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Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and other lawmakers head to the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 13, 2017, for a meeting on the revised Republican health care bill which has been under attack from within the party, including Sen. Collins. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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In this May 5, 2014, file photo, the Capitol building is seen through the columns on the steps of the Supreme Court in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
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Oakland city officials including Mayor Libby Schaaf, right, city administrator Sabrina Landreth, second from right, and police chief Anne Kirkpatrick, at podium, field questions after a federal court hearing, Monday, July 10, 2017, in San Francisco. Civil rights lawyers say a federal judge should consider holding Oakland, California, city and police officials in contempt of court for mishandling an internal affairs investigation of several officers alleged to have sexually exploited an underage prostitute. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
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In this Nov. 30, 2016, file photo, Shia LaBeouf arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of "Man Down" at ArcLight Cinemas Hollywood. LaBeouf has apologized for a racist tirade against officers who arrested him for public drunkenness over the weekend in Savannah, Ga. The actor wrote in a statement posted on Twitter Wednesday, July 12, 2017, that he has been publicly struggling with addiction for what he was said was "far too long." (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
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The Iraqi government's victory in liberating Mosul from the Islamic State has been tempered with fears that September's vote by the Iraq's Kurdish minority to form their own state could reignite sectarian conflicts among the country's myriad ethnic groups. (Associated Press)
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Illustration on young people in the age of social media information by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Illustration on western conservative values by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Thomas Saenz, president and general counsel with the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, commonly known as MALDEF, left, and Bill Lann Lee, senior counsel, Civil Rights Education and Enforcement Center, (CREEC), a former Assistant U.S. Attorney General for Civil Rights, announce the filing of a Medi-Cal civil rights complaint in Los Angeles on Wednesday, July 12, 2017. The lawsuit alleges the state is violating Latinos' civil rights by providing low reimbursements to health care providers. It alleges the low payments often mean that those who rely on Medi-Cal, the state's health care program for the poor, are denied timely and quality medical care. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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Thomas Saenz, president and general counsel with the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, commonly known as MALDEF announces the filing of a Medi-Cal civil rights complaint in Los Angeles on Wednesday, July 12, 2017. The lawsuit alleges the state is violating Latinos' civil rights by providing low reimbursements to health care providers. The plaintiffs argue that California is denying proper health care to about a third of the state's residents by poorly funding the program that covers low-income families, some elderly patients, those with disabilities, foster children and pregnant women. The program also covers those whose incomes are near the federal poverty level. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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In this Feb. 19, 2017, photo provided by lawyer Venkat Balasubramani, Richard L. Rynearson III, of Bainbridge Island, Wash., poses while demonstrating in favor of a bill before the Washington state Legislature in Seattle. Rynearson, a retired Air Force major, is asking a federal court to declare Washington state's cyberstalking law unconstitutional, saying he's been threatened with prosecution - and up to a year in jail - for repeatedly making online posts that criticize a community activist. (Venkat Balasubramani via AP)
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This undated booking photo provided by Clark County Detention Center shows Robert Nelson. Nelson, who escaped from a Minnesota federal prison in 1992 and had been on the run ever since, was taken back into custody June 20, 2017, after trying to renew his driver's license. Investigators from the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles withheld Nelson's driver's license after a facial recognition system showed the same person had previously held a Nevada driver's license in the name of Craig James Pautler. (Clark County Detention Center via AP)
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Shadow Government (Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times)
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FILE - In this July 19, 2008 file photo a mural named Raza Adelante, including the image of Cesar Chavez, center, is seen on Cesar Chavez Avenue in unincorporated East Los Angeles. The term la raza has deep roots in Mexico after that country’s revolution and in the U.S. Chicano Movement of the 1970s which helped elect some of the nation's first Latinos to public office. The National Council of La Raza announced that it was changing its name to drop the term "la raza," which menas the people. At political rallies in Texas and during California marches in support for Cesar Chavez’s United Farm Workers, young Latino activists yelled, “Viva La Raza!” (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)
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In this Sept. 4, 1972 file photo, Jose A. Gutierrez, left, of Texas, and Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzalez of Colorado, stand before the La Raza Unida Party national convention in El Paso, Texas. The term la raza has deep roots in Mexico after that country’s revolution and in the U.S. Chicano Movement of the 1970s which helped elect some of the nation's first Latinos to public office. But in the ever-evolving discussions of race and ethnicity in the U.S., some Latino advocates see the term as outdated and no longer useful in an era of a more racially diverse society and President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Ferd Kaufman, File)
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Plaintiffs Saul Jimenez Perea, and his mother, Analilia, arrive a a news conference to announce a suit filed by attorneys with the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, commonly known as MALDEF, and the Civil Rights Education and Enforcement Center in Los Angeles on Wednesday, July 12, 2017. California is harming medical care for more than 13 million lower-income residents, more than half of them Latinos, by failing to pay doctors enough to provide proper care, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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FILE - In this May 31, 2017, file photo, Seattle Mariners pitcher Felix Hernandez, who at this time was on the disabled list, sits in the dugout during a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies,in Seattle. Trying to define who the Seattle Mariners are heading into the second half of the season is a challenge and leaves the club in a difficult spot of only having a short time in July to decide how to move forward for the final two months of the season. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
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Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., a key opponent of the Republican health care bill, arrives for weekly policy meetings on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 11, 2017. With at least a dozen Republicans opposing or challenging parts of the GOP health care bill, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said he will unveil their revised health care bill Thursday and begin voting on it next week. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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In this Monday, July 9, 2017 photo, Meredith Cherry rests at Brent Tolman's home west of Burley, Idaho. Cherry is on a journey to reach all 48 contiguous states to raise awareness about domestic violence. (Laurie Welch/The Times-News via AP)
