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Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin speaks during a Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship hearing to examine implementation of Title I of the CARES Act, Wednesday, June 10, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Al Drago/Pool via AP)

Watchdogs say Trump admin limiting oversight of virus aid

By MATTHEW DALY and MARY CLARE JALONICK - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting via video conference at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Monday, June 15, 2020. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

U.S. Ambassador to Denmark Carla Sands says U.S. will fiercely defend interests in Arctic

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says Miles Yu, born in China, is “a central part of my team advising me with respect on how to ensure that we protect Americans and secure our freedoms in the face of challenges from the [Chinese Communist Party].” (State Department photograph)

Miles Yu, Mike Pompeo adviser, helps form China policy

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Sweeping asylum rules near as public feedback is sought

By ELLIOT SPAGAT - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable discussion about &quot;Transition to Greatness: Restoring, Rebuilding, and Renewing,&quot; at Gateway Church Dallas, Thursday, June 11, 2020, in Dallas.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Donald Trump finalizes rule defining gender as a person’s biological sex

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Sunday, June 7, 2020. (Menahem Kahana/Pool Photo via AP)

Benjamin Netanyahu set to annex West Bank Jewish settlements

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

This June 5, 2015, file photo shows the Homeland Security Department headquarters in northwest Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

OAN, pro-Trump outlet, hires former DHS official Christina Bobb to report on administration

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable discussion with African-American supporters in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Wednesday, June 10, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Trump administration proposes sweeping asylum restrictions

By ELLIOT SPAGAT - Associated Press

In this Oct. 5, 2019, file photo, migrants seeking asylum wait in line with their case paperwork during a weekly trip by volunteers, lawyers, paralegals and interpreters to the migrant campsite outside El Puente Nuevo in Matamoros, Mexico. (Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald via AP, File)

Trump administration proposes major asylum overhaul

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov, arrives at the State Department in Washington, Monday, July 17, 2017, to meet with Undersecretary of State Thomas Shannon. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

Russia says it won’t push China to join talks to save New START

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 8, 2020, file photo, national security adviser Robert O'Brien, listens as President Donald Trump addresses the nation from the White House in Washington. As the White House presses allies to ban Huawei equipment, O'Brien says the Chinese company has the ability to secretly retrieve sensitive information from that equipment. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Robert O’Brien: U.S. intelligence botched early Donald Trump coronavirus briefings

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Court orders dismissal of Trump Muslim travel ban challenges

By DENISE LAVOIE - Associated Press

President Donald Trump listens as Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin speaks during a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House, Friday, June 5, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

AP FACT CHECK: Trump exaggerations on blacks’ economic gains

By CALVIN WOODWARD and HOPE YEN and ARIJETA LAJKA - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 29, 2020, file photo, a bird flies among wind turbines near King City, Mo. The Trump administration is moving to scale back criminal enforcement of a century-old law protecting most American wild bird species. The former director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service told AP billions of birds could die if the government doesn't hold companies liable for accidental bird deaths. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

US moves forward with plan to end wild bird protections

By MATTHEW BROWN - Associated Press

Andrew Wheeler, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, listens during a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee oversight hearing to examine the Environmental Protection Agency, Wednesday, May 20, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Al Drago/Pool via AP)

Trump seeks to scale back environmental reviews for projects

By KEVIN FREKING and ELLEN KNICKMEYER - Associated Press

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pleaded Thursday for allies to pledge toward a goal of over $700 million in the fight against the Islamic State. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

U.S. presses allies to keep up Islamic State fight

By Lauren Toms and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, rides on an escalator on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Chuck Grassley blocks Trump nominees over firings of inspectors general

By Matthew Daly - Associated Press

Food delivery workers wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the new coronavirus prepare to delivery foods near a TV screen showing Chinese President Xi Jinping attending the closing ceremony of the National People's Congress in a news report, in Beijing, China, Thursday, May 28, 2020. China's ceremonial legislature on Thursday endorsed a national security law for Hong Kong that has strained relations with the United States and Britain. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) **FILE**

Coronavirus will make China leader in ‘new world order’: Beijing propaganda

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

People take part in a Black Lives Matter protest in Trafalgar Square in London Sunday, May 31, 2020, to protest against the recent killing of George Floyd by police officers in Minneapolis, USA, that has led to protests in many countries and across the US. A US police officer has been charged with the death of George Floyd. (Dominic Lipinski/PA via AP)

Britain, Germany hit U.S. over George Floyd riots

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Some Ivy League universities are reaching out in new ways to attract international students of more varied backgrounds -- and particularly from China, which sends more students to the U.S. than any other country. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

Trump eyes expelling Chinese graduate students at U.S. universities

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press