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In this July 26, 2017 photo, Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo. watches at left as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tafter the Senate voted on health care legislation. Republican hopes for repealing and replacing President Barack Obama’s health care law are still twitching in Congress, though barely. It’s among several health issues lawmakers face when they return from summer recess, even as fights over the budget and helping Texas recover from Hurricane Harvey grab center stage. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obstacles await as Congress resumes health care fight

By ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

In this Aug. 30, 2017, photo, President Donald Trump speaks about tax reform at the Loren Cook Company in Springfield, Mo. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Donald Trump schools Barack Obama on U.S. Constitution

By Charles Hurt - The Washington Times

Russia is a main focus of congressional committee investigations. Democrats have focused on suspected Kremlin links with the Trump campaign and well-documented hacking efforts, and investigators have taken interest in a dossier on President Trump. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump, Russia investigations return with Congress

By Dan Boylan and Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

The Latest: Cordray promotes consumer protection agency

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President Barack Obama shake hands with President-elect Donald Trump during the Presidential Inauguration at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / SAUL LOEB

Barack Obama urged Donald Trump to uphold institutions, American leadership in secret letter

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017 photo, a couple takes a selfie outside Trump Tower in New York. Donald Trump plans to come home to Trump Tower for a few days starting Sunday, the first time since his inauguration. New York City police are planning a slight security clampdown in the area around the skyscraper for the duration of his visit. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

DOJ unaware of evidence to support Trump Tower wiretapping claim

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump points as he walks from Marine One across the South Lawn to the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017, as he returns from Springfield, Mo. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Donald Trump’s poll showing: Candid, but non-‘presidential’ — but that’s all good

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Friday, Aug. 25, 2017, file photo, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin speaks during a news briefing at the White House in Washington. During a CNBC interview, Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017, Mnuchin avoided a direct answer when asked whether he supported the decision made by the Obama administration to replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill with Harriet Tubman, the 19th century African-American abolitionist who was a leader in the Underground Railroad. Mnuchin's response raised speculation that Tubman’s future on the $20 bill could be in jeopardy. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Mnuchin won’t say if he wants Tubman on $20 bill

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 26, 2016 file photo, then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is joined by Joe Arpaio, the sheriff of metro Phoenix, at a campaign event in Marshalltown, Iowa. Politicians have made numerous claims about former Sheriff Joe Arpaio's legal troubles and his immigration enforcement legacy since he was granted a White House pardon last week. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Facts undercut claim that Arpaio case was driven by politics

By JACQUES BILLEAUD - Associated Press

President Donald Trump talks to reporters before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017, for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., then onto Missouri. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump moves to restore work requirement for welfare

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Aug. 29, 2017 file photo, Interstate 69 is covered by floodwaters from Harvey, in Humble, Texas. Just two weeks ago, President Donald Trump rolled back an order by his predecessor that would have made it easier for storm-ravaged communities to use federal emergency aid to rebuild bridges, roads and other construction so they can better withstand future disasters. That decision is now being questioned with the Texas Gulf Coast and much of Houston under water in the wake of Harvey. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

Trump order undermines rebuilding better for future floods

By MICHAEL BIESECKER and JOAN LOWY - Associated Press

President Trump shelves an Obama proposal requiring large employers to report salary data based on sex and race, which would have enabled the federal government to crack down on pay disparities between men and women. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Donald Trump ends proposal to crack down on pay disparities between men and women

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks during a joint news conference with Finnish President Sauli Niinisto, Monday, Aug. 28, 2017, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump’s turn to face tricky politics of natural disasters

By JULIE PACE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 31, 2005 file photo, President Bush looks out the window of Air Force One inspecting damage from Hurricane Katrina while flying over New Orleans en route back to the White House. Bush never recovered from his flyover of Hurricane Katrina’s devastation. Barack Obama got a bipartisan boost late in his re-election campaign for his handling of Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Trump eagerly confronts tricky politics of natural disasters

By JULIE PACE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 22, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump reacts before speaking at a rally at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix. The Trump administration is preparing to restore the flow of surplus military equipment to local law enforcement agencies. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

The Latest: AG: Trump signs executive order on military gear

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FILE - In this May 9, 2017, file photo, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke rides a horse in the new Bears Ears National Monument near Blanding, Utah. Zinke said Thursday, Aug. 24, 2017, that he wont seek to rescind any national monuments carved from wilderness and ocean by past presidents, but would press to change some boundaries and left open the possibility the Trump administration could allow new access to oil and gas drilling, logging and other industries. (Scott G Winterton/The Deseret News via AP, File)

Bears Eats Inter-Tribal Coalition, Defenders of Wildlife prepare for national monument court fight

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Dec. 18, 2013, file photo, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio speaks at a news conference at the Sheriff's headquarters in Phoenix, Ariz. President Donald Trump has pardoned former sheriff Joe Arpaio following his conviction for intentionally disobeying a judge's order in an immigration case. The White House announced the move Friday night, Aug. 25, 2017, saying the 85-year-old ex-sheriff of Arizona's Maricopa County was a &quot;worthy candidate&quot; for a presidential pardon. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Correction: The president’s pardon power and how it works

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In this July 24, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump speaks about healthcare in the Blue Room of the White House in Washington. People buying individual health care policies would face sharply higher premiums, and some may be left with no insurance options if President Donald Trump makes good on his threat to stop &quot;Obamacare&quot; payments to insurers, congressional experts said Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Donald Trump’s ‘eclipse’ meme a giant diss on Barack Obama

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

FILE- In this undated file photo, the Upper Gulch section of the Escalante Canyons within Utah's Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument features sheer sandstone walls, broken occasionally by tributary canyons. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said he's recommending that none of 27 national monuments carved from wilderness and ocean and under review by the Trump administration be eliminated, including the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac, File)

The Latest: Lawmaker welcomes news on monument areas

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In this Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017 photo, fog rises from the Penobscot River's East Branch in the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument near Patten, Maine. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said he’s recommending that none of 27 national monuments carved from wilderness and ocean and under review by the Trump administration be eliminated, including Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

The Latest: Critics want Trump to overrule Zinke’s proposal

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