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A portion of President Donald Trump's first proposed budget, focusing on the Department of Defense, and released by the Office of Management and Budget, is photographed in Washington, Wednesday, March 15, 2017. President Donald Trump is unveiling a $1.15 trillion budget, a far-reaching overhaul of federal government spending that slashes a dozen departments to finance a significant increase in the military and make a down payment on a U.S.-Mexico border wall. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

Trump budget slashes agency money to boost defense spending

By ANDREW TAYLOR - Associated Press

Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., left, and Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., arrive at the Senate chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March, 15, 2017, for a vote to confirm former Indiana Sen. Dan Coats as director of national intelligence. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

12M enroll in health law Trump, GOP are trying to repeal

By ALAN FRAM and RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR - Associated Press

Obama picks North Carolina men, UConn women in NCAA tourney

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Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., a member of the Armed Services Committee and the Judiciary Committee, responds during a TV news interview to a question about President Donald Trump's administration and ousted national security adviser Michael Flynn, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Lindsey Graham: Congress will ‘flex its muscle’ if we don’t get wiretap answers

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Then-House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., right, accompanied by the committee's ranking member, Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., talks to reporters, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March, 15, 2017, about their investigation of Russian influence on the American presidential election. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Trump’s allies melting away on wiretapping claims

By JULIE PACE - Associated Press

Budget Director Mick Mulvaney, left, and EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, right, listen as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with members of his Cabinet in the Cabinet Room at the White House, Monday, March 13, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Donald Trump EPA gets ready to rumble

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Timber group files suit over expansion of Oregon monument

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In this Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017 photo, President Donald Trump speaks on the telephone with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Trump announces challenge to Obama-era fuel standards

By JILL COLVIN - Associated Press

President Barack Obama meets with President-elect Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Donald Trump calls the media an enemy of the state, Obama treated it as one

By Kelly Riddell - The Washington Times

House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi of California, and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer of New York speak to reporters about the Congressional Budget Office projection that 14 million people would lose health coverage under the House Republican bill dismantling former President Barack Obama's health care law, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, March, 13, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

AP FACT CHECK: Both sides loose with facts in health debate

By CALVIN WOODWARD and RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR - Associated Press

What the budget analysts say about GOP health care bill

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FILE - In a Monday, March 6, 2017 file photo, Attorney General Jeff Sessions makes a statement on issues related to visas and travel, at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection office in Washington. On Wednesday, March 8, two days before Sessions gave dozens of the country's top federal prosecutors just hours to resign and clean out their desks, he gave those political appointees a pep talk during a conference call. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Abrupt dismissals leave US attorneys scrambling

By SADIE GURMAN - Associated Press

FILE- In this Sept. 17, 2015 file photo, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara speaks during a news conference in New York. On Wednesday, March 8, 2017, two days before Attorney General Jeff Sessions gave dozens of the country's top federal prosecutors just hours to resign and clean out their desks, Sessions gave those political appointees a pep talk during a conference call. Bharara said on Saturday, March 11, 2017, that he was fired after refusing to resign. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

EDITORIAL: Gamesmanship in Gotham

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price talks with a guest as they wait for the arrival of Vice President Mike Pence to begin a meeting with conservative groups to discuss healthcare, Friday, March 10, 2017, in the Indian Treaty Room of the Eisenhower Executive Office on the White House complex in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Congress’ analyst: Millions to lose coverage under GOP bill

By ALAN FRAM and RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR - Associated Press

In this Sept. 17, 2015 photo, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara speaks during a news conference in New York. The outspoken Manhattan federal prosecutor known for crusading against public corruption said on Saturday, March 11, 2017, that he was fired after refusing to resign. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Press hysterics at Donald Trump’s removal of U.S. attorneys undermines its credibility

By Kelly Riddell - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2009, file photo, Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., center, listens during President Barack Obama's speech on health care to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington. It took former President Barack Obama and his Democrats more than a year to pass the Affordable Care Act, a slow and painstaking process that allowed plenty of time for a fierce backlash to ignite, undermining the law from the very start. Some congressional Republicans are expressing some amazement at finding themselves, eight years later, undoing the law Democrats forged through those many months of turmoil and debate. “I’m pleasantly surprised,” said Wilson, who gained notoriety for yelling “You lie!” at Obama during the health care speech in 2009. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

GOP looking to avoid lengthy health care debate Dems faced

By ERICA WERNER - Associated Press

In this March 10, 2017, file photo, White House counselor Kellyanne Conway appears during the taping of an interview with &quot;MediaBuzz&quot; on the Fox News Channel in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Trump chides media for being ‘rude’ after Conway interviews

By DAVID BAUDER - Associated Press

President Donald Trump takes card from Greg Knox's, left, written by his son, during a meeting on healthcare in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, March 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

The Latest: Panel says it could subpoena wiretap evidence

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FILE- In this Sept. 17, 2015 file photo, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Preet Bharara listens as a member of his team speaks during a news conference in New York. The outspoken Manhattan federal prosecutor known for crusading against public corruption said on Saturday, March 11, 2017, that he was fired after refusing to resign. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Abrupt dismissals spark turmoil among federal prosecutors

By SADIE GURMAN - Associated Press

Former President Obama visits Omaha Sunday for Buffett lunch

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