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U.S. Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley smiles while testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 27, 2017, before the House State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs subcommittee budget hearing on the United Nations and International Organizations. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Haley says warning to Syria also aimed at Russia and Iran

By RICHARD LARDNER - Associated Press

FILE - This Jan. 16, 2017 file photo shows then-President Barack Obama talking with Cubs manager Joe Maddon, center, and co-owner Laura Ricketts, left, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, where the president honored the 2016 World Series Champion baseball team. Maddon and some members of the Chicago Cubs will visit the White House on Wednesday, June 28, 2017 though it’s not an official visit with President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Joe Maddon says Cubs making informal trip to White House

By Stephen Whyno - Associated Press

Energy Secretary Rick Perry speak during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, June 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Rick Perry calls for ‘intellectual conversation’ on climate change

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this file image taken from video on Monday Oct. 29, 2012, obtained from the Ugarit news network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows smoke rising from the city following heavy bombing from military warplanes, in Deir el-Zour's Jbeileh neighborhood, 450 km northeast of Damascus Syria. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video, File )

Syria denies U.S. allegations of coming chemical attack

By Philip Issa and Jill Colvin - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 18, 2017 file photo, a Syrian National flag hangs out of a damaged building at the mountain resort town of Zabadani in the Damascus countryside, Syria. The Syrian government on Tuesday, June 27, 2017 dismissed White House allegations that it was preparing a new chemical weapons attack, as activists reported an airstrike on an Islamic State-run jail in eastern Syria that they said killed more than 40 prisoners. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

The Latest: US warns Syria against chemical attack

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White House press secretary Sean Spicer speaks during a the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, June 26, 2017. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

White House warns Syria’s Assad against chemical attack

By JILL COLVIN - Associated Press

White House press secretary Sean Spicer points to a questioner during the daily news briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, June 26, 2017. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

President’s media strategy creating friction

By DAVID BAUDER - Associated Press

President Donald Trump, accompanied by first lady Melania Trump, meets with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, June 26, 2017. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The Latest: Trump says US-India relationship never better

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President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump, and their son and Barron Trump walk from Marine One across the South Lawn to the White House in Washington, Sunday, June 11, 2017, as they return from Bedminster, N.J. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Melania Trump takes to Washington in her own understated way

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE - Associated Press

Defense Secretary James Mattis' authority to set U.S. troop levels for Afghanistan and the fight against Islamic State could ease the bitter bureaucratic battles that divided the Obama White House and the Pentagon over war strategy. (Associated Press/File)

Donald Trump’s Pentagon freedom comes with blame

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

The main residence of the White House in Washington and the West Wing (right) is seen here from the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington on March 29, 2017. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Timothy Harleth, Trump hotel employee, tabbed as new White House chief usher

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

White House deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders talks to the media during the daily press briefing at the White House, Monday, June 5, 2017, in Washington. Sanders discussed Trump's travel ban, health care, former FBI Director James Comey testifying to Congress and other topics. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

White House correspondents’ group pushes Trump aides for more televised press briefings

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this photo taken Dec. 16, 2016, President Barack Obama speaks during a news conference in the briefing room of the White House in Washington. President Barack Obama has imposed sanctions on Russian officials and intelligence services in retaliation for Russia's interference in the U.S. presidential election by hacking American political sites and email accounts. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama authorized deployment of cyber weapons against Russia over election meddling: Report

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

In this April 21, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in the Oval Office in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Trump’s tease of possible Comey tapes fits familiar pattern

By JONATHAN LEMIRE - Associated Press

White House: Trump to sign VA accountability bill on Friday

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE - Associated Press

President Donald Trump walks on stage to speaks at Kirkwood Community College, which is recognized by the White House as a major center of agricultural innovation, during a visit to the campus in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Wednesday, June 21, 2017. This is Trump's first visit to Iowa since the election. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

The Latest: Trump ponders solar panels on border wall

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In this file photo, White House senior adviser Jared Kushner listens as Assistant to the President Chris Liddell speaks at the opening session of the White House meeting with technology Chief Executive Officers to mark "technology week," Monday, June 19, 2017, in the Indian Treaty Room of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

House Democrats demand White House explain why Jared Kushner’s security clearance is not suspended

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

FILE - In this June 19, 2017, file photo White House senior adviser Jared Kushner listens during a meeting in the Indian Treat Room of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. Democrats on a House oversight committee are pressuring President Donald Trump’s White House to release a wide array of documents about the security clearances granted to former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn and Kushner. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

House Dems pressure WH on Kushner, Flynn security clearances

By CHAD DAY and STEPHEN BRAUN - Associated Press

White House press secretary Sean Spicer waits for the start of an event in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, June 15, 2017, with President Donald Trump on Apprenticeship and Workforce of Tomorrow initiatives. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Sean Spicer leaving White House podium for behind-the-scenes role

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

White House press secretary Sean Spicer answers a question from Will Clark, from WHAS, who is seen on the video screens, during a briefing at the White House, Tuesday, June 20, 2017 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

White House reporters have become pack of milquetoast moaners who need to man up

By Joseph Curl