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Trump administration asks court to toss lawsuit over ERA

By DENISE LAVOIE - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 22, 2020, file photo President Donald Trump passes Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, during a briefing about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

AP Exclusive: Docs show top WH officials buried CDC report

By JASON DEAREN - Associated Press

Marshall Billingslea, the administration’s presidential envoy for arms control, said, “I am not going to be railroaded by the Russians or Chinese.” (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, file)

Marshall Billingslea says New START fate hangs on China

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., talks to reporters on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, May 5, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Nancy Pelosi defends Obamacare, touts necessity during coronavirus pandemic

By Alex Swoyer and Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this May 3, 2020 photo, the setting sun shines on the Supreme Court building on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Supreme Court is getting ready for its second day of telephone arguments. Its first day of arguments over the phone with audio available live for the first time went off largely without a hitch Monday. There were some minor glitches. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

AP Courtside: Who flushed? Phone arguments’ unresolved issue

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Six-year-old Muneefa Nazir, a Kashmiri girl whose right eye was hit by a marble ball shot allegedly by Indian Paramilitary soldiers on Aug. 12, stands outside her home in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Sept. 17, 2019. The image was part of a series of photographs by Associated Press photographers which won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

The Latest: 1st audio Pulitzer prize goes to ‘The Out Crowd’

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

The Duke-class frigate HMS Kent (F78) takes part in a replenishment-at-sea with Supply-class fast combat support ship USNS Supply (T-AOE-6) whilst on exercise with the U.S. Navy in the Arctic Circle. The exercises have been taking place in the Arctic Circle where, with added wind chill, the temperatures plummeted to a jarring minus 10 degrees centigrade. HMS Kent has been conducting maritime patrol duties in and around the U.K. before she met with the U.S. task group and will continue the exercises with her closet allies before she will return to her home port to 'thaw out' and have essential maintenance carried out.

Navy’s sail-through in Arctic sends message to Russia

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido, who is backed by President Trump, denied any involvement in a failed attempt to topple President Nicolas Maduro over the weekend. The Trump administration has long supported efforts to oust Mr. Maduro. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

U.S., opposition disavow aborted anti-Nicolas Maduro ‘invasion’ bid in Venezuela

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

This undated publicity photo shows a scene from &quot;Umm Haroun,&quot; a Saudi-made television series aired during Ramadan that has sparked controversy by offering a positive depiction of a Jewish community in the Gulf that existed before the creation of Israel. (MBC Group via AP)

Ramadan TV series about Gulf Jews ignites controversy

By JOSEPH KRAUSS - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 20, 2020, file photo a ventilator waits to be used for a COVID-19 patient going into cardiac arrest at St. Joseph's Hospital in Yonkers, N.Y. COVID-19 could have stamped someone “uninsurable” if not for the Affordable Care Act. The ban on insurers using preexisting conditions to deny coverage is a key part of the Obama-era law that the Trump administration still seeks to overturn. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

In a time of COVID-19, ‘Obamacare’ still part of the action

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, March 14, 2019, file photo, a Border Patrol agent talks with a group suspected of having entered the U.S. illegally near McAllen, Texas. The Trump administration has quietly shut down the nation's asylum system for the first time in decades amid coronavirus concerns, largely because holding people in custody is considered too dangerous. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

US can soon start sending people seeking asylum to Honduras

By BEN FOX - Associated Press

In this Sept. 27, 2018, file photo, then-White House Counsel Don McGahn listens as Supreme court nominee Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Trump administration urges full appeals court to stay out of fight for Don McGahn testimony

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

FILE - This is a Jan. 27, 2020 file photo of The Supreme Court in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Tenally)

High court declines to revisit immigrant issue during virus

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President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Thursday, April 23, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump set to sign bill with nearly $500B more in virus aid

By Andrew Taylor and Alan Fram - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, April 23, 2020 file photo, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., walks to her office after signing the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act, H.R. 266, after it passed the House on Capitol Hill in Washington. On Friday, April 24, 2020, The Associated Press reported on a social media posts circulating online incorrectly asserting Worst pandemic in 100 years, what does Congress do? Takes a paid vacation. Congressional leaders from both parties have been in Washington to hammer out deals in recent days. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Democrats to probe Dr. Rick Bright’s claims of retaliation, Pelosi says

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2020 file photo, the National Assembly stands in Caracas, Venezuela. Opposition lawmakers in Venezuela quietly agreed on the second week of April 2020, to pay themselves a $5,000 a month when they approved special $100 bonuses for doctors and nurses battling the coronavirus, a large payout for a nation where most workers are scraping by on couple of dollars a month, according to people involved in the process. (AP Photo/Andrea Hernandez Briceño, File)

Sources: Guaido allies take slice of first Venezuela budget

By JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 22, 2018, file photo, construction crews are boring beneath U.S. 221 in Roanoke County, Va., to make a tunnel through which the Mountain Valley Pipeline will pass under the highway. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has suspended a nationwide program used to approve oil and gas pipelines, power lines and other utility work, spurred by a court ruling that industry representatives warn could slow or halt numerous projects over environmental concerns. (Heather Rousseau/The Roanoke Times via AP, File)

US delays oil pipeline approvals after environmental ruling

By MATTHEW BROWN - Associated Press

Protesters drive by in a convertible car during a rally calling for an end to California Gov. Gavin Newsom's stay-at-home orders amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Wednesday, April 22, 2020, outside of City Hall in downtown Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

White House shifts from raising alarms to reopening country

By ZEKE MILLER - Associated Press

In this Feb. 27, 2020, file photo, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos pauses as she testifies during a hearing of a House Appropriations Sub-Committee on the fiscal year 2021 budget on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) **FILE**

DeVos excludes DACA recipients, foreign students from grants

By COLLIN BINKLEY - Associated Press

House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., bottom left, speaks at a news conference in front of House Republican Conference chair Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., Wednesday, April 22, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Speaker Nancy Pelosi has scuttled a move that would allow House members to cast their votes by proxy from afar, a move that comes after some Republicans had strenuously objected to the change, arguing instead that they should be in Washington to vote in person despite the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Somber Congress delivers nearly $500B more in virus aid

By ANDREW TAYLOR and ALAN FRAM - Associated Press