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FILE - In this July 20, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump stops to answer a reporter's question after greeting military personnel during a visit to the Pentagon. Watching is Vice President Mike Pence. With Russia in mind, the Trump administration is aiming to develop new nuclear firepower that it says will make it easier to deter threats to European allies. The plan, not yet approved by President Donald Trump, is intended to make nuclear conflict less likely, but critics argue it would do the opposite. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Administration plan sees deterrence in new nuclear firepower

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 20, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump stops to answer a reporter's question after greeting military personnel during a visit to the Pentagon. Watching is Vice President Mike Pence. With Russia in mind, the Trump administration is aiming to develop new nuclear firepower that it says will make it easier to deter threats to European allies. The plan, not yet approved by President Donald Trump, is intended to make nuclear conflict less likely, but critics argue it would do the opposite. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Trump’s nuclear strategy seeks new weapons to counter Russia

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump, right, and Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin, left, talk during a prison reform roundtable in the Roosevelt Room of the Washington. Kentucky has become the first state to win approval from the Trump administration requiring many of its Medicaid recipients to work to receive coverage. The Trump administration gave the go ahead Friday, Jan. 12, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Kentucky is first to get OK for Medicaid work requirement

By ADAM BEAM - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 22, 2017 file photo, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Seema Verma listen at right as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. The Trump administration says it's offering a path for states that want to seek work requirements for Medicaid recipients, and that's a major policy shift toward low-income people. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Medicaid recipients to get work requirements

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR - Associated Press

President Donald Trump, right, and Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin, left, talk during a prison reform roundtable in the Roosevelt Room of the Washington, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump administration OKs Medicaid overhaul in Kentucky

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Sununu says Medicaid work requirement good news for state

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Activists with Planned Parenthood demonstrate in support of a pregnant 17-year-old being held in a Texas facility for unaccompanied immigrant children to obtain an abortion, outside of the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, Friday, Oct. 20, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Jane Moe, fourth illegal immigrant teen, demands abortion

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Rep. Brian Mast, R-Fla., walks to a meeting with fellow Republicans on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, July 14, 2017, to reconcile the GOP's long-overdue budget blueprint, even as divisions between moderates and conservatives over cutting programs like food stamps threaten passage of the measure. Mast, a combat veteran and bomb disposal technician, lost both legs in an IED explosion as he was clearing a path for Army Rangers in Afghanistan in 2010. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Brian Mast said Florida has long been in talks with Trump administration to prevent drilling

By Sally Persons - The Washington Times

FILE - In this March 22, 2017 file photo, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Seema Verma listen at right as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. The Trump administration says it's offering a path for states that want to seek work requirements for Medicaid recipients, and that's a major policy shift toward low-income people. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Trump work requirement rewrites health care rules for poor

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 5, 2017, file photo, Attorney General Jeff Sessions makes a statement at the Justice Department in Washington on President Barack Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA program. U.S. District Judge William Alsup on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018, granted a request by California and other plaintiffs to prevent President Donald Trump from ending DACA while their lawsuits play out in court. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Judge blocks Trump decision to end young immigrant program

By SUDHIN THANAWALA and ANDREW DALTON - Associated Press

Florida Gov. Rick Scott delivers his State of the State Address in the House chambers on the opening day of the legislative session, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018, in Tallahassee, Fla. (Hali Tauxe/Tallahassee Democrat via AP)

Trump administration says no oil drilling off Florida coast

By GARY FINEOUT and MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press

CASA de Maryland, an immigration advocacy and assistance organization, holds a rally in Lafayette Park, across from the White House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 8, 2018, in reaction to the announcement regarding Temporary Protective Status for people from El Salvador. The Trump administration is ending special protections for Salvadoran immigrants, forcing nearly 200,000 to leave the U.S. by September 2019 or face deportation. El Salvador is the fourth country whose citizens have lost Temporary Protected Status under President Donald Trump, and they have been, by far, the largest beneficiaries of the program, which provides humanitarian relief for foreigners whose countries are hit with natural disasters or other strife. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Hey Salvadoran refugees, what part of ‘temporary’ do you not understand?

By Larry O'Connor - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump, accompanied by Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen, speaks during a meeting with Republican senators on immigration in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington on Jan. 4, 2018. (Associated Press) **FILE**

US ends protections for Salvadoran immigrants, sparking fear

By LUIS ALONSO LUGO and ELLIOT SPAGAT - Associated Press

President Donald Trump, accompanied by Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen, speaks during a meeting with Republican senators on immigration in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington on Jan. 4, 2018. (Associated Press) **FILE**

DHS announces end to special status for 200,000 Salvadorans

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump, accompanied by Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen, speaks during a meeting with Republican senators on immigration in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington on Jan. 4, 2018. (Associated Press) **FILE**

The Latest: US to end special protections for Salvadorans

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Delaware governor opposes plan to expand offshore drilling

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FILE - In this June 22, 2016 file photo, a Border Patrol agent walks along a border structure in San Diego, Calif. The Trump administration has proposed spending $18 billion over 10 years to significantly extend the border wall with Mexico. The plan provides one of the most detailed blueprints of how the president hopes to carry out a signature campaign pledge. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Trump seeks $18 billion to extend border wall over 10 years

By ELLIOT SPAGAT - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 7, 2016, file photo, a ribbon of water cuts through the mud flats of Cook Inlet, just off the shore of Anchorage, Alaska. The energy industry is cheering the Trump administration’s proposal to open nearly all U.S. coastlines to offshore oil and gas drilling, saying it will reduce U.S. dependence on foreign supplies and create jobs. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File)

Q&A: Plan to expand offshore drilling draws cheers, jeers

By DAVID KOENIG and MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 12, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump speaks before signing an executive order on health care in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. Striving to fulfill a campaign promise, the Trump administration Thursday proposed regulations to facilitate interstate sale of health insurance policies that cost less but may not cover as much. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

In new rule, Trump tries to deliver a health care promise

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR - Associated Press

The Latest: Ferguson: Sessions won’t meet on pot issues

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