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In this Dec. 15, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump sits with then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions during the FBI National Academy graduation ceremony in Quantico, Va. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ** FILE **

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President Trump slammed Jeff Sessions, his former attorney general, on an election-eve conference call on behalf of Mr. Sessions’ political rival Tommy Tuberville in Alabama.

In this photo provided by U.S. Navy, the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) and USS Nimitz (CVN 68) Carrier Strike Groups steam in formation, in the South China Sea, Monday, July 6, 2020. China on Monday, July 6, accused the U.S. of flexing its military muscles in the South China Sea by conducting joint exercises with two U.S. aircraft carrier groups in the strategic waterway.(Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jason Tarleton/U.S. Navy via AP)

Trump administration rejects nearly all of Beijing’s claims in South China Sea

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

In this May 31, 2020, file photo, demonstrators kneel in a moment of silence outside the Long Beach Police Department in Long Beach during a protest over the death of George Floyd. Proposed federal legislation that would radically transform the nation's criminal justice system through such changes as eliminating agencies like the Drug Enforcement Administration and the use of federal surveillance technology is set to be unveiled Tuesday, July 7, by the Movement for Black Lives. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)

Federal employees can support Black Lives Matter on the job, Office of Special Counsel rules

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A chain-link fence lock is seen on a gate at a closed Ranchito Elementary School in the San Fernando Valley section of Los Angeles on Monday, July 13, 2020. Amid spiking coronavirus cases, Los Angeles Unified School District campuses will remain closed when classes resume in August, Superintendent Austin Beutner said Monday. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

FDA fast-tracks vaccines as California leads charge toward second lockdown

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Pedestrians wear masks as they cross a street amid the coronavirus pandemic Sunday, July 12, 2020, in Santa Monica, Calif. A heat wave has brought crowds to California's beaches as the state grappled with a spike in coronavirus infections and hospitalizations. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Mask mandates cause chafing over enforcement: ‘It’s overkill, and it’s not the role of government’

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In this July 9, 2020, file photo, Democratic presidential candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden adjusts his mask during a tour of McGregor Industries, a metal fabricating facility in Dunmore, Pa. Biden is pledging to define his presidency by a sweeping economic agenda beyond anything Americans have seen since the Great Depression and the industrial mobilization for World War II. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

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In this combination of file photos, former Vice President Joe Biden speaks in Wilmington, Del., on March 12, 2020, left, and President Donald Trump speaks at the White House in Washington on April 5, 2020. (AP Photo, File)

Biden tops Trump in national poll, but lead shrinking

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Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden pulls down his mask as he makes an unannounced stop at his childhood home on North Washington Avenue in the Green Ridge section of Scranton, Pa., to visit the current homeowner, Anne Kearns, Thursday, July 9, 2020. (Christopher Dolan/The Times-Tribune via AP)

Biden bolsters campaign staff in Minnesota, Maine

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Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel speaks at a rally for President Donald Trump in Grand Rapids, Mich., Thursday, March 28, 2019. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) ** FILE **

Ronna McDaniel: Empty college campuses could affect student turnout

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Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, asks a question during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on police use of force and community relations on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, June 16, 2020, in Washington. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Pool via AP)

American Airlines investigating after Dem staffer mask-shames Ted Cruz

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Wearing a bracelet that says "NY Tough," New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during a news conference, Wednesday, May 27, 2020, at the National Press Club in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

‘I’m legit perplexed’: Andrew Cuomo’s coronavirus poster prompts anger, bewilderment

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This image released by NBC shows host Ricky Gervais speaking at the 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020. (Paul Drinkwater/NBC via AP)

Ricky Gervais rips anti-free speech culture: ‘If you’re mildly conservative, you’re Hitler’

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In this Feb. 19, 2015 file photo, Angela Davis speaks during her visit to the University of Michigan-Flint, in Flint, Mich. An Alabama civil rights museum has reversed course after a public outcry and has decided to give political activist Angela Davis an award that it offered then rescinded. The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute said in a statement Friday, Jan. 25, 2019, that its board has voted to reaffirm Davis as the recipient of the human rights award.(Jake May/The Flint Journal via AP)

Marxists for Biden: Angela Davis backs ‘candidate who can be most effectively pressured’

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In this Dec. 15, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump sits with then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions during the FBI National Academy graduation ceremony in Quantico, Va. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ** FILE **

Trump: Jeff Sessions ‘immediately ran to the hills’ on Russia probe

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FILE - In this Nov. 14, 2019, file photo, Roger Stone accompanied by his wife Nydia Stone, right, arrives at federal court in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Roger Stone in Sean Hannity interview: ‘I would not lie against my friend of 40 years’

