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Illustration on illegal immigrant voting by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Importing votes via the undocumented

By Cal Thomas

FILE - This Aug. 1, 2007, file photo, shows construction crews are seen as they work on early stages of a new mixed oxide fuel, or MOX fabrication facility at the Savannah River nuclear complex near Aiken, S.C. The agency that oversees the nation’s nuclear weapons stockpile would essentially be removed from direct oversight under a defense policy bill being negotiated in Congress. The little-noticed provision is opposed by the Trump administration and senior lawmakers from both parties. The report cites series of delays and cost overruns at the NNSA, including a now-canceled project to reprocess weapons-grade plutonium and uranium into fuel for commercial reactors. The Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility has ballooned from $1.4 billion in 2004 to more than $17 billion. (Grace Beahm /The Post And Courier via AP)

Congress drops bid to loosen supervision of nuclear agency

By MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press

Florida Governor to Congress: Work more or cut pay

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In this Dec. 4, 2017, photo, part of the Republican Senate bill &quot;Tax Cuts and Jobs Act&quot; is photographed in Washington. Republican tax legislation advancing toward final votes in Congress could undermine “Obamacare” health insurance markets, and add to the financial squeeze on Medicare over time. This week lawmakers will try to resolve differences between House and Senate versions in hopes of finishing around Christmas. Also in play are the tax deduction for people with high medical expenses, and a tax credit for drug makers that develop treatments for diseases affecting relatively few patients. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick) **FILE**

Making tax cuts permanent to protect our paychecks

By Adam N. Michel

From left, Carlos Lozada, Victoria Sandino, Pablo Catatumbo, Marco Calarca and Olmedo Ruiz, all former members of the demobilized Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, arrive at Congress to take up seats in the newly-elected legislature, in Bogota, Colombia, Friday, July 20, 2018. Under the terms of the 2016 historic peace agreement ending more than five decades of bloody conflict, the one-time guerrillas are guaranteed 10 seats in congress. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Colombian rebels-turned-politicians sworn into Congress

By CHRISTINE ARMARIO - Associated Press

In this Jan. 21, 2018, file photo, lights shine inside the U.S. Capitol Building as night falls in Washington. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

‘America stands in solidarity’ with a free Iran

By House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and California Democrat

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the surprise winner in the congressional race who unseated 20-year incumbent Joe Crowley in New York's Congressional District 14, listens to Zephyr Teachout during a press conference, after endorsing her candidacy for Attorney General, Thursday, July 12, 2018, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez irks Democrats by undermining incumbents, pushing left-wing agenda

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

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Peter Strzok

Calling for declassifying documents

By R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.

FILE- In this June 21, 2016 file photo, Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., listens at a U.S. monetary policy meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington. Most statewide Republican officeholders in Alabama say they're voting for Roy Moore for U.S. Senate. But the state's senior U.S. senator, Shelby, didn't vote for Moore. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Congress told to find money to fill billion dollar gap in funding for veteran health care

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

FILE- In this June 13, 2018, file photo Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference after the Federal Open Market Committee meeting in Washington. On Tuesday, July 17, Powell is scheduled to testify to the Senate Banking Committee on his semiannual monetary policy report to Congress. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

The Latest: Senators press Fed chairman on trade threats

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Attorney Tahirah Amatul-Wadud, who is challenging incumbent U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., center, talks with Dondre Scott, right, during a visit to a community garden while campaigning in the Mason Square neighborhood of Springfield, Mass. Monday, June 18, 2018. At left is Ivette Hernandez, who is running for Mass. House of Representatives. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Muslim candidates run in record numbers but face backlash

By PHILIP MARCELO and JEFF KAROUB - Associated Press

Peter Strzok and Lisa Page. ** FILE **

Donald Trump urges Jeff Sessions to act over Lisa Page ignoring congressional subpoena

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

FBI Deputy Assistant Director Peter Strzok, testifies before a House Judiciary Committee joint hearing on "oversight of FBI and Department of Justice actions surrounding the 2016 election" on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 12. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Peter Strzok says distaste for Donald Trump didn’t influence investigations

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

The Capitol Dome of the Capitol Building at sunrise, Friday, Feb. 9, 2018, in Washington. The Senate is ready for a showdown debate over immigration, including whether to protect young &quot;Dreamers&quot; from deportation, in an election-year battle that's sure to electrify both parties' most fervent voters and could well end in stalemate. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Congress weighs terror label for Muslim Brotherhood

By Connor Foarde - The Washington Times

Sen. Lamar Alexander, Tennessee Republican, said the administration's tariffs are "like shooting ourselves in both feet" because they raise prices for consumers while reducing revenue, profits, wages and jobs. (Associated Press/File)

Donald Trump gets trade, immigration rebukes in Congress

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Workers inside this boat apply finishing details at Regal Marine Industries in Orlando, Fla., Wednesday, July 11, 2018. Some U.S. manufacturers are feeling the impact of tariffs of up to 25 percent that the Trump administration has imposed on thousands of products imported from China, Europe, Mexico, Canada, India and Russia, and of retaliatory tariffs that countries have put on U.S. exports. Among the products the U.S. has targeted are aluminum, steel and goods made from those metals, vehicles and their components and computer parts. The retaliation has hit U.S. makers of food and farm products, alcoholic beverages and boats and other vehicles. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Senate calls for more say on tariffs in bipartisan vote

By KEVIN FREKING - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 22, 2016 file photo, Tammy Compton restocks tampons at Compton's Market in Sacramento, Calif. Bills to exempt feminine hygiene products and diapers from sales taxes were vetoed by California Gov. Jerry Brown last year, but the measure's author's Assemblywomen Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher, D-San Diego, and Cristina Garcia, D-Bell Gardens, announced Thursday, March 9, 2017, that they are reintroducing the proposals with a provision to fund their proposed the sales tax exemptions with increased liquor taxes. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Dems ask taxpayers to pay for Congress’ feminine hygiene supplies

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks during a "Salute to Service" dinner, Tuesday, July 3, 2018, in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump: ‘Congress — Fix our insane immigration laws now’

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

The Capitol Dome of the Capitol Building at sunrise, Friday, Feb. 9, 2018, in Washington. After another government shutdown, congress has passed a sweeping long term spending bill which President Donald Trump is expected to sign later this morning. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Why Congress must act on the internet sales tax

By Jenny Beth Martin

FILE - In this Aug. 11, 2017 file photo a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent escorts an immigrant suspected of crossing into the United States illegally along the Rio Grande near Granjeno, Texas. A U.S. official tells The Associated Press that Border Patrol arrests fell sharply in June 2018 to the lowest level since February, ending a streak of four straight monthly increases. The drop may reflect seasonal trends or it could signal that President Donald Trump's &quot;zero-tolerance&quot; policy to criminally prosecute every adult who enters the country illegally is having a deterrent effect. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the numbers are not yet intended for public release. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Donald Trump, Republicans can win the immigration debate this fall

By Matt Mackowiak - The Washington Times