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A group moves boxes into the federal court house, Monday, July 10, 2017, in San Antonio, where a redistricting trial is set to begin. Federal courts earlier this year found that Texas passed election laws to purposefully discriminate against Hispanic and black voters and the trial starting Monday could redraw Texas voting maps before 2018 and bolster Democratic efforts to reclaim Congress. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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A man with a set of maps enters the federal court house, Monday, July 10, 2017, in San Antonio, where a redistricting trial is set to begin. Federal courts earlier this year found that Texas passed election laws to purposefully discriminate against Hispanic and black voters and the trial starting today could redraw Texas voting maps before 2018 and bolster Democratic efforts to reclaim Congress. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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A man enters the federal court house, Monday, July 10, 2017, in San Antonio, where a redistricting trial is set to begin. Federal courts earlier this year found that Texas passed election laws to purposefully discriminate against Hispanic and black voters and the trial starting Monday could redraw Texas voting maps before 2018 and bolster Democratic efforts to reclaim Congress. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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A man with a set of maps makes his way to the federal court house, Monday, July 10, 2017, in San Antonio, where a redistricting trial is set to begin. Federal courts earlier this year found that Texas passed election laws to purposefully discriminate against Hispanic and black voters and the trial starting Monday could redraw Texas voting maps before 2018 and bolster Democratic efforts to reclaim Congress. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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FILE - In this March 13, 2017 file photo, Iraqi civilians flee their homes during fighting between Iraqi security forces and Islamic State militants, on the western side of Mosul, Iraq. 3,351,132 _ The number of Iraqis across the country who remained displaced by violence in the fight against IS as of June 30, according to the U.N. migration agency. As Iraqi forces have retaken territory from the militants, more than 1,952,868 people have been able to return home. Of those still displaced, the vast majority are from Nineveh province, where Mosul is located. Some 700,000 are sheltering in camps, while the rest are living with extended family or in rented housing. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)
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FILE - In this Nov. 15, 2016 file photo, internally displaced people flee fighting between Iraqi forces and Islamic State militants on a road in eastern Mosul, Iraq. 3,351,132 _ The number of Iraqis across the country who remained displaced by violence in the fight against IS as of June 30, according to the U.N. migration agency. As Iraqi forces have retaken territory from the militants, more than 1,952,868 people have been able to return home. Of those still displaced, the vast majority are from Nineveh province, where Mosul is located. Some 700,000 are sheltering in camps, while the rest are living with extended family or in rented housing.(AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)
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FILE - In this March 9, 2017 file photo, Iraqi civilians walk toward Iraqi security forces after fleeing their homes due to fighting between government forces and Islamic State militants, on the western side of Mosul, Iraq. 3,351,132 _ The number of Iraqis across the country who remained displaced by violence in the fight against IS as of June 30, according to the U.N. migration agency. As Iraqi forces have retaken territory from the militants, more than 1,952,868 people have been able to return home. Of those still displaced, the vast majority are from Nineveh province, where Mosul is located. Some 700,000 are sheltering in camps, while the rest are living with extended family or in rented housing. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, File)
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Former Chicago police detective David March departs the Cook County Courthouse after his arraignment on state felony charges of conspiracy in the investigation of the 2014 shooting death of Laquan McDonald Monday, July 10, 2017, in Chicago. The indictment marks the latest chapter in the history of a police force dogged by allegations of racism and brutality against the city's black residents. March pled not guilty on all charges. (AP Photo/G-Jun Yam)
