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A sign lays in the yard of a damaged home following a storm in the early hours of the morning in Rockwall, Texas on Wednesday, March 29, 2017. A powerful storm system with winds exceeding 60 mph has damaged homes in suburban Dallas, knocked out power to tens of thousands across Texas and brought heavy rain that inundated some areas. (Rose Baca/The Dallas Morning News via AP)
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A house is damaged following a storm early in the morning in Rockwall, Texas on Wednesday, March 29, 2017. A powerful storm system with winds exceeding 60 mph has damaged homes in suburban Dallas, knocked out power to tens of thousands across Texas and brought heavy rain that inundated some areas. (Rose Baca/The Dallas Morning News via AP)
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Houses are damaged following a storm early in the morning in Rockwall, Texas on Wednesday, March 29, 2017. A powerful storm system with winds exceeding 60 mph has damaged homes in suburban Dallas, knocked out power to tens of thousands across Texas and brought heavy rain that inundated some areas. (Rose Baca/The Dallas Morning News via AP)
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John Hampton stands outside his brother's house that was damaged following a storm early in the morning in Rockwall, Texas on Wednesday, March 29, 2017. A powerful storm system with winds exceeding 60 mph has damaged homes in suburban Dallas, knocked out power to tens of thousands across Texas and brought heavy rain that inundated some areas. (Rose Baca/The Dallas Morning News via AP)
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FILE - In this Tuesday, March 28, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump, accompanied by from left, Vice President Mike Pence, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt, and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, speaks at EPA headquarters in Washington, prior to signing an Energy Independence Executive Order. Environmental groups are preparing to go to court to battle Trump's efforts to roll back his predecessor's plans to curb global warming. But they say their first order of business is to mobilize a public backlash against an executive order Trump signed on Tuesday that eliminates many restrictions of fossil fuel production. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
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FILE - In this Tuesday, March 28, 2017 file photo, demonstrators gather in front of the White House in Washington, during a rally against President Donald Trump's Energy Independence Executive order. Environmental groups are preparing to go to court to battle Trump's efforts to roll back his predecessor's plans to curb global warming. But they say their first order of business is to mobilize a public backlash against an executive order Trump signed on Tuesday that eliminates many restrictions of fossil fuel production. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
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In this March 8, 2017 photo, local children stand on a field as Gede Pangrango Mountains is seen in the background in Bogor, West java, Indonesia. A sprawling "Trump Community" that will rise next to Gunung Gede Pangrango National Park has alarmed conservationists. They predict that the overall development, including a massive theme park, will overwhelm a refuge for some of Indonesia’s most threatened species. The 3,000 hectare (11.6 square miles) project is the brainchild of President Donald Trump's Indonesian partner, billionaire and presidential hopeful Hary Tanoe. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
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In this March 8, 2017 photo, a sign that says the land is owned by MNC Land is erected on a farming field near Gunung Gede Pangrango National Park in Bogor, West java, Indonesia. A sprawling "Trump Community" that will rise next to Gunung Gede Pangrango National Park has alarmed conservationists. They predict that the overall development, including a massive theme park, will overwhelm a refuge for some of Indonesia’s most threatened species. The 3,000 hectare (11.6 square miles) project is the brainchild of President Donald Trump's Indonesian partner, billionaire and presidential hopeful Hary Tanoe. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
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In this March 15, 2017 photo, a Muslim girl walks on a village road as Gede Pangrango Mountains is seen in the background in Bogor, West java, Indonesia. A sprawling "Trump Community" that will rise next to Gunung Gede Pangrango National Park has alarmed conservationists. They predict that the overall development, including a massive theme park, will overwhelm a refuge for some of Indonesia’s most threatened species. The 3,000 hectare (11.6 square miles) project is the brainchild of President Donald Trump's Indonesian partner, billionaire and presidential hopeful Hary Tanoe. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
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In this March 15, 2017, workers rest at a golf course construction site near Gunung Gede Pangrango National Park in Bogor, West java, Indonesia. A sprawling "Trump Community" that will rise next to Gunung Gede Pangrango National Park has alarmed conservationists. They predict that the overall development, including a massive theme park, will overwhelm a refuge for some of Indonesia’s most threatened species. The 3,000 hectare (11.6 square miles) project is the brainchild of President Donald Trump's Indonesian partner, billionaire and presidential hopeful Hary Tanoe. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
