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FILE - In this Jan. 29, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump shakes hands with Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, left, after he is sworn in by Vice President Mike Pence, right, in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington. Major reproductive health organizations are voicing serious concerns about the Trump administration's new approach to federal family-planning grants, which may reduce the role of Planned Parenthood, place greater emphasis on &quot;natural family planning,&quot; and stress to adolescents the value of abstinence. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Trump administration family planning strategy is under fire

By DAVID CRARY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 10, 2017, file photo, the Supreme Court in Washington, at sunset. The Supreme Court is hearing arguments in a case that could deal a painful financial blow to organized labor. All eyes will be on Justice Neil Gorsuch on Monday, Feb. 26, 2018, when the court takes up a challenge to an Illinois law that allows unions representing government employees to collect fees from workers who choose not to join. The unions say the outcome could affect more than 5 million government workers in 24 states and the District of Columbia. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

The Latest: High court won’t decide immigrants’ fate for now

Associated Press

US judge bars revoking DACA work permits without due process

By AMY TAXIN - Associated Press

In this image made from video released by KRT on Jan. 1, 2018, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un speaks in his annual address in undisclosed location, North Korea. (KRT via AP Video) ** FILE **

Seizing North Korea-bound cargo: Trump admin weighs coalition for interdictions

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Ivanka Trump attended the Olympics closing ceremonies with South Korean President Moon Jae-in and first lady Kim Jung-sook. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump cautious on North Korea offer to talk

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Border Patrol’s checkpoints overlooked in debate over wall

By NOMAAN MERCHANT - Associated Press

Second judge says Trump can’t keep stalling clean-air rules

By MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press

In this Sept. 26, 2016, file photo, Chief Executive of Las Vegas Sands Corp. Sheldon Adelson sits with his wife Miriam waits for the presidential debate between Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and then-Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

The Latest: Trump says he was pressured not to move embassy

Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 6, 2018, file photo, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Perdue is defending a proposal that would cut food stamp benefits in half and replace them with a pre-assembled box of shelf-stable goods delivered to recipients’ doorstep, an idea one lawmaker called “a cruel joke.” (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Perdue to food box critics: Give the idea a chance

By JULIET LINDERMAN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 21, 2016, file photo, the Trump International Hotel in Washington. Special interests are holding meetings at properties owned by President Donald Trump, putting money in his pockets as they seek to influence his administration. An Associated Press analysis of the interest groups that visited Trump properties in the first year of his presidency found several instances that at least created the appearance of “pay for play.” (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Book Trump? Interest groups press case at his properties

By TAMI ABDOLLAH and STEPHEN BRAUN - Associated Press

FILE--In this April 14, 2016, file photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, a Border Patrol agent shows the path of a tunnel that crosses the U.S.-Mexico border near Calexico, Calif. The federal government has started work on a border wall in California to replace a decades-old decaying barrier. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection via AP, file)

Construction begins to replace border wall in California

By ELLIOT SPAGAT - Associated Press

FILE--In this April 14, 2016, file photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, a Border Patrol agent shows the path of a tunnel that crosses the U.S.-Mexico border near Calexico, Calif. The federal government has started work on a border wall in California to replace a decades-old decaying barrier. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection via AP, file)

Border wall construction begins in Calexico, California

By Elliot Spagat - Associated Press

U.S. soldier Adam Elkins, chief warrant officer of 4th Aviation Attack Battalion 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade, sits on an AH-64D Apache attack helicopter as he waits for a live-fire drill at a U.S. air base in Gunsan, about 270 km (168 miles) south of Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, July 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Jo Yong-hak, Pool) ** FILE **

Donald Trump aims to dramatically boost U.S. arms exports

By Carlo Muñoz and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE- In this Jan. 19, 2018, file photo, Del. Terry G. Kilgore, R-Scott, chairman of the House Commerce and Labor committee, listens during the floor session of the House at the state Capitol in Richmond, Va. Kilgore said Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018, on the John Fredericks Show that he'd changed his mind after years of opposition to Medicaid expansion and now supports it. (Bob Brown/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP, File)

Medicaid expansion getting second look after work rule

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this Dec. 4, 2017 photo, Southwest Minnesota hog producer Randy Spronk poses at his farm near Edgerton, Minn. Minnesota farmers like Spronk fear they could lose millions of dollars if the United States leaves the North American Free Trade Agreement. (Mark Steil/Minnesota Public Radio via AP)

Why the U.S. must trash the tariffs and update NAFTA

By Ed Feulner

Pakistan scrambles to avoid terror financing watch list

By MATTHEW PENNINGTON and MUNIR AHMED - Associated Press

In this Aug. 1, 2017, file photo, fans and air conditioners are seen for sale at a hardware store in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

Judge orders Trump administration to implement energy limits

By SUDHIN THANAWALA - Associated Press

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar speaks to the House Ways and Means Committee about the FY19 budget, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Groups sue Donald Trump for canceling teen-pregnancy prevention funding

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Ex-Cheney adviser poised to be US representative for Syria

By JOSH LEDERMAN - Associated Press

Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials

By The Associated Press - Associated Press