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City of Chicago's Corporation Counsel, Ed Siskel, listens to a question during a news conference at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse, Monday, Aug. 7, 2017, in Chicago. Chicago has filed a federal lawsuit challenging a Trump administration immigration stance. The 46-page lawsuit filed Monday says that "neither federal law nor the United States Constitution permits the Attorney General to force Chicago to abandon ... critical local policy" on immigrants. (AP Photo/G-Jun Yam)
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City of Chicago's Corporation Counsel, Ed Siskel, listens to a question during a news conference at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse, Monday, Aug. 7, 2017, in Chicago. Chicago has filed a federal lawsuit challenging a Trump administration immigration stance. The 46-page lawsuit filed Monday says that "neither federal law nor the United States Constitution permits the Attorney General to force Chicago to abandon ... critical local policy" on immigrants. (AP Photo/G-Jun Yam)
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FILE - This Dec. 27, 2016, file photo provided by the Aiken County, S.C., Detention Center shows South Carolina Rep. Chris Corley. Attorneys for Corley have informed state prosecutors their client is planning to change his plea to guilty Monday, Aug. 7, 2017, to a domestic violence charge in an attack on his wife during a hearing in Aiken, according to Robert Kittle, spokesman for the state Attorney General’s Office. (Aiken County Detention Center via AP, File)
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FILE- In this Jan. 15, 2017, file photo Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel speaks during a news conference in Chicago. Chicago will keep fighting President Donald Trump’s immigration policies with a federal lawsuit alleging it’s illegal for the federal government to withhold public safety grants from so-called sanctuary cities, Emanuel announced Sunday, Aug. 6. (AP Photo/Matt Marton, File)
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In this July 28, 2017, file photo distributed by the North Korean government on Saturday, July 29, 2017, shows what was said to be the launch of a Hwasong-14 intercontinental ballistic missile at an undisclosed location in North Korea. North Korea said Monday, Aug. 7, it will launch "thousands-fold" revenge against the United States over the adoption of tough U.N. sanctions imposed after its intercontinental ballistic launches. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)
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In this Wednesday, July 12, 2017 photo, Sandra Collins, executive director and founder of enGender, reads a book to campers at the Bay Area Rainbow Day Camp in El Cerrito, Calif. Collins says, “A lot of these kids have been bullied and had trauma at school. This is a world where none of that exists, and they're in the majority. That’s a new experience for kids who are used to hiding and feeling small.” (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
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In this Tuesday, July 11, 2017 photo, a camper walks past a sign for an all gender bathroom at the Bay Area Rainbow Day Camp in El Cerrito, Calif. The camp caters to transgender and "gender fluid" children, aged 4-12, making it one of the only camps of its kind in the world open to preschoolers, experts say. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
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In this Tuesday, July 11, 2017, photo, Molly Maxwell hugs her child Gracie at the Bay Area Rainbow Day Camp in El Cerrito, Calif. The camp caters to transgender and "gender fluid" children, aged 4-12, making it one of the only camps of its kind in the world open to preschoolers, experts say. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
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In this Tuesday, July 11, 2017 photo, camp instructor Kris Gambardella watches as camper Wilson shoots baskets at the Bay Area Rainbow Day Camp in El Cerrito, Calif., Tuesday, July 11, 2017. Gender experts say Rainbow’s rapid growth reflects what they’re seeing in gender clinics around the country: an increasing number of kids coming out as transgender at young ages. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
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In this Tuesday, July 11, 2017 photo, Sandra Collins, executive director and founder of enGender, hugs her child Scarlett at the Bay Area Rainbow Day Camp in El Cerrito, Calif. Gender experts say Rainbow’s rapid growth reflects what they’re seeing in gender clinics around the country: an increasing number of kids coming out as transgender at young ages. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
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Illustration on limiting health care by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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An anti-government demonstrator waves a large Venezuelan flag during a protest against the government of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, Aug. 6, 2017. Months of protests are fueled by widespread anger over food shortages, triple-digit inflation and high crime. (AP Photo/Wil Riera)
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FILE - This Nov. 14, 2016 file photo shows Miami Heat forward Willie Reed (35) taking a practice shot before the start of an NBA basketball game against the San Antonio Spurs in San Antonio. Reed has been jailed in Miami on a battery charge, with officials saying it stemmed from a domestic violence incident. Reed spent last season with the Heat and had been working out in Miami in recent days. The 27-year-old center finalized a $1.5 million, one-year contract with the Los Angeles Clippers last week, despite his hopes for a longer-term, more lucrative contract in free agency. He was booked Sunday, Aug. 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Ronald Cortes, file)
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Congresswoman Maxine Waters, right, and husband Sid Williams attend the Black Girls Rock! Awards at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center on Saturday, Aug. 5, 2017, in Newark, N.J. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
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A masked anti-government demonstrator walks past next to a burning barricade during a protest against the installation of a constitutional assembly in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Aug. 4, 2017. Defying criticism from Washington to the Vatican, Venezuela's ruling party on Friday installed a new super assembly that supporters promise will pacify the country and critics fear will be a tool for imposing dictatorship. (AP Photo/Wil Riera)
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Masked anti-government demonstrators stend to a burning barricade during a protest against the installation of a constitutional assembly in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Aug. 4, 2017. Defying criticism from Washington to the Vatican, Venezuela's ruling party on Friday installed a new super assembly that supporters promise will pacify the country and critics fear will be a tool for imposing dictatorship. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
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Anti-government demonstrators prepare homemade petrol bombs that will be used against Venezuelan Bolivarian National Police, during a protest against the installation of a constitutional assembly in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Aug. 4, 2017. Defying criticism from Washington to the Vatican, Venezuela's ruling party on Friday installed a new super assembly that supporters promise will pacify the country and critics fear will be a tool for imposing dictatorship. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
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An anti-government demonstrator whacks a a wall to release pieces of concrete to throw at Venezuelan Bolivarian National Police, during a protest against the installation of a constitutional assembly in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Aug. 4, 2017. Defying criticism from Washington to the Vatican, Venezuela's ruling party on Friday installed a new super assembly that supporters promise will pacify the country and critics fear will be a tool for imposing dictatorship. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
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Secretary of Veterans Affairs David J. Shulkin takes notes during a visit to the Veterans Administration Medical Center in, Manchester, N.H., Friday, Aug. 4, 2017. Shulkin earlier met privately with doctors at the center, who have alleged substandard care at New Hampshire's only hospital for veterans. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., right, and U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., center, listen to Secretary of Veterans Affairs David J. Shulkin, left, during a visit to the Veterans Administration Medical Center in, Manchester, N.H., Friday, Aug. 4, 2017. Shulkin earlier met privately with doctors at the center, who have alleged substandard care at New Hampshire's only hospital for veterans. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
