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In this photo provided by Cawthorn campaign staffer Patrick Sebastian, Madison Cawthorn speaks to supporters, Tuesday, June 23, 2020, in Hendersonville, N.C. Cawthorn won Tuesday's Republican primary runoff for a western North Carolina congressional seat over President Donald Trump's endorsed candidate for the nomination. (Patrick Sebastian/Cawthorn Campaign via AP)

2 Republicans opposed by Trump win in N. Carolina, Kentucky

By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY and PIPER HUDSPETH BLACKBURN and ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

In this March 25, 2020, file photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. gives a thumbs-up as he leaves the Senate chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

2 Republicans opposed by Donald Trump win in Kentucky, North Carolina

By Christina A. Cassidy, Piper Hudspeth Blackburn and Alan Fram - Associated Press

In this Nov. 12, 2019, file photo Roger Stone leaves federal court in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Prosecutor: Trump ally Roger Stone was ‘treated differently’

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and ERIC TUCKER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 24, 2011 file photo then Rep. David Rivera, R-Fla., talks during a freedom for Cuba march in Miami. Venezuela's socialist government tried to recruit former Congressman Pete Sessions to broker a meeting with the CEO of Exxon Mobil at the same time it was secretly paying a close former House colleague $50 million to keep U.S. sanctions at bay, The Associated Press has learned. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Sources: Venezuela wooed Texas Republican to ease sanctions

By JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press

In this April 23, 2019, file photo, Geoffrey Berman, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, speaks during a news conference in New York. The Justice Department moved abruptly Friday, June 19, 2020, to oust Berman, the U.S. attorney in Manhattan overseeing key prosecutions of President Donald Trumps allies and an investigation of his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani. But Berman said he was refusing to leave his post and his ongoing investigations would continue. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File) **FILE**

U.S. Attorney in Manhattan refuses to step down after Barr announces his resignation

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipient Roberto Martinez, left, celebrates in front of the Supreme Court after the Supreme Court rejected President Donald Trump's effort to end legal protections for young immigrants, Thursday, June 18, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Supreme Court leaves DACA in place; justices say Trump cut corners to end program

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this Sept. 30, 2019, file photo, former National Security Adviser John Bolton gestures while speakings at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Bolton says Trump asked China to help him get reelected

By ZEKE MILLER and DEB RIECHMANN and JILL COLVIN - Associated Press

This April 26, 2017, file photo shows the Twitter app icon on a mobile phone in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Administration seeking to roll back tech company protections

By MICHAEL BALSAMO and MARCY GORDON - Associated Press

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)

Did the Trump tax cuts really ‘work?’

By Tom Giovanetti

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough

Joe Scarborough, MSNBC host: Facebook profiting off hatred, lies and libel; Congress should act

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Kentucky GOP brawl focuses on Trump, racial matters

By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press

High Court Dilemma Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Supreme Court’s redefinition of ‘sex’ has troubling implications for women

By Kate Anderson

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser presents House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer with a U.S. flag bearing 51 stars, representing the District of Columbia as a state, during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, June 16, 2020. The House will vote on D.C. statehood on June 26. (Sophie Kaplan/The Washington Times)

House to vote on D.C. statehood next Friday

By Sophie Kaplan - The Washington Times

"I know you had to shut down but you opened right back up," Vice President Mike Pence said at the Winnebago plant in Forest City, Iowa, on Tuesday. (Associated Press)

Economy shows signs of inching back from coronavirus lockdowns

By David Sherfinski and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this March 3, 2020, file photo, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference to discuss an announcement from the Federal Open Market Committee, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

Jerome Powell: ‘Reasonable probability’ that Congress, Fed will need to do more for recovery

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

A sea of peaceful protesters are kept back from the Seattle Police Department's East Precinct on Capitol Hill, by a two-block buffer of officers and gates, seen in the foreground in Seattle, as demonstrations continue, sparked by the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. (Ken Lambert/The Seattle Times via AP,File)

Police suicides could spike amid George Floyd protests, advocates fear

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Thursday, May 14, 2020 file photo California Gov. Gavin Newsom discusses his revised 2020-2021 state budget during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif. Newsom has agreed not to cut funding for child care programs and health insurance for low-income older adults to cover the state's budget deficit. The news was confirmed Monday, June 15, by a senior administration official who spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to discuss budget negotiations publicly. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, Pool, File)

California Legislature OK’s budget, but changes coming

By ADAM BEAM - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 25, 2018, file photo, the NCAA headquarters is shown in Indianapolis. More than a dozen national associations in various sports – hockey, soccer, tennis, golf, swimming and gymnastics, among them – have signed a memo outlining “significant concerns” about effects of allowing athletes to profit for use of their names, images and likenesses (NIL). (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)

Florida governor signs college athlete NIL compensation bill

By AARON BEARD and RALPH D. RUSSO - Associated Press

US judge says he’ll rule quickly on funding for tribes

By FELICIA FONSECA - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 29, 2020 file photo, Brad Smith, president of Microsoft, speaks during a roundtable with industry executives about reopening country after the coronavirus closures, in the State Dining Room of the White House, in Washington. Microsoft has become the third big tech company this week to say it won’t sell its facial recognition software to police, following similar moves by Amazon and IBM. Smith, announced the decision and called for Congress to regulate the technology during a Washington Post video event on Thursday, June 11. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Microsoft joins Amazon, IBM in pausing face scans for police

By MATT O'BRIEN - Associated Press