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Kansas governor skeptical of Trump plan to extend benefits

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In this Nov. 19, 2019, file photo, Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., ask questions during a House Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Welch faces is seeking re-election in Vermont's Aug. 11, 2020, Democratic primary. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool, File)

Vermont US Representative Welch wins Democratic primary

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In this Dec. 22, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump displays the $1.5 trillion tax overhaul package he signed in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Trump is now three for three. Each year of his presidency, he has issued more executive orders than did former President Barack Obama during the same time-span. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Trump outpaces Obama on executive orders

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FILE - California Secretary of State Alex Padilla talks during a news conference Monday, Jan. 28, 2019, at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. “It is appalling that Congress has not provided the needed resources for state and local elections officials during the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Padilla. “Elections officials’ ability to fill the gap is nearly impossible given the already strained state and local government budgets.”(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Inaction by Congress leaves states to pay for election costs

By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY - Associated Press

President Donald Trump prepares to sign four executive orders during a news conference at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020. Seizing the power of his podium and his pen, Trump on Saturday moved to bypass the nation's elected lawmakers as he claimed the authority to defer payroll taxes and extend an expired unemployment benefit after negotiations with Congress on a new coronavirus rescue package collapsed.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump end run around Congress raises questions on his claims

By JONATHAN LEMIRE - Associated Press

In this Feb. 27, 2020, file photo, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine gives an update on COVID-19 at MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File) **FILE**

States strain to carry out Trump order on unemployment aid

By ALAN SUDERMAN and AAMER MADHANI and CHRISTOPHER RUGABER - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks at a news conference in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Monday, Aug. 10, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump touts executive orders, proposes tax cuts as Democrats mull next move

By Dave Boyer, David Sherfinski and Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks during an event at Burke Lakefront Airport in Cleveland, Ohio, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s smoke and mirrors on executive orders

By HOPE YEN - Associated Press

President Trump used the power of his pen and bypassed lawmakers Friday to sign four executive orders to address the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. (Associated Press)

Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer say Donald Trump makes false promises on coronavirus aid

By Gabriella Muñoz and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump end run around Congress raises questions on his claims

By JONATHAN LEMIRE - Associated Press

President Donald Trump signs an executive order during a news conference at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump’s pandemic relief orders are limited in scope

By ALEXANDRA OLSON - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster in Bedminster, N.J., Friday, Aug. 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump allows some unemployment pay, defers payroll tax

By JONATHAN LEMIRE and ZEKE MILLER - Associated Press

This undated photo shows Stewy Carlo during his Army service days during the Vietnam War. Carlo died in a car accident in 1975, but his family will apply for an allotment of 160 acres of government-owned land in Alaska under a new program that will allow Alaska Native Vietnam veterans or their heirs to apply for land that they might have missed out on in earlier programs because of their service. (Photo provided by Seeyaa Charpentier via AP)

Program allows some Alaska Native Vietnam vets to get land

By MARK THIESSEN - Associated Press

In this Sept. 27, 2018, photo, then-White House Counsel Don McGahn listens as Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP) **FILE**

Don McGahn can be subpoenaed by House Democrats, federal appeals court rules

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this May 6, 2020 file photo, a woman walks past a closed barber shop in Cleveland. Small businesses are in limbo again as the coronavirus outbreak rages and the government’s $659 billion relief program draws to a close. Companies still struggling with sharply reduced revenue are wondering if Congress will give them a second chance at the Paycheck Protection Program, which ends Friday, Aug. 7, after giving out 5.1 million loans worth $523 billion. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File)

Loan program ends, hard-hit businesses hope for 2nd chance

By JOYCE M. ROSENBERG - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 15, 2020, file photo, job seekers exercise social distancing as they wait to be called into the Heartland Workforce Solutions office in Omaha, Neb. The extra $600 in weekly unemployment benefits has expired, the federal eviction moratorium has ended and federal money to help businesses retain workers has grown lean. Meanwhile, the pandemic rages on and there is no consensus from Washington on another relief package. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)

AP Explains: 5 key takeaways from the July jobs report

By PAUL WISEMAN - Associated Press

Big Tech Squeeze Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Congress flies blind on Big Tech antitrust action

By Casey Given

FILE - In this March 19, 2018 file photo, New York City Council Member Ritchie Torres, left, speaks at a news conference outside Kushner Companies headquarters, in New York, along with Housing Rights Initiative Executive Director Aaron Carr. Torres, who will be the first LGBTQ member of Congress from the Bronx if he wins the general election in November, defeated his closest rival for the nomination by more than 8,000 votes in results certified Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Maloney, Torres win after delayed count in NY House primary

By KAREN MATTHEWS - Associated Press

In this file photo, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., asks a question to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during a Senate Foreign Relations committee hearing on the State Department's 2021 budget on Capitol Hill Thursday, July 30, 2020, in Washington. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP) ** FILE **

Marco Rubio warns of ‘long-term structural damage’ to U.S. economy without additional stimulus

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Amid concerns of the spread of COVID-19, census worker Ken Leonard wears a mask as he mans a U.S. Census walk-up counting site set up for Hunt County in Greenville, Texas, Friday, July 31, 2020. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Worries about 2020 census’ accuracy grow with cut schedule

By MIKE SCHNEIDER - Associated Press