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Former CIA Director John O. Brennan testified before the House Intelligence Committee Russia Investigation Task Force. (Associated Press)
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Demonstrators march in the Texas Capitol on Monday, May 29, 2017, protesting the state's newly passed anti-sanctuary cities bill in Austin, Texas. Opponents call Texas' anti-sanctuary cities law a "show your papers" law since it empowers police to inquire about peoples' immigration status during routine interactions such as traffic stops. (AP Photo/Meredith Hoffman)
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Rosario, right, and Marichuy, second from right in the back, demonstrate with family against a new Texas immigration law on Monday, May 29, 2017, in Austin, Texas. Opponents call Texas' anti-sanctuary cities law a "show your papers" law since it empowers police to inquire about peoples' immigration status during routine interactions such as traffic stops. (AP Photo/Meredith Hoffman)
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In this May 13, 2017 photo, Evah Peard, from left, Spencer Hymas, Kellin Peard, and Amos Wardle pose for a photo after arriving to the LGBTQ Prom, in Logan, Utah. A first-ever prom for gay, lesbian and transgender students was held recently in Logan in an attempt to provide an event for students who might not have felt comfortable attending traditional proms at their high schools, the Standard-Examiner reported. (Sarah Welliver/Standard-Examiner via AP)
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In this May 13, 2017 photo, Kathryn Sorenson, left, and Rose Greer, right, detangle lights, while setting up for the LGBTQ Prom at Herm's Inn in Logan, Utah. A first-ever prom for gay, lesbian and transgender students was held recently in Logan in an attempt to provide an event for students who might not have felt comfortable attending traditional proms at their high schools, the Standard-Examiner reported. (Sarah Welliver/Standard-Examiner via AP)
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In this May 13, 2017, file photo, volunteer Rachel Hager, center, helps set up for the LGBTQ Prom, at Herm's Inn in Logan, Utah. A first-ever prom for gay, lesbian and transgender students was held recently in Logan in an attempt to provide an event for students who might not have felt comfortable attending traditional proms at their high schools, the Standard-Examiner reported. (Sarah Welliver/Standard-Examiner via AP)
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In this May 13, 2017 photo, volunteers Liz Berke, right, and Harriett Kee, left, get decorations ready for a LGBTQ Prom at Herm's Inn in Logan, Utah. A first-ever prom for gay, lesbian and transgender students was held recently in Logan in an attempt to provide an event for students who might not have felt comfortable attending traditional proms at their high schools, the Standard-Examiner reported. (Sarah Welliver/Standard-Examiner via AP)
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This February 2011 photo shows U.S. attorney Steven H. Cook of Maryville, Tenn. Cook, a zealous prosecutor who played a key role in writing the Justice Department’s new policy encouraging harsher punishments for criminals, is now turning his attention to hate crimes, marijuana and the ways law enforcement seizes suspects’ cash and property. Cook’s hardline views on criminal justice were fortified as a cop on the streets of Knoxville, Tennessee, in the late 1970s and early ‘80s. (Robert WIlson/Knoxville News Sentinel via AP)
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FILE - In this April 26, 2017, file photo, students gather in the Rotunda at the Texas Capitol to oppose SB4, an anti-"sanctuary cities" bill that already cleared the Texas Senate and seeks to jail sheriffs and other officials who refuse to help enforce federal immigration law, as the Texas House prepares to debate the bill in Austin, Texas. Immigrant activists who lived under a now-overturned anti-“sanctuary cities” law in Arizona that empowered police to inquire about peoples’ immigration status during routine interactions like traffic stops are visiting Texas to offer tips on how to cope with similar restrictions the state’s Republican-controlled Legislature recently approved. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
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In this Feb. 28, 2017, file photo, Georgia Cordova of El Paso, Texas, center, joins other protesters as they take part in a No Ban, No Wall rally to support the rights of immigrants and oppose a border wall and support sanctuary cities at the State Capitol in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
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FILE - In this April 26, 2017, file photo, Fox News anchor Kelly Wright appears at a news conference in New York with his attorney Douglas Wigdor, left, to discuss his part in a lawsuit accusing the network of racial discrimination. Wigdor, who represents 23 former or current Fox employees suing the company, suggested more lawsuits may be on the way. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
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Roger Ailes attends a special screening of "Kingsman: The Secret Service" in New York, Feb. 9, 2015. The death of the Fox News founder has left questions about how it could impact the backlog of lawsuits accusing his network of sexual harassment and racial discrimination. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP) ** FILE **
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FILE - In this May 10, 2017, file photo, Senate Judiciary Committee member Ted Cruz of Texas, questions witnesses on Capitol Hill in Washington. For Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, writing a Republican-only health care bill that can pass the Senate boils down to this question: How do you solve a problem like Dean, Lisa, Patrick, Ted, Rand and Susan? (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)
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FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2017, file photo, Sen. Dean Heller, R-N.V., in Washington, on Capitol Hill, at a hearing. For Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, writing a Republican-only health care bill that can pass the Senate boils down to this question: How do you solve a problem like Dean, Lisa, Patrick, Ted, Rand and Susan? (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
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FILE - In this Jan. 10, 2017 file photo, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. For Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, writing a Republican-only health care bill that can pass the Senate boils down to this question: How do you solve a problem like Dean, Lisa, Patrick, Ted, Rand and Susan? (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
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FILE - In this May 9, 2017, file photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. pauses while meeting with the media to discuss healthcare on Capitol Hill in Washington. For McConnell, writing a Republican-only health care bill that can pass the Senate boils down to this question: How do you solve a problem like Dean, Lisa, Patrick, Ted, Rand and Susan? (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
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FILE - In this Wednesday April 5, 2017, file photo, Virginia Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam, center, speaks to the media during a news conference on Medicaid expansion prior to the Senate session at the Capitol in Richmond, Va. Northam and Tom Perriello are promising fierce resistance to Trump's immigration positions and are embracing policies such as allowing undocumented immigrants to obtain driver's licenses. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)
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FILE - In this undated file photo provided by the Jimmy Gomez For Congress campaign shows California state Assemblyman Jimmy Gomez in Los Angeles. Two Democrats, Gomez who is Hispanic and one Korean-American, Robert Lee Ahn, are in a runoff for a U.S. House seat that is testing the boundaries of racial politics. (Mary Hodge/Jimmy Gomez For Congress Campaign via AP, File)
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FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Ahn For Congress campaign shows Robert Lee Ahn. Two Democrats, Ahn a Korean-American, and Jimmy Gomez a Hispanic, are in a runoff for a U.S. House seat that is testing the boundaries of racial politics. (Ahn For Congress Campaign via AP, File)
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FILE - In this Jan. 10, 2017 file photo, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. For Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, writing a Republican-only health care bill that can pass the Senate boils down to this question: How do you solve a problem like Dean, Lisa, Patrick, Ted, Rand and Susan? (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
