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Guns are displayed for sale at the Ohio Supply & Tool in Wadsworth, Ohio, on Jan. 26, 2017. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Gun background check totals drop as market adjusts to Donald Trump

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Donald Trump’s threat: Cancel Congress’ recess to confirm nominees

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

A television set is on in the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Monday, May 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

White House Correspondents Association downs Trump request to denounce news story

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this June 30, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Trump pressed Congress on Monday, July 10, 2017, to get health care done before leaving for its long August recess, even as Republican senators say the GOP effort so far to repeal and replace the nation's health law is probably dead. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Inside the Beltway: Obstruction of Trump nominees is unprecedented, just 23% confirmed

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump, flanked by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. and House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., hosts a meeting with House and Senate leadership, Wednesday, March 1, 2017, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump mulls cancelling Congress’ summer recess to break Senate Democrat obstruction of nominees

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

FILE - In this June 29, 2017 file photo, FBI Director nominee Christopher Wray meets with Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa on Capitol Hill in Washington. Wray, nominated to replace James Comey as FBI director is described by those close to him as admirably low-key, yet he'd be taking over the law enforcement agency at a moment when its under an intense spotlight. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Low-key FBI director pick would lead agency through tumult

By ERIC TUCKER and SADIE GURMAN - Associated Press

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, Iowa Republican, has indicated that he might not adhere to the blue slip tradition, giving senators a sort of veto over judges picked from their home states who don't meet with their approval. (Associated Press)

Senate Democrats hold blue slips, delay Donald Trump’s federal judicial nominees

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

In this Wednesday, July 5, 2017, photo, Judy Rutan holds a section of grass that was dug up by surveyors on her front yard, at her home in Eatontown, N.J. Jared Kushner’s family real estate company, which is trying to expand a mall and build an apartment complex in Eatontown, is being sued. Some residents are upset because the complex encroaches onto their backyards and it will bring unwanted traffic and noise to the town. The plaintiffs claim Kushner Cos. is getting special treatment as the project has sped through the approval process. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Kushners face heated trial over suburban Jersey mall project

By GARANCE BURKE and BERNARD CONDON - Associated Press

Walter Shaub Jr., director of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics walks on Capitol Hill in Washington, in this Jan. 23, 2017, file photo. Shaub, who prodded President Donald Trump’s administration over conflicts of interest is resigning to take a new job, at the Campaign Legal Center, a nonprofit in Washington that mostly focuses on violations of campaign finance law. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Walter Shaub, ethics director, resigns after months of clashing with the White House

By Sally Persons - The Washington Times

South Carolina Election Commission won’t turn over data

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Nikki Haley, ambassador to the United Nations, who said the U.S. would not rule out a military response and was preparing a package of punishments for the Security Council to consider. (Associated Press/File)

North Korea ICBM test gives world bad options

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

"I think it's super important for us to let him express his personality," said Anthony Scaramucci, President Trump's new communications director. (Associated Press/File)

Trump White House still lacks a website for Spanish speakers

By Jill Colvin and Luis Alonso Lugo - Associated Press

Tractor trailer spills 7,400 gallons of gas into creek

Associated Press

FILE - In these photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. in a Feb. 22, 2017 file photo, and President Donald Trump, May 12, 2017. The relationship of Trump and McConnell is now at the center of the Washington crucible. As controversy swirls over Trump's abrupt firing of FBI Director James Comey, McConnell's moves will set the tone for how the rest of the Senate and Republican Party as a whole responds. (AP Photo)

Donald Trump courts Senate GOP on health care bill

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

This image from the Twitter account of Donald J Trump @realDonaldTrump shows a tweet including a graphic regarding Medicaid spending. President Donald Trump passed one around on Twitter in recent days, and it showing spending on Medicaid rising for years in the future under the stalled Republican health care bill. You’d never know from his chart’s mountain-climbing line, or his rhetoric, that the bill would inflict deep cuts in the program. (Twitter via AP)

AP FACT CHECK: When a swoopy line on a chart misleads

By CALVIN WOODWARD and JIM DRINKARD - Associated Press

Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

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Morning Joe panelist Donny Deutsch weighed in on the network's back-and-forth feud with President Donald Trump by challenging the president to a fight. "We're from Queens. I'll meet you in the schoolyard, brother," he said while looking directly into the camera, June 30, 2017. (MSNBC screenshot)

Donny Deutsch issues Trump ‘serious’ fight challenge: ‘I’ll meet you in the schoolyard, brother’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

In this Nov. 29, 2016 file photo Mika Brzezinski waits for an elevator in the lobby at Trump Tower, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016, in New York. President Donald Trump has used a series of tweets to go after Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough, who've criticized Trump on their MSNBC show &quot;Morning Joe.&quot; (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

MSNBC ‘Morning Joe’ hosts fire back at Trump Twitter blasts

By DAVID BAUDER - Associated Press

In this Nov. 29, 2016 file photo Mika Brzezinski waits for an elevator in the lobby at Trump Tower, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016, in New York. President Donald Trump has used a series of tweets to go after Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough, who've criticized Trump on their MSNBC show &quot;Morning Joe.&quot; (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

MSNBC hosts say tabloid article a weapon in Trump feud

By DAVID BAUDER - Associated Press

Rep. Mike Conaway, R-Texas, left, a member of the House Intelligence Committee, and Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee speak after closed meeting Tuesday, June 6, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

House panel threatens White House with subpoena over Comey ‘tapes’

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times