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President Donald Trump talks about a plan to ban most flavored e-cigarettes, in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The Latest: Trump administration blocks whistleblower report

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Eleanor Holmes Norton is District of Columbia's delegate in the House. She can participate in committee business, but can't vote on bills or resolutions. (Associated Press)

Democrats argue at hearing to make District of Columbia the 51st state

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump talks with reporters after touring a section of the southern border wall, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019, in Otay Mesa, Calif. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Whistleblower complaint involves Donald Trump, foreign leader

By Lauren Toms, Dave Boyer and Lauren Meier - The Washington Times

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., speaks to reporters after the panel met behind closed doors with national intelligence inspector general Michael Atkinson about a whistleblower complaint, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Administration blocks ‘urgent’ whistleblower disclosure

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is given a lapel pin by a Hong Kong activist following a news conference on human rights in Hong Kong on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019. Behind Pelosi is Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Pelosi welcomes Hong Kong pro-democracy activists to Capitol

By LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., arrives for a gathering of the House Democratic Caucus at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Steny Hoyer: Leadership wants ‘clean’ continuing resolution to pass

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

The Washington Times Front Page podcast debuts Thursday. The new audio feature summarizes the daily blockbusters, investigations and hard news produced each day by "Wash Times" journalists. (Shutterstock)

Inside the Beltway: Now hear this: Washington Times podcast makes its debut

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

In this July 25, 2019, file photo, Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., center, flanked by Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., left, and Rep. Deb Haaland, D-N.M., introduces the Zero Waste Act that would create a federal grant program to help local governments invest in waste-reduction initiatives, at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Ilhan Omar says Trump administration ‘cannot be trusted’ to be transparent about Iran

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., leads his panel to approve guidelines for impeachment investigation hearings on President Donald Trump, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Jerrold Nadler says White House blocking Porter, Dearborn testimony is ‘an absolute coverup’

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, prepares for the markup of the fiscal year 2020 budget resolution, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 27, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Biennial budget won’t avert looming debt crisis

By Justin Bogie

Mayor Muriel Bowser, D.C. Council member Anita Bonds and D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton ride a bus on Pennsylvania Avenue to attend a D.C. statehood rally in the District on Monday. A House committee will discuss D.C. statehood for the first time in 30 years. (Sophie Kaplan/The Washington Times)

Muriel Bowser leads rally for D.C. statehood

By Sophie Kaplan - The Washington Times

Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, speaks to delegates during the 2019 Massachusetts Democratic Party Convention, Saturday, Sept. 14, 2019, in Springfield, Mass. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

At rally, Warren decries Trump as ‘corruption in the flesh’

By STEVE PEOPLES and WILL WEISSERT - Associated Press

In this Sept. 15, 2018 file photo, former Attorney General Eric Holder addresses the Human Rights Campaign National Dinner in Washington, D.C. (Associated Press/File)

Eric Holder: No ‘question’ Trump could be prosecuted, Dems should consider impeachment

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Pay to Play Electric Cars Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Why electric vehicle drivers must help fix the roads

By John Barrasso

In this Spet. 9, 2019, photo, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin speaks to reporters outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump admin. officials spar with senators over plan for mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

By Marcy Gordon - Associated Press

States sue SEC, claiming investors left behind by new rules

Associated Press

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. attends a ceremony to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the first recorded arrival of enslaved African people in America, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Congress marks 400th anniversary of slaves arriving in US

By LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

In this Aug. 1, 2019 file photo, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., talks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington. The Senate’s top Democrat intends to force a vote on blocking President Donald Trump from using special emergency powers to transfer money from military base construction projects like new schools to pay for new fences along the U.S.-Mexico border. That’s according to prepared remarks Tuesday by Sen. Chuck Schumer, who says the vote would give lawmakers a chance to block Trump “from stealing military funding from their states to foot the bill for an expensive and ineffective wall.” (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Democrats to force another vote against Trump’s emergency border wall funding

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2019, file photo, the Capitol at sunset in Washington. Facing criticism that the Senate has become little more than what one member calls “an expensive lunch club,” Congress returns for the fall session with pressure mounting on Leader Mitch McConnell to address gun violence, election security and other issues. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Congress returns to McConnell’s legislative ‘graveyard’

By LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

In this Aug. 5, 2017, file photo people make their way to RFK Stadium in Washington before an MLS soccer match between D.C. United and Toronto FC. The stadium, the former home of the NFL’s Washington Redskins, Major League Baseball’s Washington Nationals and Senators, and Major League Soccer’s D.C. United, will be demolished by 2021, local officials in Washington said. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File) **FILE**

Washington Redskins stadium talks should resume in D.C.

By Deborah Simmons - The Washington Times