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In this March 15, 2017 photo, a farmer works on a field near Gunung Gede Pangrango National Park in Bogor, West java, Indonesia. A sprawling "Trump Community" that will rise next to Gunung Gede Pangrango National Park has alarmed conservationists. They predict that the overall development, including a massive theme park, will overwhelm a refuge for some of Indonesia’s most threatened species. The 3,000 hectare (11.6 square miles) project is the brainchild of President Donald Trump's Indonesian partner, billionaire and presidential hopeful Hary Tanoe. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
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In this March 8, 2017 photo, a farmer rides his motorbike on a dirt road as Gede Pangrango Mountains is seen in the background in Bogor, West java, Indonesia. A sprawling "Trump Community" that will rise next to Gunung Gede Pangrango National Park has alarmed conservationists. They predict that the overall development, including a massive theme park, will overwhelm a refuge for some of Indonesia’s most threatened species. The 3,000 hectare (11.6 square miles) project is the brainchild of President Donald Trump's Indonesian partner, billionaire and presidential hopeful Hary Tanoe. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
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FILE - This Dec. 2015 file photo shows U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson in Honolulu. Watson is hearing arguments Wednesday, March 29, 2017, in Honolulu, on whether to extend his temporary order blocking President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban. But even if Watson doesn’t put the ban on hold until the state’s lawsuit is resolved, his temporary block would remain until he rules otherwise. (George Lee/The Star-Advertiser via AP, File)
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FILE - In this July 27, 2013, file photo, North Korean soldiers turn and look towards their leader Kim Jong Un from a military parade vehicle as they carry packs marked with the nuclear symbol during a ceremony marking the 60th anniversary of the Korean War armistice in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korea has conducted five nuclear tests, the first in 2006. All were conducted in the depths of Mount Mantap, a nondescript granite peak in the remote and heavily forested Hamgyong mountain range about 80 kilometers (50 miles) as the crow flies from Chongjin, the nearest big city. Since North Korea is the only country in the world that still conducts nuclear weapons tests, its Punggye-ri site on _ or mostly under - Mount Mantap is also the world’s only active nuclear testing site. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)
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FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2016 file photo, a South Korean marine watches a TV screen reporting about North Korea's possible nuclear test at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea. North Korea has conducted five nuclear tests, the first in 2006. All were conducted in the depths of Mount Mantap, a nondescript granite peak in the remote and heavily forested Hamgyong mountain range about 80 kilometers (50 miles) as the crow flies from Chongjin, the nearest big city. Since North Korea is the only country in the world that still conducts nuclear weapons tests, its Punggye-ri site on _ or mostly under _ Mount Mantap is also the world’s only active nuclear testing site. The letters on the screen read: "Explosion suspect." (Kim Ju-sung/Yonhap via AP, File)
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FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2016 file photo, a man watches a TV news program reporting North Korea's nuclear test at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea. North Korea has conducted five nuclear tests, the first in 2006. All were conducted in the depths of Mount Mantap, a nondescript granite peak in the remote and heavily forested Hamgyong mountain range about 80 kilometers (50 miles) as the crow flies from Chongjin, the nearest big city. Since North Korea is the only country in the world that still conducts nuclear weapons tests, its Punggye-ri site on - or mostly under - Mount Mantap is also the world’s only active nuclear testing site. The letters on the screen read: "Hydrogen bomb test." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)
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Texas Department of Public Safety troopers investigate a two-vehicle crash that left several storm chasers dead Tuesday , March 28, 2017, near Spur, Texas. Tornadoes had been reported nearby at the time of the crash and heavy rain had been reported in the area, according to the National Weather Service. (Ellysa Gonzalez/Lubbock Avalanche-Journal via AP)
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Illustration on the negatives of the Paris climate accords by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Rescue teams work on the debris of a destroyed house to recover the bodies of people killed during fighting between Iraqi security forces and Islamic State militants. (Associated Press)
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FILE - In a Tuesday, May 5, 2015 file photo, North Carolina Lt. Gov. Dan Forest, left, and Gov. Pat McCrory applaud the unanimous votes by the Council of State to sell 308 acres at the old Dorothea Dix to the City of Raleigh for $52 million in Raleigh, N.C. Forest, the top Republican in North Carolina’s executive branch, is throwing a blunt counterpunch to the Democratic governor’s call to repeal the state’s “bathroom bill,” despite economic losses stemming from the legislation that’s stirred up fierce debates about gender. (Robert Willett/The News & Observer via AP, File)
