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FILE - In this Aug. 1, 2018, file photo, Vice President Mike Pence, back left, Commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Adm. Phil Davidson, center, and Rear Adm. Jon Kreitz, deputy director of the POW/MIA Accounting Agency, watch as military members carry transfer cases from a C-17 at a ceremony marking the arrival of the remains believed to be of American service members who fell in the Korean War at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

AP FACT CHECK: Mueller’s words twisted by Trump and more

By CALVIN WOODWARD and HOPE YEN - Associated Press

2020 tests if Dems can win enough black voters without Obama

By Nicholas Riccardi and Errin Haines Whack - Associated Press

From left to right, Montana Gov. Steve Bullock, Vermont Gov. Phil Scott, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown, Maine Gov. Janet Mills and Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak look on during a news conference launching an Outdoors Recreation Initiative Wednesday, July 24, 2019, in Salt Lake City. Governors from about 25 states are gathering in Utah this week for the summer conference of the National Governors Association. The state leaders are expected to discuss infrastructure, cybersecurity and health care at the three-day conference in Salt Lake City that runs Wednesday through Friday. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Governors weigh health care plans as they await court ruling

By BRADY McCOMBS - Associated Press

President Donald Trump pauses as he speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Friday, July 26, 2019. Trump announced that Guatemala is signing an agreement to restrict asylum applications to the U.S. from Central America. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

AP FACT CHECK: Trump recalls Obama-era comity that wasn’t

By CALVIN WOODWARD - Associated Press

In this June 20, 2017, photo, President Donald Trump shakes hands with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Seeking leverage with Russia, the Trump administration has reopened consideration of long-rejected plans to give Ukraine lethal weapons, even if that would plunge the United States deeper into the former Soviet republic’s conflict. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

CROSSTALK: Trump can improve US-Russia ties

By Ed Lozansky

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden walk through the Crypt of the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017, for Donald Trump's inauguration ceremony. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, Pool) ** FILE **

Joe Biden: My record was good enough for former President Barack Obama

By Seth McLaughlin and David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., speaks at the AARP Presidential Forum at the Waterfront Convention Center in Bettendorf, Iowa on Tuesday, July 16, 2019. (Olivia Sun/The Des Moines Register via AP) ** FILE **

Kamala Harris is no Barack Obama

By Ethan Epstein - The Washington Times

In this July 15, 2019, photo, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., speaks as, from left, Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., and Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., listen during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington. Long before President Donald Trump attacked the four Democratic congresswomen of color, saying they should “go back” to their home countries, they were targets of hateful rhetoric and disinformation online.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Trump’s harsh words on ‘squad’ reinforce dark posts online

By JILL COLVIN and AMANDA SEITZ - Associated Press

In this March 29, 2019, photo, a U.S. F-35A fighter jet prepares to land at Chungju Air Base in Chungju, South Korea. (Kang Jong-min/Newsis via AP) **FILE**

U.S. formally kicks Turkey out of F-35 program

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Former Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, speaks at a house party campaign stop, Saturday, July 13, 2019, in Atkinson, N.H. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Joe Biden aggressively defends health law known as ‘Obamacare’

By Bill Barrow - Associated Press

Former Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, speaks at a campaign stop, Saturday, July 13, 2019, in Londonderry, N.H. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Biden campaigns as Obamacare’s top defender

By BILL BARROW - Associated Press

Obama statue to be unveiled in Rapid City

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Office of Management and Budget acting Director Russell Vought testifies before the House Budget Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 12, 2019, during a hearing on the fiscal year 2020 budget. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

Trump administration cuts vehicle fuel efficiency penalty

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Illustration on gerrymandering by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

How Democrats try to hijack elections

By Scott Walker

In this June 25, 2019, file photo, President Donald Trump listens in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. More than 20 state governors are backing California leaders in a showdown with the Trump administration over mileage standards. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

23 U.S. governors join Calif. in opposing Trump mileage freeze

By Ellen Knickmeyer - Associated Press

Democratic presidential candidate Kamala D. Harris has been on a tear since the first primary debate, where she confronted Joseph R. Biden over federally mandated busing to desegregate public schools. (Associated Press/File)

Kamala Harris seeks Barack Obama’s path to Democrat win

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump listens to a question from a reporter on the South Lawn of the White House before departing for his Bedminster, N.J. golf club, Friday, July 5, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

AP FACT CHECK: Trump distorts census, Obama-Biden record

By HOPE YEN and CALVIN WOODWARD - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 4, 2000 file photo, President Clinton speaks on the USS John F. Kennedy as a tall ship passes between him and the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor during Independence Day celebrations in New York. (AP Photo/Ed Betz)

Presidents on July 4: Some chill, some get in your face

By CALVIN WOODWARD - Associated Press

Members of the military stand nearby one of two Bradley Fighting Vehicles parked nearby the Lincoln Memorial for President Donald Trump's 'Salute to America' event honoring service branches on Independence Day, Wednesday, July 3, 2019, in Washington. President Donald Trump is promising military tanks along with &quot;Incredible Flyovers &amp; biggest ever Fireworks!&quot; for the Fourth of July. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

AP FACT CHECK: Trump often is wrong about military matters

By CALVIN WOODWARD and HOPE YEN AND ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

Illustration on Democratic party issue trajectories by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Why the Democrats are on a losing track

By Victor Davis Hanson