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FILE - In this Nov. 25, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama and Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., greet each other on the tarmac upon his arrival on Air Force One at San Francisco International Airport. Obama is backing Feinstein for re-election as she faces a challenge from within the Democratic party. The California senator released a statement from Obama Friday, May 4, 2018, calling Feinstein one of the &quot;most effective champions for progress.&quot; She's facing a challenge from state Sen. Kevin de Leon. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Obama backs California’s Feinstein in re-election fight

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE - Associated Press

In a March 28, 2018 photo, U.S. Rep. Walter Jones, R-N.C., speaks in an interview at his campaign office in Greenville, North Carolina. Jones, a 12-term congressman whose father previously represented the region on Capitol Hill, said his 2018 re-election bid will be his last. He is facing two Republican challengers in the May GOP primary who have complained Jones' voting record has thwarted President Donald Trump's agenda on taxes and health care. (AP Photo/Gary Robertson)

North Carolina to decide on GOP representative bucking Trump

By GARY D. ROBERTSON - Associated Press

This March 21, 2017, photo provided by the CIA, shows CIA Deputy Director Gina Haspel. Senate Democrats are demanding the CIA release more information about the ex-undercover operative President Donald Trump nominated to direct the spy agency. Democrats say Haspel no longer works undercover and the public has a right to know more about her involvement in the harsh interrogation of terror suspects after 9/11. The CIA has pledged to release more information, but it’s not clear if it will share details Democrats seek to illuminate Haspel’s clandestine work.(CIA via AP)

White House promotes Haspel for CIA director ahead of uncertain Senate vote

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Omar Gonzalez-Pagan, lawyer for the LGBT civil rights group Lambda Legal, poses outside his Manhattan office, Friday April 27, 2018, in New York. Military service, bathroom use, job bias and now health care. The Trump administration is under fire for rewriting a rule barring discrimination in health care due to “gender identity.” Groups representing transgender people expect the Obama protections to be gutted and are preparing to take the administration to court. “The proposed rollback does fit into a pattern of transphobia and anti-LGBT sentiment in this administration,” said Gonzalez-Pagan.(AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Struggle for transgender rights shifts to health care

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR - Associated Press

"I fled from a communist regime to come to this land of opportunity and freedom, where if you work hard and are a responsible member of society, you have the ability to get ahead," said Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Florida Republican, the mother of a transgender man. "That principle should apply to anyone, including transgender Americans. I urge the administration to guide its policies under the premise of freedom, opportunity and equality." (Associated Press)

Trump administration rewrites Obama transgender health care discrimination rule

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar - Associated Press

National security adviser John Bolton (right) told CBS that President Trump seeks commitment rather than "words" from North Korea. (Associated Press)

Inside the Beltway: Trump for Nobel Prize a real crowd pleaser

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Omar Gonzalez-Pagan, lawyer for the LGBT civil rights group Lambda Legal, poses outside his Manhattan office, Friday April 27, 2018, in New York. Military service, bathroom use, job bias and now health care. The Trump administration is under fire for rewriting a rule barring discrimination in health care due to “gender identity.” Groups representing transgender people expect the Obama protections to be gutted and are preparing to take the administration to court. “The proposed rollback does fit into a pattern of transphobia and anti-LGBT sentiment in this administration,” said Gonzalez-Pagan.(AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Health care is new front for transgender rights under Trump

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR - Associated Press

In this Monday, May 8, 2017, file photo, former National Intelligence Director James Clapper testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Obama DNI Clapper leaked dossier story on Trump: House intel report

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

From left, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, continue discussions on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 26, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Lindsey Graham winks Nobel Peace Prize Donald Trump’s way

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Kanye West poses for a picture in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York with then-President-elect Donald Trump, Dec. 13, 2016. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) ** FILE **

Kanye West stirs Twitter pot with ding at Barack Obama

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron walk from the Oval Office to a tree planting ceremony on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, Monday, April 23, 2018. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

EDITORIAL: To a real nuclear deal

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

In this April 16, 2018, photo, U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson, M.D., sits with Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., chairman of the Veteran's Affairs Committee, before their meeting on Capitol Hilin Washington. Jackson is President Donald Trump's nominee to be the next Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Now it’s Washington’s turn to examine Jackson. The doctor to Presidents George W. Bush, Barack Obama and now Donald Trump is an Iraq War veteran nominated to head the Department of Veterans Affairs. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

The Latest: Trump urges VA nominee to keep fighting

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FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2018 file photo, Kim Yo Jong, left, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, shakes hands with South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. North Korea's abrupt diplomatic outreach in recent months comes after a flurry of weapons tests that marked 2017, including the underground detonation of an alleged thermonuclear warhead and three launches of developmental ICBMs designed to strike the U.S. mainland. Inter-Korean dialogue resumed after Kim in his New Year’s speech proposed talks with the South to reduce animosities and for the North to participate in February’s Winter Olympics in Pyongchang. North Korea sent hundreds of people to the games, including Kim's sister, who expressed her brother's desire to meet with Moon for a summit. South Korean officials later brokered a potential summit between Kim and Trump. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool, File)

Road to N. Korea’s denuclearization is littered with failure

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

This combination of two file photos shows U.S. President Donald Trump, left, speaking in the State Dining Room of the White House, in Washington on Feb. 26, 2018, and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attending in the party congress in Pyongyang, North Korea on May 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Wong Maye-E, File)

North Korea agrees to ‘complete denuclearization,’ says South

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Secretary of State-designate Mike Pompeo pauses while speaking during the Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing on his nomination to be Secretary of State, Thursday, April 12, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

Former Obama officials blast Mike Pompeo in social-media ads

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Illustration on advice for Trump's foreign policy by ALexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Trump seeks middle ground in foreign-policy balancing act

By Victor Davis Hanson

FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2018 file photo, a tourist walks with her suitcase in front of the Capitolio in Havana, Cuba. President Donald Trump drew cheers from a Cuban-American crowd last summer when he announced that he was rolling back some of Barack Obama's opening to Cuba in order to starve the island's military-run economy of U.S. tourism dollars and ratchet up pressure for regime change. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)

AP Explains: For Americans, big changes in travel to Cuba

By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2018 file photo, a tourist walks with her suitcase in front of the Capitolio in Havana, Cuba. President Donald Trump drew cheers from a Cuban-American crowd last summer when he announced that he was rolling back some of Barack Obama's opening to Cuba in order to starve the island's military-run economy of U.S. tourism dollars and ratchet up pressure for regime change. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)

AP Explains: For Americans, big changes in travel to Cuba

By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 20, 2014 file photo, workers stand behind their food stalls at a state-run market in Havana, Cuba. The average monthly state salary of $31 is so low that some workers often live on stolen goods and handouts from relatives overseas. (AP Photo/Desmond Boylan, File)

Raul Castro leaves Cuba with new freedoms, deep problems

By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN and ANDREA RODRIGUEZ - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2018 file photo, a tourist walks with her suitcase in front of the Capitolio in Havana, Cuba. President Donald Trump drew cheers from a Cuban-American crowd last summer when he announced that he was rolling back some of Barack Obama's opening to Cuba in order to starve the island's military-run economy of U.S. tourism dollars and ratchet up pressure for regime change. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)

AP Explains: For Americans, big changes in travel to Cuba

By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN - Associated Press