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Records of former National Security Adviser Susan E. Rice that were shipped to a heavily secure archive for Barack Obama's presidential library will eventually be reviewed by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, two high-level sources told The Washington Times. (Associated Press/File)

Susan Rice key in ‘unmasking’ of Donald Trump campaign officials

By Dan Boylan and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

U.S. Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley is introduced at the Women's Empowerment Panel, Wednesday, March 29, 2017, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Nikki Haley dinged for Obama’s Great Syria Shame

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

In this March 31, 2017, photo, President Donald Trump listens during a meeting with the National Association of Manufacturers in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. Slim majorities of Americans favor independent investigations into Trump’s relationship with the Russian government and possible attempts by Russia to influence last year’s election according to a new poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump steps up effort to dispute and distract on Russia

By DEB RIECHMANN and JULIE PACE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, Feb. 18, 2016 file photo, President Barack Obama meets with civil rights leaders in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. From left are, Attorney General Loretta Lynch; Brittany Packnett, of the President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing and Co-Founder of We The Protestors and Campaign Zero; the president; Rep, John Lewis, D-Ga., and Senior White House Adviser Valerie Jarrett. Democrats and left-leaning groups are turning their attention to statehouses, recognizing that many of the policies they object to are being enacted at the state level as an obstructionist Congress has passed few laws in recent years. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Valerie Jarrett resurfaces as unpaid Obama Foundation aide

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Illustration on the actual work being done by Congress by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Limited government is important

By H. Sterling Burnett

In this Tuesday, March 28, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump listens during a meeting with the Fraternal Order of Police, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. Trump says that the United States is prepared to act alone if China does not take a tougher stand against North Korea’s nuclear program. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

EDITORIAL: A modest suggestion to move Congress

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

FILE - In this Feb. 1, 2017, file photo, then-National Security Adviser Michael Flynn speaks during the daily news briefing at the White House, in Washington. On the defensive, the White House is throwing counter punches to deflect attention from three investigations into the Kremlin’s interference in last year’s election and possible Russian ties to President Donald Trump or his associates. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

White House says real story is about leaking, not Russia

By DEB RIECHMANN and JULIE PACE - Associated Press

President Obama. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Why the curious silence from Barack Obama over tapped Trump Tower?

By Charles Hurt - The Washington Times

Editorials from around New England

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

In this March 29, 2017, photo, President Donald Trump speaks at a women's empowerment panel in the East Room of the White House in Washington. The Republican attempt to repeal Obamacare is dead. Well, maybe the timing just isn’t right yet. Hey, this will be easy! This is never-say-die Washington, where big legislative proposals that are in the casket one day suddenly show signs of a shallow pulse the next. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

The Latest: Speaker shares Trump criticism of Freedom Caucus

Associated Press

FILE - In this March 17, 2017, file photo, Ivanka Trump, the daughter of President Donald Trump, and her husband Jared Kushner, senior adviser to President Donald Trump, attend a news conference with the president and German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Kushner has been a power player able to avoid much of the harsh scrutiny that comes with working in the White House, but he's found that even the president's son-in-law takes his turn in the spotlight. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Obama ethics lawyer slams Ivanka hiring as unethical

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

EPA reverses course on safety of pesticide used on crops

By MICHAEL BIESECKER and OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ - Associated Press

Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the Women's Empowerment Panel, Wednesday, March 29, 2017, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Congress lets states block some Planned Parenthood money

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

The Latest: Kansas lawmakers postpone vote on Medicaid veto

Associated Press

The Trump administration's financial disclosure forms reveal something almost everyone expected — the current administration has a lot of wealth. One White House official said, “These are incredibly successful people with very high net worths.” (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Poll: Americans dislike GOP’s, Trump’s plan on health care

By ALAN FRAM and EMILY SWANSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 27, 2017 file photo, Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks to the media during the daily briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. The Trump administration issued a fresh threat to withhold or revoke law enforcement grant money from communities that refuse to cooperate with federal efforts to find and deport immigrants in the country illegally. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Questions, answers about funding threats to sanctuary cities

By SADIE GURMAN and ALICIA A. CALDWELL - Associated Press

EPA denies petition to ban pesticide used on crops

Associated Press

Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, a doctor and former congressman, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 29, 2017, before a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing to outline the Trump Administration's proposals to trim the HHS budget. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Tom Price pledges to uphold Obamacare, including mandate

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gestures while speaking before the Professional Businesswomen of California Tuesday, March 28, 2017, in San Francisco. Clinton is in San Francisco for one of her first public speeches since losing the 2016 presidential race. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Hillary Clinton’s scold of Trump forgets Obama’s own faults

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

FILE - In this March 27, 2017 file photo, Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks to the media during the daily briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. The Trump administration issued a fresh threat to withhold or revoke law enforcement grant money from communities that refuse to cooperate with federal efforts to find and deport immigrants in the country illegally. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Questions, answers about funding threats to sanctuary cities

By SADIE GURMAN and ALICIA A. CALDWELL - Associated Press