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Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi of California, center, joined by, from left, Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., Rep. Joe Kennedy III, D-Mass., Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., and Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, emerges victorious from the Democratic Caucus leadership elections, as the choice for speaker of the House when her party takes the majority in the new Congress in January, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018. She still faces a showdown vote for House speaker when lawmakers convene in January. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The Latest: House Dems re-elect Hoyer, Clyburn to top roles

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Kentucky editorial roundup

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

In this March 22, 2017, file photo President Donald Trump , left, and Texas State Sen. Dawn Buckingham, right, listen as Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Seema Verma speaks during a meeting on women in healthcare in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

White House works on backup plan for Obamacare

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., speaks to members of the media after leaving a closed door meeting about Saudi Arabia with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

GOP cancels votes on judges amid standoff over Mueller bill

By MARY CLARE JALONICK - Associated Press

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, of Wis., speaks after Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis awarded him with the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service at the Pentagon, in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Republicans push for border wall funds in spending bills

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo smiles while speaking to members of the media after leaving a closed door meeting about Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Senators who have grown increasingly uneasy with the U.S. response to Saudi Arabia after the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi grilled top administration officials at a closed-door briefing that could determine how far Congress goes in punishing the longtime Middle East ally. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

The Latest: Senators move to act against Saudi Arabia

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., arrives with Senate Majority Whip Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, to speak to the media after a Republican policy luncheon, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump officials face frustrated senators on Khashoggi

By LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

Vice President Mike Pence, joined at left by President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, arrive at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018, as lawmakers from both parties are pushing Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to hold a vote on a rewrite of the nation's criminal justice sentencing laws. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP weighs decision on criminal justice bill amid Trump push

By MARY CLARE JALONICK - Associated Press

Illustration on Democrat threats to Second Amendment rights by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

How a Democratic House will affect gun rights

By Frank Miniter

Having Sen. Chuck Grassley on board this time around could be crucial. The Iowa Republican is chairman of the Judiciary Committee and was a vocal critic of Congress's decision to allow for the boost in visas the last two years. (Associated Press)

H-2B visas for temporary seasonal guest workers double under new deal

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this photo taken Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018, Danielle Rees, with the repairs underway, stands in her home near Washington, N.C. Floodwaters rose about 15 inches into Rees’ home in September when Hurricane Florence drenched this tidewater city on the Pamlico River and overwhelmed a local creek and marshland. “It’s part of living close to the river, and Washington is really low land,” said Rees, a graphic designer who grew up in the city. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

Flood insurance rebuilds homes with public money repeatedly

By EMERY P. DALESIO - Associated Press

In this Aug. 7, 2018, photo, Mark Robbins, the last remaining member of the Merit Systems Protection Board, looks through stacks of legal cases piled up on his desk in Washington office. Robbins reads through federal workplace disputes, analyzes the cases, marks them with notes and logs his legal opinions. He then passes them along to nobody. He’s the only member of a three-member board that legally can’t operate until the president and Congress give him at least one colleague. (AP Photo/Juliet Linderman)

Lone bureaucrat’s work an example of federal waste in action

By JULIET LINDERMAN - Associated Press

In this Aug. 7, 2018, photo, Mark Robbins, the last remaining member of the Merit Systems Protection Board, looks through stacks of legal cases piled up on his desk in Washington office. Robbins reads through federal workplace disputes, analyzes the cases, marks them with notes and logs his legal opinions. He then passes them along to nobody. He’s the only member of a three-member board that legally can’t operate until the president and Congress give him at least one colleague. (AP Photo/Juliet Linderman)

Memos to Nobody: Inside the work of a neglected fed agency

By JULIET LINDERMAN - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 21, 2017 file photo, FBI agents leave the office of Dr. Fakhruddin Attar at the Burhani Clinic in Livonia, Mich., after completing a search for documents. A federal judge dismissed some charges Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018, against eight people, including two doctors, in the genital mutilation of nine girls at the suburban Detroit clinic, finding it's up to states rather than Congress to regulate the practice. (Clarence Tabb Jr. /Detroit News via AP, File)

Ruling in genital mutilation case shocks women’s advocates

By Amy Forliti - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 22, 2014, file photo, a worker cleans a Tesla Model S sedan before an event to deliver the first set of cars to customers in Beijing. U.S. auto companies such as General Motors, Tesla and Ford faltered this year in Consumer Reports' reliability rankings as readers reported more mechanical trouble and fewer problems with infotainment systems. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

Congress must not extend the electric car gravy train

By Matt Mackowiak

In this Nov. 14, 2018, file photo, Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., talks with reporters following a photo opportunity on Capitol Hill in Washington, with the freshman class. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

She’s everywhere: Ocasio-Cortez puts trek to Congress online

By LAURIE KELLMAN and LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 25, 2018, file photo, candles, lit by activists, protesting the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, are placed outside Saudi Arabia's consulate, in Istanbul, during a candlelight vigil. President Donald Trump is facing mounting pressure to sternly rebuke Saudi Arabia over the death of Khashoggi. So far, Trump is resisting calls to harshly reprimand the close U.S. ally. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)

The Latest: Senators demand ‘determination’ on Khashoggi

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FILE - In this Oct. 25, 2018, file photo, candles, lit by activists, protesting the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, are placed outside Saudi Arabia's consulate, in Istanbul, during a candlelight vigil. President Donald Trump is facing mounting pressure to sternly rebuke Saudi Arabia over the death of Khashoggi. So far, Trump is resisting calls to harshly reprimand the close U.S. ally. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)

Trump says no penalty for Saudi prince for Khashoggi murder

By DEB RIECHMANN - Associated Press

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Congress must do job we pay for

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

In this Nov. 16, 2018, photo, members of the U.S. military install multiple tiers of concertina wire along the banks of the Rio Grande near the Juarez-Lincoln Bridge at the U.S.-Mexico border in Laredo, Texas. The Pentagon is estimating the cost of the military's mission on the U.S.-Mexico border will be about $210 million under current plans. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Pentagon says troops at US border to cost about $210 million

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press