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People watch a TV screen showing images of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in, left, at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, March 7, 2018. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Kim Jong-un, Moon Jae-in meeting failure could scuttle Trump summit

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this Aug. 21, 2017 photo released by the U.S. Defense Department, Qatari special operations personnel conduct a military free-fall Friendship Jump over Qatar. The U.S. military has halted some exercises with its Gulf Arab allies over the ongoing diplomatic crisis targeting Qatar, trying to use its influence to end the monthslong dispute, authorities told The Associated Press on Friday, Oct. 6, 2017. (Staff Sgt. Trevor T. McBride/ U.S. Air Force via AP) **FILE**

Qatar joins drills in Saudi Arabia in sign of GCC thaw

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

The Pentagon. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

White House releases new U.S. arms sales policy

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

A U.S. Predator drone flies over Kandahar Air Field in southern Afghanistan on a moonlit night. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) **FILE**

Armed drones now sold overseas by U.S. without Pentagon approval

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Sale of Unmanned Aerial Systems to Our Allies Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

President Trump’s Conventional Arms Transfer policy advances America’s national security

By Peter Navarro

In this undated photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, an airplane flies over caribou from the Porcupine Caribou Herd on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in northeast Alaska. The Trump administration is moving toward oil and gas drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. A notice being published Friday, April 20, 2018, in the Federal Register starts a 60-day review to sell oil and gas leases in the remote refuge. Oil and gas drilling in the pristine area in northeastern Alaska is a longtime Republican priority that most Democrats fiercely oppose. (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service via AP)

Oil, gas drilling in pristine Alaska refuge takes step ahead

By MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press

Trump administration defends Obama’s Atlantic monument

Associated Press

FILE - In this March 13, 2017, file photo, opponents of SB54, which would create a statewide sanctuary for immigrants in the country illegally, prepare to testify against the measure in the Senate Appropriations Committee in Sacramento, Calif. California lawmakers gave initial approval Monday, April 3, to a measure that prevents law enforcement from cooperating with federal immigration officials, a measure that proponents said rebukes President Donald Trump for his immigration crackdown. (AP Photo/Don Thompson, File)

San Diego County Board of Supervisors backs Trump administration in California sanctuary lawsuit

By Julie Watson - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 14, 2017, file photo, protesters rally outside a courthouse where a federal judge heard arguments in the first lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's executive order to withhold funding from communities that limit cooperation with immigration authorities in San Francisco. U.S. District Judge William Orrick on Monday, March 5, 2018, rejected the state's request for a preliminary injunction to turn over the money. More local governments in California are resisting the state's efforts to resist the Trump administration's immigration crackdown, and political experts see politics at play as Republicans try to fire up voters in a state where the GOP has grown weak. (AP Photo/Haven Daley, File)

The Latest: San Diego County board backs ‘sanctuary’ suit

Associated Press

FILE - In this April 14, 2017, file photo, protesters rally outside a courthouse where a federal judge heard arguments in the first lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's executive order to withhold funding from communities that limit cooperation with immigration authorities in San Francisco. U.S. District Judge William Orrick on Monday, March 5, 2018, rejected the state's request for a preliminary injunction to turn over the money. More local governments in California are resisting the state's efforts to resist the Trump administration's immigration crackdown, and political experts see politics at play as Republicans try to fire up voters in a state where the GOP has grown weak. (AP Photo/Haven Daley, File)

Another California county backs Trump’s ‘sanctuary’ lawsuit

By JULIE WATSON - Associated Press

In this June 22, 2016, file photo, Border Patrol agent Eduardo Olmos walks near the secondary fence separating Tijuana, Mexico, background, and San Diego in San Diego. California has rejected the federal government's initial plans for National Guard troops to the border because the work is considered too closely tied to immigration enforcement. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

US says California rejects proposed border duties for troops

By ELLIOT SPAGAT and LUIS ALONSO LUGO - Associated Press

Vice President Michael Pence gives opening remarks in the International Center at the 34th Space Symposium at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Monday, April 16, 2018. (Nadav Soroker/The Gazette via AP)

Donald Trump wants to put American on moon again, Mike Pence tells space summit

Associated Press

Pence tells space summit Trump wants a man on moon again

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 27, 2018, file photo, a group of sanctuary state supporters gather outside the Orange County Board of Supervisors meeting in Santa Ana, Calif., as they prepare to discuss joining a DOJ lawsuit against the state of California. More local governments in California are resisting the state's efforts to resist the Trump administration's immigration crackdown, and political experts see politics at play as Republicans try to fire up voters in a state where the GOP has grown weak. (Jeff Gritchen/The Orange County Register via AP, File)

Some in California side with US stance on sanctuary cities

By AMY TAXIN - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 27, 2018, file photo, a group of sanctuary state supporters gather outside the Orange County Board of Supervisors meeting in Santa Ana, Calif., as they prepare to discuss joining a DOJ lawsuit against the state of California. More local governments in California are resisting the state's efforts to resist the Trump administration's immigration crackdown, and political experts see politics at play as Republicans try to fire up voters in a state where the GOP has grown weak. (Jeff Gritchen/The Orange County Register via AP, File)

California sanctuary law opposition spreads

Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 30, 2018, file photo, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker speaks in Madison, Wis. The Trump administration is considering a plan that would allow states to require certain food stamp recipients to undergo drug testing, handing a win to conservatives who’ve long sought ways to curb safety net program. Walker sued the USDA in 2015 for blocking the state from drug testing adults applying for food stamps. A federal judge tossed the suit in 2016, but Walker renewed his request for permission later that year, after Donald Trump had won the presidency but before he took office.(AP Photo/Scott Bauer, File)

Plan would allow drug testing for some food stamp recipients

By JULIET LINDERMAN and JONATHAN LEMIRE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 30, 2018, file photo, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker speaks in Madison, Wis. The Trump administration is considering a plan that would allow states to require certain food stamp recipients to undergo drug testing, handing a win to conservatives who’ve long sought ways to curb safety net program. Walker sued the USDA in 2015 for blocking the state from drug testing adults applying for food stamps. A federal judge tossed the suit in 2016, but Walker renewed his request for permission later that year, after Donald Trump had won the presidency but before he took office.(AP Photo/Scott Bauer, File)

Drug testing plan considered for some food stamp recipients

By JULIET LINDERMAN and JONATHAN LEMIRE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, March 17, 2017, file photo, a sign advertises a program that allows food stamp recipients to use their EBT cards to shop at a farmer's market in Topsham, Maine. A proposal to curtail the nation’s food stamp program would pinch families struggling to pay for groceries and ripple through other areas of the economy, including supermarkets and discounters. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Drug tests for food stamps being considered by Trump administration

Associated Press

FILE - In this March 20, 2018, file photo, construction workers prepare for the teardown of a U.S. 75 bridge deck over Southwest Boulevard in Tulsa, Okla. In the Trump era, a popular $500 million transportation grant program is focused more on funding projects in rural areas that turned out for Trump. The result is more road and rail projects in red states like Idaho, North Dakota, and Oklahoma _ and fewer “greenways,” “complete streets,” and bike lanes. (Matt Barnard/Tulsa World via AP)

Trump-era transportation project more focused on rural areas

By ANDREW TAYLOR - Associated Press

A screenshot for HealthCare.gov during 2018 open enrollment is shown here. (Associated Press/File) **FILE**

Obamacare penalty carve-outs expanded by Trump administration

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times