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ADVANCE FOR THE WEEKEND OF JULY 29-31 AND THEREAFTER - In a July 19, 2017 photo, horse trainer Morganne Reinboldt saddles Radin, a 15-year-old Pinto rescue horse at a hobby farm in Cedar Falls, Iowa. The nonprofit has challenged nine trainers to groom neglected horses for adoption. (Matthew Putney/The Courier via AP)
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In this Tuesday, July 25, 2017, photo, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, is surrounded by reporters as she arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, before a test vote on the Republican health care bill. Collins, who was one of three Republican senators voting against the GOP health bill on Friday, July 28, said she's troubled by Trump's suggestions that the insurance payments are a "bailout." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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FILE - In this Thursday, July 20, 2017, file photo, Budget Director Mick Mulvaney gestures as he speaks during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington. The White House is stepping up demands that the Senate resume efforts to repeal and replace former President Barack Obama's health care law. Asked if no other legislative business should be taken up until the Senate acts again on health care, Mulvaney on Sunday, July 30, responded "yes" and suggested the Senate continue working through August if necessary. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
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In this Friday, July 21, 2017 photo, Sharon Martin sits on a guest bed in her home in Clawson, Mich. Martin is waiting to host a 17-year-old couple originally from the Asian country of Myanmar and the baby they had together in a refugee camp, after fleeing attacks on their Rohingya religious minority in Myanmar. An array of new refugee bans and travel limits that the Trump administration says will block terrorists also have halted a three-decade-old U.S. program for so-called unaccompanied refugee minors. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
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In this Friday, July 21, 2017 photo, Sharon Martin sits on a guest bed in her home in Clawson, Mich. Martin is waiting to host a 17-year-old couple originally from the Asian country of Myanmar and the baby they had together in a refugee camp, after fleeing attacks on their Rohingya religious minority in Myanmar. An array of new refugee bans and travel limits that the Trump administration says will block terrorists also have halted a three-decade-old U.S. program for so-called unaccompanied refugee minors. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
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In this Friday, July 21, 2017 photo, Sharon Martin sits on a couch in a guest living area at her home in Clawson, Mich. Martin is waiting to host a 17-year-old couple originally from the Asian country of Myanmar and the baby they had together in a refugee camp, after fleeing attacks on their Rohingya religious minority in Myanmar. An array of new refugee bans and travel limits that the Trump administration says will block terrorists also have halted a three-decade-old U.S. program for so-called unaccompanied refugee minors. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
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In this July 14, 2017 photo, Mike Gougherty and Julie Rajagopal, walking left and right, walk with their 16-year-old foster child from Eritrea at Dolores Park in San Francisco. When their 16-year-old foster child landed in March, he was among the last refugee foster children to make it into the U.S. Trump administration travel bans declared to block terrorists also are halting a small, three-decade-old program bringing orphan refugee children to waiting foster families in the United States. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
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In this July 14, 2017, file photo, Mike Gougherty, center, and Julie Rajagopal, right, pose for photos with their 16-year-old foster child from Eritrea at Dolores Park in San Francisco. When their 16-year-old foster child landed in March, he was among the last refugee foster children to make it into the U.S. Trump administration travel bans declared to block terrorists also are halting a small, three-decade-old program bringing orphan refugee children to waiting foster families in the United States. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
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In this July 14, 2017 photo, Julie Rajagopal, facing, hugs her 16-year-old foster child from Eritrea after posing for photos at Dolores Park in San Francisco. When he landed in March, he was among the last refugee foster children to make it into the U.S. Trump administration travel bans declared to block terrorists also are halting a small, three-decade-old program bringing orphan refugee children to waiting foster families in the United States. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
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Anti-government demonstrators use debris to make a barricade to protest against President Nicolas Maduro's plan to rewrite the constitution in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, July 29, 2017. Despite four months of deadly protests and the threat of U.S. sanctions, Venezuela on Saturday found itself 24 hours away from a consolidation of government power that appeared certain to drag the OPEC nation deeper into a crisis that has entire neighborhoods battling police and paramilitaries while the poor root for scraps in piles of trash. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
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Residents of Petare neighborhood walk near a barricade made by anti-government demonstrators to protest against President Nicolas Maduro's plan to rewrite the constitution in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, July 29, 2017. Despite four months of deadly protests and the threat of U.S. sanctions, Venezuela on Saturday found itself 24 hours away from a consolidation of government power that appeared certain to drag the OPEC nation deeper into a crisis that has entire neighborhoods battling police and paramilitaries while the poor root for scraps in piles of trash. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
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A man who is a resident of Petare neighborhood crosses through a barricade set up by demonstrators to protest against President Nicolas Maduro's plan to rewrite the constitution in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, July 29, 2017. Despite four months of deadly protests and the threat of U.S. sanctions, Venezuela on Saturday found itself 24 hours away from a consolidation of government power that appeared certain to drag the OPEC nation deeper into a crisis that has entire neighborhoods battling police and paramilitaries while the poor root for scraps in piles of trash. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
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Residents of Petare neighborhood walks through a barricade set up by demonstrators to protest against President Nicolas Maduro's plan to rewrite the constitution in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, July 29, 2017. Despite four months of deadly protests and the threat of U.S. sanctions, Venezuela on Saturday found itself 24 hours away from a consolidation of government power that appeared certain to drag the OPEC nation deeper into a crisis that has entire neighborhoods battling police and paramilitaries while the poor root for scraps in piles of trash.(AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
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An anti-government demonstrator pushes a old refrigerator to make a barricade to protest against President Nicolas Maduro's plan to rewrite the constitution in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, July 29, 2017. Despite four months of deadly protests and the threat of U.S. sanctions, Venezuela on Saturday found itself 24 hours away from a consolidation of government power that appeared certain to drag the OPEC nation deeper into a crisis that has entire neighborhoods battling police and paramilitaries while the poor root for scraps in piles of trash.(AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
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Pallbearers carry out a bright red casket at the funeral for Jamel Dunn, 31, at the Zion Orthodox Primitive Baptist Church Saturday, July 29, 2017, in Cocoa, Fla. Some attendees wore traditional dark clothing, while many others wore red at the request of the family. Florida prosecutors will decide whether to file charges against five teenagers who laughed and recorded video as the disabled man drowned on July 9. (Malcolm Denemark/Florida Today via AP)
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Boston Red Sox starting pitcher David Price sits in the dugout in the seventh inning during a baseball game against the Kansas City Royals at Fenway Park, Friday, July 28, 2017, in Boston. The Red Sox announced that Price was added to the 10-day disabled list prior to the game. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, July 28, 2017, after the Republican-controlled Senate was unable to fulfill their political promise to repeal and replace "Obamacare." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, July 28, 2017, after the Republican-controlled Senate was unable to fulfill their political promise to repeal and replace "Obamacare." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **
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Boston Red Sox starting pitcher David Price, left, congratulates Hanley Ramirez who made the catch on the final out in the fourth inning during a baseball game against the Kansas City Royals at Fenway Park, Friday, July 28, 2017, in Boston. The Red Sox announced that Price was added to the 10-day disabled list prior to the game. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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FILE--In this March 15, 2017, file photo, Hawaii Attorney General Douglas Chin speak at a press conference outside the federal courthouse in Honolulu. The top legal officers in 18 states and the District of Columbia have asked Congress to pass legislation prohibiting discrimination against transgender service members with Chin sending the letter dated Thursday, July 27, 2017, in response to President Donald Trump's announcement, via Twitter a day earlier, that he would ban transgender people in the military. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia, file)
