee injury last sea- expected. The guard didn’t
son, Orlando Magic guard suit up until 14 months after
Markelle Fultz reached out the injury — almost the
periodically to check on same time frame as Young
his high school friend. The (13 months). 
24-year-old NBA star had torn “Just letting him know to
his ACL almost a year before
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WIZARDS
Hachimura
traded to
Lakers for
guard depth
Wizards also get
3 2nd-round picks
BY MATTHEW PARAS
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
The Washington Wizards
traded forward Rui Hachimura
to the Los Angeles Lakers in ex-
change for guard Kendrick Nunn
and three second-round picks.
The trade was completed
just days after Hachimura said
“no comment” and smiled when
asked if he requested a trade
from the Wizards. Hachimura,
the ninth overall pick in the 2019
draft, was excused from Mon-
day’s practice for personal rea-
sons, coach Wes Unseld Jr. said.
Hachimura had been stuck in
a bench role this season, averag-
ing 13 points in 24.3 minutes per
game.
“I just want to be somewhere
that wants me as a basketball
player,” Hachimura said Saturday
after matching his career high
of 30 points in a win over the
Orlando Magic. “I want to be
somewhere that likes my game,
you know? … I just want to be
somewhere that trusts and be-
lieves in me.”
⦁ The deal: The Lakers acquired
former first-round pick Rui Hachimura
from the Wizards for Kendrick Nunn
and a package of second-round
picks. Hachimura and the Wizards
failed to agree to a rookie extension
before the season started.
That “somewhere” is appar-
ently in Los Angeles. The Lakers
(22-25, 12th in the West) were in
need of scoring and size as they
look to climb up the standings
amid a competitive playoff race.
Hachimura, who is 6-foot-8, will
likely receive an expanded role
with the Lakers, including an
opportunity to start.
ESPN, which first reported the
trade, reported that the Lakers
intend to sign Hachimura to a
long-term deal this summer once
the 24-year-old hits restricted free
agency this summer.
The Wizards and Hachimura
failed to agree on a contract ex-
tension in October — the dead-
line for teams to reach exten-
sions for players in the final year
of their rookie scale contract.
Those unsuccessful negotiations
became a precursor for trade
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