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US to accuse Iran of violating chemical weapons treaty

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

CNN's Jim Acosta gestures as he leaves federal court in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018, following a hearing on a legal challenge against President Donald Trump's administration over the revocation of his White House &quot;hard pass.&quot; (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

The Latest: CNN’s Acosta returns to White House after ruling

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In this Nov. 9, 2017, photo, U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping participate in a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. Mr. Xi had an "extremely positive" phone conversation with Mr. Trump about trade and other issues, the foreign ministry said Friday, Nov. 2, 2018. The two leaders agreed to "strengthen economic exchanges," said a ministry spokesman, Lu Kang. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Chinese media: U.S.-led ‘Quad’ is ‘doomed to fail’

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Austrian army soldiers practice the protection of the EU external border during a joint military exercise with Czech and Hungarian soldiers of the Central European Defense Cooperation, CEDC, in Allensteig, Austria, Friday, Sept. 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

U.S. fight against U.N. migration pact finds allies

By Dan Boylan - The Washington Times

$FILE - In this March 25, 2014 file photo, a worker adjusts hoses during a hydraulic fracturing operation at a gas well, near Mead, Colorado. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is holding its only public hearing on the Trump administration's plans to roll back Obama-era rules for methane pollution from the oil and gas industry. Nearly 125 people have asked to speak at the daylong session in Denver on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)$

Dozens plead with Trump administration to keep air rules

By DAN ELLIOTT - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 26, 2018 file photo, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar speaks during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Trump administration is opening the door for states to provide more inpatient treatment for people with serious mental illness by tapping their Medicaid programs. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar made the announcement Tuesday. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

More leeway for states to expand inpatient mental health

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR - Associated Press

Members of a military agency that transports valuables remove gold bars from a military plane to be taken to Venezuela's Central Bank, at the Carlota military airport in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, March 1, 2018. Since January, Venezuela's central bank has accumulated 3.7 tons of gold from the Orinoco mining belt in southern Bolivar state, which is almost half of the 8.5 tons dispatched in all of 2017.&#160;(AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela gold targeted by Donald Trump

By Dan Boylan - The Washington Times

Hearing in asylum law challenge set for next week

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In this June 12, 2018, file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump shake hands at the conclusion of their meetings at the Capella resort on Sentosa Island in Singapore. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool, File)

US analysts locate secret North Korean missile sites

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

Meet the House Democrats who will be running the show

By KEVIN FREKING - Associated Press

In this Nov. 7, 2018, photo, President Donald Trump listens to a question during a news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Getting Trump's tax returns is high on the list of Democratic priorities now that they have won the House. By law, the leaders of tax-writing committees in the House and Senate can obtain tax returns and related information from the Internal Revenue Service. The House panel will be controlled by the Democrats next year. Yet there’s no guarantee that the Trump administration will provide the president’s returns. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Democrats eye Trump’s tax returns but expect a long fight

By MARCY GORDON - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 15, 2012 file photo, a legal immigrant reads a guide of the conditions needed to apply for Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program at the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, CHIRLA offices in Los Angeles. A U.S. appeals court ruled Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018, that President Donald Trump cannot immediately end the Obama-era program shielding young immigrants from deportation. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously kept in place a preliminary injunction blocking Trump's decision to phase out the DACA program. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Appeals court rules against Trump on DACA immigrant policy

By SUDHIN THANAWALA - Associated Press

The Keystone pumping station, into which the planned Keystone XL pipeline is to connect to, is seen in Steele City, Neb., Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik) **FILE**

Judge Brian Morris blocks Keystone pipeline

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

Nuns with the Little Sisters of The Poor, including Sister Celestine, left, and Sister Jeanne Veronique, center, rally outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, March 23, 2016, as the court hears arguments to allow birth control in health care plans in the Zubik vs. Burwell case. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

Lawyers seek end to birth-control mandate battle: ‘Stop fighting nuns’

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

US warns nations not to allow Iranian oil tankers

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

In this Oct. 30, 2017, file photo, Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., participates in a panel discussion during a summit on the country's opioid epidemic at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore. A post on the congressman’s Facebook page for re-election says 91-year-old Ruth Elma Cummings died Monday, Feb. 5, 2018. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) **FILE**

House Democrats poised to investigate Trump administration

By Stephen Dinan and Dan Boylan - The Washington Times

Nathaniel Gleicher (right), Facebook's head of cybersecurity policy, monitors election-related content on the social media platform with Samidh Chakrabarti (left), director of elections and civic engagement, and Katie Harbath, global politics and government outreach director. (Associated Press)

Inside the Ring: Election interference deterred?

By Bill Gertz

President Donald Trump waves to members of the media as he walks towards the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, July 18, 2018, after returning from Andrews Air Force Base, and paying respects to the family of fallen U.S. Secret Service special agent Nole Edward Remagen who suffered a stroke while on duty in Scotland. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Donald Trump braces for investigations galore as Dems take House

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times