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In this June 28, 2017, photo, U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis speaks in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. Mattis is giving the military chiefs another six months before they begin allowing transgender individuals to enlist in the armed services. Pentagon spokeswoman Dana White says he made the decision June 30. A Mattis memo obtained by The Associated Press says he wanted to give the services time to insure the change won’t affect the readiness and lethality of the force. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
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FILE--In this Oct. 26, 2016, file photo, casino workers vote at an early voting site in Las Vegas. Nevada's top election official said Friday the state will provide public voter information requested by a White House commission that is investigating claims of voter fraud in the 2016 election, but will not turn over information such as Social Security numbers of voters and who people voted for. (AP Photo/John Locher, file)
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Sen. Dino Rossi, R-Issaquah, right, sits on the Senate floor after the Senate approved a two-year state operating budget, Friday, June 30, 2017, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. Details of the budget were released Friday, the same day Washington lawmakers must vote on the plan in order to prevent a partial government shutdown. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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New Jersey Republican Gov. Chris Christie speaks Friday, June 30, 2017, in Trenton, N.J. Christie said that a state government shutdown is likely if he doesn't get an agreement by midnight with Democratic lawmakers on the budget. A stalemate over his proposal to overhaul the state's largest health insurance company was at issue. (AP Photo/Michael Catalini)
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This booking photo released Friday, June 30, 2017, by the Stutsman County Correctional Center in Jamestown, N.D., shows James Watson, the police chief in LaMoure, N.D., who was charged Friday with sex crimes in three western North Dakota counties, including two counts of continuous sex abuse of a child. Watson has yet to appear in court. (Stutsman County Correctional Center via AP Photo)
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FILE - In this June 29, 2015, file photo, supporters of the U.S. Supreme Courts ruling on same-sex marriage gather on the steps of the Texas Capitol for a news conference celebrating marriage equality and looking to important work ahead in Austin, Texas. Gay spouses may not be entitled to government-subsidized workplace benefits, the Texas Supreme Court ruled Friday, June 30, 2017, in a unanimous decision quickly condemned by gay-rights groups. The court overturned a lower court's decision that favored same-sex marriage benefits, ordering the issue back to trial. Social conservatives hope the case will help them chip away at the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling that legalized gay marriage. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
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Logo for the New York Lottery, via Wikimedia Commons.
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FILE - In this May 19, 2016 file photo, Illinois Sen. Bill Brady, R-Bloomington, speaks at a meeting in Springfield, Ill. Republican senators on Friday, June 30, 2017, elected Brady as the new Senate minority leader to replace Sen. Christine Radogno, R-Lemont, who announced Thursday she was stepping down as senator on Saturday, July 1. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)
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Licensed prostitutes in Nevada have started "Hookers for Health Care" to organize against any Republican changes to the Affordable Health Care Act. (CNN, "Inside Legal Brothels with Lisa Ling" screenshot)
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Vanita Gupta, incoming president and CEO for the Leadership Conference for Civil and Human Rights, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 2, 2017, at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on responses to the increase in religious hate crimes. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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FILE - In this March 10, 2004 file photo Former French Cabinet Minister and Holocaust survivor Simone Veil is seen during a ceremony at the Elysee Palace in Paris. Simone Veil, a Nazi death camp survivor and prominent French politician who spearheaded abortion rights, dies. (Charles Platiau, pool via AP, FILE)
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FILE - In this June 7, 1994 file photo, then First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, is greeted by French Health, Urban and Social Affairs Minister Simone Veil at a breakfast meeting in Paris. Simone Veil, a Nazi death camp survivor and prominent French politician who spearheaded abortion rights, dies at age 89. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)
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FILE - In this March 18, 2010 file photo, Simone Veil, dressed in the French Academician's uniform, delivers her speech at the Institut de France before a ceremony in Paris. Simone Veil, a Nazi death camp survivor and prominent French politician who spearheaded abortion rights, dies at age 89. (Philippe Wopjazer, Pool photo via AP, File)
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FILE - In this Jan 2003 file photo, former French Cabinet Minister and Holocaust survivor Simone Veil cries as she delivers a speech during the inauguration of the Paris Memorial for Holocaust victims. Simone Veil, a Nazi death camp survivor and prominent French politician who spearheaded abortion rights, dies at age 89. (AP Photo/Claude Paris, file)
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In this Dec. 13, 1974 file photo, French Health Minister Simone Veil speaks about abortion law at the French National Assembly in Paris. Simone Veil, a Nazi death camp survivor and prominent French politician who spearheaded abortion rights, dies at age 89. (AP Photo/Eustache Cardenas, File)
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FILE - In this June 18, 2014 file photo, a juvenile detainee sits in a holding cell at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection processing facility in Brownsville, Texas. The Trump administration plans to arrest parents and other relatives who authorities believe smuggled their children into the United States, a move immigrant advocates said would send a wave of fear through vulnerable communities. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, Pool)
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FILE - This June 18, 2014, file photo shows U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents work at a processing facility in Brownsville,Texas. A new "surge initiative" aims to identify and arrest the adult sponsors of unaccompanied minors who paid coyotes or other smuggling operations to bring young people across the U.S. border, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials confirmed Thursday, June 29, 2017. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, Pool, File)
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A protester gets arrested by Denver police officers after refusing to vacate the offices of Republican Sen. Cory Gardner in downtown Denver, Colo., Thursday, June 29, 2017. Police arrested a group of disabled protesters on Thursday evening who had spent three days camped out in Gardner's office, demanding that he pledge to oppose the GOP's health care plan. (John Leyba/The Denver Post via AP)
