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White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders calls on a member of the media during the daily press briefing at the White House, Wednesday, July 18, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Let’s be clear: The White House week of walk-backs

By ANNE FLAHERTY - Associated Press

Russian Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting with Russian ambassadors to foreign countries in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, July 19, 2018. Putin says his first summit with U.S. President Donald Trump was &quot;successful&quot; and is accusing Trump's opponents in the U.S. of hampering any progress on the issues they discussed. (Sergei Karpukhin/Pool Photo via AP)

The Latest: Merkel responds to Trump jab on Montenegro

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Russian Vladimir Putin gestures during a meeting with Russian ambassadors to foreign countries in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, July 19, 2018. Putin says his first summit with U.S. President Donald Trump was &quot;successful&quot; and is accusing Trump's opponents in the U.S. of hampering any progress on the issues they discussed. (Sergei Karpukhin/Pool Photo via AP)

Putin vows to hear ‘all opinions’ in pension controversy

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Russian President Vladimir Putin gives a soccer ball to U.S. President Donald Trump, left, during a press conference after their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, Monday, July 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Putin soccer ball gift to Trump gets routine security check

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE - Associated Press

U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, arrive for a one-on-one-meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, Monday, July 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Donald Trump on the rebound: President can flip the script against his opponents, says expert

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump gestures while speaking during his meeting with members of his cabinet in Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, July 18, 2018. Looking on is Deputy Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) ** FILE **

The Latest: Trump slams media for coverage of Putin summit

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FILE - In this November 1985, file photo, U.S. President Ronald Reagan, his wife Nancy Reagan and an aide, left, meet with Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, his wife Raisa Gorbachev and an aide in Geneva, Switzerland. After a week of erraticism by President Donald Trump about what really went on in his private meeting in Finland with Russia’s Vladimir Putin, history could use a fly on the wall.There were two _ their interpreters. And some Democrats want Trump’s to talk. Diplomatic translators speak when they’re spoken at, and that’s about it. They are innermost witnesses to international history, but ultra-discreet ones, tasked with reflecting as accurately as possible and in nearly real time the words and context of conversations crossing the language barrier. (AP Photo)

Translators stay in shadows, but Dems want Trump’s to emerge

By CALVIN WOODWARD - Associated Press

In this July 16, 2018, photo, U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, shake hands at the beginning of a meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland. Trump and Putin may have reached several historic agreements at their summit in Finland this week. Or, they may not have. Three days later no one is quite sure. With no details emerging from the leaders’ one-on-one discussion on Monday other than the vague outline they offered themselves, officials, lawmakers and the public in the United States in particular are wondering what, if anything, was actually agreed to. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Did Trump and Putin agree to anything? Only they know

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies during a House Judiciary hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017, on oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Russia actively using fake news and propaganda to sow discord in U.S.: FBI director Wray

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

People hold posters reading from left "Pension reform is a funeral in life, Stop robbing people" during a protest against the government's plans to raise the retirement age, in front of the Russian State Duma, the Lower House of the Russian Parliament in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, July 19, 2018. The State Duma is voting on the bill Thursday, which would raise the age at which retirees can receive state pensions from 60 to 65 for men, and from 55 to 63 for women. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Vladimir Putin raises Russia retirement age; approval rating falls

By Marc Bennetts - Special to The Washington Times

President Donald Trump gestures while speaking during his meeting with members of his cabinet in Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, July 18, 2018. Looking on is Deputy Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) ** FILE **

Round 2 for Trump-Putin: A fall invite amid summit mop-up

By ZEKE MILLER and KEN THOMAS and LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

Russian Vladimir Putin gestures during a meeting with Russian ambassadors to foreign countries in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, July 19, 2018. Putin says his first summit with U.S. President Donald Trump was &quot;successful&quot; and is accusing Trump's opponents in the U.S. of hampering any progress on the issues they discussed. (Sergei Karpukhin/Pool Photo via AP)

White House rejects Vladimir Putin’s proposal to interrogate Americans

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

U.S. President Donald Trump, second from left, gives a statement as Russian President Vladimir Putin, second from right, looks on and translators take notes at the beginning of a meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, Monday, July 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Helsinki hellfire keeps the press aflame

By Donald Lambro

Russian Vladimir Putin gestures during a meeting with Russian ambassadors to foreign countries in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, July 19, 2018. Putin says his first summit with U.S. President Donald Trump was &quot;successful&quot; and is accusing Trump's opponents in the U.S. of hampering any progress on the issues they discussed. (Sergei Karpukhin/Pool Photo via AP)

Russia tests new nuclear weapons after summit with Trump

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In this July 16, 2018, photo, U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, shake hands at the beginning of a meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland. Trump and Putin may have reached several historic agreements at their summit in Finland this week. Or, they may not have. Three days later no one is quite sure. With no details emerging from the leaders’ one-on-one discussion on Monday other than the vague outline they offered themselves, officials, lawmakers and the public in the United States in particular are wondering what, if anything, was actually agreed to. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Donald Trump invites Vladimir Putin to Washington in the fall

By Dave Boyer and Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump arrives to sign an Executive Order that establishes a National Council for the American Worker during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, July 19, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Attacking ‘hysterical’ media a go-to segment at Fox

By DAVID BAUDER - Associated Press

Russian Vladimir Putin gestures during a meeting with Russian ambassadors to foreign countries in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, July 19, 2018. Putin says his first summit with U.S. President Donald Trump was "successful" and is accusing Trump's opponents in the U.S. of hampering any progress on the issues they discussed. (Sergei Karpukhin/Pool Photo via AP)

Vladimir Putin claims powerful forces seeking to undermine outcome of Trump meeting

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hand with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the end of the press conference after their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, Monday, July 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

The Latest: Trump invites Putin to Washington in the fall

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Shrewd Card Player Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

In defense of Trump with Putin

By Andrew P. Napolitano

From left, Rep. Jim Renacci, R-Ohio, House Ways and Means Committee chairman Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, President Donald Trump, and Rep. Diane Black, R-Tenn., wait for members of the media to be escorted out of the room during a meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Tuesday, July 17, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

AP FACT CHECK: Trump and Putin step back from summit remarks

By CALVIN WOODWARD and RICHARD LARDNER - Associated Press