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President Trump will announce his choice for U.S. Supreme Court justice on primetime TV Monday night. (Associated Press/File)

‘Supreme Court 5’ protesters get jail time for disruption

Five activists decided the best way to protest a major First Amendment Supreme Court case was with more First Amendment activity, so they disrupted the justices' oral arguments two years ago. The justice system struck back Monday when a federal judge in Washington sentenced the activists to jail time.

July 24, 2017
President Donald Trump speaks while posing for a photo with outgoing White House interns in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, July 24, 2017. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Court allows Trump’s voter commission to proceed

A federal judge on Monday rejected complaints that President Trump's voter integrity commission was breaking the law by requesting and storing states' voter data, saying that as long as the panel is just advisory it doesn't need to meet strict standards that would apply to government agencies.

July 24, 2017
"The focus starts on economic issues. That's where the American people are hurting," said Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, predicted that Democrats can win back white working-class voters who felt left behind during the Obama years.

Democrats vow to win back working-class voters

After watching working-class voters flee their party in last year's elections, congressional Democrats promised Monday to try to win them back by becoming the economic populist warriors that President Trump had promised to be -- and they have already lined up a record number of candidates to help them.

July 24, 2017
According to the details released by lawmakers, the new legislation would write into law sanctions that were imposed by executive order under the Obama administration, and would give Congress a say should the Trump administration try to lift current penalties. (Alexei Druzhinin/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) **FILE**

Congress strikes deal to stiffen Russia sanctions; Trump questions boost bill

Congress has reached a final deal on new Russia sanctions legislation, leaders announced Saturday, clearing the path for final approval of legislation that would codify penalties imposed by the Obama administration and would require President Trump to seek approval from Capitol Hill should he want to lift the sanctions.

July 22, 2017
Eric C. Conn, one unscrupulous judge, pleaded guilty to paying off a network of doctors and psychologists to write fake medical reviews, and then paying the ALJ to rubber-stamp the applications. He is now on the lam. (Associated Press/File)

Eric Conn gets 12 years for Social Security fraud scheme

Eric C. Conn, the man responsible for the largest Social Security disability fraud in history, was sentenced in absentia Friday to 12 years in prison, and ordered to pay a staggering sum of nearly $170 million in restitution.

July 16, 2017
This December 2015, file photo shows U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson in Honolulu. Watson on Thursday, July 13, 2017, expanded the list of family relationships needed by people seeking new visas from six mostly Muslim countries to avoid President Donald Trump's travel ban. Watson ordered the government not to enforce the ban on grandparents, grandchildren, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins of people in the United States. (George Lee /The Star-Advertiser via AP, File)

Donald Trump’s travel ban to head back to Supreme Court

President Trump's travel ban is already headed back to the Supreme Court after a Hawaii judge late last week put severe limits on the administration's ability to enforce the ban, forcing the Mr. Trump to seek again the help of the high court.

July 16, 2017
This December 2015, file photo shows U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson in Honolulu. Watson on Thursday, July 13, 2017, expanded the list of family relationships needed by people seeking new visas from six mostly Muslim countries to avoid President Donald Trump's travel ban. Watson ordered the government not to enforce the ban on grandparents, grandchildren, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins of people in the United States. (George Lee /The Star-Advertiser via AP, File)

Judge in Hawaii carves new hole in Donald Trump’s travel ban

A federal judge took another swing at President Trump's travel ban late Thursday, ruling that the administration must expand the definition of family who are exempted from his policy -- and also dramatically expanding the number of refugees who can be admitted.

July 14, 2017
In this Oct 7, 2013, file photo, attorney Eric Conn gestures as he invokes his Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Conn, a fugitive Kentucky lawyer at the center of a nearly $600 million Social Security fraud case, has fled the country using a fake passport and has gotten help from someone overseas with a job to help support himself, the Lexington Herald-Leader reported Sunday, June 25, 2017. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)

Eric Conn fraud whistle-blowers say they fear for their safety

Eric C. Conn, the convicted ringleader of the biggest Social Security disability fraud in history, was supposed to be sentenced Friday. Instead, he's on the run, and the two whistleblowers who helped expose his scam say they fear for their safety.

July 13, 2017
This image provided by Gleason Partners LLC shows a rendering of the side of a border wall concept that faces the U.S. that incorporates solar panels into the design. President Donald Trump wants to add solar panels to his long-promised southern border wall — a plan he says would help pay for the wall's construction and add to its aesthetic appeal. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump: Border needs 700-900 miles of wall

President Trump put the first concrete number on the miles of border he wants to fence off, saying "anywhere from 700 to 900 miles" need his border wall -- and he said he wasn't joking when he suggested erecting solar panels to help pay for constructions.

July 13, 2017
US President Donald Trump waves as he arrives for a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Thursday, July 13, 2017. Trump will be the parade's guest of honor to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the U.S. entry into World War I. U.S. troops will open the parade Friday as is traditional for the guest of honor. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Donald Trump’s budget cuts deficits, but never reaches balance: CBO

President Trump's budget doesn't solve the deficit, though it makes a significant dent, the Congressional Budget Office said in a new report Thursday, saying that his deep spending cuts on everything from health care to education would save an additional $3.3 trillion over the next 10 years.

July 13, 2017
In this June 5, 2014, file photo, a Border Patrol agent uses a headset and computer to conduct a long-distance interview by video from a facility in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

U.S. citizen sues over listing on terrorist watch list

An American Muslim family detained for more than 10 hours at the border because the father appeared on a terrorism watch list sued the government Thursday, saying the use of watch lists has spiraled out of control and federal agents are now using them to "abuse" the constitutional rights of U.S. citizens.

July 13, 2017
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John F. Kelly doubts Dreamer amnesty will survive courts

Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly told members of Congress on Wednesday that he doubts the 2012 deportation amnesty for so-called Dreamers could survive legal scrutiny, leaving key Democrats warning of potential "mass deportations."

July 12, 2017
A guard walks past the U.S. Capitol in the morning in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013. (Associated Press/File)

Legislative Activity Index: House speed overcomes lagging Senate

Big-ticket items like an Obamacare repeal or tax reform may elude them, but lawmakers are still off to a fast start to the current Congress, according to The Washington Times Legislative Activity index, which shows a newly unified government in Washington passing bills at a clip not seen since the early days of the Obama administration.

July 12, 2017