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In this March 21, 2018, file photo Nancy Pelosi of Calif., and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., attend a Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony honoring the Office of Strategic Services in Emancipation Hall on Capitol Hill in Washington. Pelosi and McConnell are coming together to see if a deal can be made to stop billions of dollars in government spending cuts. Failure to reach an agreement would usher in cuts to the Pentagon and domestic programs of $125 billion next year _ a 10 percent drop from current levels.(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

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6. Melissa Rauch. Earnings: $12 million, Big Bang Theory

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8. Priyanka Chopra. Earnings: $10 million, Quantico

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1. Sofia Vergara. Earnings: $42.5 million, Modern Family

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2. Kaley Cuoco. Earnings: $24.5 million, Big Bang Theory

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5. Julie Bowen. Earnings: $12.5 million, Modern Family

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9. Claire Danes. Earnings: $9 million, Homeland

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9. Robin Wright. Earnings: $9 million, House of Cards

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3. Ellen Pompeo. Earnings: $23.5 million, Grey's Anatomy

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4. Mariska Hargitay. Earnings: $13 million, Law & Order: SVU

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6. Mayim Bialik. Earnings: $12 million, Big Bang Theory

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10. Pauley Perrette. Earnings: $8.5 million, NCIS

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This March 19, 2019, file photo shows the view of the construction site of the receiving station of the Baltic Sea pipeline "Nord Stream 2" near Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lubmin. The 1,200-kilometer-long gas pipeline will transport around 55 billion cubic meters of Russian natural gas from Russia to Germany every year. The first Russian natural gas is expected to flow through the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline at the end of the year. So far, a third of the cables have been laid. Work in Germany is concentrated on the landing site near Lubmin. (Photo by: Stefan Sauer/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images)

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No New Harmful Wyoming Tax Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

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No Free Speech For U. (Illustration by Henry Payne for Detroit News)

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Social Agenda Investments Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

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I'm glad that's over! (Illustration by Dana Summers of the Tribune Media Services)

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"In the decades since its creation, the structure of the [Strategic Petroleum Reserve] generally has not changed, though the markets for crude oil and petroleum products have changed significantly," said the Government Accountability Office in a public letter of recommendations to the Energy Department. (Associated Press)

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Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson is shown a view of Philadelphia by Lopa Kolluri, Chief Development and Operating Officer for the Philadelphia Housing Authority (PHA), Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019, in Philadelphia. Carson was in Philadelphia to announce the awarding of $74 million in grants to hundreds of public housing authorities across the country. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma) ** FILE **