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In this photo provided by U.S. Navy, the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) and USS Nimitz (CVN 68) Carrier Strike Groups steam in formation, in the South China Sea, Monday, July 6, 2020. China on Monday, July 6, accused the U.S. of flexing its military muscles in the South China Sea by conducting joint exercises with two U.S. aircraft carrier groups in the strategic waterway.(Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jason Tarleton/U.S. Navy via AP)

Trump administration rejects nearly all of Beijing’s claims in South China Sea

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump wears a face mask as he walks down a hallway during a visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., Saturday, July 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Veterans group slams Trump’s mask-wearing Walter Reed visit as ‘photo-op’

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Hillary Clinton: Trump might not ‘go quietly’ if he loses the election

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The U.S. Capitol dome is seen, Monday, July 9, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

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This combination of the 2020 file photos shows, from left to right; Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. in Washington on May 5, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas in Washington on June 24, Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., in Washington on June 2, Sam Brownback, ambassador at large for International Religious Freedom, in Washington on June 10. China on Monday, July 13, said it will ban entry to U.S. Sens. Rubio and Cruz, Representative Smith and Ambassador for Religious Freedom Brownback over their criticism of the ruling Communist Party's policies toward minority groups and people of faith. (AP Photo)

China hits Cruz, Rubio, Smith, Brownback with retaliatory sanctions

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In this Tuesday, April 14, 2020, file photo, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., wears a face mask during a news conference to call on FEMA to grant approval for Disaster Funeral Assistance to help families in lower-income communities and communities of color across New York amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, in the Corona neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez blames NYC crime spike on parents who ‘need to shoplift some bread’

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In this Sept. 19, 2018, file photo, Kim Yo-jong, right, helps her brother North Korean leader Kim Jong-un sign a joint statement following the summit with South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the Paekhwawon State Guesthouse in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Pyongyang Press Corps Pool via AP, File)

Rise of Kim Jong-un’s sister marks increase North Korean cyberattacks

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Not so Top Gun: Navy’s newest $13 billion supercarrier plagued by mechanical woes

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Assistant Secretary for Health Admiral Brett P. Giroir testifies before a House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis hearing on the response "The Administration Response to Ongoing Shortages of PPE and Critical Medical Supplies" on Thursday, July 2, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Kevin Lamarque/Pool via AP)

Trump testing czar: More lockdowns ‘on the table’; ‘we are not out of this at all’

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The U.S. Capitol dome is seen, Monday, July 9, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

Supreme Court sides with Trump in dispute over tax records with House Democrats

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In this July 1, 2020, file photo, a bartender mixes a drink while wearing a mask and face shield at Slater's 50/50 in Santa Clarita, Calif. California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday, July 13, 2020, extended the closure of bars and indoor dining statewide and ordered gyms, churches and hair salons closed in most places as coronavirus cases keep rising in the nation's most populated state. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

‘No justification’: California Republican lawmakers blast Gov. Gavin Newsom’s shutdown order

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FILE - In this Oct. 31 1997, file photo, Daniel Lewis Lee waits for his arraignment hearing for murder in the Pope County Detention Center in Russellville, Ark. Relatives of the victims of Daniel Lewis Lee have pleaded for him to receive the same life sentence as the ringleader in the plot that led to the slayings. Now, family members say their grief is compounded by the push to execute Lee, of Yukon, Oklahoma, in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic.(Dan Pierce/The Courier via AP, File)

U.S. executes convicted killer for first time in 17 years

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Assistant Secretary for Health Admiral Brett P. Giroir testifies before a House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis hearing on the response "The Administration Response to Ongoing Shortages of PPE and Critical Medical Supplies" on Thursday, July 2, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Kevin Lamarque/Pool via AP)

Adm. Brett Giroir on coronavirus crisis: Seeing some ‘early light’ at the end of the tunnel

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Washington Capitals right wing T.J. Oshie, right, celebrates his goal with defenseman Dmitry Orlov (9), of Russia, during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Ottawa Senators, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) ** FILE **

Capitals open training camp: Takeaways from Monday and notes going forward

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In this Oct. 10, 2019, file photo, Connecticut Sun forward Jonquel Jones, left, and guard Courtney Williams, right, huard Washington Mystics forward Elena Delle Donne during the first half of Game 5 of basketball's WNBA Finals in Washington. Delle Donne is waiting to have her case heard by the league's independent panel of doctors to see if she'll be medically excused for the season, according to the Mystics. The Mystics star, who was the league Most Valuable Player last year, has battled Lyme Disease since 2008 and would potentially be at a higher risk for serious illness if she contracted the new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) **FILE**

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