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Illustration on classified leaking and journalism by Donna Grethen/Tribune Content Agency
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Illustration on Bob Barr's and the Department of Justice by Nancy Ohanian/Tribune Content Agency
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Illustration on Chinese tech threats by Donna Grethen/Tribune Content Agency
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Louisiana Rep. Katrina Jackson, a Democrat, has challenged her party's orthodoxy with her opposition to abortion. (Office of Louisiana Rep. Katrina Jackson)
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FILE - In this July 30, 2015 file photo, Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., waves after speaking at a rally with registered nurses and other community leaders celebrate the 50th anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid, on Capitol Hill Washington. With the Obama administration counting down its final year, many Democrats are finding less to like about the presidents health care law, unsure about its place among their partys achievements. Sanders call for Medicare for all seems to have rekindled aspirations for bigger changes beyond Obamacare. That poses a challenge for Hillary Clinton, whos argued that the health care law is working and the nation needs to build on it, not start over. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
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Soaring Valor San Antonio, Texas
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Illegal Alien Expense Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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Illustration by M. Ryder/Tribune Content Agency
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A policy initiated by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in March requires the organization to cut business ties with consultants who work for Democratic primary challengers. "CBS This Morning" host Tony Dokoupil told colleagues on June 4, 2019, that there is a "problem" with the rule: "White men" make up two-thirds of those shielded seats. (Image: "CBS This Morning" screenshot)
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Illustration on U.S. Mexico economic relations by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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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