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FILE - In this July 11, 2018, photo, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh listens to Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, on Capitol Hill in Washington, during a meeting. The White House is turning up the pressure on Senate Democrats to meet with President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, though with little success. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Senate Democrats ask for documents before Kavanaugh meetings

By KEVIN FREKING - Associated Press

Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer speaks during the Republican Party of Iowa's annual Reagan Dinner in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

In Spicer’s new book, praise for Trump, criticism for press

By JILL COLVIN - Associated Press

President Donald Trump participates in a tour during a &quot;Made in America Product Showcase&quot; at the White House, Monday, July 23, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Analysis: Under Trump Doctrine, no slight goes unanswered

By JONATHAN LEMIRE and ZEKE MILLER - Associated Press

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., talks to reporters following a GOP strategy session on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 17, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Paul Ryan: Donald Trump is ‘trolling’ people over security clearance threats

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump salutes as he arrives at Andrews Air Force Base after attending the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States National Convention, Tuesday, July 24, 2018, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The Latest: WH says Trump still weighing security clearances

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FILE - In this Monday, Jan. 23, 2017 file photo, White House press Secretary Sean Spicer speaks during the daily White House briefing at the White House in Washington. A statement on Sunday by presidential counselor Kellyanne Conway, about Spicer providing &quot;alternative facts,&quot; is included in the 2017 update to The Yale Book of Quotations. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Sean Spicer, in book ‘The Briefing: Politics, the Press, and the President,’ calls Trump ‘unicorn’

By Jill Colvin - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, right, speaks next to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at a 2018 Australia-U.S. Ministerial (AUSMIN) Consultations news conference in Stanford, Calif., Tuesday, July 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

James Mattis: No plans for U.S., Russian military cooperation in Syria

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump participates in a tour during a &quot;Made in America Product Showcase&quot; at the White House, Monday, July 23, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Analysis: Trump’s Iran threat latest combative global move

By JONATHAN LEMIRE and ZEKE MILLER - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 11, 2018, photo, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh listens to Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, on Capitol Hill in Washington, during a meeting. The White House is turning up the pressure on Senate Democrats to meet with President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, though with little success. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

White House ramps up pressure on Dems to meet with Kavanaugh

By KEVIN FREKING - Associated Press

From left, FBI Director James Comey, CIA Director John Brennan, and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper sit together in the front row before President Barack Obama spoke about National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance, Friday, Jan. 17, 2014, at the Justice Department in Washington. The president called for ending the government's control of phone data from millions of Americans. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Donald Trump threatens to revoke security clearances of Comey, Brennan, Clapper

By S.A. Miller and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump waves as he walks across the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, July 20, 2018, to board Marine One for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., en route to Bedminster N.J., for the weekend. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Putin idea for Ukraine referendum rejected by White House

By ZEKE MILLER and KEN THOMAS - Associated Press

In this July 16, 20198, photo, U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin arrive for a news conference at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland. Trump has asked national security adviser John Bolton to invite Putin to Washington in the fall. That's the latest update Thursday from White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders following Trump's meeting with Putin earlier this week in Finland. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

White House rejects Putin idea for Ukraine referendum

By ZEKE MILLER and KEN THOMAS - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks before signing 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)

Donald Trump economy threatened by tariff wars, Federal Reserve interest rate hikes

By S.A. Miller and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

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

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

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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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

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)

White House, State at odds over Putin’s interview proposal

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

Members of the U.S. Secret Service Counter Sniper Team wait outside the lobby of the Shangri-La Hotel in Singapore, Sunday, June 10, 2018, ahead of the summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. (AP Photo/Yong Teck Lim) ** FILE **

Donald Trump offers condolences for Secret Service agent’s death

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media as he meets with members of Congress in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Tuesday, July 17, 2018, in Washington. Trump says he meant the opposite when he said in Helsinki that he doesn't see why Russia would have interfered in the 2016 U.S. elections. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump talks tougher, now says he warned Putin on meddling

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