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FILE - In a Sunday, July 7, 2019 file photo, President Donald Trump speaks at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, N.J. resident Donald Trump's New York state tax returns could be given to Congress under a new law in his home state. The measure was signed into law Monday, July 7, 2019 by Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo.(AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

GOP scoffs at law allowing release of Trump’s state taxes

By DAVID KLEPPER - Associated Press

Jake and Ashley Lyerla are interviewed at their home, Tuesday, June 11, 2019, in Milroy, Ind. A federal program to help injured veterans and their spouses conceive children through in vitro fertilization is being hobbled by anti-abortion forces that oppose how the process can lead to embryos being destroyed. Those limitations have been a problem for couples like Jacob and Ashley Lyerla, who needed to use donor sperm and eggs to create viable embryos after three heart-wrenching rounds of IVF using their own genetic material failed. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Abortion arguments at play in limiting veterans’ IVF benefit

By Julie Carr Smyth - Associated Press

This June 8, 2017, file photo shows the U.S. Treasury Department building in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File) **FILE**

Future generations will pay the price for runaway national debt

By Justin Bogie

President Donald Trump points to the cheering crowd as he leaves an Independence Day celebration in front of the Lincoln Memorial, Thursday, July 4, 2019, in Washington. Trump roused a political tempest when he decided to plant himself squarely in Independence Day observances with a speech from the Lincoln Memorial. His words from that platform, though, were strikingly measured, except for some befuddlement over American military history. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

AP FACT CHECK: Trump on vets, economy and history

By CALVIN WOODWARD and HOPE YEN - Associated Press

Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan, center, announced that the Trump administration will temporarily reassign several hundred border inspectors during a news conference at the border in El Paso, Texas, Wednesday, March 27, 2019. McAleenan said the reassignment of 750 border inspectors would mean longer waits at crossings as the busy Easter holiday nears but that it was necessary to address what he called &quot;an operational crisis.&quot; The reassigned officers will process migrants, provide transportation and perform hospital watches for migrants who require medical attention. It is unknown when they will return to their regular duties. (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio)

Officials knew of Border Patrol Facebook group’s offensive content for years: Report

By Bailey Vogt - The Washington Times

In this June 12, 2019 file photo, Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich., listens to debate as the House Oversight and Reform Committee considers whether to hold Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt for failing to turn over subpoenaed documents related to the Trump administration's decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File )

Michigan Rep. Justin Amash quitting Republican Party

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FILE - In this May 21, 2019, file photo, Congress Party President Rahul Gandhi, greets people during a function in New Delhi, India. Gandhi has resigned as president of India's opposition Congress party to take responsibility for its crushing defeat in recent elections. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)

Rahul Gandhi, scion of Indian political dynasty, resigns

By AIJAZ HUSSAIN - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks as he visits a new section of the border wall with Mexico in Calexico, Calif., Friday April 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

9th Circuit Court blocks military funds for Trump border wall

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

The E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse in Washington is seen here on Sept. 22, 2014. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Judge Trevor McFadden, Trump appointee, to hear lawsuit over president’s tax returns

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Rep. Frederica Wilson, D-Fla., talks to reporters in Miami Gardens, Florida, Oct. 18, 2017. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz) ** FILE **

Frederica Wilson calls for online pranksters to be ‘prosecuted’ if jokes target lawmakers

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Rep. Joaquin Castro speaks alongside members of the Hispanic Caucus after touring inside of the Border Patrol station in Clint, Texas, Monday, July 1, 2019. Castro's identical twin, presidential candidate Julian Castro, held a rally outside the building over the weekend. (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio)

Trump transforms 2020 immigration debate - for Democrats

By LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

In this Nov. 27, 2018, file photo, Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., then incoming chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, addresses an audience during a gathering of business leaders in Boston. The Democrats tried and failed several times to obtain Trump's returns as the minority party in Congress. Their newly energized leftward wing is pushing the chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., to set the quest in motion, and fast. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

House Democrats sue to get Donald Trump tax returns

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2018, file photo, a nurse hooks up an IV to a flu patient at Upson Regional Medical Center in Thomaston, Ga. Adults in their late 20s and 30s face medical collections at a higher frequency than older Americans, a study finds, possibly due to lower incomes, lower insurance rates and insurance with high shared costs. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

Trump executive order on transparency will help patients understand medical costs up front

By Brian Darling

In this April 9, 2018, file photo, released by an official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani listens to explanations on new nuclear achievements at a ceremony to mark &quot;National Nuclear Day,&quot; in Tehran, Iran. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif acknowledged Monday, July 1, 2019, Iran had broken the limit set on its stockpile of low-enriched uranium by the 2015 nuclear deal, marking its first major departure from the unraveling agreement a year after the U.S. unilaterally withdrew from the accord. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP) ** FILE **

State Department says it likely won’t invoke 2001 war authority in any Iran clash

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Special counsel Robert Mueller speaks at the Department of Justice Wednesday, May 29, 2019, in Washington, about the Russia investigation. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

Robert Mueller pressed to break ‘Mueller rule’ in July 17 testimony

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

In this June 28, 2018, file photo, a Guatemalan father and son, who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border illegally, are apprehended by a U.S. Border Patrol agent in San Diego. California will introduce group trials on Monday, July 9, for people charged with entering the country illegally. Federal prosecutors in Arizona, Texas and New Mexico have long embraced these hearings, which critics call assembly-line justice. California was a lone holdout and the Justice Department didn't seriously challenge its position until the arrival of Attorney General Jeff Sessions. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Border Patrol agents’ Facebook group deemed ‘beyond sexist and racist’

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference following the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, Saturday, June 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

Donald Trump considering cut to capital gains taxes to bolster economy

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this Monday, June 24, 2019, photo, President Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order to increase sanctions on Iran, accompanied by Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, left, and Vice President Mike Pence, in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington. A year after President Trump’s unilateral withdrawal from the 2015 deal, the U.S. and Iran are already locked in a volatile standoff. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Senate rejects Iran measure restricting Trump

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Activists at the Supreme Court opposed to partisan gerrymandering hold up representations of congressional districts from North Carolina, left, and Maryland, right, as justices hear arguments about the practice of political parties manipulating the boundary of a congressional district to unfairly benefit one party over another, in Washington, Tuesday, March 26, 2019. Democrats and Republicans eagerly await the outcome of cases from Maryland and North Carolina because a new round of redistricting will follow the 2020 census, and the decision could help shape the makeup of Congress and state legislatures over the next decade. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) **FILE**

Supreme Court rules federal courts can’t police partisan gerrymandering

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks during her weekly media availability on Capitol Hill, Thursday, June 27, 2019 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

The Latest: House clears Senate version of border aid bill

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