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Tuesday, June 19, 2018

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., left, walks with President Donald Trump as they head to a meeting of House Republicans to discuss a GOP immigration bill at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 19, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Trump blesses House Republicans’ new compromise immigration bill

By Seth McLaughlin and S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

"There's no need for legislation," said Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat. "Mr. President, you started it, you can stop it, plain and simple." (Associated Press)

Democrats in no rush to help Trump, GOP clean up family separation mess

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Jan. 2, 2018, file photo, United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley speaks to reporters at United Nations headquarters. Haley says the U.S. is withdrawing from UN Human Rights Council, calling it 'not worthy of its name.' (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Nikki Haley blasts U.N. Human Rights Council as ‘cesspool of political bias’ as U.S. withdraws

By Dan Boylan - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks at the National Federation of Independent Businesses 75th anniversary celebration, Tuesday, June 19, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump opens door to sale of ‘association’ health plans across state lines

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions listens as he is introduced to speak at the National Sheriffs' Association convention in New Orleans, Monday, June 18, 2018. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

600 members of Jeff Sessions’ church sign formal complaint against him

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow cries on air over ‘tender age’ shelters report 25 minutes ago

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011 file photo, an Occupy Wall Street protestor is grabbed by police as he tries to escape a scuffle in Zuccotti Park in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Occupy Wall Street promotes killing ICE agents

By Bradford Richardson - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani speaks to reporter's following the White House Sports and Fitness Day event on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, May 30, 2018. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Rudy Giluiani says FBI questioned him in leak investigation

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations Joe Hagin walks to the White House as he arrives on the South Lawn, Monday, Aug. 14, 2017, in Washington. Schiller is returning with President Donald Trump, who is returning from a vacation to Bedminster, N.J. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Joe Hagin resigns

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

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Peter Strzok escorted out of FBI building

The Capitol is seen in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018, as White House officials plan to meet with the Republican and Democratic leaders of both chambers to discuss the budget. Two new senators are being sworn in today, Minnesota Lt. Gov.Tina Smith, a Democrat, will take over from Al Franken who resigned, and Senator-elect Doug Jones, a Democrat of Alabama, succeeds Luther Strange. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Congressional intern yells ‘Mr. President, f– you!’ at Trump in U.S. Capitol

President Barack Obama smiles as he is asked a question following his meeting with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2015. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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In this June 19, 2018, photo provided on June 20, 2018, by the North Korean government, Chinese President Xi Jinping, center left, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center right, inspect the honor guard at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

Trump’s China tariffs threaten North Korea denuclearization push

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen speak to the media during the daily briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Monday, June 18, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Socialist protesters disrupt Kristjen Nielsen’s dinner at D.C. Mexican restaurant

Senior White House adviser Stephen Miller listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with lawmakers on immigration policy in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

N.Y. Times agrees not to use audio of Trump aide Stephen Miller at White House request

In this file photo, June 8, 2017, file photo, fired FBI director James Comey testifies before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Justice Department's watchdog faults former Comey for breaking with protocol in his handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation. But it says his decisions were not driven by political bias ahead of the 2016 election.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Comey refuses to testify to Congress; Grassley says McCabe pleads Fifth Amendment

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., takes questions from reporters following a closed-door GOP meeting on immigration, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 13, 2018. Ryan says compromise legislation is in the works on immigration that has an &quot;actual chance at making law and solving this problem.&quot; The Wisconsin Republican gave an upbeat assessment to reporters after brokering a deal between party factions on a process to consider rival GOP immigration plans to protect young &quot;Dreamer&quot; immigrants brought illegally to the U.S. as children.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

ICE officers union blasts ‘Ryan amnesty’ plan

Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., chair of the House Committee on the Judiciary, speaks during a joint House Committee on the Judiciary and House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing examining the Inspector General's report of the FBI's Clinton email probe, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, June 19, 2018 in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

