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In this Aug. 9, 2018, file photo, Vice President Mike Pence, center, is greeted by Deputy Secretary of Defense Pat Shanahan, left, and Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis before speaking at an event on the creation of a United States Space Force at the Pentagon. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Case for Space Force lies with Defense Department officials, experts say

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this Nov. 7, 2018, photo, President Donald Trump listens to a question during a news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Getting Trump's tax returns is high on the list of Democratic priorities now that they have won the House. By law, the leaders of tax-writing committees in the House and Senate can obtain tax returns and related information from the Internal Revenue Service. The House panel will be controlled by the Democrats next year. Yet there’s no guarantee that the Trump administration will provide the president’s returns. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Democrats eye Trump’s tax returns but expect a long fight

By MARCY GORDON - Associated Press

Democratic congressional candidate Mike Levin, left, waves on stage alongside his wife Chrissy, right, as he speaks to supporters Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018, in Del Mar, Calif. Levin faces Republican candidate Diane Harkey in the race for California's 49th congressional district. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

House Democrats gain in California, but key races undecided

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 16, 2018, file photo, former Philippines first lady and widow of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, Congresswoman Imelda Marcos arrives at the Commission on Elections to lend her support for her daughter Governor Imee Marcos in filing her Certificate of Candidacy or COC for a Senate seat in the May 2019 midterm elections in Manila, Philippines. A Philippine court found former first lady Imelda Marcos guilty of graft and ordered her arrest Friday, Nov. 9, 2018, in a rare conviction among many corruption cases that she's likely to appeal to avoid jail and losing her seat in Congress. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, File)

Imelda Marcos convicted of graft, court orders her arrest

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks Monday, Nov. 5, 2018, at a Republican Party rally at Highland Stables in Bowling Green, Ky. (Bac Totrong/Daily News via AP)

The Latest: Key Democrat hopes to work with Trump on roads

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California Editorial Rdp

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Illustration forecasting Democrat actions against President Trump by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

What will the Democrats do with their new house?

By Andrew P. Napolitano

Stop the Illegals in Mexico Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Central American migrants should be Mexico’s problem, not ours

By Peter Morici

New York Democratic congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks with reporters after voting, Tuesday Nov. 6, 2018, in the Parkchester community of the Bronx, N.Y. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

A look at some of the winners in House races around the US

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South Carolina editorial roundup

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Democrat Ayanna Pressley gives her victory speech at an election night party after being elected to represent Massachusetts' 7th congressional district, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

‘Mr. President, here we come:’ Victory speeches roll in

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Republican U.S. Rep. Mia Love walks to greets supporters during an election night party Tuesday Nov. 6, 2018, in Lehi, Utah. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

The Latest: Love-McAdams race remains too close to call

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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Nancy Pelosi confident she’ll have votes to be elected House speaker

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 17, 2016 file photo, marijuana plants grow at a home in Honolulu. (AP Photo/Marina Riker, File)

D.C. announces new effort to legalize marijuana sales after Democrats win control of House

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

In this Sept. 6, 2018, file photo. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks during her weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Nancy Pelosi: Democrats must be ready to ‘take a punch and throw a punch’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Florida gubernatorial Democratic candidate and Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum takes questions from the press while his wife R. Jai Gillum, and their three children look on after casting their ballots at the Good Shepherd Catholic Church Precinct in Tallahassee, Florida on Tuesday, November 6, 2018. (Octavio Jones/The Tampa Bay Times via AP)

VoteCast: Immigration issue helps DeSantis to win

By STEVEN WINE - Associated Press

Hattiesburg, Miss., resident Hayley Thrash lets her daughter Evie, 1, help cast her ballot during the midterm elections at the Lake Serene precinct on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018. (Susan Broadbridge/The Hattiesburg American via AP)

VoteCast: Mississippi voters divided on state of nation

By KEVIN McGILL - Associated Press

Voters wait in line to cast their ballots at a relocated polling station, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018 in Chandler, Ariz. The new polling station opened four hours late after the original location did not open due to the buildings' foreclosure overnight. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

VoteCast: Arizona voters divided on state of nation

By GENE JOHNSON - Associated Press

New York Democratic Congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez embraces a supporter at a polling site after voting, Tuesday Nov. 6, 2018, in the Parkchester community in the Bronx, N.Y. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez elected to House

By STEPHEN R. GROVES - Associated Press

Tania Beaudet, left, and and M.J. McNeill hold signs encouraging people to vote in the midterms next to the King County Elections ballot drop box in Burien, Wash., Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 6. 2018. (Bettina Hansen/The Seattle Times via AP)

VoteCast: Washington voters say nation headed wrong way

By GENE JOHNSON - Associated Press