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Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao speaks to reporters about President Donald Trump's decision to revoke California's authority to set auto mileage standards stricter than those issued by federal regulators, at EPA headquarters in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

23 states sue Trump to keep California’s auto emission rules

By ADAM BEAM - Associated Press

President Donald Trump shakes hands with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison during a State Arrival Ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, Sept. 20, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

The Latest: Americans, Australians celebrate in Rose Garden

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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to the media before departing from al-Bateen Air Base in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019, as U.S. special representative on Iran Brian Hook, left, listens. (Mandel Ngan/Pool via AP)

Iran threatens ‘all-out war’ as Donald Trump trades tough talk for diplomacy

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019 photo, Assemblyman Phil Ting addresses the Assembly in Sacramento, Calif. Ting has a bill that would only allow people to get rebates for electric cars from manufacturers who have agreed to the state's emission standards, which are tougher than those of the federal government. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

California promises fight to keep auto emission authority

By ADAM BEAM and MICHAEL BIESECKER - Associated Press

Feds reverse decision ending immigrant medical relief

By PHILIP MARCELO - Associated Press

Vice President Mike Pence speaks about the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement at the Heritage Foundation, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Mike Pence: U.S. strategy for Iran is to ‘restore deterrence’

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump arrives at Moffett Federal Airfield to attend a fundraiser, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019, in Mountain View, Calif. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

EPA set to end California’s ability to regulate fuel economy

By MICHAEL BIESECKER - Associated Press

Gov. Gavin Newsom answers a question concerning his announcement that California will spend $20 million on a public awareness campaign about the dangers of vaping nicotine and cannabis products amid a rise in vaping-related illnesses, during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Monday, Sept. 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Trump administration set to revoke California authority to set auto mileage standards

By Michael Biesecker - Associated Press

In this July 23, 2019, file photo, California Gov. Gavin Newsom gives a news conference in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Gavin Newsom, California governor, to veto environmental bill

By Adam Beam and Kathleen Ronayne - Associated Press

California state Senate President Pro Tem Toni Atkins, of San Diego, speaks on the floor of the Senate in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, Sept. 13, 2019. Atkins is backing a measure, that if approved, could blunt some of the Trump administration efforts to weaken federal environmental laws by making it easier for state regulators to issue emergency regulations to keep them in place in California. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

The Latest: Governor plans to veto environmental rules bill

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Central American migrants wait to see if their number will be called to cross the border and apply for asylum in the United States, at the El Chaparral border crossing in Tijuana, Mexico, Friday, Sept. 13, 2019. Dozens of immigrants lined up Friday at a major Tijuana border crossing waiting to learn how the Trump administration's radical new restrictions on who qualifies for asylum would affect the tens of thousands of migrants stuck on the Mexican border seeking refuge.(AP Photo/Emilio Espejel)

Trump official says asylum changes will drive down backlog

By COLLEEN LONG and ELLIOT SPAGAT - Associated Press

California state Senate President Pro Tem Toni Atkins, of San Diego, speaks on the floor of the Senate in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, Sept. 13, 2019. Atkins is backing a measure, that if approved, could blunt some of the Trump administration efforts to weaken federal environmental laws by making it easier for state regulators to issue emergency regulations to keep them in place in California. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

California governor plans to veto environmental rules bill

By ADAM BEAM and KATHLEEN RONAYNE - Associated Press

In this Feb. 8, 2019, photo, Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad speaks on the prospects for peace at the U.S. Institute of Peace, in Washington. Afghanistan’s Taliban leaders agreed they wanted a deal with the United States, but some among them were in more of a hurry than others. Even before U.S. President Donald Trump canceled a mysterious Camp David summit on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019, the Taliban negotiators were at odds with the council of leaders, or shura, that rules the Islamic movement. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) **FILE**

Congress committee subpoenas Trump envoy to Taliban talks

By DEB RIECHMANN - Associated Press

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler speaks at a news conference to announce plans to revoke the Waters of the United States rule, an Obama-era regulation that provided federal protection to many U.S. wetlands and streams, Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

The Latest: EPA revokes water protection regulation

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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, left, shakes hands with U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, in Warsaw, Poland, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Administration releases $250 million in Ukraine military aid

By ANDREW TAYLOR - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 29, 2019 file photo, Cuban migrants are escorted by Mexican immigration officials in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, as they cross the Paso del Norte International bridge to be processed as asylum seekers on the U.S. side of the border. Mexican Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard said Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019 that Mexico's government doesn't agree with an &quot;astonishing&quot; U.S. Supreme Court order that would block migrants from countries other than Mexico and Canada from applying for asylum at U.S. borders. (AP Photo/Christian Torres, File)

The Latest: US begins tough new policy on asylum seekers

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In this July 11, 2018, file photo, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler speaks to EPA staff at EPA Headquarters in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Trump administration to drop Obama-era water protection rule

By John Flesher - Associated Press

In this June 29, 2019, file photo, President Donald Trump, left, meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan. China has announced it will raise tariffs on $75 billion of U.S. products in retaliation for President Donald Trump's planned Sept. 1 duty increase in a war over trade and technology policy. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Chuck Schumer: Trump tougher on China than Bush or Obama, but then ‘often backs off’

By Tom Howell Jr. and Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Drugs from Canadian Illustration by Linas Garys/The Washington Times

Why Canada can’t be America’s pharmacy

By Peter J. Pitts

Appeals court puts on hold ruling blocking asylum change

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