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Gov. Gavin Newsom discusses a report detailing efforts by the Department of Motor Vehicles to improve customer services during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, July 23, 2019. Some of the suggestions are to accept credit cards, upgrade the DMV's website and offer clearer instructions on how to obtain a new federally mandated ID.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

California, automakers sidestep Trump administration, sign mileage deal

By Tom Krisher and Ellen Knickmeyer - Associated Press

The Latest: White House to seek 1 national mileage standard

Associated Press

FILE - This April 23, 2019 file photo shows gas prices are displayed at a Shell station in Sacramento, Calif. Four major automakers have reached a secret deal with California to increase gas mileage and greenhouse gas emissions standards, bypassing the Trump administration’s plan to freeze standards at 2021 levels, according to two people briefed on the matter. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Calif. skirts Trump, signs mileage deal with 4 automakers

By TOM KRISHER and ELLEN KNICKMEYER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sunday, June 30, 2019 file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump, center left, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un stand on the North Korean side of the Demilitarized Zone in Panmunjom. On Friday, July 5, 2019, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly asserting Trump walked into North Korea by himself, without Secret Service or military protection. At background left is Special Agent in Charge Anthony Ornato. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump administration scrambles to interpret North Korea’s latest missile test

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this July 17, 2019, file photo, a United States Customs and Border Protection Officer checks the documents of migrants before being taken to apply for asylum in the United States, on International Bridge 1 in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)

Judge blocks Trump asylum restrictions at US-Mexico border

By AMY TAXIN and ASHRAF KHALIL - Associated Press

Ben Terrall holds a protest sign that reads &quot;Close The Camps&quot; outside of the San Francisco Federal Courthouse on Wednesday, July 24, 2019 in San Francisco, Calif. A federal judge said Wednesday that the Trump administration can enforce its new restrictions on asylum for people crossing the U.S.-Mexico border while lawsuits challenging the policy play out. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)

The Latest: Judge blocks asylum policy at US-Mexico border

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In this June 12, 2019, photo, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement official gives direction to a person outside the building that houses ICE and the immigration court in Atlanta. The Trump administration has appointed more than 4 in 10 of the country’s sitting immigration judges in a hiring surge that comes as U.S. authorities seek to crack down on immigration. (AP Photo/Andrea Smith)

Trump puts his stamp on nation’s immigration courts

By AMY TAXIN - Associated Press

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Same-sex couple sues over citizenship for daughter born by surrogate overseas

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Madrid's 7-month-old "congestion pricing" program, imposed under a liberal government, was suspended until further notice as one of the first acts of the conservative administration of Mayor Jose Luis Martinez-Almeida. (Associated Press/File)

Jose Luis Martinez-Almeida, Madrid mayor, rams liberal policies out of Spain’s capital

By Martin Arostegui - Special to The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters on the South Lawn of the White House before departing, Friday, July 19, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump administration halts abortion rule enforcement

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar - Associated Press

A Planned Parenthood clinic in St. Louis is shown in this June 2019 file photo. The organization's political action committee says it will spend $45 million in the 2020 campaign cycle to defeat President Trump, flip the Senate, and influence key state legislative races. (Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP) ** FILE **

AP sources: Trump officials weigh delay of abortion curbs

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR - Associated Press

Federal judge upholds a Trump alternative to ‘Obamacare’

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In this Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019, file photo, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Rep. Eliot Engel D-N.Y., speaks during the House Foreign Affairs subcommittee hearing on Venezuela at Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

House votes to block Saudi weapons deals despite Trump veto threat

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Illustration on government interference with the energy market by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

How government mandates favor foreign energy markets

By Ryan Costello

Demise of key nuclear pact looms as US, Russia meet

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

Attorney General William Barr speaks about the census as Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross listens during an event with President Donald Trump in the Rose Garden at the White House, Thursday, July 11, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

The Latest: White House slams contempt vote for officials

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Attorney General William Barr speaks about the census as Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross listens during an event with President Donald Trump in the Rose Garden at the White House, Thursday, July 11, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

House holds 2 Trump officials in contempt in census dispute

By MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press

The Latest: Planned Parenthood won’t comply with Trump rule

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People wait to apply for asylum in the United States along the border, Tuesday, July 16, 2019, in Tijuana, Mexico. Dozens of immigrants lined up Tuesday at a major Mexico border crossing, waiting to learn how the Trump administration's plans to end most asylum protections would affect their hopes of taking refuge in the United States. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

The Latest: Immigrant advocates sue over new asylum rule

Associated Press

A Planned Parenthood clinic in St. Louis is shown in this June 2019 file photo. The organization's political action committee says it will spend $45 million in the 2020 campaign cycle to defeat President Trump, flip the Senate, and influence key state legislative races. (Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP) ** FILE **

Trump abortion rule seen as blow against Planned Parenthood

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar - Associated Press