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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks during a news conference, Thursday, July 9, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Nancy Pelosi: No regrets on Congress’ coronavirus response

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

In this Sunday, April 12, 2020, file photo, Archbishop Timothy Dolan, right, delivers his homily over mostly empty pews as he leads an Easter Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York. Due to coronavirus concerns, no congregants were allowed to attend the Mass which was broadcast live on local TV. The New York archdiocese received at least four large Paycheck Protection Program loans, one worth at least $5 million. The beneficiaries included the archdiocesan department of education and the neo-gothic St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

AP: After lobbying, Catholic Church won $1.4B in virus aid

By Reese Dunklin and Michael Rezendes - Associated Press

In this Nov. 7, 2019, file photo, Roger Stone arrives at federal court in Washington. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Donald Trump commutes ‘unjust’ sentence of friend Roger Stone days before prison term to begin

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump in the White House Oval Office. (Associated Press/File)

Trump says Supreme Court rulings punish him while ‘nothing happens’ to corrupt Obama officials

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

The U.S. Capitol dome is seen, Monday, July 9, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

Supreme Court sides with Donald Trump in dispute over tax records with House Democrats

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Employees meet outside the U.S. Postal Service distribution facility Friday, May 22, 2020, in east Denver. The facility, which handles 10-million pieces of mail daily for Colorado and Wyoming, is still open despite being ordered to shut down by city health officials because of a coronavirus outbreak investigation. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Will postal reform leave rural Americans in the cold?

By James Gattuso

FILE - In this May 20, 2020 file photo, signs that read &quot;No Job No Rent&quot; hang from the windows of an apartment building in Northwest Washington. Renters are nearing the end of their financial rope as the assistance and protections given to them during the pandemic run their course. About 30% of renters polled by the U.S. Census say they have no confidence or slight confidence in their ability to pay rent next month. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Renters face financial cliff ahead; limited help available

By SARAH SKIDMORE SELL - Associated Press

Small business program scrutinized for loans to big firms

By JOYCE M. ROSENBERG - Associated Press

In this July 8, 2019, file photo, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers transfer a man in handcuffs and ankle cuffs onto a van during an operation in Escondido, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

House Democrats announce cuts to Border Patrol, ICE

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Field set in fight to succeed Rep. Peter King in Congress

By MARINA VILLENEUVE - Associated Press

Former special counsel Robert Mueller testifies before the House Intelligence Committee hearing on his report on Russian election interference, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Wednesday, July 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Supreme Court blocks Dems’ access to Mueller secret grand jury material before election

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Comer chosen as ranking Republican on investigative panel

Associated Press

American flags are reflected in a protective shield as Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin testifies during a House Financial Services Committee hearing on the coronavirus response on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 30, 2020. (Tasos Katopodis/Pool via AP)

Mnuchin says hardest-hit businesses should be next aid focus

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER - Associated Press

Illustration on Democrat efforts to cut defense spending by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Independence Day is a time to reaffirm that America must stay strong to preserve peace

By Kay C. James

The sun rises behind the Supreme Court on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, June 29, 2020. The Supreme Court has refused to block the execution of four federal prison inmates who are scheduled to be put to death in July and August. The executions would mark the first use of the death penalty on the federal level since 2003. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Court says president can fire Consumer board head ‘at will’

By JESSICA GRESKO - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 26, 2020, file photo Healthcare professional Kenzie Anderson grabs a test tube for a sample at United Memorial Medical Center COVID-19 testing site in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s see-no-evil posture on coronavirus

By CALVIN WOODWARD and HOPE YEN - Associated Press

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., right, accompanied by Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., left, speaks at a news conference on District of Columbia statehood on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, June 16, 2020, in Washington. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Md. will hold a vote on D.C. statehood on July 26. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

D.C. statehood bill passes in the House

By Sophie Kaplan - The Washington Times

FILE - In this June 23, 2020, file photo, President Donald Trump tours a section of the border wall in San Luis, Ariz. A federal appeals court has ruled against the Trump administration in its transfer of military money to build sections of the U.S. border wall with Mexico. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Appeals court: Trump wrongly diverted $2.5B for border wall

By DAISY NGUYEN - Associated Press

FILE — In this June 8, 2020, file photo, Sen. Edward Markey, left, D-Mass., and challenger Rep. Joseph Kennedy III, D-Mass., participate in a televised debate ahead of the Democratic primary, in East Providence, R.I. During the coronavirus pandemic, Markey missed 34 of 42 Senate votes in May and the first half of June, or about 80 percent, according to information from GovTrack, an independent clearinghouse for congressional data. (Jessica Bradley/WPRI-TV via AP, Pool, File)

Where’s Markey? Senator misses dozens of votes in pandemic

By STEVE LeBLANC - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 27, 2020, file photo, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room in Washington. DeVos is pushing ahead with a policy that will steer tens of millions of dollars in federal coronavirus relief to private primary schools and secondary schools across the nation. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

DeVos issues rule steering more virus aid to private schools

By COLLIN BINKLEY - Associated Press