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The Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Ranking member Jon Tester, D-Mont., left, with committee chairman Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., center, shakes hands with Veterans Affairs Secretary-designate Dr. David Shulkin on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017, prior to the start of Shulkin's confirmation hearing before the committee. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

David Shulkin confirmed as Veterans Affairs secretary

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FILE- In this Monday, Feb. 6, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump passes Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford, left, and National Security Adviser Michael Flynn as he arrives via Air Force One at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla. A top White House aide sidestepped repeated chances Sunday, Feb. 12, to publicly defend Flynn following reports that he engaged in conversations with a Russian diplomat about U.S. sanctions before Trump's inauguration. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn resigns

By JULIE PACE and ERIC TUCKER and JILL COLVIN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 27, 2016 file photo, Mar-a-Lago is seen from the media van window in Palm Beach, Fla. Trump has described the sprawling Mar-a-Lago property as the Winter White House and has spent two weekends there this month. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Trump’s Florida estate stirs protests, spurs ethics debate

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and JILL COLVIN - Associated Press

House Speaker Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 2, 2017. (Associated Press) **FILE**

GOP dilemma on health law taxes: To repeal or not to repeal?

By ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a Security Council meeting in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017. (Alexei Nikolsky/Pool Photo via AP) ** FILE **

Kremlin: Talks to decide future of Russia’s nuclear pact with U.S.

By Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

Health and Human Services Secretary-designate, Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., pauses while testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Finance Committee, in this Jan. 24, 2017, file photo. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Trump’s pick for health and human secretary takes office

By ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

FILE In this Jan. 18, 2017, file photo, President Barack Obama speaks during his final presidential news conference in Washington. Democratic lawmakers from Chicago have proposed bills to make Obama's birthday a state holiday. The three bills would all make Obama's birthday, Aug. 4, an official holiday. Two House bills, would make Aug. 4 a &quot;legal holiday,&quot; in which state government offices shut down, and schools and businesses have the option of closing. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Lawmakers aim to make Obama’s birthday a holiday in Illinois

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West Virginia court disciplines judge-elect for false fliers

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Guadalupe Garcia de Rayos is locked in a van that is stopped in the street by protesters outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, in Phoenix. Apparently fearing her deportation, activists blocked the gates surrounding the office near central Phoenix in what the Arizona Republic says was an effort to block several vans and a bus inside from leaving. (Rob Schumacher/The Arizona Republic via AP)

Phoenix immigrant deported to Mexico amid protests

By ASTRID GALVAN and JACQUES BILLEAUD - Associated Press

A cardboard cutout of President Donald Trump sits in a window as pedestrians notice it from below in McGregor, Iowa, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. Some 50 counties stretching 300 miles down the Mississippi River, through Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois, switched from blue to red in November. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Pro-Trump Midwesterners await economic revival

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President Donald Trump speaks in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017. The Associated Press has learned that another nonprofit organization is rejecting federal grant money to fight against violent extremism under President Donald Trump's administration. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Campus rape epidemic still facing Trump after inheriting it from Obama

By Bradford Richardson - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks to troops while visiting U.S. Central Command and U.S. Special Operations Command at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla., Monday, Feb. 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

The Latest: Trump says he’s sleeping 4-5 hours a night

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President Barack Obama stands with President-elect Donald Trump, first lady Michelle Obama and Melania Trump at the White House in Washington, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017 (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump on Barack Obama: ‘I don’t know if he’ll admit this, but he likes me’

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

In this recent but undated photo made available by Virgin.com, former U.S President Barack Obama prepares to kitesurf during his stay on Moskito Island, British Virgin Islands. The former president and his wife stayed on Mosikto Island owned by Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group, after he finished his second term as President and left the White House. (Jack Brockway/Virgin.com via AP)

With Obama gone, media crybabies mull boycotting WHCA dinner

By Joseph Curl

The Obama administration blocked weapons deals with Saudi Arabia and Bahrain over concerns about human rights, but the Trump administration is pushing ahead regardless. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump ready to approve weapons packages to Saudi Arabia, Bahrain that Obama blocked

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

ADVANCE FOR USE TUESDAY, FEB. 7, 2017 AND THEREAFTER-An ice fisherman walks out on a frozen portion of the Mississippi River in Prairie du Chien, Wis., Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. In this corner of middle America, in this one, small slice of the nation that sent Trump to Washington, they are watching and they are waiting, their hopes pinned on his promised economic renaissance. And if four years from now the change he pledged hasn't found them here, the people of Crawford County might change again to someone else. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Voters await economic revival in a part of pro-Trump America

By CLAIRE GALOFARO - Associated Press

ADVANCE FOR USE TUESDAY, FEB. 7, 2017 AND THEREAFTER-An ice fisherman walks out on a frozen portion of the Mississippi River in Prairie du Chien, Wis., Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. In this corner of middle America, in this one, small slice of the nation that sent Trump to Washington, they are watching and they are waiting, their hopes pinned on his promised economic renaissance. And if four years from now the change he pledged hasn't found them here, the people of Crawford County might change again to someone else. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Voters await economic revival in a part of pro-Trump America

By CLAIRE GALOFARO - Associated Press

Immigrant students seek access to state financial aid

By PAT EATON-ROBB - Associated Press

In this recent but undated photo made available by Virgin.com, former U.S President Barack Obama, jokes with Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group, during his stay on Moskito Island, British Virgin Islands. The former president and his wife stayed on Mosikto Island owned by Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group, after he finished his second term as President and left the White House. (Jack Brockway/Virgin.com via AP)

Obamas join Richard Branson for private island getaway

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President Donald Trump, center, first lady Melania Trump, second from right, and White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus attend a Super Bowl party at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Fla., Sunday, Feb. 5, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

More than a third of Americans think media is too tough on Donald Trump

By Kelly Riddell - The Washington Times