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Federal judge upholds Trump’s off-ramp from Obamacare

President Donald Trump waves as he walks from Air Force One upon arrival at Morristown Municipal Airport, in Morristown, N.J., Friday, July 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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A federal judge on Friday upheld President Trump’s push to expand the use of “short-term” health plans that don’t have to comply with Obamacare’s coverage requirements.

In this Dec. 18, 2018, photo, one of the test vehicles from Argo AI, Ford's autonomous vehicle unit, navigates through the strip district near the company offices in Pittsburgh. In the world of autonomous vehicles, Pittsburgh, Phoenix and Silicon Valley are bustling hubs of development and testing. But ask those involved in self-driving vehicles when we might actually see them carrying passengers in every city, and you'll get an almost universal answer: Not anytime soon. An optimistic assessment is 10 years. Many others say decades as researchers try to conquer a number of obstacles. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Interstate rivalries: States loosen regulations to woo driverless cars companies

By Dan Boylan - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters on the South Lawn of the White House before departing, Wednesday, July 17, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Trump urges Federal Reserve to lower rates: ‘Don’t blow it!’

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Iran seizes British tanker in Strait of Hormuz

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In this July 18, 2018, file photo, a wild horse jumps among others on Bureau of Land Management land near Salt Lake City. The Trump administration says it can save taxpayers millions of dollars and trim a "top heavy" office in Washington by moving the Bureau of Land Management headquarters to Colorado and dispersing scores of jobs across 11 Western states. Administration officials said Tuesday, July 16, 2019, that they hope to open the new headquarters in the town of Grand Junction and complete most of the job shifts by September 2020. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Grand Junction puts out welcome mat for federal employees leaving Beltway for backcountry

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

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A$AP Rocky attends the 4th annual Diamond Ball at Cipriani Wall Street on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) ** FILE **

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MSNBC's Chris Hayes discusses President Trump and his base of support, July 18, 2019. (Image: MSNBC screenshot)

MSNBC’s Hayes: Trump’s base must have heart ‘ripped out,’ ‘destroyed,’ and ‘banished’

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This image released by ABC shows co-host Meghan McCain who returned to &quot;The View,&quot; in New York, Monday, Oct. 8, 2018, since the death of her father. Sen. John McCain in August. She thanked viewers and her colleagues for their support. (Lou Rocco/ABC via AP)

Meghan McCain reveals she recently had miscarriage: ‘I am not hiding anymore’

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In a Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019, photo, billionaire investor and Democratic activist Tom Steyer speaks during a news conference at the Statehouse in Des Moines, Iowa. Steyer is bringing his call for impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump back to South Carolina. Steyer says South Carolinians can push the issue with the Democratic hopefuls streaming into the state, home of the first southern primary. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) **FILE**

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A$AP Rocky attends the 4th annual Diamond Ball at Cipriani Wall Street on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) ** FILE **

Trump offers to ‘personally vouch’ for American rapper A$AP Rocky’s bail in Sweden

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Chairman Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., holds up his gavel as Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan appears before a House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

House Democrat quizzes New York prosecutors for not indicting Trump

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In this Feb. 4, 2014, file photo, U.S. Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I., is shown asking questions at a Capitol Hill hearing in Washington. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File) **FILE**

House Judiciary’s Cicilline: Mueller testimony will illustrate ‘gravity’ of Trump’s actions

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In this July 6, 2017, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump, center, stands with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, right, and South Korean President Moon Jae-in before the Northeast Asia Security dinner at the U.S. Consulate General Hamburg, in Hamburg. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Trump willing to help South Korea, Japan settle score ‘if they need me’

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Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at a community event, Wednesday, July 17, 2019, in Council Bluffs, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Biden compares Trump with late segregationist George Wallace

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In a Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019, photo, billionaire investor and Democratic activist Tom Steyer speaks during a news conference at the Statehouse in Des Moines, Iowa. Steyer is bringing his call for impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump back to South Carolina. Steyer says South Carolinians can push the issue with the Democratic hopefuls streaming into the state, home of the first southern primary. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) **FILE**

Billionaire 2020 hopeful Tom Steyer: ‘Rich’ is ‘not how I see myself’

