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Watch the Iran Freedom Rally live from Paris (July 9, 2016) promotion
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Fans encounter Donald Trump at a recent rally in Ohio, though a recent poll finds many voters are not satisfied with their choices for president. (Associated Press)
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President Barack Obama pauses as he makes a statement on the fatal police shootings of two black men in Louisiana and Minnesota after arriving in Warsaw, Poland, Friday, July 8, 2016. Obama traveled to Poland to attend the NATO summit and then will travel on to Spain. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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A group of immigrants from Honduras and El Salvador who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border illegally are stopped in Granjeno, Texas, on June 25, 2014. (Associated Press)
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Illustration on the legal battle over illegal immigration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Libertarian nominees Gary Johnson (right) and Bill Weld, during an appearance on CNN. (CNN image)
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English actor Patrick Stewart promoting an album of country music, the proceeds of which will benefit a refugee charity. Photo credit: Patrick Stewart's Twitter account [https://twitter.com/SirPatStew/status/748648008720482308/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw]
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TV Azteca reporter Lydia Cumming is out of a job after a photo surfaced on social media showing locals carrying her down a flooded street. (Twitter)
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Illustration on the backlash to enforced diversity through uncontrolled immigration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Illustration on federal agencies weapons purchases by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Image depicting a sign for a gender-neutral restroom. On July 8, 2016, 10 states announced they were suing the Obama administration over rules requiring schools to permit transgender students to use the restroom corresponding with their gender express rather than their biological sex. (Associated Press)
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Donald Trump has yet to win over some of North Carolina's tea party voters and conservative activists who backed Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas in the primary race. (Associated Press)
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Selin Goren, spokeswoman of Germany's left-wing youth movement Solid, has reportedly admitted that she lied to police about the ethnicity of three men who allegedly raped her, because she was afraid of fueling racism against refugees. (Facebook/@Selin Goren)
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With a month to go before the referendum on Thailand's constitution, human rights activists say a law essentially banning discussion of the document is the latest sign that little will change three years after Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha seized power. (Associated Press)
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Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington in this June 9, 2016, file photo. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **
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Illustration on the U.S. courts protection of abortion by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Illustration on closing the Mexican/U.S. border to drug traffic by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Rapper Boosie Badazz is convinced that in ten years, half the U.S. population will be gay because television is forcing it on little kids. (YouTube/@djvlad)
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Rob Hill, state director of the Human Rights Campaign Mississippi, speaks on the steps of the Mississippi Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Friday, July 1 2016, as he and others celebrated Thursday's ruling of a federal judge who blocked a Mississippi law on religious objections to same-sex marriage moments before it was set to take effect Friday, ruling it unconstitutionally establishes preferred beliefs and creates unequal treatment for gay people. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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President Obama speaks during a briefing on the ongoing response to the Zika virus with members of his public health team in the Oval Office of the White House on July 1, 2016. Joining Obama are Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell (left) and Dr. Tom Frieden (center), director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (Associated Press) **FILE**
