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This photo provided by the New Mexico State Land Office shows New Mexico Land Commissioner Aubrey Dunn installing a sign along the U.S.-Mexico border to indicate the land belongs to the state Tuesday, March 6, 2018, near Santa Teresa, N.M. New Mexico's top land manager posted signs along the U.S.-Mexico border aimed at blocking border patrol operations on a one-mile stretch of state trust land over concerns that the federal government is not compensating the state for using the land. (Kris McNeil/New Mexico State Land Office via AP)
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Children climb through the branches of an American elm on the National Mall on Monday after high winds ripped the tree out of the ground. Falling trees damaged power lines, homes and cars across the area. (Julia Airey /The Washington Times)
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A traffic signal lies on a sidewalk on Pennsylvania Avenue NW in the District on Saturday after hurricane-force winds ripped it from a pole. Electricity providers rushed to restore power across the area. By Monday, 800 homes in the District, 900 in Montgomery County and 300 in Prince George's' County still lacked power. (Julia Airey /The Washington Times)
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A New Jersey Transit train passes through Princeton Junction, Tuesday, July 18, 2017, in West Windsor Township, N.J. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
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Mueller Alley (Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times)
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Dr. Anne Schuchat, acting director, said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is collecting data from emergency rooms, rather than waiting for death certificates, to study opioid overdoses. (Associated Press/File)
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Illustration on denying nuclear dominance to North Korea by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times
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The seal for the Houston Fire Department. (Facebook)
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California state Senate leader and U.S. Senate candidate Kevin de Leon says he's part of a new crop of progressive leaders fighting for single-payer health care, full protections for illegal immigrants and stiffer efforts to stem climate change.
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Illustration on environmentalist interference with natural gas supply by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Madison Chock and Evan Bates of the United States fall during their performance in the ice dance, free dance figure skating final in the Gangneung Ice Arena at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue of the United States perform during the ice dance, free dance figure skating final in the Gangneung Ice Arena at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
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Madison Chock and Evan Bates of the United States fall during their performance in the ice dance, free dance figure skating final in the Gangneung Ice Arena at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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Kim Yo-jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, arrives at the opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Friday, Feb. 9, 2018. (Associated Press)
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Illustration on Mongolia's desire to separate from China by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times
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"We're in the science business and the evidence-generating business, and so I will have our agency certainly be working in this field as they do across the whole broad spectrum of disease control and prevention," Trump health secretary Alex Azar told the House Energy and Commerce Committee. (Associated Press)
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An Instagram post by the New Mexico Department of Health ahead of Valentine's Day urges followers to use protection to prevent contracting sexually transmitted diseases.
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Henry Beverly battles the flu while tended to by nurse Kathleen Burks in a Thomaston, Georgia, hospital. This flu season is the worst since health officials began record keeping in 2004, surpassing the previous worst outbreak of 2014/15. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