House GOP’s new bill would stop most family separations

Trump says Justice report shows Hillary Clinton ‘got away with’ it

Immigrant children play outside a former Job Corps site that now houses them, Monday, June 18, 2018, in Homestead, Fla. It is not known if the children crossed the border as unaccompanied minors or were separated from family members. Wrenching scenes of migrant children being separated from their parents at the southern border are roiling campaigns ahead of midterm elections, emboldening Democrats on the often-fraught issue of immigration (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Senate GOP promises family separation bill in ‘matter of days’

Southern Poverty Law Center President Richard Cohen discusses a SPLC federal lawsuit against the Alabama Accountability Act during a press conference in Montgomery, Ala., Monday, Aug. 19, 2013. The Montgomery-based law center contends the act discriminates against impoverished students in central Alabama counties because they can't afford to go to private schools and the non-failing public schools in nearby counties are not accessible. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)

Southern Poverty Law Center’s settlement with ‘extremist’ organization dings credibility

Russia-to-Germany undersea pipeline unnerves U.S., riles region

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen waits to speak during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, June 18, 2018. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Journalist plays tape of sobbing children during Kirstjen Nielsen’s immigration briefing

FILE - In this June 8, 2017 file photo, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach speaks to supporters in launching his campaign for the Republican nomination for governor, in Lenexa, Kan. Illinois election officials to withdraw from a longtime multi-state voter registration database over questions of accuracy, security and voter suppression. They're also raising fresh questions about the head of the program, controversial Kansas Secretary of State Kobach who's also helping run President Donald Trump's voter fraud commission. (AP Photo/John Hanna File)

Judge strikes down Kansas law requiring proof of citizenship to vote

Opinion

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Building the deal with North Korea

By Shoshana Bryen

Guiding Light Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

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By Douglas MacKinnon

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Paying off the mortgage, but not too quickly

By Peter Morici

Cal Three Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

California’s 3-state solution

By Sophia Acevedo

Illustration on self-defense and banning "weapons" by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

In defense of self-defense

By Paul Davis

Illustration on balancing North Korea and China in coming negotiations by Linas GArsys/The Washington Times

Dealing with Kim Jong-un and China

By Daniel Gallington

Illustration on the Pentagon's data cloud decision by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

How the Pentagon clouds its future

By Richard Topping

FILE - In this file July 7, 2016, photo then-FBI Director James Comey testifies before the House Oversight Committee to discuss Hillary Clinton's email investigation, at the Capitol in Washington. The Justice Department's watchdog faults former Comey for breaking with protocol in his handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation. But it says his decisions were not driven by political bias ahead of the 2016 election.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Former FBI Director James Comey delivered 3 blows that put the bureau down but not out

By Jeff Cortese

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Politics

Peter Strzok escorted out of FBI building

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

"There's no need for legislation," said Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat. "Mr. President, you started it, you can stop it, plain and simple." (Associated Press)

Democrats in no rush to help Trump, GOP clean up family separation mess

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani speaks to reporter's following the White House Sports and Fitness Day event on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, May 30, 2018. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Rudy Giluiani says FBI questioned him in leak investigation

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Donald Trump Jr., the son of President Donald Trump arrives for the annual White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, April 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump Jr. cancels George P. Bush fundraiser over Jeb’s criticism of border enforcement

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

A coalition of more than 40 progressive groups have organized a rally outside the White House and 100 marches around the country later this month to protest Trump administration immigration policies. (Moveon.org)

Progressive groups plan massive mobilization against immigration policy

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Michael Grimm in GOP New York congressional battle over Trump loyalty

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., chair of the House Committee on the Judiciary, speaks during a joint House Committee on the Judiciary and House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing examining the Inspector General's report of the FBI's Clinton email probe, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, June 19, 2018 in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

House GOP’s new bill would stop most family separations

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks during a news conference in New York, Tuesday, June 5, 2018. Cuomo was announcing new gun control legislation that would aim to prevent mass shootings at schools. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

New York suing Trump administration over family separations

By Chris Carola - Associated Press

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Sports

Turner has big night in Nationals’ comeback win over Orioles

LOVERRO: Trotz exit says more about owner than coach

Nationals rally to beat Orioles in Beltway opener

D.C. bars see World Cup boom despite U.S.’s absence

Mystics get their groove back in dominant win over Sky

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Life

MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow cries on air over ‘tender age’ shelters report

