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The ruling in Johnson v. United States sparked a wave of claims from prisoners who say but for a borderline crime of violence, they would be serving much shorter sentences. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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FILE - This 1998 frame from video provided by C-SPAN shows George Nader, president and editor of Middle East Insight. Nadar, who worked to advance Saudi Arabia’s agenda to the Trump administration and who later provided grand jury testimony to special counsel Robert Mueller, has been arrested on charges of transporting a dozen images of child pornography and bestiality. Federal prosecutors in the Eastern District of Virginia announced that George Nader, 60, was arrested Monday morning, June 3, 2019 at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. (C-SPAN via AP, File)
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Illustration on job creation by Paul Tong/Tribune Content Agency
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This May 29, 2019, photo released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shows some of 1,036 migrants who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border in El Paso, Texas, the largest that the Border Patrol says it has ever encountered. Video shows them going under a chain-link fence to the U.S., where they waited for agents to come. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection via AP)
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Can you name the color in this song title? (Shutterstock)
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Illlustration on worsening the current situation of prescription drug prices and availability by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times
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Illustration on health Care and the economy by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Widening highways to reduce gridlock fails for several reasons, according to the U.S. Public Interest Research Group. It says studies show that more road space over time leads to further congestion because of a phenomenon called "induced demand." (Associated Press/File)
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Procter & Gamble's Gillette brand responded to backlash Monday by defending a new ad that features a transgender man's first shave. (Gillette)
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Illustration on work opportunities for the disabled by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times
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Illustration on the coming effects of the budget deficit by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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In order to appeal to the 11 million LGBTQ voters in the U.S., many Democrats are selling Pride Month items on their websites. FILE — In this June 24, 2014 file photo, people on a float dance and wave flags during the annual pride parade in New York. The annual pride parade takes place on Sunday, June 25, 2017, amid protests by black and brown LGBT people saying increasingly corporate pride celebrations prioritize the experiences of gay white men and ignore the issues continuing to face black and brown LGBT people. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) (Associated Press)
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Illustration on the benefits of tariffs by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Out of the past: A scene from the tea party Tax Payer's March on Washington on Sept. 12, 2009, to protest tax-and-spend programs. (Associated Press)
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In this Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018 photo, a migrant family from Central America waits outside the Annunciation House shelter in El Paso, Texas, after a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer drops them off. Volunteer shelters along the U.S.-Mexico border say they are preparing for an expected surged of new immigrants seeking asylum in the U.S. who will need temporary housing as the holidays approach. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras) **FILE**
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Social Security Benefit Ship Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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The Long Wait for Healthcare Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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From Kennedy-Khrushchev to Trump-Putin (sponsored)
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Central American migrants travel as a caravan toward the U.S. border on the highway that connects Guadalajara with Tepic, Mexico, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018. Many migrants say they are fleeing rampant poverty, gang violence and political instability primarily in the Central American countries of Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador and Nicaragua. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) ** FILE **
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"So if $2 trillion is so easy to get a hold of, we should probably get a hold of it and fill the budget gaps that we have today," said Rep. Rob Woodall, Georgia Republican. (Associated Press)
