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In this photo, Rashida Tlaib, then a Democratic candidate for Michigan's 13th Congressional District, speaks at a rally in Dearborn, Mich., Friday, Oct. 26, 2018. Ms. Tlaib went on to win the race and become one of the two first Muslim women to serve in the U.S. House. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) **FILE**

Rep. Rashida Tlaib calls anti-Semitism uproar ‘farce,’ says being Palestinian ‘causes a lot of fear’

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks from the Oval Office of the White House as he gives a prime-time address about border security Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2018, in Washington. (Carlos Barria/Pool Photo via AP)

Trump stalks out of shutdown talks with Dems, says ‘bye-bye’

By CATHERINE LUCEY and LISA MASCARO and LAURIE KELLMAN - Associated Press

The Trump Reality Fence Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

‘Can the president alone build a border wall?’

By Andrew P. Napolitano

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer says he is suspicious of the Treasury's breaks for three companies associated with a Russian oligarch. (Associated Press/File)

Chuck Schumer 1980 campaign finance case recalled amid Donald Trump legal jeopardy

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Saturday, Dec. 29, 2018, file photo, a man passes a Mexican migrant baby to her mother after they jump the border fence to get to the U.S. side to San Diego, from Tijuana, Mexico. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza, File)

AP FACT CHECK: Trump and the disputed border crisis

By CALVIN WOODWARD and COLLEEN LONG - Associated Press

FILE - This Sept. 11, 2018, file photo shows blankets of frost known as trichomes on a budding marijuana flower at an artisanal cannabis farm SLOgrown Genetics, the coastal mountain range of San Luis Obispo, Calif. Liberal California became the largest legal U.S. marketplace, while conservative Utah and Oklahoma embraced medical marijuana. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel,File)

Marijuana gangs are hippie-dippie happy

By Deborah Simmons - The Washington Times

The Competitive Enterprise Institute has released a handy guide for lawmakers, and the title explains all: "Free to Prosper: A Pro-Growth Agenda for the 116th Congress." (Image from CEI)

‘Free to Prosper’: Competitive Enterprise Institute offers Congress a pro-growth agenda

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

House Rules Committee Chairman Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass., joined at right by Rep. Alcee Hastings, D-Fla., opens the first organizational meeting of the panel under the new Democratic majority, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019. The Rules Committee has significant power to determine which bills will be brought to the floor of the House for consideration and whether amendments will be allowed on a bill when it is debated by the entire House. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House Democrats put off rite of reading Constitution to convene new Congress

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

In this photo, Rashida Tlaib, then a Democratic candidate for Michigan's 13th Congressional District, speaks at a rally in Dearborn, Mich., Friday, Oct. 26, 2018. Ms. Tlaib went on to win the race and become one of the two first Muslim women to serve in the U.S. House. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) **FILE**

Rashida Tlaib says ‘They forgot what country they represent’ tweet referred to senators, not Jews

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump speaks to the media during a tour of the World Trade International Bridge at the U.S. Mexico border in Laredo, Texas, Thursday, July 23, 2015. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Donald Trump vow to have Mexico pay for border wall backfires

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump listens to members of the Border Patrol speak about border security, Thursday Jan. 3, 2019, during a surprise appearance in the briefing room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Donald Trump eyes National Emergencies Act to end government shutdown, get border wall built

By Stephen Dinan and David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Illustration on resubmitting presidential nominees to Congress by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

How failure to resubmit nominees from the last Congress could bolster Trump’s immigration opponents

By Jessica Vaughan and Matthew Sussis

A police officer and K-9 do a routine security check at the Capitol as the partial government shutdown lurches into a third week with President Donald Trump standing firm in his border wall funding demands, in Washington, Monday, Jan. 7, 2019. After no weekend breakthrough to end a prolonged shutdown, newly empowered House Democrats are planning to step up pressure on Trump and Republican lawmakers to reopen the government. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s mythical terrorist tide from Mexico

By CALVIN WOODWARD - Associated Press

When it comes to technology, the focus must be on policy not politics

By Sasha Moss

Transportation Security Administration agents are among 420,000 federal employees who have been working without pay during the shutdown. (Associated Press)

Federal employees to seek damages if government doesn’t issue their paychecks on Friday, lawyer says

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Rep. James P. McGovern, D-Mass. center, the top Democrat on the House Rules Committee, talks with Rep. Ron Kind, D-Wis., left, joined at far left by Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., as they exit a Democratic Caucus meeting in the basement of the Capitol as new members of the House and veteran representatives gathered behind closed doors to discuss their agenda when they become the majority in the 116th Congress, in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018. Rep. McGovern will likely lead the Rules Committee that determines what bills are debated on the floor and what amendments are allowed to be voted on. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

House Democrats to examine idea of government-run health care system

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Michael Cohen is again adamantly denying that he secretly traveled to Prague in August 2016 to meet aides of Russian President Vladimir Putin and arrange hush payments for hackers who broke into Democratic Party computers. (Associated Press/File)

Michael Cohen Prague story linking Donald Trump, Russia resurfaces

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Nora Brooks a furloughed customer service representative for the Internal Revenue Service poses for a photograph at her home in Philadelphia, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019. Brooks has been furloughed, worrying about whether she will need to seek a second job. The agency requires pre-approval to avoid conflicts of interest, but there’s no one in the office to sign off. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Unpaid bills, leftovers, downtime: Workers cope in shutdown

By CLAUDIA LAUER and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN - Associated Press

The Latest: Kansas Rep. Marshall considering Senate race

Associated Press

Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., smiles following a group photo with the women in the House of Representatives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Jan. 4, 2019, during the opening session of the 116th Congress. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Democrats take power in House; impeachment talk flares

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and LISA MASCARO and JONATHAN LEMIRE - Associated Press