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In this March 22, 2017, file photo President Donald Trump , left, and Texas State Sen. Dawn Buckingham, right, listen as Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Seema Verma speaks during a meeting on women in healthcare in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

White House works on backup plan for Obamacare

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this Nov. 15, 2018, file photo provided by Ivan Pierre Aguirre, migrant teens are led in a line inside the Tornillo detention camp holding more than 2,300 migrant teens in Tornillo, Texas. The Trump administration announced in June 2018 that it would open the temporary shelter for up to 360 migrant children in this isolated corner of the Texas desert. Less than six months later, the facility has expanded into a detention camp holding thousands of teenagers — and it shows every sign of becoming more permanent. (Ivan Pierre Aguirre via AP)

U.S. nixed FBI checks on staff at migrant teen detention camp

By Garance Burke and Martha Mendoza - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks as he announces a revamped North American free trade deal, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Monday, Oct. 1, 2018. The new deal, reached just before a midnight deadline imposed by the U.S., will be called the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA. It replaces the 24-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement, which President Donald Trump had called a job-killing disaster. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Donald Trump NAFTA trade deal threatened by Democrats’ demands

By Dan Boylan - The Washington Times

Two Honduran men pose as a photographer, at left, takes their picture after the group climbed the border wall separating Tijuana, Mexico, and San Diego, before climbing back down on the Mexican side, Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2018, seen from San Diego. Migrants traveling by caravan from Central America continue to arrive in Tijuana, where the border has been fortified by razor wire in many sections by U.S. authorities. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Trump administration to appeal Judge Jon Tigar order barring asylum restrictions

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In this Jan. 17, 2018, file photo, "Fox & Friends" co-hosts, from left, Steve Doocy, Ainsley Earhardt and Brian Kilmeade appear on their set in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Fox News disciplines employees involved in Scott Pruitt ‘Fox & Friends’ interview

By David Bauder - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 16, 2018 file photo, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt appears before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee on the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies on budget on Capitol Hill in Washington. Fox News Channel says it is disciplining employees who worked with the Trump administration to craft a &quot;Fox &amp; Friends&quot; interview last year with former EPA administrator Scott Pruitt. An email exchange showed Pruitt's aides suggesting the interview, passing along &quot;talking points&quot; and given script approval by a Fox producer. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Fox disciplines employees who set up Trump aide appearance

By DAVID BAUDER - Associated Press

Money for Columbia River tribal fishing village restored

By MOLLY HARBARGER - Associated Press

Israeli envoy says US to release peace plan in early 2019

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

US makes case for withdrawal from missile treaty with Russia

By MARIA DANILOVA - Associated Press

Seema Verma, administrator at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, said the changes will save taxpayers $690 million over 10 years. (Associated Press)

Trump admin forming ‘contingency plans’ if lawsuit kills Obamacare

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Then-United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley speaks during a security council meeting about the escalating tensions between the Ukraine and Russia at United Nations headquarters, Monday, Nov. 26, 2018. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Russia-Ukraine Kerch Strait incident draws international condemnation

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this Nov. 22, 2018, photo, President Donald Trump speaks with reporters at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Donald Trump hit of judges ideological gap correct

By S.A. Miller and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this July 26, 2017, file photo, a supporter of LGBT rights holds up an &quot;equality flag&quot; on Capitol Hill in Washington, during an event held by Rep. Joe Kennedy, D-Mass., in support of transgender members of the military. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Government seeks quick ruling on transgender troops case

By JESSICA GRESKO and MARK SHERMAN - Associated Press

In this July 26, 2017, file photo, a supporter of LGBT rights holds up an &quot;equality flag&quot; on Capitol Hill in Washington, during an event held by Rep. Joe Kennedy, D-Mass., in support of transgender members of the military. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Government asks high court to hear transgender military case

By JESSICA GRESKO and MARK SHERMAN - Associated Press

In this Nov. 9, 2018, photo, firefighter Jose Corona sprays water as flames from the Camp Fire consume a home in Magalia, Calif. A massive new federal report warns that extreme weather disasters, like California’s wildfires and 2018’s hurricanes, are worsening in the United States. The White House report quietly issued Friday, Nov. 23 also frequently contradicts President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Noah Berger) **FILE**

Latest comprehensive National Climate Assessment gives dire climate change warning

By Gabriella Muñoz and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this March 27, 2018, file photo, plaintiffs Cathrine Schmid, second left, and Conner Callahan, second right, listens with supporters during a news conference in front of a federal courthouse following a hearing in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) ** FILE **

Trump admin asks Supreme Court to speed transgender troops case

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Spain PM visits Cuba, uses hotel banned to US visitors

By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ - Associated Press

The Latest: Appeal on asylum ruling will be filed

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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, right, and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, left, shake hands during their meeting at the State Department in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Turkey seeks extradition of exiled cleric from US

By Associated Press - Associated Press

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo gestures while speaking during a news conference at the State Department in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Pompeo backs Trump on Saudi alliance: ‘Mean, nasty world out there’

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times