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FILE - In this Oct. 4, 2015 file photo, a female Iranian demonstrator holds a poster showing a caricature of Uncle Sam during an annual anti-U.S. rally in front of the former U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

AP Analysis: Iran, US still captive to 1979 hostage crisis

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 28, 2019 file photo, local residents with visas walk across the Puerta Mexico international bridge to enter the U.S., in Matamoros, Tamaulipas state, Mexico. A federal judge in Portland, Ore., on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019, put on hold a Trump administration rule requiring immigrants prove they will have health insurance or can pay for medical care before they can get visas. U.S. District Judge Michael Simon granted a preliminary injunction that prevents the rule from going into effect Sunday. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

US judge blocks Trump’s health insurance rule for immigrants

Associated Press

In this Oct. 25, 2019, photo, President Donald Trump talks to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

Donald Trump moves to repeal Obama rule against faith-based foster-care programs

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Monday, Oct. 21, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Rule would let faith-based groups exclude LGBT parents

By KEVIN FREKING - Associated Press

Ken Cuccinelli, Acting Director, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, U.S. Department of Homeland Security testifies during House Oversight subcommittee hearing on deportation of critically ill children on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Top Trump official regrets immigrant medical relief decision

By PHILIP MARCELO - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 30, 2018, file photo a rubber tire gantry moves into position to transfer shipping containers at the Georgia Ports Authority's Port of Savannah in Savannah, Ga. A federal watchdog is criticizing the way the Trump administration handles taxes on imported steel and aluminum, saying a lack of transparency creates the appearance of &quot;improper influence.&quot; The Commerce Department's inspector general is raising questions about a process that lets steel and aluminum importers request relief from tariffs imposed in March 2018. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton, File)

US watchdog warns of ‘improper influence’ in tariff process

By PAUL WISEMAN and BANI SAPRA - Associated Press

The U.S. Capitol dome is seen, Monday, July 9, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

Senate Democrats fail in vote to reverse Trump administration’s guidance to curb Obamacare

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

China has an estimated 12,000 PLA troops in Hong Kong, according to Reuters, and massed additional troops and military vehicles in nearby Shenzhen, where paramilitary police in riot gear are training. Beijing officials were notified in stark terms that any repeat of the use of military forces as in the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre would spell the end of efforts to seek a resolution of the U.S.-Chinese trade war. (Associated Press/File)

U.S. warns China on Hong Kong, trade talks

By Bill Gertz

In this Oct. 22, 2019, file photo, Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y., speaks to members of the media following a Senate policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) ** FILE **

Trump admin. swings back at Senate Dems’ resolution to shield Obamacare

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

In this Oct. 5, 2013, file photo, the Grand Canyon National Park is covered in the morning sunlight as seen from a helicopter near Tusayan, Ariz. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)

Raul Grijalva leading charge to prevent Trump admin. from drilling near the Grand Canyon

By Bailey Vogt - The Washington Times

In this Oct. 22, 2019, file photo, Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y., speaks to members of the media following a Senate policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) ** FILE **

Democrats to attack Trump administration’s effort to defang Obamacare

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

In this Aug. 18, 2018 photo, commuters ride in the back of a pickup as night falls in San Miguel, El Salvador. More than 26,000 people were deported from the US and Mexico to this Central American country last year. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

DHS strikes deal with El Salvador to protect 200,000 migrants in U.S.

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A guarded gate opens at Border Patrol Station One, Monday, Oct. 28, 2019, in El Paso, Texas. Immigration lawyers say some migrants are held as part of a pilot program that aims to deport asylum seekers within 10 days. The attorneys say they aren't allowed to meet their clients in person, and that access by phone is limited. (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio)

US experiments in Texas with plan to speed asylum decisions

By CEDAR ATTANASIO and ELLIOT SPAGAT - Associated Press

Louisiana Republican gubernatorial candidate Eddie Rispone, right, speaks at President Donald Trump's campaign rally in Lake Charles, La., Friday, Oct. 11, 2019. Mr. Rispone placed second in the Oct. 12 gubernatorial primary and will face off in November against incumbent Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) **FILE**

Trump administration makes push for Republican gubernatorial hopefuls

By James Varney - The Washington Times

Pennsylvania won’t give driver’s license records to Census

Associated Press

In this Dec. 11, 2018 file photo, an asylum-seeking boy from Central America runs down a hallway after arriving from an immigration detention center to a shelter in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) **FILE**

Tally of children split at border tops 5,400 in new count

By ELLIOT SPAGAT - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks at the 9th annual Shale Insight Conference at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump seeks to block California as global climate leader

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER - Associated Press

With Russia building new cruise missiles and dealing with the Skyfall disaster, the State Department was engaging in "good old clientitis" — the tendency of government officials to treat foreign officials they deal with as clients and orient policies in ways that would not upset relations. (Associated Press/File)

U.S. blocked Russia Skyfall nuclear accident details

By Bill Gertz

In this June 3, 2019, file photo, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra speaks during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Court blocks Donald Trump’s attempt to ease Obamacare birth control mandate

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

FILE - In this July 15, 2015, file photo, a Delta smelt is shown at the University of California Davis Fish Conservation and Culture Lab in Byron, Calif. The Trump administration has unveiled a new plan to govern California's water usage that has alarmed environmental groups for its potential impact on endangered species. The plan would give more water to farmers. An analysis by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service says the plan &quot;will not jeopardize threatened or endangered species.&quot; (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Trump administration unveils new water rules for California

By ADAM BEAM - Associated Press