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Vicky VanWright, 69, poses for a photo as she waits in line to attend GOP Rep. Tom MacArthur’s town hall in Willingboro, N.J. MacArthur, a Republican who played a key role in helping the GOP-led U.S. House pass an Affordable Care Act replacement bill planned to meet with voters on Wednesday in his first town hall since the bill passed. VanWright said she’s a Democrat and that her message to MacArthur is to abandon repealing Barack Obama’s signature law and instead embracing universal health coverage. (AP Photo/Michael Catalini)

The Latest: GOP lawmaker: I didn’t come to ‘defend’ Trump

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Illustration on the state of leftist humor by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Left-wing commentators quick to lambast humor

By R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.

Former acting Attorney General Sally Yates is sworn-in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, May 8, 2017, prior to testifying before the Senate Judiciary subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism hearing: &quot;Russian Interference in the 2016 United States Election.&quot;(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Former official says she warned White House about Flynn

By ERIC TUCKER and EILEEN SULLIVAN - Associated Press

Former acting Attorney General Sally Yates, right, and former National Intelligence Director James Clapper, are sworn-in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, May 8, 2017, prior to testifying before the Senate Judiciary subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism hearing: &quot;Russian Interference in the 2016 United States Election.&quot; (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

News guide for Trump-Russia probe focusing on ousted Flynn

By ERIC TUCKER - Associated Press

Obama starts defining his new role in the age of Trump

By JULIE PACE - Associated Press

In this Feb. 10, 2017, file photo, then-National Security Adviser Michael Flynn sits in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

EDITORIAL: The Russia-Rice mashup

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Obama credits his policies, private sector with preserving climate agreement

By Sally Persons - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2016 file photo, President Barack Obama shakes hands with then-President-elect Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. President Barack Obama warned Donald Trump against hiring Michael Flynn as national security adviser during an Oval Office meeting after the 2016 election, according to three former Obama administration officials. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Obama warned Trump against hiring Flynn before inauguration

By JULIE PACE - Associated Press

United States former President Barack Obama waves as he leaves his hotel, in Milan, Monday, May 8, 2017. Obama, who is Italy for a two-day visit to participate at the "Seeds&Chips - Global Food Innovation" summit, is also meeting former Italian premier Matteo Renzi and representatives of the local business community. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Barack Obama’s ‘courageous’ kill of free market

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

In this June 28, 2016, file photo, then-Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington. An Obama administration official who warned the Trump White House about contacts between Russia and one of its key advisers is set to speak publicly for the first time about the concerns she raised. Yates is testifying May 8, 2017, before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee investigating Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

Yates: Alarm about Russian blackmail led to warning on Flynn

By ERIC TUCKER and EILEEN SULLIVAN - Associated Press

In this June 28, 2016, file photo, then-Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington. An Obama administration official who warned the Trump White House about contacts between Russia and one of its key advisers is set to speak publicly for the first time about the concerns she raised. Yates is testifying May 8, 2017, before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee investigating Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

Yates to testify for first time on White House contacts

By ERIC TUCKER and EILEEN SULLIVAN - Associated Press

Former acting Attorney General Sally Yates, right, and former National Intelligence Director James Clapper, are sworn-in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, May 8, 2017, prior to testifying before the Senate Judiciary subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism hearing: &quot;Russian Interference in the 2016 United States Election.&quot; (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump-Russia probe focusing on ousted Flynn

By ERIC TUCKER - Associated Press

In this June 28, 2016, file photo, then-Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington. An Obama administration official who warned the Trump White House about contacts between Russia and one of its key advisers is set to speak publicly for the first time about the concerns she raised. Yates is testifying May 8, 2017, before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee investigating Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

Sally Yates to testify for first time on White House contacts

Associated Press

Obama urges Congress to show ‘courage’ on health care

By BOB SALSBERG - Associated Press

The Latest: Obama asks Congress to show courage

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The Latest: New ads target 24 House members over repeal vote

Associated Press

"Since their colleagues in the intelligence community already have most of the same personal information which was reportedly sucked up during the Obama administration's domestic political intelligence operation, I'm hoping that the Senate provides me the same information in time to proceed with the next steps in the current fishing expedition," said Carter Page, an energy investor under scrutiny by the FBI in the Trump-Russia probe. (Associated Press/File)

Carter Page asks for Obama-ordered intelligence on him

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Obama awarded profile in courage award by Kennedys

Associated Press

Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican and a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, is among a small but vocal group of lawmakers who say President Trump's missile strikes were illegal and insisted that any military action against a government that hasn't attacked the U.S. must get congressional approval first. (Associated Press)

Rand Paul formally requests info on whether Obama admin. targeted him for surveillance

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times