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President Donald Trump speaks Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019 in the Diplomatic Room of the White House in Washington, announcing that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the shadowy leader of the Islamic State group who presided over its global jihad and became arguably the world's most wanted man, is dead after being targeted by a U.S. military raid in Syria. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Analysis: With ISIS death, Trump touts much-needed triumph

By JONATHAN LEMIRE - Associated Press

Pallbearers, left, carry the casket containing the body of the late U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings ahead of his funeral at New Psalmist Baptist Church, Friday, Oct. 25, 2019, in Baltimore. The Maryland congressman and civil rights champion died Thursday, Oct. 17, at age 68 of complications from long-standing health issues. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

The Latest: Pelosi calls Cummings ‘North Star’ at funeral

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The Supreme Court building is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 26, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

Democrats’ Supreme Court packing plans rejected; voters say Trump should fill any 2020 vacancy

By Stephen Dinan and Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

In this Dec. 22, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump displays the $1.5 trillion tax overhaul package he signed in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Trump is now three for three. Each year of his presidency, he has issued more executive orders than did former President Barack Obama during the same time-span. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Donald Trump tops Obama in executive orders

By Kevin Freking - Associated Press

In this Dec. 22, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump displays the $1.5 trillion tax overhaul package he signed in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Trump is now three for three. Each year of his presidency, he has issued more executive orders than did former President Barack Obama during the same time-span. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Trump outstripping Obama on pace of executive orders

By KEVIN FREKING - Associated Press

President Barack Obama, accompanied by Elizabeth Warren, announces that Warren will head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Friday, Sept. 17, 2010, during an event in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

Supreme Court to decide whether Obama-era Wall Street cop is legal

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, right, proposes a toast to U.S. President Barack Obama during a state dinner Thursday, March 10, 2016, in Washington. (Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press via AP) ** FILE **

Barack Obama’s hypocritical endorsement of ‘blackface’ Justin Trudeau

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Canada's Liberal leader Justin Trudeau speaks during a campaign stop at the Botanical Garden in Montreal on Wednesday Oct. 16, 2019. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)

Obama endorses Trudeau in unprecedented endorsement

By ROB GILLIES - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference with Italian President Sergio Mattarella in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

EDITORIAL: Trump foes are writing their own impeachment rules

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

FILE - In this March 25, 2019, file photo, President Donald Trump and visiting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu walk along the Colonnade of the White House in Washington. For the past three years, Netanyahu has bet heavily on Trump and been rewarded with major diplomatic gains in exchange for his warm embrace of the U.S. leader. But the U.S. pullback from northeastern Syria, essentially abandoning its Kurdish allies, has called that strategy, and Trump’s reliability as a friend, into question. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

As Trump abandons Kurds, Israel worries how dependable he is

By JOSEF FEDERMAN - Associated Press

A picture of the Swedish activist and student Greta Thunberg is displayed on the big screen as Juliana Strassacapa of the Brazilian band Francisco, el Hombre and Catalina Garcia, of the Colombian band Monsieur Perine, right, perform at the Rock in Rio music festival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Greta Thunberg, like Barack Obama, dubbed ‘Jesus’ by left

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Obamas to speak in Chicago about presidential center

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In this June 21, 2018, file photo, White House senior adviser Stephen Miller listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Stephen Miller, senior White House adviser: ‘The president of the United States is a whistleblower’

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks to the media after arriving at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019. Trump had spent the week attending the United Nations General Assembly in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump to cut refugees to 18,000, give localities veto over resettlement

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Oct. 13, 2017 file photo, former President Barack Obama, right, and former first lady Michelle Obama arrive for the first session of the Obama Foundation Summit in Chicago. A documentary about an Ohio auto glass factory that is run by a Chinese investor debuted Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019, on Netflix, as the streaming service's first project backed by Michelle and Barack Obama's new production company. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Barack Obama, the real king of the quid pro quo

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump talks with reporters after touring a section of the southern border wall, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019, in Otay Mesa, Calif. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Whistleblower complaint involves Donald Trump, foreign leader

By Lauren Toms, Dave Boyer and Lauren Meier - The Washington Times

In this photo reviewed by U.S. military officials, the sun sets behind the closed Camp X-Ray detention facility, Wednesday, April 17, 2019, in Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Donald Trump weighing options for Guantanamo Bay over ‘crazy’ cost of running prison, blames Obama

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama waves to supporters as he hugs then-Massachusetts senatorial candidate Elizabeth Warren before addressing supporters during a campaign fundraiser at Symphony Hall in Boston, Monday, June 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia) ** FILE **

Elizabeth Warren challenges Joe Biden as Obama legacy heir

By S.A. Miller and Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump listens to a question as he speaks with reporters before departing on Marine One from the South Lawn of the White House, Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019, in Washington. Trump is en route to Baltimore.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

AP FACT CHECK: Trump myths on economy; Dems’ selective facts

By CALVIN WOODWARD and HOPE YEN - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks at the 2019 House Republican Conference Member Retreat Dinner in Baltimore, Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

AP FACT CHECK: Trump, Dems and their tale of 2 countries

By CALVIN WOODWARD and HOPE YEN - Associated Press