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In this Oct. 21, 2015 file photo, a man urges people to vote against the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance outside an early voting center in Houston. On Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015, Houston voters repealed the nondiscrimination law. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan, File)
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In this Oct. 24, 2015 file photo, director Quentin Tarantino, center, participates in a rally to protest against police brutality in New York. Calls by police groups to boycott Quentin Tarantino’s “The Hateful Eight” are putting pressure on one of December’s most anticipated releases and inserting one of Hollywood’s top directors into a pitched cultural battle.In recent days, a growing number of police groups have called for the boycott of the upcoming Weinstein Co. release. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File)
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Tim Constantine reports on President Obama signing the budget deal, Republican candidates negotiating details of future debates, and the Kansas City Royals are the new World Series Champions.
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John F. Sopko, the inspector general who overseas U.S. spending on Afghanistan reconstruction, called the cost for the green energy project exorbitant and deemed the project ill-conceived. (Associated Press)
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John Kasich has made his record of balancing the federal budgets when he was a congressman and of balancing the budget in Ohio the cornerstone of his campaign. He has promised to do it again if elected president and to do it in eight years. (Associated Press)
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FILE - In this Oct. 6, 2015 file photo, the HealthCare.gov website, where people can buy health insurance, is displayed on a laptop screen in Washington. The government's insurance website is faster and easier to use, but as a third sign-up season gets underway, President Barack Obama's health care law is approaching limits. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
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This undated photo provided by the Georgia Department of Corrections shows death-row inmate Timothy T. Foster. The U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether prosecutors improperly singled out potential black jurors in notes and then excluded them all from Foster's death penalty trial. (Georgia Department of Corrections via AP)
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Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras arrives for a parliament meeting about the government's migrant policy in Athens, Friday, Oct. 30, 2015. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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In this June 20, 2014, file photo, immigrants who entered the U.S. illegally stand in line for tickets at the bus station after they were released from a U.S. Customs and Border Protection processing facility in McAllen, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
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National Edition Opinion cover for October 30, 2015 - The responsibilities of citizenship (Illustration by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times)
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Illustration on the participatory nature of good citizenship by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times
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Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. (Associated Press)
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Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (left) of Nevada listens as House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington on Oct. 28, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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Rebel soldiers patrol and protect civilians from the Nuer ethnic group as the civilians walk through flooded areas to reach a makeshift camp for the displaced situated in the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) base in the town of Bentiu, South Sudan, in this Sept. 10, 2014, file photo. (AP Photo/Matthew Abbott, File)
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A volunteer carries a young boy after a boat with refugees and migrants sank while crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey to the Greek island of Lesbos, on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015. The condition of the child is not known. (AP Photo/Santi Palacios)
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Marco Rubio argued that the child tax credit was not a transfer payment but a repayment of taxes paid, including payroll taxes imposed on all workers. He said that the tax credit should be viewed as an investment in families and in their children's futures. (Associated Press)
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Sen. Kelly Ayotte, New Hampshire Republican, is facing a challenge from Gov. Maggie Hassan, who like Mrs. Ayotte has name recognition. Both women, however, may see their fates decided by whoever wins the state in the battle for the White House. (Associated Press)
