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"We have to move quickly to hold the attorney general of the United States in contempt, and that's what I want to press for this week," Mr. Nunes said Sunday. (Associated Press/File)

Devin Nunes to push to hold Jeff Sessions in contempt

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

More Americans say they approve of President Trump and first lady Melania Trump. Mr. Trump's rating is 48 percent. Hers is 50 percent. (Associated Press)

Inside the Beltway: Multiple polls percolate in Trump’s favor

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks at the National Rifle Association annual convention in Dallas, Friday, May 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump says he won’t let right to bear arms ‘be under siege’

By CATHERINE LUCEY - Associated Press

Former FBI director James Comey speaks during a stop on his book tour for "A Higher Loyalty" Monday, April 30, 2018, in Washington. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Mueller witness Comey contradicted himself on secret Flynn testimony

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Florida congressional races sending new faces to Washington

Associated Press

President Donald Trump gestures from the podium as as speaks at the National Rifle Association-Institute for Legislative Action Leadership Forum in Dallas, Friday, May 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Trump salutes NRA, says elect Republicans to save gun rights

By CATHERINE LUCEY - Associated Press

Trump to quickly sign veterans care bill if Congress passes

Associated Press

Participants in an anti-abortion rally hold signs and pray as they listen to a member of Christian clergy read from the Bible in front of Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains in Denver on Feb. 11, 2017. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Hundreds of lawmakers tell Trump administration to cut off Planned Parenthood’s Title X dollars

By Bradford Richardson - The Washington Times

Former Florida US Rep. Grayson seeks third stint in Congress

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 13, 2017 file photo, Cecile Richards attends the 2017 Glamour Women of the Year Awards in New York. Richards steps down Tuesday from the helm of Planned Parenthood, a position she has held for 12 years, and her parting message to fellow women is: Get involved, and don't wait. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Cecile Richards’ message: Now is the time to get involved

By JOCELYN NOVECK - Associated Press

Taking Away Payday Loans Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Congress must protect Americans from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

By Daniel Press

Illustration on making Congress work again by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

The Senate regularly works for only a few days a week, and that must change

By Daniel Oliver

In this Feb. 7, 2017, photo released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, foreign nationals are arrested during a targeted enforcement operation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) aimed at immigration fugitives, re-entrants and at-large criminal aliens in Los Angeles. (Charles Reed/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via AP, File)

Thomas D. Homan, Trump’s top immigration enforcer, to retire

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Jan. 16, 2018, file photo, White House physician Dr. Ronny Jackson speaks to reporters during the daily press briefing in the Brady press briefing room at the White House, in Washington. Jackson, President Donald Trump's pick to lead Veterans Affairs withdrew April 26, in the wake of late-surfacing allegations about overprescribing drugs and poor leadership while serving as a top White House doctor, saying the &quot;false allegations&quot; against him have become a distraction. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s rhetoric misleading on VA issues

By HOPE YEN - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 16, 2018, file photo, U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson, M.D., left, sits with Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., chairman of the Veteran's Affairs Committee, before their meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington. Jackson, President Donald Trump's pick to lead Veterans Affairs withdrew April 26, in the wake of late-surfacing allegations about overprescribing drugs and poor leadership while serving as a top White House doctor, saying the &quot;false allegations&quot; against him have become a distraction. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

AP FACT CHECK: Trump distorts claims on VA nominee, vet care

By HOPE YEN - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 25, 2017, file photo, wild horses that were captured from U.S. rangeland stand stand in a holding pen, at the U.S. Bureau of Land Management's Wild Horse and Burro Center in Palomino Valley about 20 miles north of Reno, Nev. Pressing again for authority to sterilize, euthanize or sell for slaughter tens of thousands of wild horses roaming public lands in the West, U.S. land managers have added a new idea for culling overpopulated herds, a $1,000 paycheck for those who adopt one. Overwhelmed by what it calls a $1 billion problem, the Bureau of Land Management trotted out the novel approach in a suite of options presented to Congress this week.(AP Photo/Scott Sonner, File)

US agency may offer $1,000 to people who adopt wild horses

By SCOTT SONNER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Saturday, July 12, 2014 file photo, a young boy is helped down from a freight car as Central American migrants board a northbound freight train in Ixtepec, Mexico. The Rocky Mountain states have taken in less than 1 percent of the more than 100,000 unaccompanied minors who crossed the border from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras since the fall of 2013.The bulk — 860 — have ended up in Colorado. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File)

Feds lose track of 20 percent of UAC within three months

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

French President Emmanuel Macron turned to Vice President Mike Pence and House Speaker Paul D. Ryan and touched his hand to his heart as he finished his address Wednesday to a joint meeting of Congress. Most of the applause came from Democrats. (Associated Press)

Emmanuel Macron of France challenges Donald Trump’s ‘America first’

By Dan Boylan - The Washington Times

Appeals court asked to reinstate lawsuit on Trump businesses

By LARRY NEUMEISTER - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron puts his hand over his chest during his address to a joint meeting of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Emmanuel Macron tells Congress: Keep ‘eyes wide open’ to overcome dangers of terrorism, nationalism

By Dan Boylan - The Washington Times