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This image made from video of a news bulletin aired by North Korea's KRT on Tuesday, July 4, 2017, shows what was said to be North Korea leader Kim Jung Un, center, applauding after the launch of a Hwasong-14 intercontinental ballistic missile, ICBM, in North Korea's northwest. North Korea’s announcement that it is finalizing a plan to launch four ballistic missiles over Japan toward the island of Guam has touched off a series of fiery threats from President Donald Trump and upped tensions between Pyongyang and Washington to a whole new level. (KRT via AP Video)

North Korea says Trump ‘better talk and act properly’

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

The Latest: Hundreds march in Texas protest of border wall

Associated Press

FILE - In this April 25, 2017, file-pool photo, U.S. special envoy for North Korea policy Joseph Yun speaks in Tokyo. Beyond the bluster, the Trump administration has been quietly engaged in back channel diplomacy with North Korea for several months, addressing Americans imprisoned in the communist country and deteriorating relations between the long-time foes, The Associated Press has learned. (Toru Yamanaka/Pool Photo via AP)

APNewsBreak: Beyond bluster, US, NKorea in regular contact

By MATTHEW PENNINGTON - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 24, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump, accompanied by Vice President Mike Pence, Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, and others, speaks about healthcare, in the Blue Room of the White House in Washington. A study by a nonpartisan group says the Trump administration’s own actions are triggering double-digit premium increases on individual health insurance policies purchased by millions of consumers. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Study says Trump moves trigger health premium jumps for 2018

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 16, 2017 file photo, Don Bisdorf, of Ann Arbor, Mich., carries a sign to stop deportations at a rally outside a federal courthouse in Detroit. For years, immigrants have checked in regularly with federal deportation agents to show they've been following the country's laws even though they have been ordered to leave. Now, in cases spanning from Michigan to California, many of those who have exhausted their legal options are being told their time here is up. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Deportation orders against illegal immigrants up nearly 28 percent in Trump administration: Report

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

FILE- In this Jan. 15, 2017, file photo Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel speaks during a news conference in Chicago. Chicago will keep fighting President Donald Trump’s immigration policies with a federal lawsuit alleging it’s illegal for the federal government to withhold public safety grants from so-called sanctuary cities, Emanuel announced Sunday, Aug. 6. (AP Photo/Matt Marton, File)

Chicago sues over sanctuary city threat; Sessions fires back

By MICHAEL TARM and SOPHIA TAREEN - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 24, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump speaks during an event about healthcare in the Blue Room of the White House in Washington. Republicans have been unable to advance a health care bill in Congress, so what's next? President Donald Trump's administration now may find itself in an awkward role as caretaker of the Affordable Care Act, a law that he's still promising to repeal and replace. The Constitution says presidents &quot;shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed.&quot; That doesn't seem to leave much choice for Trump, even if he considers the law to be &quot;a disaster.&quot; Democrats say they fear &quot;sabotage.&quot; (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Caretaker for Obamacare? Trump’s health care role may shift

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR - Associated Press

North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho, center, bids farewell to his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, right, following their bilateral meeting in the sidelines of the 50th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting and its Dialogue Partners Sunday, Aug. 6, 2017 in suburban Pasay city, south Manila, Philippines. Bolstered by new U.N. sanctions, the United States and North Korea's neighbors are joining in a fresh attempt to isolate Pyongyang over its nuclear and missile programs, in a global campaign cheered on by U.S. President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Welcome boost from China to global pressure on North Korea

By JOSH LEDERMAN - Associated Press

Rahm Emanuel speaks in Chicago, Dec. 3, 2015. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green) ** FILE **

Chicago preps lawsuit against Trump administration over sanctuary cities threat

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Texas rice farmers hope for increased trade opportunities

By LYDIA DePILLIS - Associated Press

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said he believes the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument should be left alone. (Associated Press)

Ryan Zinke’s national monument review process criticized

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In a Friday, July 28, 2017, file photo, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks during his interview with The Associated Press, at the National Police Headquarters in San Salvador, El Salvador. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) ** FILE **

DOJ to investigate race-based affirmative action policies in college admissions: Report

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Defense Secretary Rex W. Tillerson (left) has acknowledged that he and President Trump have different views on the nuclear accord and how the administration should use it going forward. (Associated Press/File)

Donald Trump, Rex Tillerson split on Iran nuclear accord compliance

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In a Friday, July 28, 2017 file photo, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks during his interview with The Associated Press, at the National Police Headquarters in San Salvador, El Salvador. Sessions addressed the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives, in Atlanta on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. He told members that they deserve the support of every American, and said the Trump administration stands behind them. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

The Latest: Trump comment concerns black police officials

Associated Press

Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican, sent shock waves through the Senate early Friday, July 28, 2017, when he cast the deciding vote rejecting his party's effort to repeal and replace the Democrat-crafted Affordable Care Act. (Associated Press)

Health care system a bipartisan problem in Congress

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Mario Henderson leads chants of &quot;save Medicaid,&quot; as other social service activists, Medicaid recipients and their supporters stage a protest outside the building that houses the offices of U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., Thursday, June 29, 2017, in Jackson, Miss. Soaring prices and fewer choices may greet customers when they return to the Affordable Care Act’s insurance marketplaces in the fall of 2017, in part because insurers are facing deep uncertainty about whether the Trump administration will continue to make key subsidy payments and enforce other parts of the existing law that help control prices. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Obama’s health care law still needs some patchwork

By TOM MURPHY - Associated Press

Mario Henderson leads chants of &quot;save Medicaid,&quot; as other social service activists, Medicaid recipients and their supporters stage a protest outside the building that houses the offices of U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., Thursday, June 29, 2017, in Jackson, Miss. Soaring prices and fewer choices may greet customers when they return to the Affordable Care Act’s insurance marketplaces in the fall of 2017, in part because insurers are facing deep uncertainty about whether the Trump administration will continue to make key subsidy payments and enforce other parts of the existing law that help control prices. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Higher prices, fewer options lurk after health bill collapse

By TOM MURPHY - Associated Press

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, is surrounded by reporters as she walks toward the Senate floor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 18, 2017. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

Trump looks for revenge on Murkowski after health care vote; Alaska projects in jeopardy

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

The Latest: Court asked to hold off on fracking rule

By TATIANA FLOWERS - Associated Press

In this artistic rendering provided by the Fort Worth contracting company Penna Group shows a proposed to wall along the United States' southern border with Mexico. The Trump administration said Thursday, July 27, 2017, that prototypes for a proposed border wall with Mexico have been delayed until November because two companies, WNIS and Penna Group, have objected to the bidding process. (Penna Group via AP)

Contractor appeals delay Trump border wall prototypes

By ELLIOT SPAGAT - Associated Press