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Ann Carey holds up a sign outside of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017. President Donald Trump's travel ban faced its biggest legal test yet Tuesday as a panel of federal judges prepared to hear arguments from the administration and its opponents about two fundamentally divergent views of the executive branch and the court system. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Donald Trump’s ‘Muslim ban’ promise is ‘evidence’ against executive order: Court

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Students from high schools and colleges throughout New York city protest with clenched fists, during a rally against President Donald Trump's executive order banning travel from seven Muslim-majority nations, Tuesday Feb. 7, 2017, in New York's Foley Square. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

The Latest: Arguments over Trump’s travel ban conclude

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White House press secretary Sean Spicer speaks to reporters while on board Air Force One over Maryland, Monday, Feb. 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

The Latest: Arguments set for Tuesday over Trump travel ban

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Illustration on the need for voter ID laws by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

North Carolina voter ID case may reach Supreme Court

By J. Christian Adams

Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson, left, is greeted by well-wishers after he spoke to reporters Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, following a hearing in federal court in Seattle. A U.S. judge on Friday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's ban on people from seven predominantly Muslim countries from entering the United States after Washington state and Minnesota urged a nationwide hold on the executive order that has launched legal battles across the country. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

US suspends enforcement of travel ban, DOJ appeals

By ERIC TUCKER - Associated Press

Hammond Sanitary District reaches deal on sewer overflows

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A woman protests in a demonstration at Market Square, Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, in Cleveland. The demonstration was organized in protest of President Donald Trump's immigration order. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

Federal judge halts Donald Trump’s immigration order

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Hakim Ouansafi, president of the Muslim Association of Hawaii, speaks at a news conference in Honolulu on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017. The Muslim Association of Hawaii and more than 20 other Hawaii groups issued a joint statement opposing President Donald Trump's executive orders on immigration. (AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy)

Justice Department releases memo on legal review of Trump executive order on immigration

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

US, Louisiana schools reach pact in 1965 desegregation case

By KEVIN McGILL - Associated Press

Attorney General-designate Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala. leaves his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, as the Senate Judiciary Committee prepares to advance his nomination. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Trump firing of Sally Yates fuels Senate Dems’ opposition to Jeff Sessions

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Fired acting Attorney General Sally Q. Yates is hailed as a hero by Democrats for refusing to enforce President Trump’s order on refugees. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Sally Yates obeyed Obama after immigration amnesty overturned

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

This Jan. 31, 2014 photo shows a game of Texas Hold 'Em under way on a computer screen in Atlantic City, N.J. New Jersey Assemblyman Vincent Mazzeo introduced a resolution on Jan. 23, 2017 calling on President Donald Trump and Congress not to outlaw online gambling after Trump's nominee for attorney general, Jeff Sessions, said he's like to reconsider a Justice Department policy that allows it. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

New Jersey pol asks Trump not to ban internet gambling

By WAYNE PARRY - Associated Press

In this March 1, 2016, file photo, a sign tells voters of voter ID requirements before participating in the primary election at Sherrod Elementary school in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Voter ID lawsuits live on despite likely Trump policy shift

By DAVID SALEH RAUF - Associated Press

President Donald Trump gestures towards GM CEO Mary Barra, right, before the start of a meeting with automobile leaders in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017. From left are, Vice President Mike Pence, left, and Matt Blunt, president of the American Automotive Policy Council and the former governor of Missouri. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

The Latest: Trump vows to ‘send in the Feds’ to help Chicago

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Justice Department sues KleinBank and tests its limits

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First hearing on Baltimore police consent decree postponed

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In this Feb. 5, 2016, file photo, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange speaks from the balcony of the Ecuadorean Embassy in London. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

Julian Assange backpedals on extradition after Obama grants commutation to source Chelsea Manning

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Health and Human Services Secretary-designate, Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., right, talks with Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga. on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, prior to the start of Price's confirmation hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Company that HHS pick invested in faced criminal penalty

By ERIC TUCKER - Associated Press

In this Jan. 8, 2016, file photo, a handcuffed Joaquin &quot;El Chapo&quot; Guzman is made to face the press as he is escorted to a helicopter by Mexican soldiers and marines at a federal hangar in Mexico City. According to Mexico's Foreign Ministry, Guzman has been extradited to the United States on Thursday, Jan. 19 2017. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File)

Drug lord El Chapo extradited to United States from Mexico

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times