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FILE - In this Aug. 31, 2017, file photo, workers produce vehicles at Volkswagen's U.S. plant in Chattanooga, Tenn. Top Tennessee Republicans are predicting economic harm if a vote to unionize Volkswagen's car assembly plant in Chattanooga passes. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig, File)

GOP officials rehash old fight against Volkswagen union vote

By JONATHAN MATTISE - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 7, 2017, file photo, Brett McGurk, then U.S. envoy for the global coalition against IS, speaks during a press conference at the U.S. Embassy Baghdad, Iraq. President Donald Trump is recycling familiar fictions concerning the Iran nuclear deal as he lashes out at a Republican senator who criticized him and a U.S. official who resigned in protest against Trump’s plan to pull troops from Syria. Trump slapped both critics in one tweet Monday: “For all of the sympathizers out there of Brett McGurk remember, he was the Obama appointee who was responsible for loading up airplanes with 1.8 Billion Dollars in CASH &amp; sending it to Iran as part of the horrific Iran Nuclear Deal (now terminated) approved by Little Bob Corker.” (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)

AP FACT CHECK: Trump revisits old fictions about Iran money

By CALVIN WOODWARD - Associated Press

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker, R-Tenn., speaks to reporters as the Senate takes up a House-passed bill that would pay for President Donald Trump's border wall and avert a partial government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Dec. 21, 2018. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Bob Corker exiting Senate, ‘sour grapes’ award in hand

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker, R-Tenn., speaks to reporters as the Senate takes up a House-passed bill that would pay for President Donald Trump's border wall and avert a partial government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Dec. 21, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Bob Corker blasts Donald Trump over border wall stalemate

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Dec. 4, 2018, file photo, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Bob Corker, R-Tenn., speaks to reporters at the Capitol. Corker of Tennessee says he’ll jump in his car next month when his term is finished and drive home from Washington. He insists he’s got no idea what’s next after that. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

GOP Sen. Corker, a Trump foil, has no idea what’s next

By JONATHAN MATTISE - Associated Press

Trump foil, retiring GOP Sen. Corker: ‘no idea’ what’s next

By JONATHAN MATTISE - Associated Press

U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., speaks at the unveiling of the official portrait of Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam, Monday, Dec. 17, 2018, in Nashville, Tenn. Alexander said Monday he is not running for re-election in 2020. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) **FILE**

GOP Sen. Alexander of Tennessee not seeking 2020 re-election

By JONATHAN MATTISE - Associated Press

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Bob Corker, R-Tenn., speaks to reporters after a closed-door security briefing by CIA Director Gina Haspel on the slaying of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and the involvement of the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018. Graham said there is &quot;zero chance&quot; the crown prince wasn't involved in Khashoggi's death. Corker said he believes if the crown prince were put on trial, a jury would find him guilty in &quot;about 30 minutes.&quot;

Senators wrestle with rebuke of Saudis for Khashoggi killing

By MARY CLARE JALONICK - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2018, file photo, CIA Director Gina Haspel addresses the audience in Louisville, Ky. Haspel is headed to Capitol Hill to brief Senate leaders Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018, on the slaying of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi as senators weigh their next steps in possibly punishing the longtime Middle East ally over the killing. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)

After CIA briefing, senators lay blame on Saudi crown prince

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks during his meeting to discuss potential damage from Hurricane Michael, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

The Latest: Post: US intel showed Saudi plan to hold writer

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Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., speaks to reporters in the Senate Subway, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Bob Corker to vote ‘yes’ on Brett Kavanaugh

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FILE - In this Jan. 19, 2018, file photo, state Rep. Craig Fitzhugh, D-Ripley, participates in a gubernatorial candidate forum in Nashville, Tenn. While the two leading Democrats have been cordial in their race for their party's nomination, Fitzhugh has peeled off important endorsements from state employees' and teachers' groups and former Nashville, Tenn. Mayor Karl Dean has outspent Fitzhugh $4.4 million to $984,800. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

Bredesen, Blackburn win primaries in race for US Senate

By JONATHAN MATTISE and ADRIAN SAINZ - Associated Press

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker, R-Tenn., speaks to reporters after meeting with Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 13, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Bob Corker: Donald Trump made America look like ‘a pushover’

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

Trade proposal hits Senate roadblock in win for Trump

By KEVIN FREKING - Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., tells reporters he intends to cancel the traditional August recess and keep the Senate in session to deal with backlogged tasks, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 5, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Group of 10 senators challenge Trump over tariffs

By LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks at a rally at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center, Tuesday, May 29, 2018, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Boosting GOP, Trump accuses Pelosi of being an ‘MS-13 lover’

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and KEN THOMAS - Associated Press

Josh Holt, left, is draped in an America flag by his grandmother, Linda Holt, upon returning to Salt Lake City on Monday, May 28, 2018, as he was freed this weekend after being held in a Venezuelan jail for nearly two years. He returned home to Salt Lake City on Monday night after getting medical care and visiting President Donald Trump in Washington. (AP Photo/Kim Raff)

American freed from Venezuela jail returns home to Salt Lake

By JOSHUA GOODMAN and BRADY McCOMBS - Associated Press

ADDS NAME OF DAUGHTER - In this image provided by the Holt family, Joshua Holt, his wife Thamara and her daughter Marian Leal, board a plane at the airport in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, May 26, 2018. Jailed in Venezuela on weapons charges nearly two years ago, Holt was released Saturday after a U.S. senator pressed for his freedom in a surprise meeting with President Nicolas Maduro. Holt and his wife, who also jailed, were reunited with her daughter from a previous relationship at Caracas’ airport where the three boarded a chartered flight to Washington. (Holt family photo via AP)

American freed from Venezuelan jail returns home to Utah

By JOSHUA GOODMAN and BRADY McCOMBS - Associated Press

In this July 13, 2016 file photo, Laurie Holt holds a photograph of her son Josh Holt at her home, in Riverton, Utah. Josh Holt has been released from a jail in Venezuela after spending nearly two years behind bars on weapons charges. Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch said on Twitter Saturday, May 26, 2018, that Joshua Holt had been released. President Donald Trump tweeted that it was “good news,” adding that Holt “should be landing in D.C. this evening and be in the White House, with his family, at about 7:00 P.M.” (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File) **FILE**

Freed after 2 years, man jailed in Venezuela returns to US

By JOSHUA GOODMAN and CATHERINE LUCEY - Associated Press

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., listens to testimony from Secretary of State-designate Mike Pompeo during his confirmation hearing Thursday, April 12, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Bob Corker offers lukewarm praise for Marsha Blackburn

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times