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Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, pauses for reporters as he and other senior bipartisan House and Senate negotiators try to strike a border security compromise in hope of avoiding another government shutdown, at the Capitol in in Washington, Monday, Feb. 11, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Trump not ‘thrilled’ with border deal but leaning toward it

By JILL COLVIN, ANDREW TAYLOR and ALAN FRAM and JONATHAN LEMIRE - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with a group of sheriffs from around the country before leaving the White House in Washington, Monday, Feb. 11, 2019, for a trip to El Paso, Texas. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

AP FACT CHECK: Trump says no more planes or cows under Dems

By CALVIN WOODWARD and HOPE YEN - Associated Press

Former White House aide who wrote expose sues Trump

Associated Press

Cliff Sims, left, director of White House Message Strategy, stands with Kellyanne Conway, center, senior adviser to President Donald Trump, and White House press secretary Sean Spicer, right, as they listen to President Donald Trump welcome the 2016 NCAA Football National Champions Clemson University Tigers, Monday, June 12, 2017, during a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) ** FILE **

Cliff Sims, ‘Team of Vipers’ author, sues Trump

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

In this Sunday, Feb. 10, 2019 image from video provided by Hawar News Agency, ANHA, an online Kurdish news service, civilians flee fighting near Baghouz, Syria. Fierce fighting was underway Monday between U.S.-backed Syrian forces and the Islamic State group around the extremists' last foothold in eastern Syria. The capture of the IS-held village of Baghouz and nearby areas would mark the end of a four-year global war to end IS' territorial hold over large parts of Syria and Iraq, where the group established its self-proclaimed &quot;caliphate&quot; in 2014. (ANHA via AP) **FILE**

Fierce fighting over last Islamic State foothold in Syria

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Rep. Kay Granger, R-Texas, left, ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, speaks with Appropriations Chair Nita Lowey, D-N.Y., as a bipartisan group of House and Senate bargainers finished their first meeting to craft a border security compromise in hope of avoiding another government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Congressional leaders to meet Monday, hope to jump-start stalled spending talks

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Team of Vipers’ by Cliff Sims

By John R. Coyne Jr.

In this Jan. 31, 2014, photo, David Pecker, Chairman and CEO of American Media, addresses those attending the Shape &amp; Men's Fitness Super Bowl Party in New York. An attorney for the head of the National Enquirer’s parent company says the tabloid didn’t commit extortion or blackmail by threatening to publish Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ explicit photos. Elkan Abramowitz represents American Media Inc. CEO David Pecker. He defended the tabloid’s practice as a “negotiation” in an interview Sunday, Feb. 10, 2019, with ABC News. (Marion Curtis via AP) **FILE**

Tabloid CEO’s lawyer denies Enquirer tried to extort Bezos

By MICHAEL BALSAMO - Associated Press

Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker departs after testifying before the House Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill, Friday, Feb. 8, 2019, in Washington. Democrats pressed him on his interactions with President Donald Trump and his oversight of the special counsel's Russia investigation. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Acting AG Whitaker tells lawmakers he hasn’t interfered with Mueller probe in fiery hearing

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 12, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump boards Marine One as he leaves Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., after his first medical check-up as president. Trump is in for some poking and prodding as doctors assess whether his “incredibly good genes” continue to serve him well. Trump travels to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center outside Washington on Friday, Feb. 8, 2019, for his second annual medical checkup as president. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Donald Trump getting annual physical exam at Walter Reed

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 28, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

Sarah Huckabee Sanders hit with ‘Big Bang Theory’ religious potshots during show credits

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 23, 2019, file photo, a view of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

White House report tries to shift Trump health care rhetoric

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR - Associated Press

Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., the top Republican on the bipartisan group bargainers working to craft a border security compromise in hope of avoiding another government shutdown, is joined by Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., left, and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., right, as they speak with reporters after a briefing with officials about the US-Mexico border, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019. Shelby is chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Trump-GOP meeting boosts optimism about reaching border deal

By ALAN FRAM and ANDREW TAYLOR - Associated Press

Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin speaks with reporters outside the White House, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Mnuchin says Powell and Trump had ‘productive’ meeting

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER - Associated Press

President Trump's approval ratings jumped several points after his State of the Union address, but he is facing a fight over border wall money, a looming report from special counsel Robert Mueller and lousy poll numbers among female voters. (Associated Press/File)

Donald Trump says Russia nuclear treaty must include China

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Jan. 1, 2019 file photo, a new housing project is seen in the West Bank settlement of Modiin Ilit. A West Bank settler group said in a report issued Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019, that the number of people living in Israeli Jewish settlements surged at a much faster rate than the overall Israeli population last year. Baruch Gordon, director of West Bank Jewish Population Stats, is predicting an even faster growth rate in the coming years, thanks to what he says is a friendly environment under the Trump administration. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)

West Bank settlers report surge in population growth

By JOSEF FEDERMAN - Associated Press

In this Jan. 12, 2019, file photo, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks during an organizing event at Manchester Community College in Manchester, N.H. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer) ** FILE **

Being a Democrat nowadays means having to say you’re sorry … a lot

By Joseph Curl

Testimony by CIA Director Gina Haspel and Director of National Intelligence Daniel Coats supports the White House on many policy issues. (Associated Press)

Gina Haspel: Intelligence community ‘pleased’ with Trump’s decision to expel 61 Russian officers

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 1, 2019, photo, President Donald Trump speaks in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. The White House says Trump will call for optimism and unity in his State of the Union address, using the moment to attempt a reset after two years of bitter partisanship and deeply personal attacks. But skepticism will emanate from both sides of the aisle when Trump enters the House chamber Tuesday for the primetime address to lawmakers and the nation. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Trump to call for unity, face skepticism in State of Union

By JULIE PACE - Associated Press

Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway speaks to reporters outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Monday, Feb. 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

Kellyanne Conway: Trump will call for comity, end to politics of ‘resistance’

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times