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FILE - In this Aug. 21, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump gestures during a Presidential Address to the Nation about a strategy he believes will best position the U.S. to eventually declare victory in Afghanistan, Fort Myer in Arlington Va. Behind the detail-scarce rhetoric of the new Afghanistan strategy, elements of President Donald Trump's broader approach to foreign conflicts emerge: secret military plans, no &quot;nation-building&quot; and a reliance on regional players to squeeze wayward nations and extremist groups. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

New Afghanistan plan could offer clues to ‘Trump Doctrine’

By JOSH LEDERMAN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 21, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump gestures during a Presidential Address to the Nation about a strategy he believes will best position the U.S. to eventually declare victory in Afghanistan, Fort Myer in Arlington Va. Behind the detail-scarce rhetoric of the new Afghanistan strategy, elements of President Donald Trump's broader approach to foreign conflicts emerge: secret military plans, no &quot;nation-building&quot; and a reliance on regional players to squeeze wayward nations and extremist groups. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

A ‘Trump Doctrine’? Clues in his new Afghanistan plan

By JOSH LEDERMAN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2017 file photo, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Chairman Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn. and the committee's ranking member Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. are seen on Capitol Hill in Washington. The leaders of the Senate health committee say they are scheduling two hearings early next month on how the nation’s individual health insurance marketplaces can be stabilized. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Senate panel plans 2 hearings on girding health insurance

By ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

FILE- In this June 22, 2017 file photo, Carl Paladino, right, walks with his lawyers outside the state Department of Education building in Albany, N.Y. The one-time Republican candidate for New York governor whose insults of Barack and Michelle Obama preceded calls for his ouster from the Buffalo school board has been removed from the post. State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia announced her decision Thursday, Aug. 17, following a five-day hearing in June. School board members lobbied for Paladino's removal after he disclosed information about teacher contract negotiations that were discussed in closed-door sessions. (AP Photo/Mary Esch, File)

Ex-NY governor hopeful who insulted Obamas kicked off board

By CAROLYN THOMPSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 30, 2017, file photo, former U.S. President Barack Obama waves to reporters as he walks with Indonesian President Joko Widodo, left, upon arrival for their meeting at the Bogor Presidential Palace in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia. Obama's Aug. 12, 2017, tweet in response to the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, is already one of the platform’s most-liked posts.(AP Photo/Dita Alangkara, Pool, File)

Obama’s post-Charlottesville message most-liked tweet ever

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FILE - In this Monday, April 10, 2017 file photo, Luminar CEO Austin Russell monitors a 3D lidar map on a demonstration drive in San Francisco. Russell, now 22, was barely old enough to drive when he set out to create a safer navigation system for robot-controlled cars. His ambitions are about to be tested five years after he co-founded Luminar Technologies, a Silicon Valley startup trying to steer the rapidly expanding self-driving car industry in a new direction. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Silicon Valley billionaires’ donations protects them from liberal muckrakers

By Victor Davis Hanson

Americans are feeling optimistic about the start of Donad Trump's presidency and its effects on their pocketbooks, according to a poll. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump Twitter mock: Barack Obama’s so yesterday

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump poses for a portrait in the Oval Office in Washington, Friday, April 21, 2017. With his tweets and his bravado, Trump is putting his mark on the presidency in his first 100 days in office. He's flouted conventions of the institution by holding on to his business, hiring family members as advisers and refusing to release his tax returns. He's tested conventional political wisdom by eschewing travel, church, transparency, discipline, consistency and decorum. But the presidency is also having an impact on Trump, prompting him, at times, to play the role of traditional president. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Donald Trump’s hiring freeze falls flat with government reform advocates

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Sanctuary cities run afoul of the rule of law

By Andrew P. Napolitano

Donald Trump slashing Obama’s regulation binge, saves businesses billions: Study

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this July 24, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump speaks during an event about healthcare in the Blue Room of the White House in Washington. Republicans have been unable to advance a health care bill in Congress, so what's next? President Donald Trump's administration now may find itself in an awkward role as caretaker of the Affordable Care Act, a law that he's still promising to repeal and replace. The Constitution says presidents &quot;shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed.&quot; That doesn't seem to leave much choice for Trump, even if he considers the law to be &quot;a disaster.&quot; Democrats say they fear &quot;sabotage.&quot; (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Caretaker for Obamacare? Trump’s health care role may shift

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, July 22, 2015, file photo, a man walks away after leaning his bicycle against a mural of President Barack Obama, created by the Kenyan graffiti artist Bankslave, at the GoDown Arts Centre in Nairobi, Kenya, ahead of the visit of Obama. Africa was electrified by the rise of Barack Obama, the first U.S. president of African descent, who took aim at the twin scourges of corruption and dictatorship and sent thousands of troops to fight one of the most terrifying disease outbreaks in decades. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

Barack Obama calls for calm in Kenya election; violence expected after Tuesday vote

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Bipartisan experts urge next steps on health care push

By ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

President Donald Trump walks down the steps of Air Force One with his grandchildren, Arabella Kushner, center, and Joseph Kushner, right, after arriving at Morristown Municipal Airport to begin his summer vacation at his Bedminster golf club, Friday, Aug. 4, 2017, in Morristown, N.J. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump’s New Jersey trip is not a vacation, officials say

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Illinois governor signs law to honor Barack Obama’s birthday

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Obama Constituents at State Department Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

State Department using anti-Israel rhetoric

By Ziva Dahl

The Latest: California ‘Obamacare’ prices jump 12.5 percent

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In this Tuesday, July 25, 2017, photo, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, is surrounded by reporters as she arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, before a test vote on the Republican health care bill. Collins, who was one of three Republican senators voting against the GOP health bill on Friday, July 28, said she's troubled by Trump's suggestions that the insurance payments are a &quot;bailout.&quot; (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Republicans say time for Senate to move on from health care

By ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

Senior adviser to President Barack Obama, Valerie Jarrett, attends the TIME 100 Gala celebrating the "100 Most Influential People in the World" in New York, April 23, 2013. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) ** FILE **

Valerie Jarrett, former senior adviser to Barack Obama, secures spot on Lyft’s board of directors

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. leaves the Senate chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 27, 2017, after a vote as the Republican majority in Congress remains stymied by their inability to fulfill their political promise to repeal and replace &quot;Obamacare&quot; because of opposition and wavering within the GOP ranks. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

‘Time to move on’ from health care, Senate GOP leader says

By ALAN FRAM and ERICA WERNER - Associated Press