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In this June 21, 2013, file photo, the Veterans Affairs Department in Washington. Federal authorities have launched dozens of new criminal investigations into possible opioid and other drug theft by employees at Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals, a sign the problem isn't going away despite new prevention efforts. Data obtained by The Associated Press show 36 cases opened by the VA inspector general's office from Oct. 1 through May 19. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)
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FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2017 file photo, Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin speaks in Washington. Federal authorities have launched dozens of new criminal investigations into possible opioid and other drug theft by employees at Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals, a sign the problem isn't going away despite new prevention efforts. Data obtained by The Associated Press show 36 cases opened by the VA inspector general's office from Oct. 1 through May 19. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
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In this May 16, 2017 photo, Nancy Vasquez, a Salvadoran citizen with a short-term and renewable legal immigration status in the U.S. called Temporary Protected Status (TPS), cleans up her food truck at a construction site in Rockville, Md. Vasquez left the turmoil in her native El Salvador behind and came to the U.S., where she was able to support her family, buy a house and start a food-truck business catering to workers on the outskirts of Washington thanks to the “temporary” residency permit that has lasted for nearly 20 years. (AP Photo/Luis Alonso Lugo)
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In this May 16, 2017 photo, Nancy Vasquez, a Salvadoran citizen with a short-term and renewable legal immigration status in the U.S. called Temporary Protected Status (TPS), cleans up her food truck at a construction site in Rockville, Md. Vasquez said she’s now thinking about how she would sell her property and move back home. She also wonders what she would do with her 11-year-old daughter, a U.S. citizen by birth. (AP Photo/Luis Alonso Lugo)
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A woman, wearing a t-shirt that reads in Portuguese "Rebel against racism" dances during a protest against Brazil's president Michel Temer at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, May 28, 2017. People gathered on Copacabana beach ahead of a concert by Brazilian musical performers calling for new presidential elections while pressure mounts on the country's leader to resign amid corruption allegations. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
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Illustration on Memorial Day by M. Ryder/Tribune Content Agency
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FILE -- In this Saturday, May 13, 2017 file photo, a displaced family passes an Islamic State militant banner in western Mosul. Iraq’s fight to retake Mosul from the Islamic State group has been the largest and the longest operation against the extremists in the nearly three years since they overran a third of the country. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen, File)
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In this Tuesday, May 23, 2017, photo, Dawn Erin poses for a photo at her home, in Austin, Texas. Erin was among more than 20 million Americans who gained coverage under Affordable Care Act. The health law helped push uninsured rates to historic lows and also aimed to bring the newly insured back into the primary care system to improve their health. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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In this Tuesday, May 23, 2017, photo, Dawn Erin poses for a photo at her home, in Austin, Texas. Erin was among more than 20 million Americans who gained coverage under Affordable Care Act. The health law helped push uninsured rates to historic lows and also aimed to bring the newly insured back into the primary care system to improve their health. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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In this May 23, 2017, photo0, Budget Director Mick Mulvaney holds up a copy of President Donald Trump's proposed fiscal 2018 federal budget as he speaks to members of the media in the Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. Advocates for minority communities say President Donald Trump’s budget proposal answers the question he famously posed to black Americans during his campaign: “What the hell do you have to lose?” His $4.1 trillion plan for the budget year beginning Oct. 1 generally proposes deep cuts in safety net programs, including Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2017, file photo, Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick holds a news conference at the Republican Party of Texas Headquarters, in Austin, Texas. A proposed Texas "bathroom bill" targeting transgender people neared collapse Friday, May 26, 2017. Patrick said he is resolved to force a special session if a North Carolina-style law that could restrict bathroom access for transgender people doesn't prevail. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
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FILE - In this March 24, 2017, file photo, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott talks to reporters outside the White House in Washington. A proposed Texas "bathroom bill" targeting transgender people neared collapse Friday, May 26, 2017, over a deadlock. Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said he is resolved to force a special session if a North Carolina-style law that could restrict bathroom access for transgender people doesn't prevail — but Abbott made clear later that he was calling the shots. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
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This photo provided by Richmond City Jail/Sheriff’s Office shows Travis A. Ball. Ball is charged in the shooting of Special Agent Michael T. Walter, who died early Saturday, May 27, 2017 at VCU Medical Center in Richmond. Ball was taken into custody at a residence in Northumberland County about an hour after Walter died. (Richmond City Jail/Sheriff’s Office via AP)
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This photo provided by Richmond City Jail/Sheriff’s Office shows Travis A. Ball. Ball, 27, is charged in the shooting of Special Agent Michael T. Walter, who died early Saturday, May 27, 2017 at VCU Medical Center in Richmond. Ball was taken into custody at a residence in Northumberland County about an hour after Walter died. (Richmond City Jail/Sheriff’s Office via AP)
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Budget Director Mick Mulvaney testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 24, 2017, before the House Budget Committee hearing on President Donald Trump's fiscal 2018 federal budget. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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This photo taken May 17, 2017, shows L. Diane Casto during an interview in Juneau, Alaska. Casto has been named the new Executive Director of Alaska's Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault. (Michael Penn/Juneau Empire via AP)
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This 1996 photograph shows West Manchester Township Sgt. Patrick Hinds, embracing one of his sons. This photograph was taken after Hinds had been shot in the face during a standoff with a subject who later committed suicide. (Paul Kuehnel/York Daily Record via AP)
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Boston Red Sox starting pitcher David Price rests on the dugout rail during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Seattle Mariners at Fenway Park in Boston, Friday, May 26, 2017. Price, who has been on the disabled list the beginning of this season, is scheduled to make his first start next week against the White Sox. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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This undated Sabbie family photo provided through attorney Erik J. Heipt shows Michael Sabbie, of Arkansas, and his wife, Teresa. The family of Michael Sabbie filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday, May 24, 2017, in Texas accusing the Bi-State Justice Center, in Texarkana, Texas, a for-profit jail, and at least 12 guards and nurses of denying him adequate medical care as his health worsened and leaving him to die in his cell. He died in July 2015 at the jail. (Sabbie family photo via attorney Erik J. Heipt via AP)
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Robyn Liddell, assistant attorney general and secondary prosecutor, sits in the courtroom during the second portion of Larry Nassar's preliminary hearing on sexual assault charges on Friday, May 26, 2017 at the 55th District Court in Mason. Mich. A gymnast testified Friday that Nassar, a Michigan sports doctor accused of sexual assaulting dozens of women and girls asked her father to leave the room before he molested her during a 2012 appointment for a heel injury. (Julia Nagy/Lansing State Journal via AP)