Congressional intern yells ‘Mr. President, f– you!’ at Trump in U.S. Capitol

Socialist protesters disrupt Kristjen Nielsen’s dinner at D.C. Mexican restaurant

600 members of Jeff Sessions’ church sign formal complaint against him

‘Modern Family’ creator Steve Levitan threatens to quit Fox over immigration coverage

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National

President Barack Obama smiles as he is asked a question following his meeting with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2015. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obama often the beneficiary of Confederate cleansing in South

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011 file photo, an Occupy Wall Street protestor is grabbed by police as he tries to escape a scuffle in Zuccotti Park in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Occupy Wall Street promotes killing ICE agents

By Bradford Richardson - The Washington Times

FBI Director Christopher Wray, with Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz, left, testifies as the Senate Judiciary Committee examines the internal report of the FBI's Clinton email probe and the role of former FBI Director James Comey's actions during the 2016 presidential campaign, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, June 18, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Ex-Trump aide subjected to FBI’s ‘reign of terror’ offers to lead anti-bias training of agents

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

In this April 20, 2016, file photo, a man smokes a marijuana joint at a party celebrating weed in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

Most pot smokers in NYC to get court summons in lieu of arrest: Mayor

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump raised the likelihood of the repatriation of remains last week after his summit meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. At the time Trump said, "We're getting the remains, and nobody thought that was possible." (Associated Press)

U.S. military preparing to receive service members’ remains from North Korea

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

This April 13, 2016 file photo shows the seal of the Central Intelligence Agency at CIA headquarters in Langley, Va. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Former CIA employee charged with giving government secrets to WikiLeaks

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

FILE -This Sept. 3, 2008, file photo shows Track Palin, son of Sarah Palin during the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn. An Alaska judge has rejected efforts by the eldest son of former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin to bar the media from covering proceedings in an assault case against him in therapeutic court. Judge David Wallace on Monday, June 11, 2018, said closing Track Palin's hearings to the public and the press "would violate the basic and fundamental principles set forth in long standing precedent." (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Sarah Palin’s son, Track, enters diversion program after assaulting father

By Mark Thiessen - Associated Press

In this Monday, June 18, 2018 photo, Richmond City Schools Superintendent Jason Kamras, left and School Board Chair Dawn Page, right, listen during a Richmond School Board meeting in Richmond, Va. The Richmond School Board voted Monday to change the name of the city's final confederate leader-named school from J.E.B. Stuart to Barack Obama Elementary School. The vote was 6-1 in favor of the change. Richmond's new superintendent Jason Kamras was tapped by Barack Obama to serve as an education advisor to his 2008 presidential campaign. (Mark Gormus/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)

Richmond board votes to rename school after Obama even though kids wanted ‘Northside’

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

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World

Trump’s China tariffs threaten North Korea denuclearization push

Trump’s pick to head fight in Afghanistan calls out Pakistan in hearing

Canada votes to legalize recreational marijuana

Nikki Haley blasts U.N. Human Rights Council as ‘cesspool of political bias’ as U.S. withdraws

Demonstrators want Trump to pardon Assange

Chinese newspaper: Trump ‘trade war’ will only harm the U.S.

Trump says tariffs on Chinese goods are only choice; fears of trade war rock stock market

Pentagon still mum on mysterious airstrike in Syria

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Security

Donald Trump’s China tariffs threaten North Korea denuclearization push

Donald Trump’s pick to head fight in Afghanistan calls out Pakistan in hearing

U.S. military to receive war dead remains from North Korea

Joshua Schulte, former CIA employee, charged with giving government secrets to WikiLeaks

Pentagon still mum on mysterious airstrike in Syria

Donald Trump: ‘You have to take the children away’

Kim Jong Un in China for talks President Xi Jinping a week after summit with Trump

Pentagon formally suspends upcoming ‘war game’ with South Korea

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