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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, meets with Jared Kushner, left, U.S. President Donald Trump's adviser and son-in-law, during their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019 Erdogan met with with U.S. President Donald Trump's adviser and son-in-law for talks that are expected to centre on his planned Mideast peace initiative. Turkey's Economy Minister Berat Albayrak, who is Erdogan's son-in-law, was also present. (Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool)

Turkish president holds talks with Jared Kushner

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In this March 13, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump talks with reporters as he reviews border wall prototypes in San Diego. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

House committee ready to issue first subpoena against Trump over family separations at border

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y. speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Chuck Schumer pledges to defund ‘fake climate panel’

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 19, 2019, photo, Josh Rubin demonstrates in front of the Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children in Homestead, Fla. House Democrats are laying the groundwork to subpoena Trump administration officials over family separations at the southern border. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

The Latest: Panel approves subpoena for family separations

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Venezuelan youth protest in front of a barricade demanding the National Guard reopen the border crossing in Urena, Venezuela, on the border with Colombia, Monday, Feb. 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Pence in Colombia announces new sanctions on Maduro

By BEN FOX and JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press

Justin Trudeau leads in China, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela clashes

By Barry Brown — Special to The Washington Times

In this Feb. 12, 2009, photo, the Pentagon is seen from Air Force One. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) ** FILE **

Camp David, Pentagon tops list of Russian nuclear strike targets, media report says

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (right) will be meeting with President Trump this week for denuclearization talks, but it’s Kim Yong-chol (background) who has prevented concrete action since their first summit in Singapore in June. (Associated Press)

Kim Yong-chol, Kim Jong-Un aide, aims to outwit Trump negotiators

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Youths wearing white T-shirts and Venezuelan flags hike through an unmarked trail between high bushes to sneak into Colombia, for the &quot;Venezuela Aid Live&quot; concert on the Colombian side of the border, in Palotal, Venezuela, Friday, Feb. 22, 2019. Venezuela's power struggle is set to become a battle of the bands Friday when musicians demanding President Nicolas Maduro allow in humanitarian aid and those supporting his refusal sing in rival concerts being held at both sides of a border bridge where tons of donated food and medicine are stored.(AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

The Latest: Venezuela partially closes Colombian border

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In this May 22, 2018, photo, President Donald Trump looks out at the audience during a speech at the Susan B. Anthony List 11th Annual Campaign for Life Gala at the National Building Museum in Washington. The Trump administration said Friday that it would bar taxpayer-funded family planning clinics from referring women for abortions, a move certain to be challenged in court by abortion rights supporters. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

Trump admin bars federal funding for abortion clinics

By Christopher Vondracek - The Washington Times

Puerto Rico Gov: Trump refuses meeting over hurricane relief

By STEVE PEOPLES - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 22, 2018 file photo, President Donald Trump looks out at the audience during a speech at the Susan B. Anthony List 11th Annual Campaign for Life Gala at the National Building Museum in Washington. The Trump administration said Friday that it would bar taxpayer-funded family planning clinics from referring women for abortions, a move certain to be challenged in court by abortion rights supporters. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump sets up abortion obstacles, barring clinic referrals

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and DAVID CRARY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 17, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump talks with then Gov.-elect Gavin Newsom, left, and as California Gov. Jerry Brown listens during a visit to a neighborhood impacted by the wildfires in Paradise, Calif. California Gov. Gavin Newsom says the Trump administration is engaging in &quot;political retribution&quot; by trying to take back $3.5 billion granted for the state's high-speed rail project. The Democratic governor says President Donald Trump is reacting to California suing over Trump's emergency declaration to pay for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Border wall, bullet train: California vs. Trump escalates

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 12, 2019, file photo, Calif., Gov. Gavin Newsom receives applause after delivering his first State of the State address to a joint session of the legislature at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. Newsom declared in his first State of the State address last week that he planned to scale back California's high-speed rail project and focus immediately on building 171 miles of track in central California. The Trump administration said Tuesday, Feb. 19, that it plans to cancel $929 million awarded to California's high-speed rail project and wants the state to return an additional $2.5 billion that it has already spent. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

The Latest: California governor accuses Trump of retribution

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FILE - In this Feb. 12, 2019, file photo, Calif., Gov. Gavin Newsom receives applause after delivering his first State of the State address to a joint session of the legislature at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. Newsom declared in his first State of the State address last week that he planned to scale back California's high-speed rail project and focus immediately on building 171 miles of track in central California. The Trump administration said Tuesday, Feb. 19, that it plans to cancel $929 million awarded to California's high-speed rail project and wants the state to return an additional $2.5 billion that it has already spent. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Gavin Newsom accuses Donald Trump of ‘political retribution’ in bullet-train money fight

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Children wave Iranian flags during a ceremony celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, at the Azadi, Freedom, Square in Tehran, Iran, Monday, Feb. 11, 2019. Hundreds of thousands of people poured out onto the streets of Tehran and other cities and towns across Iran, marking the date 40 years ago that is considered victory day in the country's 1979 Islamic Revolution. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

U.S. YouTube video pits Iranian citizens against regime

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this Oct. 9, 2018 photo, police office guards the main entrance to the Supreme Court in Washington. The Supreme Court has agreed to consider a case about the reach of a federal clean water law. The justices agreed Tuesday to hear a case involving the Clean Water Act. The act requires polluters to get a permit when they release pollution from a source such as a pipe or well to certain bodies of water such as rivers and lakes that are called &quot;navigable waters.&quot; The case involves treated wastewater from the Lahaina Wastewater Reclamation Facility in Hawaii.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

High court to consider case about reach of clean water law

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A group of suspected al Qaeda militants accused in the killing of an army general in a suicide bombing stand trial at a state security court in Sanaa, Yemen, in this April 22, 2014 file photo. (Associated Press)

Iran-al Qaeda alliance may provide legal rationale for U.S. military strikes

By Ben Wolfgang and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Latest: California sues Trump over emergency declaration

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The Latest: Attorney defends citizenship question on Census

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