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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks during a campaign stop at town hall in Peterborough, N.H., Monday, July 8, 2019. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Sen. Elizabeth Warren adds preferred pronouns ‘she/hers’ to Twitter bio

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Former U.S. Rep. John Delaney, D-Md., speaks at the AARP Presidential Candidates Forum at the Hotel at Kirkwood Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Wednesday, July 17, 2019. (Olivia Sun/The Des Moines Register via AP)

John Delaney denies report he’s been urged to drop out of 2020 presidential race

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President Donald Trump speaks with reporters on the South Lawn of the White House before departing, Friday, July 19, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump tries to shift outcry from supporters to ‘The Squad’

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., walks out of a House of Representatives office building, Tuesday, July 16, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Ocasio-Cortez: Trump believes treating migrants humanely ‘equals an open border’ policy

By Bailey Vogt - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters on the South Lawn of the White House before departing, Wednesday, July 17, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Trump urges Federal Reserve to lower rates: ‘Don’t blow it!’

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Illinois Democrats, Rep. Mike Quigley, left, and Rep. Jan Schakowsky, do TV news interviews before votes in the House, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, May 10, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

House Democrat: Trump’s ‘sick personality is leading our country’

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In this July 18, 2018, file photo, a wild horse jumps among others on Bureau of Land Management land near Salt Lake City. The Trump administration says it can save taxpayers millions of dollars and trim a "top heavy" office in Washington by moving the Bureau of Land Management headquarters to Colorado and dispersing scores of jobs across 11 Western states. Administration officials said Tuesday, July 16, 2019, that they hope to open the new headquarters in the town of Grand Junction and complete most of the job shifts by September 2020. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Grand Junction puts out welcome mat for federal employees leaving Beltway for backcountry

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

In this Dec. 18, 2018, photo, one of the test vehicles from Argo AI, Ford's autonomous vehicle unit, navigates through the strip district near the company offices in Pittsburgh. In the world of autonomous vehicles, Pittsburgh, Phoenix and Silicon Valley are bustling hubs of development and testing. But ask those involved in self-driving vehicles when we might actually see them carrying passengers in every city, and you'll get an almost universal answer: Not anytime soon. An optimistic assessment is 10 years. Many others say decades as researchers try to conquer a number of obstacles. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Interstate rivalries: States loosen regulations to woo driverless cars companies

By Dan Boylan - The Washington Times

Jaelene Hinkle, a professional women's soccer player shown here in a 2018 CBN interview, famously refused to wear rainbox-colored jerseys in honor of LGBT Pride Month in a 2017 friendly match. Many observers believe Ms. Hinkle's faith-informed decision, considered by detractors to have been homophobic, was a factor in her not making the roster for the 2019 U.S. Women's National Team. (CBN.com screen capture)

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In this Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013, photo illustration, hands type on a computer keyboard in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

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In this Feb. 2011, file photo, a DEA agent escorts Zvi Harry Perper to an awaiting police car after his Delray Pain Management clinic was raided by agents in Delray Beach, Fla. (Carline Jean/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP) ** FILE **

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Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Friday, July 19, 2019, on developments in the implementation of the First Step Act. About 2,200 federal inmates will be released by the federal Bureau of Prisons under the criminal justice reform measure signed into law last year by President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Deputy attorney general says House should reverse course, calls contempt vote ‘a new low’

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump waves as he walks from Air Force One upon arrival at Morristown Municipal Airport, in Morristown, N.J., Friday, July 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Federal judge upholds Trump’s off-ramp from Obamacare

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Atlanta Braves' Josh Donaldson, left, is tagged out by Washington Nationals shortstop Trea Turner as he tries to steal second base in the seventh inning of a baseball game Friday, July 19, 2019, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

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Washington Wizards first round draft pick Rui Hachimura, left, shakes hands with Wizards senior vice president of basketball operations Tommy Sheppard as they arrive for an NBA basketball press conference at Capital One Arena in Washington, Friday, June 21, 2019.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)**FILE****

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Former Baltimore Orioles pitcher Mike Mussina throws out the ceremonial first pitch before a baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Cleveland Indians, Sunday, June 30, 2019, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) **FILE**

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