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Former Chicago police detective David March departs the Cook County Courthouse after his arraignment on state felony charges of conspiracy in the investigation of the 2014 shooting death of Laquan McDonald Monday, July 10, 2017, in Chicago. The indictment marks the latest chapter in the history of a police force dogged by allegations of racism and brutality against the city's black residents. March pled not guilty on all charges. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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Former Chicago police officer Joseph Walsh, left, and Chicago police officer Thomas Gaffney, right, depart the Cook County Courthouse after their arraignment on state felony charges of conspiracy in the investigation of the 2014 shooting death of Laquan McDonald Monday, July 10, 2017, in Chicago. The indictment marks the latest chapter in the history of a police force dogged by allegations of racism and brutality against the city's black residents. Both pled not guilty on all charges. (AP Photo/G-Jun Yam)
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Former Chicago police officer Joseph Walsh, left, and Chicago police officer Thomas Gaffney, right, depart the Cook County Courthouse after their arraignment on state felony charges of conspiracy in the investigation of the 2014 shooting death of Laquan McDonald Monday, July 10, 2017, in Chicago. The indictment marks the latest chapter in the history of a police force dogged by allegations of racism and brutality against the city's black residents. Both pled not guilty on all charges. (AP Photo/G-Jun Yam)
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Former Chicago police detective David March arrives at the Cook County Courthouse for his arraignment on state felony charges of conspiracy in the investigation of the 2014 shooting death of Laquan McDonald Monday, July 10, 2017, in Chicago. The indictment marks the latest chapter in the history of a police force dogged by allegations of racism and brutality against the city's black residents. March pled not guilty on all charges. (AP Photo/G-Jun Yam)
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Chicago police officer Thomas Gaffney , left, and former Chicago police officer Joseph Walsh depart the Cook County Courthouse after their arraignment on state felony charges of conspiracy in the investigation of the 2014 shooting death of Laquan McDonald, Monday, July 10, 2017, in Chicago. The indictment marks the latest chapter in the history of a police force dogged by allegations of racism and brutality against the city's black residents. Both pled not guilty on all charges. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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Blac Chyna, center, and her attorney Lisa Bloom, left, arrive for a hearing seeking a restraining order against her former fiancee Rob Kardashian on Monday, July 10, 2017, in Los Angeles. Chyna has accused Kardashian of cyber bullying and domestic violence over a series of lurid Instagram posts he made last week. The posts got Kardashian’s Instagram account shut down, but he continued his attacks on Twitter. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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Footage showing President Trump trying to help a Marine with his hat has gone viral. (CNN)
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Blac Chyna and her attorney Lisa Bloom, left, arrive for a hearing seeking a restraining order against her former fiancee Rob Kardashian on Monday, July 10, 2017, in Los Angeles. Chyna has accused Kardashian of cyber bullying and domestic violence over a series of lurid Instagram posts he made last week. The posts got Kardashian’s Instagram account shut down, but he continued his attacks on Twitter. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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Blac Chyna, center, and her attorney Lisa Bloom, left, arrive for a hearing seeking a restraining order against her former fiancee Rob Kardashian on Monday, July 10, 2017, in Los Angeles. Chyna has accused Kardashian of cyber bullying and domestic violence over a series of lurid Instagram posts he made last week. The posts got Kardashian’s Instagram account shut down, but he continued his attacks on Twitter. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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Sen. Bill Cassidy, Louisiana Republican, called repealing Obamacare and replacing it later a "non-starter," since people with pre-existing conditions won't know if they'll can secure coverage. "It think it betrays President Trump's campaign pledges," he said. (Associated Press)
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FILE - In this Friday, June 23, 2017 file photo, Gov. Brian Sandoval, left, and U.S. Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., give a news conference in Las Vegas where the senator announced he will vote no on the proposed GOP healthcare bill. A handful of Republican governors, including Sandoval, who support some of the key pillars of former President Barack Obama’s health care law are among the main reasons Senate leaders cannot persuade enough Republicans to get behind their repeal-and-replace effort. (Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)
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Chuck Schwarz, left, takes walk with his wife Cathy at Heritage Woods of South Elgin, Friday, June 30, 2017, in South Elgin, Ill. Medicaid Americans 65 and order and the disabled make up about a quarter of Medicaid recipients but account for two-thirds of its expenditures. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
