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President Joe Biden speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, July 25, 2023, about proposed rules meant to push insurance companies to increase their coverage of mental health treatments. The rules, if finalized, would force insurers to study patient outcomes to ensure the benefits are administered equally, taking into account their provider network and reimbursement rates and whether prior authorization is required for care. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

Biden nominates alum of CIA, NSA to fill National Cyber Director void

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra welcomes his guests for the wedding of his youngest daughter Paetongtarn "Ing" Shinawatra at a hotel in Hong Kong on March 22, 2019. As Thailand grapples with the unexpectedly difficult task of naming a new prime minister, the most controversial former holder of the job, billionaire populist Thaksin Shinawatra, plans to return home next month from years of self-imposed exile, his daughter announced Wednesday, July 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

Thailand’s divisive ex-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra readies return during political turmoil

By Jintamas Saksornchai - Associated Press

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., center, is helped by, from left, Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., and Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, after the 81-year-old GOP leader froze at the microphones as he arrived for a news conference, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, July 26, 2023. McConnell went to his office for a few minutes and returned to speak with reporters. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

See the video: McConnell suffers spell at Capitol, he insists ‘I’m fine’

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

A drag queen collects tips during a show to set a Guinness World record for the largest drag brunch at Brooklyn Bowl in New York on Saturday, June 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki).

Senators push for strict rules for transgender people, drag shows in the military

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Then-U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Timothy Haugh testifies during the Senate Intelligence hearing on his nomination to be the Director of the National Security Agency, Wednesday, July 12, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib) ** FILE **

Change coming to Biden’s cyber leadership

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Pita Limjaroenrat, left, the leader of Move Forward Party and top winner in the May's general election attends a meeting at Parliament in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, July 19, 2023. Thailand's Constitutional Court has agreed to suspend Pita, a candidate to become prime minister, from his duties as a member of Parliament pending its ruling on whether he violated election law. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Regime allies deny Thai election winner a chance to form government

By Richard S. Ehrlich

Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks to reporters at the State Department in Washington, Monday, July 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Blinken urges Congress to act on delayed ambassadorial nominations

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., speaks during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on how the Special Diabetes Program is creating hope for those Living with Type 1 Diabetes, together with other children with Type 1 diabetes, Tuesday, July 11, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Sen. Joe Manchin called out for flip-flop on natural gas

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Republican Ohio Sec. of State Frank LaRose speaks during an election night watch party, Nov. 8, 2022, in Columbus, Ohio. LaRose is running for the U.S. Senate. The Republican’s announcement Monday, July 17, 2023 makes him the fourth Republican vying to unseat third-term Democrat Sherrod Brown. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete, File)

Larose enters Republican Senate primary in Ohio to take on Democrat Sherrod Brown

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., listens during the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing to examine the nomination of Army Lt. Gen. Randy George to be reappointment to the grade of general and to be Chief of Staff of the Army, July 12, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Tuberville is waging an unprecedented campaign to try and change Pentagon abortion policy by holding up hundreds of military nominations and promotions, leaving key positions unfilled and raising concerns at the Pentagon about military readiness. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

Why a single senator is blocking US military promotions and what it means for the Pentagon

By Mary Clare Jalonick and Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of Calif., speaks to reporters outside his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

House passes hot-button defense bill with amendments aimed at dashing ‘woke’ Pentagon policies

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

U.S. President Joe Biden gestures during a press conference in Helsinki, Finland, Thursday, July 13, 2023. Biden is in Finland to attend the US–Nordic Leaders' Summit. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Biden: ‘I will absolutely guarantee’ the U.S. will remain in NATO

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin speaks during a news conference about U.S.-Japan cooperation on economic issues, April 27, 2023, in Tokyo. Youngkin’s main fundraising apparatus will soon report raising $5.75 million in the second quarter of 2023, a sum that surpasses what any previous governor of the state has raised over an entire year, according to the group's accounting. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

Virginia’s Youngkin surpasses previous governors’ annual fundraising records in a single quarter

By Sarah Rankin - Associated Press

California Gov. Gavin Newsom gestures during a press conference at his swing space office after meeting a coalition of behavioral health reform leaders and local elected officials in Sacramento, Calif., on Wednesday, July 12, 2023. Newsom stepped in Wednesday to help revive a bill that would increase penalties for child trafficking. Newsom told reporters he was surprised the bill failed to pass an Assembly committee. (Hector Amezcua/The Sacramento Bee via AP)

California Gov. Gavin Newsom steps in to help revive a stalled bill on child trafficking

By Adam Beam - Associated Press

Army Lt. Gen. Randy George testifies during the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing to examine his nomination to be reappointment to the grade of general and to be Chief of Staff of the Army, Wednesday, July 12, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Army chief nominee would boost recruiting, but Tuberville blockade leaves his confirmation uncertain

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

Leader of Move Forward Party Pita Limjaroenrat, center, answers a question from a reporter after signing a memorandum of understanding on attempt to form a coalition government between Move Forward Party and other parties during a news conference in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, May 22, 2023. Move Forward won the most seats in the May 14 election, and it has formed a coalition that seeks to become the government when Parliament selects a prime minister in July. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thailand’s road back to democratic rule faces key test

By Richard S. Ehrlich

U.S. Marine Corps Gen. David Berger, left, holds the battle colors during a relinquishment of office ceremony, Monday, July 10, 2023, at the Marine Barracks in Washington. Berger took over at the 38th commandant in July 2019, and is required to leave the job after four years. Gen. Eric Smith, currently the assistant commandant, has been nominated to be the next leader, but will serve in an acting capacity because he hasn't been confirmed by the Senate. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, center right, looks on. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Republican’s hold on nominations leaves Marines without confirmed leader for 1st time in 100 years

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, talks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, May 16, 2023. Hopes were dashed Monday, June 12, for an imminent end to a Senate standoff that has delayed the promotions of more than 200 military officers and could delay the confirmation of President Joe Biden’s pick for chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Tuberville has been blocking the nominations to pressure the Defense Department to rescind a policy that reimburses service members who have to travel out of state for abortions and other reproductive care. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Schumer says McConnell must ‘put the pressure’ on Tuberville to drop military promotions blockade

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

The U.S Capitol is seen on Tuesday, July 4, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Lawmakers return from recess to tackle must-pass funding legislation

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

FILE - Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks during a news conference following the collapse of an elevated section of Interstate 95 after a tanker truck caught fire, June 11, 2023, in Philadelphia. Shapiro is trying to wrap up his first budget by the start of the new fiscal year on Saturday, July 1, as the Democrat works to balance Pennsylvania's politically divided Legislature in perhaps his biggest test yet of his political skills under the Capitol dome. (AP Photo/Joe Lamberti, File)

Pennsylvania governor calls on divided Legislature to finalize budget past deadline

By Brooke Schultz - Associated Press