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In this March 28, 2019, photo, President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Grand Rapids, Mich. Trump is suggesting he will defer until after 2020 his push for a Republican health care plan to replace the Affordable Care Act. Trump tweeted late Monday that Congress will vote on a GOP plan after the elections, ”when Republicans hold the Senate &amp; win back the House.” (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump defers push for health plan after GOP resists idea

By LISA MASCARO and CATHERINE LUCEY - Associated Press

In this March 26, 2019 photo, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., presides at a meeting directing the attorney general to transmit documents to the House of Representatives relating to the actions of former Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The House Judiciary Committee will ready subpoenas this week for special counsel Robert Mueller’s full Russia report. This, as the Justice Department appears likely to miss an April 2 deadline set by Democrats for the report’s release. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrats to prepare subpoenas for full Mueller report

By MARY CLARE JALONICK - Associated Press

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi heaps scorn on Attorney General William Barr, saying his letter about special counsel Robert Mueller's report was "condescending," after Barr concluded there was no evidence that President Donald Trump's campaign "conspired or coordinated" with the Russian government to influence the 2016 election. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Mueller report refuels Democrats’ attacks on Trump, William Barr

By Jeff Mordock and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - In this March 22, 2019, file photo, Attorney General William Barr leaves his home in McLean, Va. Barr told Congress on March 29, to expect version of special counsel's Russia report by mid-April. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Barr: Redacted Mueller report could be released by mid-April

By MICHAEL BALSAMO and ERIC TUCKER - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., Friday, March 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

The Latest: Trump takes steps to cut aid to 3 nations

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

In this Thursday, March 28, 2019 photo, citizens gather to testify against a resolution that seeks to nullify North Dakota's 1975 support of the Equal Rights Amendment at a legislative hearing at the state Capitol in Bismarck, North Dakota. Opponents call the resolution a thinly-veiled response to offset revived efforts to enshrine the near half-century-old gender-equality measure in the U.S. Constitution. (AP Photo/James MacPherson)

North Dakota moves to nullify its 1975 Equal Rights Amendment support

By James MacPherson - Associated Press

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi heaps scorn on Attorney General William Barr, saying his letter about special counsel Robert Mueller's report was &quot;condescending,&quot; after Barr concluded there was no evidence that President Donald Trump's campaign &quot;conspired or coordinated&quot; with the Russian government to influence the 2016 election, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 28, 2019. Pelosi also defended House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, who faced calls Thursday from Republicans to resign over his comments that there was significant evidence the president and his associates conspired with Russia. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Redacted Mueller report expected to be released by mid-April

By MICHAEL BALSAMO and ERIC TUCKER - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 22, 2019, file photo, Attorney General William Barr leaves his home in McLean, Va. Barr told Congress on March 29, to expect version of special counsel's Russia report by mid-April. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

The Latest: House chair still wants Russia report by April 2

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President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Fabiana Rosales, a Venezuelan activist who is the wife of Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, March 27, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

AP FACT CHECK: Trump misleads on health care, Russia probe

By CALVIN WOODWARD and HOPE YEN - Associated Press

In this May 14, 2013, file photo, medical marijuana prescription vials are filled at a medical marijuana dispensary in the Venice Beach area of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Marijuana banking bill easily passes House panel

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump accompanied by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., left, and Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., right, arrives for a Senate Republican policy lunch on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 26, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Dems mock ‘scaredy-cat’ GOP, demand Mueller’s full 300 pages

By LISA MASCARO and LAURIE KELLMAN and MARY CLARE JALONICK - Associated Press

In this March 24, 2019, file photo, special counsel Robert Mueller departs St. John's Episcopal Church, across from the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) ** FILE **

Ostrich jacket, hard drives in Mueller’s trove of evidence

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and ERIC TUCKER and MICHAEL BALSAMO - Associated Press

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., arrives for a Democratic Caucus meeting at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 26, 2019. Schiff, the focus of Republicans' post-Mueller ire, says Mueller's conclusion would not affect his own committee's counterintelligence probes. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The Latest: Democrats intensify demands for Mueller report

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FILE - In this July 28, 2014, file photo, lightning strikes over Lake Mead near Hoover Dam that impounds Colorado River water at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area in Arizona. Several states that rely on a major Western river are pushing for federal legislation to implement a plan to keep key reservoirs from shrinking amid a prolonged drought. The Colorado River serves 40 million people in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. Representatives from those states are meeting Tuesday, March 19, 2019, to sign a letter to Congress asking for support for so-called drought contingency plans. AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Arizona Sen. McSally promises swift action on drought plan

By FELICIA FONSECA - Associated Press

Attorney General William Barr's letter to Congress putting special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation in the past gives President Trump a chance to advance his agenda. (Associated Press/File)

Donald Trump, free of Mueller probe, can focus on agenda

By Matt Mackowiak

The Supreme Court is seen at sunset in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

The Latest: High court wary of limiting partisan map drawing

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FILE - In this March 15, 2019, file photo, President Donald Trump signs the first veto of his presidency in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Trump issued the first veto, overruling Congress to protect his emergency declaration for border wall funding. Trump is nearing a victory over Democrats as the House tries overriding his first veto. Tuesday’s vote seems certain to fail, which means his declaration of a national emergency at the Mexican border would stand. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

The Latest: House unable to override Trump veto on border

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President Donald Trump accompanied by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., left, and Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., right, speaks to members of the media as he arrives for a Senate Republican policy lunch on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 26, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Donald Trump wins wall battle as House fails to override veto

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Jan. 3, 2019, file photo, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., administers the House oath of office to Rep. Jose Serrano, D-N.Y., during a ceremonial swearing-in on Capitol Hill in Washington, during the opening session of the 116th Congress. Serrano, a 16-term Democrat from the South Bronx, says he has Parkinson’s Disease and will retire at the end of his term. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Rep. Jose Serrano to retire at term’s end, cites Parkinson’s

By ANDREW TAYLOR - Associated Press

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., speaks during a television news interview just outside the House Chamber prior a vote on an anti-hate resolution, an action sparked by controversial remarks from freshman Democrat Ilhan Omar, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, March 7, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Steny Hoyer backtracks on criticism of freshmen Democrats at AIPAC

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times