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In this Dec. 11, 2018, photo, President Donald Trump meets with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

AP FACT CHECK: Trump floats fictions about the border

By CALVIN WOODWARD and HOPE YEN - Associated Press

In this Dec. 11, 2018 photo, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Parties and Christmas cookies only soothe so much in the chilly Capitol after two years of President Donald Trump’s provocations, dramas like Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation and the elections that flipped the House majority to Democrats. Everyone wants to go home, yet both chambers were scheduled to be in session next week over hefty matters, including the budget and criminal sentencing reform. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Cranky Congress still has work to do before wrapup

By LAURIE KELLMAN - Associated Press

In this Dec. 12, 2018, photo, Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former lawyer, leaves federal court after his sentencing in New York. Trump has gone from denying knowledge of any payments to women who claim to have been mistresses to apparent acknowledgement of those hush money settlements – though he claims they wouldn't be illegal. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Michael Cohen claims Trump knew hush money payments wrong

By MICHAEL BALSAMO - Associated Press

The Capitol is seen in Washington, Friday morning, Dec. 14, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Are we done here? Nope. Cranky Congress still has work to do

By LAURIE KELLMAN - Associated Press

President Barack Obama shares a humorous moment with a group of doctors from around the country in the Oval Office, Oct. 5, 2009, prior to a health insurance reform event at the White House.
(Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Obamacare spiked by federal judge in Texas

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this Nov. 29, 2018 photo, Rep.-elect Gil Cisneros, D-Calif., stands in front of the Capitol during a week of orientation for incoming members, in Washington. This year’s midterm election is sending a record 43 Latinos to Congress. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Their numbers growing, Latinos gain clout in new Congress

By LUIS ALONSO LUGO - Associated Press

Congress passes overhaul of sexual harassment policies

By JULIET LINDERMAN - Associated Press

Rep. Jackie Speier, California Democrat, said the sexual harassment bill provides legal representation for employees in the House, but not the Senate. (Associated Press photograph)

Congress passes sexual harassment legislation, House members want to do more

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Google CEO Sundar Pichai appears before the House Judiciary Committee to be questioned about the internet giant's privacy security and data collection, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018. Pichai angered members of a Senate panel in September by declining their invitation to testify about foreign governments' manipulation of online services to sway U.S. political elections. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Google grilled in Congress: What’s ahead for tech companies

By BARBARA ORTUTAY and MICHAEL LIEDTKE and MARCY GORDON - Associated Press

Vice President Mike Pence, center, looks on as House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and President Donald Trump argue during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Analysis: A rancorous first glimpse of new Trump-Dem dynamic

By ZEKE MILLER and LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

Congress OKs bill to allow killing sea lions to help salmon

Associated Press

FILE - IN this Nov. 16, 2018, file photo, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., departs following a Medal of Freedom ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. House and Senate negotiators have reached an agreement on a bill to overhaul the process for handling sexual misconduct allegations on Capitol Hill. The push for the legislation took on new urgency in the past year, as more than a half-dozen lawmakers resigned amid allegations of sexual misconduct. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

House, Senate reach agreement on anti-sexual harassment bill

By JULIET LINDERMAN - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 16, 2018, file photo, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Mike Conaway, R-Texas, speaks about the farm bill during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. The House easily passed on Dec. 12, the farm bill, a massive legislative package that reauthorizes agriculture programs and food aid. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Congress approves $400 billion for farmers, forests, poor

By JULIET LINDERMAN - Associated Press

Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former lawyer, leaves federal court after his sentencing in New York, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018. Cohen was sentenced Wednesday to three years in prison for an array of crimes that included arranging the payment of hush money to two women that he says was done at the direction of Trump. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Michael Cohen sentenced to three years in prison

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former lawyer, leaves federal court after his sentencing in New York, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018. Cohen was sentenced Wednesday to three years in prison for an array of crimes that included arranging the payment of hush money to two women that he says was done at the direction of Trump. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

The Latest: Media firm that aided Trump won’t be prosecuted

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Attorney Lanny Davis speaks during an AP interview in his K Street office in Washington, Thursday, May 3, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Lanny Davis: Michael Cohen will reveal ‘all he knows’ about Donald Trump after Mueller probe ends

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump hold up hats that read "Make Our Farmers Great Again!" as he walks across the South Lawn before boarding Marine One at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018, for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., and then on to Evansville, Ind., for a rally. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

House passes farm bill after pro-work provisions dropped

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Congress party supporters hold a cut-out of party President Rahul Gandhi and celebrate outside the party headquarters in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018. The Congress party won in the states of Chhatisgarh and Rajasthan, while it was in a close fight with the Bharatiya Janata Party in Madhya Pradesh state. (AP Photo)

Indian Prime Minister Modi’s party loses key state elections

By ASHOK SHARMA - Associated Press

Rep. Blake Farenthold, R-Texas, arrives for a meeting of House Republicans on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

Capitol Hill comes to agreement on sexual harassment legislation

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Pramila Jayapal and Mark Pocan call for ‘Green New Deal’

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times