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President Donald Trump speaks at the National Association of REALTORS Legislative Meetings and Trade Expo, Friday, May 17, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump admin. defends border emergency in court showdown

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump talks with Attorney General William Barr during the 38th Annual National Peace Officers' Memorial Service at the U.S. Capitol, Wednesday, May 15, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

In Barr, Trump has found his champion and advocate

By MICHAEL BALSAMO and JONATHAN LEMIRE - Associated Press

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., leads his panel on a hearing about executive privilege and congressional oversight, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 15, 2019. The White House sharply escalated its resistance to congressional attempts to investigate President Donald Trump, notifying the House Judiciary panel Wednesday that it would refuse to comply with sweeping requests for documents and witness testimony while declaring that the legislative branch had no right to a "do-over" of the special counsel's Russia probe. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Jerrold Nadler: Pat Cipollone White House letter ‘astounding and dangerous’

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., stands at a Democratic event ahead of a House floor vote on the Health Care and Prescription Drug Package, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, May 15, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Nancy Pelosi cool to using inherent contempt powers

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

Attorney General Ken Paxton's office says that as a state with sovereign powers under the Constitution, Texas can't be treated like a federal agency or Cabinet secretary who can be compelled to comply. (Associated Press)

Texas asserts sovereign immunity against Congress

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., stands at a Democratic event ahead of a House floor vote on the Health Care and Prescription Drug Package, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, May 15, 2019. Earlier, at the National Peace Officers Memorial Day service, Attorney General William Barr asked Pelosi, &quot;Madam Speaker, did you bring your handcuffs?&quot; a reference to Barr's refusal to comply with congressional subpoenas related to special counsel Robert Mueller's report. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Schiff plans ‘enforcement action’ against DOJ over Mueller

By LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK - Associated Press

President Donald Trump and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi of Calif., attend the 38th Annual National Peace Officers' Memorial Service at the U.S. Capitol, Wednesday, May 15, 2019, in Washington. Pelosi said Wednesday that the U.S. must avoid war with Iran and she warned the White House has “no business” moving toward a Middle East confrontation without approval from Congress. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump’s Iran moves trigger warnings, demands from Congress

By LISA MASCARO and SUSANNAH GEORGE - Associated Press

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., leads his panel on a hearing about executive privilege and congressional oversight, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 15, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

White House demands Jerrold Nadler do a reset on Trump investigations

By Stephen Dinan and Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump waves upon arrival at the White House in Washington from a trip to Louisiana, Tuesday, May 14, 2019. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

For many years, the fear of a president as king was unthinkable, but now it’s not

By Andrew P. Napolitano

Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin testifies about the budget to a Financial Services and General Government subcommittee, Wednesday May 15, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Mnuchin says Congress will have to sue to get Trump taxes

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., meets with reporters the day after the Democrat-controlled House Judiciary Committee voted to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress, at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 9, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

GOP lawmakers demand Democrats vote to condemn BDS movement

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this May 13, 2019, photo, President Donald Trump listens to a question during a meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. A federal judge in Washington is set to hold a hearing on May 14 on Trump’s attempt to block a House subpoena seeking his financial records. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Judge skeptical of Trump effort to keep records from House

Associated Press

In this May 13, 2019, photo, President Donald Trump listens to a question during a meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. A federal judge in Washington is set to hold a hearing on May 14 on Trump’s attempt to block a House subpoena seeking his financial records. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Judge skeptical of Trump effort to keep records from House

By JESSICA GRESKO - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, May 13, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump targets Pell Grant money for NASA’s budget boost

By JILL COLVIN - Associated Press

Rep. Jerrold Nadler of New York is now saying he "never intended" for the release of confidential grand jury information. (Associated Press)

Democrats’ effort to put William Barr before federal judge crumbling

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

In this May 9, 2019, photo, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Self-impeach? Talk shifts toward Trump defiance of Congress

By LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

In this Jan. 28, 2019, file photo, acting Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan speaks with the media as he waits for the arrival of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the Pentagon in Washington. President Donald Trump on May 9, said he will nominate Shanahan to be his second secretary of defense. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Pentagon shifting $1.5 billion to border wall construction

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

NY Dems said new housing rule would hurt immigrant families

Associated Press

In a Monday, June 18, 2018, file photo, then-House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., speaks at the National Sheriffs' Association convention in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Steve Scalise incorrectly blasts Dems over GOP-issued subpoena for Donald Trump Jr.

By Bailey Vogt - The Washington Times

In this June 22, 2016, file photo, Border Patrol agent Eduardo Olmos walks near the secondary fence separating Tijuana, Mexico, background, and San Diego in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

DHS to run out of border money

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times