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President Trump's budget will give Congress a sense for his overall trajectory on spending and taxes. Detailed volumes of the plan will come a week later. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump’s federal budget arriving without much fanfare

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

In this March 6, 2019, photo, President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. The federal budget deficit is ballooning on Trump’s watch and few in Washington seem to care. And the political dynamics that enabled bipartisan deficit-cutting deals decades ago has disappeared. That’s the reality that will greet Trump’s latest budget, which probably will promptly be shelved after it’s received by Congress on Monday. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump budget sets up another battle over wall funding

By LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump and Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson walk from Marine One to board Air Force One at Lawson Army Airfield, Fort Benning, Ga., Friday, March 8, 2019, en route Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Fla., after visiting Lee County, Ala., where tornados killed 23 people. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

AP source: Trump to seek money for border wall, Space Force

By LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

Washington House OKs step toward year-round daylight saving

By RACHEL LA CORTE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017 file photo, a student holds up their fist in support of a speaker during a University of Michigan Student Government meeting in Ann Arbor, Mich., to vote on a resolution to divest in businesses connected to Israel amid criticism of Israeli policies toward Palestinians. On college campuses, in state legislatures and in many other venues nationwide, the polarized debate about Israel is a familiar conflict and likely to intensify. (Hunter Dyke/The Ann Arbor News via AP)

Omar furor reflects intensifying national debate over Israel

By DAVID CRARY - Associated Press

In this March 8, 2019, phot, President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk hand in hand in Beauregard, Ala., as they tour areas where tornados killed 23 people in Lee County, Ala. Melania Trump largely avoided the campaign trail in 2016, limiting her role to a handful of appearances and interviews. But as President Donald Trump shows his eagerness for the coming 2020 re-election battle, less clear is the first lady’s fervor for participating in the effort. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

First lady: Growing ease in official role, but not politics

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and CATHERINE LUCEY - Associated Press

In this Monday, Jan. 1, 2018 file photo, a customer purchases marijuana at the Harborside marijuana dispensary in Oakland, Calif., on the first day that recreational marijuana was sold legally in California. (AP Photo/Mathew Sumner,File)

Marijuana banking bill finds broad, bipartisan support

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Nov. 20, 2016, file photo, then-President-elect Donald Trump, right, and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani pose for photographs as Giuliani arrives at the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster clubhouse in Bedminster, N.J.. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File) **FILE**

‘He said, he said’ - Who can you trust in Cohen-Trump saga?

By JONATHAN LEMIRE - Associated Press

Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former lawyer, pauses while speaking as he departs after testifying before a closed-door session of the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, March 6, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Michael Cohen lied over pardons in latest congressional testimony: GOP

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - In this March 8, 2004, file photo, then President Bush, left, waves with Rep. Ralph Hall, R-Texas, right, as they step off Air Force One upon Bush's arrival in Dallas. Former Rep. Hall, the oldest-ever member of the U.S. House, has died at age 95. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Ralph Hall, oldest-ever member of US House, dead at age 95

By WILL WEISSERT - Associated Press

Michael Cohen's attorney, Lanny Davis, talks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Lanny Davis, Michael Cohen’s lawyer, says Trump advisers were ‘dangling’ pardons

By Michael Balsamo and Michael R. Sisak - Associated Press

Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former lawyer, tells reporters he will &quot;continue to cooperate&quot; with investigators following a full day of testimony with the House Intelligence Committee as he prepares for a three-year prison sentence for lying to Congress and other charges, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 6, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Cohen’s lawyer says Trump advisers were ‘dangling’ pardons

By MICHAEL BALSAMO and MARY CLARE JALONICK and JONATHAN LEMIRE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 26, 2018, file photo, provided by the National Park Service, a 4-year-old female gray wolf emerges from her cage as it released at Isle Royale National Park in Michigan. U.S. wildlife officials plan to lift protections for gray wolves across the Lower 48 states, a move certain to re-ignite the legal battle over a predator that's rebounding in some regions and running into conflicts with farmers and ranchers, an official told The Associated Press. (National Park Service via AP, File)

US plans end to wolf protections; critics say it’s premature

By MATTHEW BROWN and JOHN FLESHER - Associated Press

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

Gene Dodaro, U.S. comptroller general: Congress should rethink approach to debt ceiling

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former lawyer, pauses while speaking as he departs after testifying before a closed-door session of the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, March 6, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Michael Cohen reportedly provides Trump Tower documents to House Intelligence Committee

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., sits with fellow Democrats, Rep. David Trone, D-Md., left, and Rep. Mike Levin, D-Calif., right, on the House Education and Labor Committee during a bill markup, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 6, 2019. Omar stirred controversy last week saying that Israel's supporters are pushing U.S. lawmakers to take a pledge of &quot;allegiance to a foreign country.&quot; Omar is not apologizing for that remark, and progressives are supporting her. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Omar’s Israel remarks expose Democrats’ simmering divisions

By LAURIE KELLMAN - Associated Press

Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former lawyer, returns to Capitol Hill for a fourth day of testimony as Democrats pursue a flurry of investigations into Trump's White House, businesses and presidential campaign, in Washington, Wednesday, March 6, 2019. He appears today before the House Intelligence Committee. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The Latest: Cohen delivers more documents to lawmakers

Associated Press

In this Feb. 5, 2019 photo, Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., arrives for President Donald Trump's State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington. Omar’s latest remarks about Israel are prompting House Democrats to draft a resolution condemning anti-Semitism. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Omar the flashpoint as Democrats confront divide over Israel

By LAURIE KELLMAN - Associated Press

General: No F-35 jet sale to Turkey if it buys Russia system

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

Venezuelans cross illegally into Colombia near the Simon Bolivar International Bridge, which Venezuelan authorities continue to keep closed, in La Parada near Cucuta, Tuesday, March 5, 2019. Last weekend, opposition leader Juan Guaido coordinated a failed effort to bring aid from Colombia and Brazil into Venezuela, where security forces loyal to President Nicolas Maduro blocked the supplies at its border bridges, with Maduro describing Guaidos gambit as part of a U.S.-backed plot to overthrow him. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Donald Trump immigration stance threatened by Venezuela exodus

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times