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Intimidation of Journalists Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

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FILE - In this June 23, 2015, file photo, NBA commissioner Adam Silver, left, and Charlotte Hornets owner Michael Jordan, right, pose for a photo during a news conference to announce Charlotte, N.C., as the site of the 2017 NBA All-Star basketball game. Silver said Thursday, April 21, 2016, he believes the league has made it "crystal clear" that a change in a North Carolina law that limits anti-discrimination protections for lesbian, gay and transgender people is necessary to stage the 2017 All-Star Game in Charlotte, though is resisting setting a deadline for a decision. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)

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I Would Die 4 U: No need 2 worry. No need 2 cry. I'm your _____ and you're the reason why.

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Illustration on the booming Irish economy by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

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... I hate your guts! (Illustration by Jack Ohman of the Sacramento Bee)

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Two men set a tent at a camp for migrants and refugees at the northern Greek border point of Idomeni, Greece, Wednesday, April 20, 2016. Human Rights Watch says the initial round of deportations of migrants from Greece to Turkey under a new European Union-Turkey deal were "rushed, chaotic and violated the rights of those deported." (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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Afghan health care workers help a wounded man at a hospital after a Taliban-claimed suicide attack in Kabul. Armed militants in Afghanistan staged the coordinated assault on a key government security agency in the capital Tuesday morning, killing at least 28 and wounding more than 300 people.

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Illustration on the negative impact of Obamacare on United Healthcare by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

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Anti-abortion activists rally in Austin, Texas, to condemn the use in medical research of tissue samples obtained from aborted fetuses. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

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This Monday, Aug. 11, 2015, file photo, shows a Target store in Miami. Target is making a stand on the debate around what type of bathrooms transgender people can use. In a statement posted on its company website Tuesday, April 19, 2016, the discounter, based in Minneapolis, said transgender employees and customers can use the restroom or fitting room facility that "corresponds with their gender identity." (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

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Gavin Grimm is at the center of a case in which the Gloucester County School Board in Virginia is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to settle the issue of transgender bathroom use "once and for all." The Fairfax County district in Virginia is struggling with the matter as the school year opens.

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This file photo from April 1977 shows San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk in the mayor's office during the signing of the city's gay rights bill in San Francisco. (AP Photo/File)

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FILE - In this July 7, 2015 file photo, immigrants from El Salvador and Guatemala who entered the country illegally board a bus after they were released from a family detention center in San Antonio, Texas. The vast majority of immigrant children who arrive alone at the U.S. border are placed by the government with adults who are in the country illegally, federal data reviewed by The Associated Press show. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

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The poll of likely Ward 7 voters showed about 52 percent support for Mr. Gray and 23 percent for Yvette Alexander in the June 14 Democratic primary. (Ryan M. McDermott/The Washington Times)

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In accusing Whole Foods of frosting a cake with a gay slur, Texas pastor Jordan Brown broke a trend of dubious hate crime accusations that had met little skepticism from the mainstream media. (@PasJordanBrown) ** FILE **

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Mary, Lou, Murray, Ted, Rhoda:

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Death row exoneree Harold Wilson, thrid from right, leaves the podium after adressing a press conference at the General Assembly Building in Richmond, Va., Monday, April 18, 2016, with faith leaders opposed to the death penalty. The group of religious leaders is denouncing Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe's effort to shield the identities of pharmacies that supply drugs for executions. Two of those participating were Bishop Carroll Baltimore, Immediate National Past President, PNBC, second from right, and Rev. Max Blalock, William & Mary Wesley Foundation, right. (Bob Brown/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP).