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By The Associated Press - Associated Press

This photo released by the Iraqi Prime Minister Press Office shows a burning vehicle at the Baghdad International Airport following an airstrike, in Baghdad, Iraq, early Friday, Jan. 3, 2020. The Pentagon said Thursday that the U.S. military has killed Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran's elite Quds Force, at the direction of President Donald Trump. (Iraqi Prime Minister Press Office via AP)

Donald Trump gives Congress justification for missile strike, shields document from public view

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this Sept. 27, 2018, file 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)

Trump administration urges courts to stay out of impeachment fight in McGahn dispute

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sept. 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Ilhan Omar: Dems are outraged by Trump’s assassination of ‘a foreign official’

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Michelle Steel, candidate for the 48th Congressional District speaks during the California GOP fall convention on Sept. 7, 2019, in Indian Wells, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson) **FILE**

Susan B. Anthony List endorses eight Republican women for Congress

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

FILE - This file photo combination shows Mike Espy, left, a former congressman and former U.S. agriculture secretary, on Oct. 5, 2018, and U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., on Nov. 5, 2018, both in Jackson, Miss. If Espy and Hyde-Smith win their respective party's primaries, they will face each other in the November 2020 general election. Hyde-Smith defeated Espy in a November 2018 special election. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

Mississippi opens qualifying time for federal candidates

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

A Saudi Arabian court this week sentenced five people to death for their roles in the 2018 killing of dissident Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

‘Mixed bag’ leaves rights groups critical of Trump approach

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Judge dismisses impeachment suit from ex-White House aide

By ERIC TUCKER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 24, 2019 photo, President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media following a Christmas Eve video teleconference with members of the military at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla. As a candidate for the White House, Donald Trump repeatedly promised that he would “immediately” replace President Barack Obama’s health care law with a plan of his own that would provide “insurance for everybody.” Back then, Trump made it sound that his plan — “much less expensive and much better” than the Affordable Care Act — was imminent. And he put drug companies on notice that their pricing power no longer would be “politically protected.” Nearly three years after taking office, Americans still are waiting for Trump’s big reveal. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

3 years in, no sign of Trump’s replacement for Obamacare

By AAMER MADHANI and RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR - Associated Press

In this Nov. 6, 2018, file photo, Katie Hill, then a Democratic Party candidate from California's 25th Congressional District, talks to a reporter after voting in her hometown of Agua Dulce, Calif., a lightly populated expanse of grassy hills and horse ranchettes north of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Congress’ #MeToo sexual harassment problems likely to hit Democrats harder

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

People participate in a gun rights rally as a Second Amendment flag is carried at the state capitol, Saturday, April 14, 2018, in Atlanta. About 40 gun rights supporters have gathered for one of dozens of rallies planned at statehouses across the U.S. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart) ** FILE **

Nikki Goeser, whose husband was killed in gun-free zone, fights red-flag laws

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Illustration on the revival of the ERA by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Why starting over is the only reasonable way to pass the Equal Rights Amendment

By Michael P. Farris

President Trump has helped clear a backlog of generic drug applications and shown a willingness to use the bully pulpit to make drugmakers think twice about price hikes. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump eyes bigger wins in runaway prescription drug price battle

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

A pedestrian offers a donation to Salvation Army bell ringer John Maday, who was volunteering with Rich Kramer, center, and Neil Young, left, who brought his therapy donkeys in front of Boscov's on South Main Street in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019. (Mark Moran/The Citizens' Voice via AP) ** FILE **

The enduring spirit and optimism of the American people

By Tammy Bruce

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a rally of his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2019. Clashes continued Sunday between Indian police and protesters angered by a new citizenship law that excludes Muslims, as Modi used the rally to defend the legislation, accusing the opposition of pushing the country into a &quot;fear psychosis.&quot; (AP Photo)

India’s main opposition party stages protest against new law

By SHEIKH SAALIQ - Associated Press

In this Oct. 29, 2019, file photo, Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, speaks during a news conference in New York. Gabbard’s fellow Democrats are nervous that she will mount a third-party bid for president. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Neil Abercrombie calls for Tulsi Gabbard’s resignation after ‘present’ impeachment vote

By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher - Associated Press

Then-Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii speaks to Democrats gathered at the Spratt Issues Conference in Greenville, S.C., Saturday, Dec. 14, 2019. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard) ** FILE **

Neil Abercrombie, ex-Hawaii governor, calls for Tulsi Gabbard to resign from Congress

By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher - Associated Press

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., second from right, accompanied by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., second from left, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., left, and House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., right, speaks at a news conference after the House votes to impeach President Donald Trump, Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Support for Republicans rising in face of Democrats’ impeachment mania

By Robert Knight

FILE - This June 15, 2018, file photo shows pharmaceuticals in North Andover, Mass. A revamped North American trade deal is nearing passage in Congress, giving both the White House and House Democrats cause to claim victory. There is relief, too, for farmers and businesses that wanted clearer rules governing the vast flow of goods among the United States, Canada and Mexico. But the pact left at least one surprising loser: The pharmaceutical industry, a near-invincible lobbying powerhouse in Washington. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

North America trade pact deals rare setback to Big Pharma

By PAUL WISEMAN and LINDA A. JOHNSON and KEVIN FREKING - Associated Press

President Donald Trump smiles during a roundtable with governors on government regulations in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Monday, Dec. 16, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump signs HBCU funding bill

By Collin Binkley - Associated Press