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US halts recent practice of disclosing nuclear weapon total

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

This undated photo provided by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's Phoenix Division shows a closeup of the fentanyl-laced sky blue pills known on the street as &quot;Mexican oxy.&quot; Smuggled in from Mexico, these mimic the prescription drug oxycodone. Law enforcement officers in the U.S. Southwest say they have also seen fentanyl-laced pills mimicking Vicodin pain medicine and Xanax anti-anxiety tablets, as well as fentanyl powder to mix with heroin for an extra kick. Officers say that because the tablets are designed to look like prescription medicine, consumers often don't know they are swallowing fentanyl. And because they are made without any kind of quality control, taking them is like Russian roulette because the amount of fentanyl in each can vary widely. (Drug Enforcement Administration via AP)

Homeland Security should designate fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction

By Matt Mackowiak

FILE - In this Feb. 18, 2019, file photo, national security adviser John Bolton speaks to the Venezuelan American community in Miami. The Trump administration is poised to step up pressure on Cuba by allowing lawsuits against foreign companies doing business in properties seized from Americans after the island’s 1959 revolution. The move marks a change in more than two decades of U.S. policy on Cuba. It could deal a severe blow to Cuba’s efforts to draw foreign investment, and spawn international trade disputes between the U.S. and Europe. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez, File)

The Latest: US sanctions on Venezuelan bank aimed at Maduro

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U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, left, speaks with Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin before a roundtable discussion on school choice efforts in the state, Wednesday, April 17, 2019, at Bluegrass Community &amp; Technical College in Lexington, Ky. Bevin is teaming with DeVos to promote school choice initiatives. DeVos touted a Trump administration proposal during the roundtable discussion. (Ryan C. Hermens/Lexington Herald-Leader via AP)

Bevin promotes school choice with US education secretary

By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press

FILE--In this Nov. 3, 2018, file photo, members of the U.S. Army build a razor wire fence around area for tents near the U.S.-Mexico International bridge, in Donna, Texas. The U.S. government is working to open two new large tent facilities to temporarily detain up to 1,000 migrant parents and children near the southern border. U.S. Customs and Border Protection said in a notice to potential contractors that it's seeking to build large tents in El Paso, Texas, and in South Texas that could house 500 people at a time. The notice says families would sleep on mats inside each tent. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

US wants to build more tents at border to detain migrants

By NOMAAN MERCHANT and CEDAR ATTANASIO - Associated Press

Judge wants faster identification of separated families

By ELLIOT SPAGAT - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 18, 2019, file photo, national security adviser John Bolton speaks to the Venezuelan American community in Miami. The Trump administration is poised to step up pressure on Cuba by allowing lawsuits against foreign companies doing business in properties seized from Americans after the island’s 1959 revolution. The move marks a change in more than two decades of U.S. policy on Cuba. It could deal a severe blow to Cuba’s efforts to draw foreign investment, and spawn international trade disputes between the U.S. and Europe. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez, File)

Trump to allow lawsuits over US properties seized in Cuba

By DEB RIECHMANN and MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN - Associated Press

Illustration on the Middle East peace process by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Trump Golan announcement is good for Israel and good for the United States

By Tony Perkins and Yossi Dagan

In this April 2, 2019, photo, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal, D-Mass., arrives for a Democratic Caucus meeting at the Capitol in Washington. Neal, whose committee has jurisdiction over all tax issues, has formally requested President Donald Trump's tax returns from the Internal Revenue Service. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House Democrat, treasury chief bicker over Trump tax returns

By ANDREW TAYLOR - Associated Press

A girl from the Mexican state of Guerrero passes rows of tents as her family waits at a shelter of mostly Mexican and Central American migrants to begin the process of applying for asylum Friday, April 12, 2019, in Tijuana, Mexico. The Trump administration is asking an appeals court to let it continue returning asylum seekers to Mexico hours before a U.S. judge's order was set to go into effect Friday afternoon reversing the unprecedented change to the U.S. asylum process. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Court won’t immediately stop wait-in-Mexico asylum policy

By JULIE WATSON and BRIAN MELLEY - Associated Press

Second federal judge blocks Trump plan to send Haitians home

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A girl from the Mexican state of Guerrero passes rows of tents as her family waits at a shelter of mostly Mexican and Central American migrants to begin the process of applying for asylum Friday, April 12, 2019, in Tijuana, Mexico. The Trump administration is asking an appeals court to let it continue returning asylum seekers to Mexico hours before a U.S. judge's order was set to go into effect Friday afternoon reversing the unprecedented change to the U.S. asylum process. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

The Latest: Court allows return of asylum seekers to Mexico.

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Trump administration appeals on Medicaid work requirements

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Illustration on the economies of Iran, Russia and North Korea by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Economies of repressive governments are under stress

By L. Todd Wood

Castro warns Cubans to brace for shortages

By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ and MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN - Associated Press

Supporters of opposition leader and self-proclaimed interim president Juan Guaido march to protest outages that left most of the country scrambling for days in the dark in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, April 6, 2019. Rival political factions are taking the streets across Venezuela in a mounting struggle for control of the crisis-wracked nation recently hit by crippling blackouts. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Mike Pence: UN must disinvite Maduro, deem Juan Guaido as Venezuelan leader

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Texas Tech medical school to stop using race in admissions

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U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos talks with reporters during a visit to Cameron Middle School Monday, April 1, 2019, in Nashville, Tenn. DeVos said she's encouraged by Tennessee's latest push to expand school vouchers throughout the state and said she's cheering on lawmakers to make the right choice. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Texas Tech medical school to stop using race in admissions

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President Donald Trump walks after stepping off Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Saturday, April 6, 2019, in Washington. Trump was returning from a trip to California and Nevada. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

The Latest: Iran responds to US, labels CENTCOM terrorist

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A man who only gave his first name as Ariel, of Honduras, center in blue shirt, crosses into the United States to begin his asylum case with others after being returned to Mexico, Tuesday, March 19, 2019, in Tijuana, Mexico. A group of about five men were on their way Tuesday, reporting for their first hearing under a new policy to make asylum seekers wait in Mexico while their case winds through U.S. immigration court. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Judge Richard Seeborg blocks Trump wait-in-Mexico asylum policy

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times