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This image provided by Medicare.gov shows a generic Medicare card. The government says it’s on track to meet a 2019 deadline for replacing Social Security numbers on Medicare cards with randomly generated digits and letters to protect seniors against identity theft. (Medicare.gov via AP)
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FILE - In this May 24, 2017, file photo, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley, talks during the opening ceremony of the Sakirpasa Umran school for Syrian refugee children, funded by the US government, in Adana, southern Turkey. Haley is presenting another side of President Donald Trump's “America First” doctrine, one that focuses on human rights and humanitarian assistance. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici, Pool)
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FILE - In this April 22, 2017 file photo, Pharrell Williams performs at To the Rescue! Los Angeles Human Society Benefit in Los Angeles. Williams will join Ariana Grande at a charity concert called "One Love Manchester" in Manchester, England, Sunday, June 3, 2017, two weeks after a bomber killed 22 people at Grande's concert in Manchester. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
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Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon gestures as he answers questions from reporters during a press conference at the Philippine Senate in Manila, Philippines, Tuesday, May 30, 2017. President Rodrigo Duterte declared martial law in the south through mid-July, but lawmakers on Tuesday asked for a public session of Congress to determine whether it is still necessary. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
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FILE - In this May 16, 2013 file photo, Nepalese Sherpas rest on their way to climb Mount Everest. A high-risk expedition carried out by eight sherpas to retrieve bodies from Mount Everest has led some to question if risk is acceptable. About 300 climbers have died since Everest was first conquered in 1953, and at least 100, maybe 200, corpses remain on the mountain. Sherpas, climbers from the ethnic group that has lived for centuries around Everest, have become an integral part of the Himalayan mountaineering world, and rely on the pay they can earn during the three-month climbing season to carry their families through the year. (AP Photo/Pasang Geljen Sherpa, File)
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FILE - In this Friday, Oct. 23, 2015 file photo, graveyards of sherpas and memorials of mountaineers stand with Mount Taboche looming over it, near Thuglha Pass, Nepal. About 300 climbers have died since Everest was first conquered in 1953, and at least 100, maybe 200, corpses remain on the mountain. Sherpas, climbers from the ethnic group that has lived for centuries around Everest, have become an integral part of the Himalayan mountaineering world, and rely on the pay they can earn during the three-month climbing season to carry their families through the year. (AP Photo/Tashi Sherpa, File)
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This undated photo provided by the Lake County, California, Sheriff's Office shows Anthony Hammond at the Lake County Jail in Lakeport, California. Hammond was charged with hate crime and other counts after police in Clearlake, California, say he stabbed a black man with a machete after yelling racial slurs on May 27, 2017. (Lake County, California, Sheriff's Office via AP)
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U.S. Sen. John McCain delivers a speech at the invitation of the United States Studies Centre in Sydney, Tuesday, May 30, 2017. In February, the Republican senator leaped to Australia's defense after President Donald Trump got into a heated discussion with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull over an Obama-era agreement on the resettlement of refugees. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
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U.S. Sen. John McCain delivers a speech at the invitation of the United States Studies Centre in Sydney, Tuesday, May 30, 2017. In February, the Republican senator leaped to Australia's defense after President Donald Trump got into a heated discussion with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull over an Obama-era agreement on the resettlement of refugees. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
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U.S. Sen. John McCain has a discussion after delivering a speech at the invitation of the United States Studies Centre in Sydney, Tuesday, May 30, 2017. In February, the Republican senator leaped to Australia's defense after President Donald Trump got into a heated discussion with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull over an Obama-era agreement on the resettlement of refugees. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
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In this Tuesday, May 23, 2017 photo, construction continues on new buildings in Vineyard City, Utah. The once tiny town of Vineyard in Utah County has exploded in the past two years from 600 residents to a population of nearly 4,000, making it the fastest growing city in the state last year according to new U.S. Census estimates, The Salt Lake Tribune reported. (Chris Detrick/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
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In this Tuesday, May 23, 2017 photo, construction continues on new buildings in Vineyard City, Utah. The once tiny town of Vineyard in Utah County has exploded in the past two years from 600 residents to a population of nearly 4,000, making it the fastest growing city in the state last year according to new U.S. Census estimates, The Salt Lake Tribune reported. (Chris Detrick/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
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In this Tuesday, May 23, 2017 photo, construction continues on new buildings in Vineyard City, Utah. The once tiny town of Vineyard in Utah County has exploded in the past two years from 600 residents to a population of nearly 4,000, making it the fastest growing city in the state last year according to new U.S. Census estimates, The Salt Lake Tribune reported. (Chris Detrick/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
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In this Tuesday, May 23, 2017 photo, construction continues on new buildings in Vineyard City, Utah. The once tiny town of Vineyard in Utah County has exploded in the past two years from 600 residents to a population of nearly 4,000, making it the fastest growing city in the state last year according to new U.S. Census estimates, The Salt Lake Tribune reported. (Chris Detrick/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
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In this Tuesday, May 23, 2017 photo, construction continues on new buildings in Vineyard City, Utah. The once tiny town of Vineyard in Utah County has exploded in the past two years from 600 residents to a population of nearly 4,000, making it the fastest growing city in the state last year according to new U.S. Census estimates, The Salt Lake Tribune reported. (Chris Detrick/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
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In this Tuesday, May 23, 2017 photo, construction continues on new buildings in Vineyard City, Utah. The once tiny town of Vineyard in Utah County has exploded in the past two years from 600 residents to a population of nearly 4,000, making it the fastest growing city in the state last year according to new U.S. Census estimates, The Salt Lake Tribune reported. (Chris Detrick/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
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Illustration on the federal government's sad history regarding the hiring of veterans by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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FILE - In this April 13, 2017, file photo, New York Mets' Yoenis Cespedes hits a home run during the third inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins in Miami. Mets general manager Sandy Alderson says the team hopes Cespedes will be ready to come off the disabled list in a week to 10 days, perhaps in time to be the designated hitter during a two-game series at Texas that begins June 6. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)
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Protester is arrested after blocking Las Vegas Boulevard in front of The Venetian in protest of the death of Tashii Brown in Las Vegas, Monday, May 29, 2017. Authorities say 10 people were arrested after fighting erupted during a weekend protest on the Las Vegas Strip amid calls for a white police officer to face criminal charges in the death of a black man in custody. (Elizabeth Brumley/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)
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Protesters block Las Vegas Boulevard in front of The Venetian to protest the officer involved death of Tashii Brown, Las Vegas, Monday, May 29, 2017. Authorities say 10 people were arrested after fighting erupted during a weekend protest on the Las Vegas Strip amid calls for a white police officer to face criminal charges in the death of a black man in custody. (Elizabeth Brumley/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)
