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FILE- In this June 4, 2019, file photo, a Planned Parenthood clinic is photographed in St. Louis. Planned Parenthood says it will leave the federal family planning program by Monday, Aug. 19, unless a court puts a hold on Trump administration rules that bar clinics from referring women for abortions. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

Planned Parenthood sets exit from family planning program

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR - Associated Press

Trader John Romolo works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019. Stocks are falling sharply after the bond market threw up another warning flag on the economy. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Dow plunges on recession fears, Donald Trump blames Fed

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018 file photo, Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller gives his acceptance speech at the Iowa Democratic election night party, in Des Moines, Iowa. Miller, a supporter of clean energy policies reducing greenhouse gases as a way to battle global climate change, said Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019, he was blocked by Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds from joining 21 other states in suing the Trump administration over a policy that relaxes restrictions on coal-fired power plants. (AP Photo/Matthew Putney, File)

Iowa governor stops state from challenging Trump coal rule

By DAVID PITT - Associated Press

Stocks shot higher on Wall Street after the U.S. government announced it was delaying the implementation of tariffs on certain goods imported from China. (Associated Press)

U.S. delays China tariffs until December, markets higher

By Dave Boyer and Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

File - In this Jan. 31, 2019, file photo, hundreds of people overflow onto the sidewalk in a line snaking around the block outside a U.S. immigration office with numerous courtrooms in San Francisco. Santa Clara and San Francisco have filed suit against the Trump administration over its new controversial &quot;public charge&quot; rule that restricts legal immigration. This lawsuit is the first after the Department of Homeland Security's announcement Monday, Aug. 12, 2019, that it would deny green cards to migrants who use Medicaid, food stamps, housing vouchers or other forms of public assistance. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

California counties sue over public benefit immigration rule

By SAMANTHA MALDONADO - Associated Press

Judge bars Trump from taking energy panel’s advice

By MATTHEW BROWN - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 6, 2019, file photo a staff member works on a mobile phone production line during a media tour in Huawei factory in Dongguan, China's Guangdong province. Huawei Technologies Co. is one of the world's biggest supplier of telecommunications equipment. The United States is delaying tariffs on Chinese-made cellphones, laptop computers and other items and removing other Chinese imports from its target list altogether in a move that triggered a rally on Wall Street. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

Trump delays tariffs on some Chinese goods until December

By PAUL WISEMAN and CHRISTOPHER RUGABER - Associated Press

Libyan Deputy Prime Minister Ahmed Maiteeq is warning the U.S. against embracing rebel leader Khalifa Haftar, a former Libyan army colonel with alleged CIA ties. "I think President Trump may have gotten the wrong message from allies or advisers about Haftar," he said. "It is our government in Tripoli, not Haftar, that is the main ally of the U.S. as a force to fight terrorism in Libya and North Africa." (Associated Press)

Ahmed Omar Maiteeq of Libya warns Donald Trump of Khalifa Haftar

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Acting Director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services Ken Cuccinelli, speaks during a briefing at the White House, Monday, Aug. 12, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump official: Statue of Liberty’s poem is about Europeans

By ZEKE MILLER and ASHLEY THOMAS - Associated Press

In this Sunday, July 21, 2019, photo, a speedboat of Iran's Revolutionary Guard trains a weapon toward the British-flagged oil tanker Stena Impero, which was seized in the Strait of Hormuz on Friday by the Guard, in the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas. (Morteza Akhoondi/Tasnim News Agency via AP) **FILE**

Iran diplomat claims U.S. weapons turning Mideast into ‘tinderbox’

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - In this July 8, 2019 file photo President Donald Trump listens as Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt speaks during an event on the environment in the East Room of the White House in Washington. The Trump administration has finalized changes to enforcement of the landmark Endangered Species Act, a move it says will improve transparency and effectiveness but critics say will drive more creatures to extinction. Bernhardt unveiled the changes Monday. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

The Latest: States vow suit over endangered species rollback

Associated Press

In this March 31, 2015, file photo, a bald eagle takes flight in Newcastle, Maine. Bald eagles are in the midst of record population growth in the northern New England states and could find themselves removed from all state endangered lists. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Endangered Species Act revisions by Donald Trump decried

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Acting Director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services Ken Cuccinelli, speaks during a briefing at the White House, Monday, Aug. 12, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ** FILE **

DHS approves policy to deter immigrants’ use of welfare

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 1, 2016, file photo, a bald eagle takes flight at the Museum of the Shenandaoh Valley in Winchester, Va. (Scott Mason/The Winchester Star via AP, File)

Trump overhauling enforcement of Endangered Species Act

By Ellen Knickmeyer - Associated Press

Apparent Trump plan to cut foreign aid draws bipartisan fire

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

President Donald Trump walks down the steps of Air Force One at Francis S. Gabreski Airport in Westhampton Beach, N.Y., Friday, Aug. 9, 2019. Trump is in the Hamptons to attend a pair of fundraisers before heading to his golf club in New Jersey for vacation. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Lawmakers again vow to fight Trump foreign aid cuts

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

In this Oct. 17, 2018, file photo, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown speaks during a rally in Portland, Ore. The stark divide in Oregon between the state's liberal, urban population centers and its conservative and economically depressed rural areas makes it fertile ground for the political crisis unfolding over a push by Democrats to enact sweeping climate legislation. “This is not the Oregon Way and cannot be rewarded,” said Democratic Brown. “The Republicans are driving us away from the values that Oregonians hold dear, and are moving us dangerously close to the self-serving stalemate in Washington, D.C.&quot; (AP Photo/Don Ryan, File)

Judge Michael McShane rules for Oregon in sanctuary city fight with Trump

By Andrew Selsky - Associated Press

Judge rules for Oregon in sanctuary state case with Trump

By ANDREW SELSKY - Associated Press

Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., speaks during a luncheon at the National Press Club in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019. Cummings says government officials must stop making “hateful, incendiary comments’’ that only to serve to divide and distract the nation from its real problems, including mass shootings and white supremacy. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Elijah Cummings begs Trump to visit Baltimore — and bring more money

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Perdue: US farmers will regain markets lost in trade war

By STEVE KARNOWSKI - Associated Press