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In this Sept. 27, 2017, photo, a early morning runner crosses in front of the U.S. Capitol as he passes the flags circling the Washington Monument in Washington. Congress is considering letting President Donald Trump roll back some of the $1.3 trillion federal spending package as Republicans in the House and Senate get hammered politically by conservatives for having approved the big spending bill. Rolling back the funds would be a highly unusual move and could put some lawmakers in the potentially uncomfortable position of having to vote for specific spending opposed by a president from their party. It would also offer Republicans a way to save face. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

Congress should block census citizenship question

By Bruce Fein

In this Nov. 9, 2017, file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg meets with a group of entrepreneurs and innovators during a round-table discussion in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

Zuckerberg’s congressional survival guide: Tips from experts

By MAE ANDERSON - Associated Press

This July 22, 1969, photo shows U.S. Sen Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., arriving back at his home in Hyannis Port, Mass., after attending the funeral of Mary Jo Kopechne in Pennsylvania. A new feature film is in the works about the tragedy on the small Massachusetts island nearly a half century ago that rocked the Kennedy political dynasty. Kopechne drowned when a car driven by Kennedy went off a bridge on Chappaquiddick, a small island in Edgartown, Mass., on the eastern end of Martha's Vineyard in July 1969. (AP Photo/Frank C. Curtin, File)

‘Chappaquiddick’ exposes toxic mix of politics and celebrity

By Jenny Beth Martin

President Donald Trump walks onto stage to speak at Local 18 Richfield Training Facility, Thursday, March 29, 2018, in Richfield, Ohio. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Donald Trump calls NAFTA a ‘cash cow,’ pushes for action on immigration

By Sally Persons - The Washington Times

Former U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, and former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, right, participate in a lecture series at the University of Nevada, Reno, Tuesday, April 3, 2018, moderated by history professor Hugh Shapiro, center, in Reno, Nev. The two retired Democrats, who served nearly 30 years together in the Senate, say money is the driving force behind rising partisanship and resulting gridlock in Congress. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner)

Reid, Kerry: Money drives partisanship, gridlock in Congress

By SCOTT SONNER - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Baltic leaders in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Tuesday, April 3, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The Latest: Trump wants military to secure US-Mexico border

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FILE - In this Sept. 27, 2017, file photo, from left, Rep. Carlos Curbelo, R-Fla., Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady, R-Texas, confer before a news conference at the Capitol in Washington. Already one of the wealthiest lawmakers on Capitol Hill, Buchanan could become even wealthier after he and other Republicans muscled a sweeping rewrite of the U.S. tax code through Congress that has breaks for the industries that generate most of his income. The tax code overhaul signed into law late last year by President Donald Trump is especially generous to real estate businesses and car dealerships _ the main sources of Buchanan’s income. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)

Florida lawmaker stands to gain from tax law he shepherded

By RICHARD LARDNER - Associated Press

In this March 14, 2018, file photo, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the Parkland, Fla., school shootings and school safety on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Marco Rubio on gun control: It depends who he’s talking to

By ASHRAF KHALIL - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 7, 2013, file photo, President Barack Obama greets Our Sisterís Keeper Executive Director Diane Millich, from left, and Tulalip Tribes of Washington State Vice Chairwoman Deborah Parker, after signing the Violence Against Women Act in Washington, D.C. Five years after a federal law gave tribes authority over non-Natives for some domestic violence crimes, public safety advocates say communities are empowered to report wrongdoing and governments are working better together. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Tribes see improvements, hurdles as they charge non-Natives

By FELICIA FONSECA - Associated Press

In this Oct. 10, 2017 photo, the Supreme Court in Washington is seen at sunset. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Commerce Clause just keeps on expanding

By John-Michael Seibler

FILE - In this Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018 file photo, Attorney General Jeff Sessions attends a meeting between President Donald Trump and state and local officials to discuss school safety in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. On Thursday, March 29, 2018, Sessions says he won’t immediately appoint a new special counsel to investigate a number of Republican grievances involving the Justice Department, despite mounting pressure from members of his own party. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump slams DOJ for failing to provide requested documents to Congress

By Sally Persons - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrive for Easter services at Episcopal Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea in Palm Beach, Fla., Sunday, April 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Donald Trump: Republicans should use ‘nuclear option’ on border law

By Sally Persons - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump reaches to touch a copy of the $1.3 trillion spending bill as he speaks in the Diplomatic Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, March 23, 2018, as Vice President Mike Pence, left, and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross watch. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

America needs a tea party Congress

By Jenny Beth Martin

In this Feb. 19, 2018 photo, Congressman Steve Pearce speak at Haciendas at Grace Village about the impact of tax reform on small businesses in Las Cruces, N.M. New Mexico election regulators are providing guidance for future political candidates who seek to transfer money from a federal campaign account to run for state office, New Mexico Secretary of State's Office spokesman Joey Keefe said Monday, March 26. (Josh Bachman/The Las Cruces Sun-News via AP)

New Mexico outlines future limits on federal campaign cash

By MORGAN LEE - Associated Press

Georgia editorial roundup

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Editorials from around Oregon

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Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens testifies on the ever-increasing amount of money spent on elections as he appears before the Senate Rules Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 30, 2014. (Associated Press) **FILE**

John Paul Stevens, former Supreme Court justice: Repeal the Second Amendment

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Feinstein: 2nd Amendment repeal unlikely, pass bills instead

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD - Associated Press

In this Oct. 4, 2017, file photo, shooting instructor Frankie McRae demonstrates the grip on an AR-15 rifle fitted with a bump stock at his 37 PSR Gun Club in Bunnlevel, N.C. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed, File)

Bump stocks ban dispute may stop Donald Trump’s gun restriction

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

The leftist romance with lawlessness

By Charles Hurt - The Washington Times