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President Donald Trump meets with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, March 19, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump says ‘all options on table’ in Venezuela

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro speaks at the Chamber of Commerce in Washington, Monday, March 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump buddies up with Bolsonaro, the ‘Trump of the Tropics’

By JILL COLVIN and PETER PRENGAMAN - Associated Press

In this June 12, 2018, file photo, Washington Capitals' Alex Ovechkin, from Russia, right, holds up the Stanley Cup during a victory rally in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File) ** FILE **

Donald Trump hosts Capitals Monday

By Adam Zielonka - The Washington Times

FILE - In this June 12, 2018, file photo, Washington Capitals' Alex Ovechkin, of Russia, holds up the Stanley Cup trophy during the NHL hockey team's Stanley Cup victory celebration at the National Mall in Washington. The U.S. Capitol rises in the background. A person with direct knowledge of the decision says the Capitals will go to the White House on Monday, March 25, 2019, to celebrate their Stanley Cup championship.The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Tuesday, March 19, 2019, because the team had not announced the decision.(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

The Latest: Cup champion Capitals to visit White House

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FILE - In this Sept. 25, 2017 file photo, Ivanka Trump stands before President Donald Trump signs a memorandum to expand access to STEM, science technology engineering and math, education, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. The Trump administration on Monday proposed new limits on federal student loans taken out by parents and graduate students as part of a broader plan to curb the cost of college. White House officials included the plan in a list of suggested changes to the Higher Education Act, a sweeping federal law that governs student lending and is in the process of getting its first overhaul from Congress in more than a decade. Ivanka Trump, the daughter and adviser of President Donald Trump, unveiled the plan at a meeting of the National Council for the American Worker, an advisory group created last July that Ivanka helps lead. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

White House proposes caps on student loan borrowing

By COLLIN BINKLEY - Associated Press

"The president has continually called for fiscal restraint and will persist in his efforts to end the wasteful spending," said Office of Management and Budget Acting Director Russell Vought. (Associated Press)

Trump administration’s budget calls for deeper spending cuts

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump thank his daughter, American Workforce Policy Advisory Board co-chair Ivanka Trump, during the advisory board's first meeting in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, March 6, 2019. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

White House proposes broad changes to higher-ed loans, aid

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 31, 2019, file photo, acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with American manufacturers in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

Where’s Mick? Trump acting chief of staff has low-key style

By JILL COLVIN and ZEKE MILLER - Associated Press

President Donald Trump listens during a briefing on drug trafficking at the southern border in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Wednesday, March 13, 2019, in Washington. Trump said during the event the U.S. is issuing an emergency order grounding all Boeing 737 Max 8 and Max 9 aircraft &quot;effective immediately,&quot; in the wake of the crash of an Ethiopian Airliner that killed 157 people. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

The Latest: Trump issues 1st veto, on border resolution

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IN this March 13, 2019, photo, reporters pose questions to Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 13, 2019. The Republican-led Senate is set to deal President Donald Trump a rebuke on his declaration of a national emergency at the Mexican border, with the only remaining question how many GOP senators will join Democrats in defying him. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate slaps down Trump border emergency; Republicans defect

By LISA MASCARO and ALAN FRAM and CATHERINE LUCEY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019 file photo, former Democratic Texas congressman Beto O'Rourke laughs during a live interview with Oprah Winfrey on a Times Square stage at "SuperSoul Conversations," in New York. O'Rourkesent a text message Wednesday to El Paso TV station KTSM saying he's running for the Democratic presidential nomination. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

Beto O’Rourke’s bare-footed feign at greatness

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Illustration on cutting through political fog by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

So many claims and counterclaims can be easily torpedoed

By Ronald Kessler

"I do know there's a lot of cuts to agriculture — we just passed a farm bill. We're not going to do that," said Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts, Kansas Republican. (Associated Press)

Neither Democrats nor Republicans happy with Donald Trump’s 2020 budget cuts

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Vice President Mike Pence, center, accompanied by his Chief of Staff Marc Short, second from left, leaves the U.S. Capitol building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Senate rejection of Trump border emergency no longer certain

By ALAN FRAM and LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

The Capitol is seen amid leafless branches in Washington, Tuesday morning March 12, 2019. President Donald Trump's new budget proposal doubles down on his border wall and military spending as he faces a divided Congress and rifts within his own party. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The Latest: GOP plan would limit power to declare emergency

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President Trump says he is convinced that Americans, with his leadership, can defy the prognosticators and produce economic growth at an average of about 3 percent each year over the next decade. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump ‘MAGAnomics’ budget requires ‘absurd’ growth rate

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

"We can help low-income families and end dependency on government benefits by strengthening work requirements," said Russell Vought, acting director of the Office of Management and Budget. (Associated Press)

Trump budget includes strengthened work requirements

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Construction crews replace a section of the primary wall separating San Diego, above right, and Tijuana, Mexico, below left, Monday, March 11, 2019, seen from Tijuana, Mexico. President Donald Trump is reviving his border wall fight, preparing a new budget that will seek $8.6 billion for the U.S-Mexico barrier while imposing steep spending cuts to other domestic programs and setting the stage for another fiscal battle. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Highlights of Trump’s $4.7 trillion budget request

By MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press

President Donald Trump waves as he walks on the South Lawn after stepping off Marine One at the White House, Sunday, March 10, 2019, in Washington. Trump is returning from a trip to Mar-a-Lago, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump’s budget proposal offers preview of upcoming campaign

By ZEKE MILLER and CATHERINE LUCEY - Associated Press

In this Dec. 3, 2018, file photo, White House chief economic adviser Larry Kudlow talks with reporters about trade negotiations with China, at the White House in Washington. President Donald Trump’s top economist is brushing off concerns about rising budget deficits and slowing economic growth in advance of the release of the president’s 2020 budget. Kudlow says Trump’s budget “points a steady glide path” toward lower federal spending and federal borrowing as a share of the nation’s economy. The budget proposal will be released on Monday, March 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) ** FILE **

Donald Trump’s 2020 budget request to seek $8.6 billion for border wall

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times