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House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., center, one of the stewards of the Republican health care legislation, walks through Statuary Hall after leaving the Capitol Hill office of House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., Friday, March 24, 2017, as the House nears a vote on their health care overhaul. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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Johnny Depp and Amber Heard (2012–2016) - Heard accused Depp of domestic abuse, and after a contentious few months, received a settlement of $7 million from Depp. Heard says she is donating her entire divorce settlement from Depp to a pair of charities. Heard writes in a statement released Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016, that the money will be split between the American Civil Liberties Union and the Children's Hospital Los Angeles. (AP Photo)
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House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., one of the stewards of the Republican health care legislation, leaves the Capitol Hill office of House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., Friday, March 24, 2017, as the House nears a vote on their health care overhaul. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., one of the stewards of the Republican health care legislation, speaks with reporters outside the House Rules Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, March 24, 2017, where the final wording of the bill was completed before going to the floor for debate. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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FILE - In this Saturday, April 13, 2013 file photo, former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak waves to his supporters from behind bars as he attends a hearing in his retrial on appeal in Cairo, Egypt. Mubarak returned home free on Friday, March 24, 2017 following his release from custody after legal proceedings that took years since his 2011 ouster — years during which the country witnessed major upheavals and rights activists saw their hopes scuttled that the autocrat would face justice for the deaths of hundreds who defied his rule. (AP Photo, File)
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House Rules Committee Chairman Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, finishes the final wording on the Republican health care bill before sending it to the floor for debate and a vote, Friday, March 24, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **
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FILE – In this Oct. 7, 2015, file photo, Terrence Wise, right, a second-generation fast food worker at McDonald's and Burger King in Kansas City, Mo., introduces President Barack Obama, left, during The White House Summit on Worker Voice in the East Room of the White House in Washington. A cluster of Black Lives Matter groups and an organization leading the push for a $15-an-hour wage, Fight for $15, are joining forces for their first national joint action, planning "Fight Racism, Raise Pay" protests on the 49th anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, April 4, 2017, including a protest Wise plans to join in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
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FILE – In this July 26, 2013, file photo, Charlene Carruthers, representing the Black Youth Project 100 in Chicago, protests outside Florida Gov. Rick Scott's office at the Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla. A cluster of Black Lives Matter groups, including the Black Youth Project 100, and an organization leading the push for a $15-an-hour wage, Fight for $15, are joining forces for their first national joint action, planning "Fight Racism, Raise Pay" protests on the 49th anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, April 4, 2017, in two dozen cities including Chicago. (AP Photo/Phil Sears, File)
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FILE – In this Nov. 29, 2016, file photo, people protest as part of the National Day of Action to Fight for $15 near a McDonald's restaurant along the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas. A cluster of Black Lives Matter groups and the organization leading the push for a $15-an-hour wage are joining forces to combine the struggle for racial justice with the fight for economic equality, just as the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. tried to do in the last year of his life. They are launching their first national joint action on April 4, 2017, the 49th anniversary of King’s assassination, with “Fight Racism, Raise Pay” protests in two dozen cities, including Atlanta; Chicago; Boston; Denver; and Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
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Former President Barack Obama said his signature law reset the terms of the health care debate seven years ago and added millions of people to the insurance rolls. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
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The D.C. Council is not thrilled with Mayor Muriel Bower's budget. “After reading most of this budget, I can’t reconcile the title [D.C. Values in Action] with the actions proposed,” said Vincent Gray, Ward 7 Democrat. “This should be a policy document reflecting what the residents want.” (Associated Press)
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Refugee Comparison Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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Bubba Watson watches his drive on the first hole during round-robin play at the Dell Technologies Match Play golf tournament at Austin County Club, Thursday, March 23, 2017, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Jordan Spieth hits on the second hole during round-robin play at the Dell Technologies Match Play golf tournament at Austin County Club, Thursday, March 23, 2017, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Dustin Johnson lines up his putt on the first hole during round-robin play at the Dell Technologies Match Play golf tournament at Austin County Club, Thursday, March 23, 2017, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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FILE--In this Friday, May 27, 2016, photograph, a pump jack works off state highway 119 near Firestone, Colo. On Thursday, March 23, 2017, Colorado's second-highest court says state regulators can put more weight on protecting public health and the environment when they draw up rules for oil and gas drilling. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, file)
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FILE--In this Friday, May 27, 2016, photograph, an oil storage tank sits by a housing development off state highway 119 near Firestone, Colo. On Thursday, March 22, 2017, Colorado's second-highest court says state regulators can put more weight on protecting public health and the environment when they draw up rules for oil and gas drilling. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, file)
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Acting U.S. Attorney for Alaska Bryan Schroder announces federal murder charges against John Pearl Smith II Thursday, March 23, 2017, in Anchorage, Alaska. An indictment says Smith killed Ben Gross and Crystal Denardi in June 2016 and wounded a third person while attempting to rob them near Wasilla, Alaska. Schroder says federal prosecutors may seek the death penalty in the case. (AP Photo/Dan Joling)
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Acting U.S. Attorney for Alaska Bryan Schroder announces federal murder charges against John Pearl Smith II Thursday, March 23, 2017, in Anchorage, Alaska. An indictment says Smith killed Ben Gross and Crystal Denardi in June 2016 and wounded a third person while attempting to rob them near Wasilla, Alaska. Schroder says federal prosecutors may seek the death penalty in the case. (AP Photo/Dan Joling)
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This composite screen shot shows the Twitter page of 66-year-old Timothy Caughman featuring his March 20, 2017, post and a photo he posted of himself in November 2016 after voting on election day, as seen on a computer monitor in New York on Thursday, March 23, 2017. The Twitter post was his last before being stabbed to death in New York while collecting bottles on the street. Police say James Harris Jackson, a white U.S. Army veteran from Baltimore bent on making a racist attack, took a bus to New York, randomly picked out a black man - Caughman - and killed him with a sword. Jackson turned himself in at a Times Square police station early Wednesday, about 25 hours after Caughman staggered into a police precinct bleeding to death. (AP Photo via Twitter)
