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Heavy machinery work at a construction site in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Ariel, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017. Israel announced plans Tuesday to build 2,500 more settler homes on the West Bank, moving to step up construction just days after the swearing-in of Donald Trump brought to power a U.S. administration seen as friendly to the settlement movement. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Donald Trump seeks Israeli settlements halt in break with Benjamin Netanyahu

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks on the phone with Prime Minister of Australia Malcolm Turnbull in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington in this Jan. 28, 2017, file photo. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Kellyanne Conway on Malcolm Turnbull: White House didn’t leak details of call with Australian leader

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump and Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark., pause during the National Prayer Breakfast, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Religious liberty: White House says Donald Trump will balance with individual freedoms

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2017 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks during his final presidential news conference, in the briefing room of the White House in Washington. Dismayed by the Trump administration’s first days, Barack Obama's loyalists, former aides and even his spokesman speaking out and even actively resisting the new American leader. It’s a warning to President Donald Trump that his actions won’t go unchallenged by those who occupied the White House before him. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Obama fights back: Former president’s orbit resists Trump

By JOSH LEDERMAN - Associated Press

Trump to nominate Maryland lawyer as Deputy Attorney General

Associated Press

In this Jan. 26, 2017, photo White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, left, and senior adviser Steve Bannon, right, walk on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, after returning via Marine One from a trip to Philadelphia with President Donald Trump. Since taking office 10 days ago, President Donald Trump has moved to consolidate power within a small cadre of close aides at the White House. He’s added a senior political adviser to the National Security Council and appears to have cut out Cabinet secretaries from decision making on some of his top policies, including the immigration and refugee order that led to protests, legal challenges and temporary detention of some legal U.S. residents this weekend. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

In new White House, a look at Trump’s inner circle

By KEN THOMAS - Associated Press

White House tries to calm fears of a gay-rights rollback

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this Friday, Sept. 26, 2014 photo, released by the U.S. Air Force, a U.S Air Force KC-10 Extender refuels an F-22 Raptor fighter aircraft prior to strike operations in Syria. The F-22s, making their combat debut, were part of a strike package that was engaging Islamic State group targets in Syria. (AP Photo/U.S. Air Force, Russ Scalf )

Pentagon, State Department scramble to fill in Donald Trump’s ISIS warplan

By Guy Taylor and Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with pharmaceutical industry leaders in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump cites DNC hack in launch of cybersecurity efforts

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 26, 2017, photo White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, left, and senior adviser Steve Bannon, right, walk on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, after returning via Marine One from a trip to Philadelphia with President Donald Trump. Since taking office 10 days ago, President Donald Trump has moved to consolidate power within a small cadre of close aides at the White House. He’s added a senior political adviser to the National Security Council and appears to have cut out Cabinet secretaries from decision making on some of his top policies, including the immigration and refugee order that led to protests, legal challenges and temporary detention of some legal U.S. residents this weekend. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

In new White House, a look at Trump’s inner circle

By KEN THOMAS - Associated Press

President Donald Trump sits at his desk in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington in this Jan. 23, 2017, file photo. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Trump fires Justice Dept. head over executive order defiance

By JULIE PACE and ERIC TUCKER - Associated Press

A demonstrator wears a Statue of Liberty hat and applauds during a rally against President Trump's order that restricts travel to the U.S., Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017, in Boston. Trump signed an executive order Friday that bans legal U.S. residents and visa-holders from seven Muslim-majority nations from entering the U.S. for 90 days and puts an indefinite hold on a program resettling Syrian refugees. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Trump says his order didn’t cause weekend airport chaos

By VIVIAN SALAMA and CATHERINE LUCEY - Associated Press

Donald Trump signs order to cut red tape for businesses

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Then-Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., listens as Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks during a campaign event at the Taylor Allderdice High School, Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016, in Pittsburgh, Pa. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) ** FILE **

Tim Kaine likens Trump officials to Holocaust deniers

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

FILE - This May 18, 2016 file photo shows Samantha Bee at the Turner Network 2016 Upfronts in New York. Bee is throwing a counter-party to the annual White House Correspondents Dinner this spring. Scheduled for the same night as the real dinner, Bee said Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, she’ll welcome journalists and “non-irritating celebrities to the first annual Not the White House Correspondents Dinner. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Samantha Bee plans counter White House Correspondents Dinner

By DAVID BAUDER - Associated Press

A protester raises her fist and shouts as she joins others assembled at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017 after two Iraqi refugees were detained while trying to enter the country. On Friday, Jan. 27, President Donald Trump signed an executive order suspending all immigration from countries with terrorism concerns for 90 days. Countries included in the ban are Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen, which are all Muslim-majority nations. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

White House defends immigration order in face of protests

By JILL COLVIN - Associated Press

Chief of Staff Reince Priebus (center) took issue with the media's negative coverage of President Trump's visit to CIA headquarters Saturday in Virginia, instead describing it as a "lovefest," with several hundred agents proudly cheering on the new president. (Associated Press)

Reince Priebus, chief of staff, suggests Trump could expand country list under travel ban

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

President Trump has had a busy first week in office, signing 17 executive orders, including a controversial measure to effectively ban travelers from several Middle Eastern countries from entering the U.S. (Associated Press photographs)

Trump often distracted away from campaign promises in first week

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks on the phone with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

The Latest: Official says ruling will not affect travel ban

Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 31, 2016 file photo, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump walks with Mexico President Enrique Pena Nieto at the end of their joint statement at Los Pinos, the presidential official residence, in Mexico City. President Donald Trump and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto spoke for an hour by phone Friday Jan. 27, 2017 amid rising tensions over the U.S. leader's plans for a southern border wall, administration officials said.(AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills, File)

Diplomatic debut: Trump makes uneven entry onto world stage

By JULIE PACE and VIVIAN SALAMA - Associated Press