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Prominent Harvard law professor and liberal author Alan Dershowitz says Donald Trump Jr.'s controversial meeting last year with a Russian lawyer is likely protected under the First Amendment. (Fox Business)
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FILE - In this June 26, 2017, file photo, former Turing Pharmaceuticals CEO Martin Shkreli, left, arrives at federal court with his attorney Benjamin Brafman in New York. The jury at the securities fraud trial of "Pharma Bro" Martin Shkreli has heard investors accuse the quirky former biotech CEO of repeatedly giving them the runaround when they tried to pull their money out of his failing health care hedge fund. But the government witnesses have made a concession that the defense hopes plays in its favor: In the end, they made a killing. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, file)
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FILE - In this June 6, 2015, file photo, heavy machines move imported iron ore at the dock in Rizhao in eastern China's Shandong province. China defended Thursday, July 13, 2017, its purchase of iron ore from North Korea following criticism by U.S. President Donald Trump and said it is "strictly and earnestly" complying with U.N. sanctions. China stopped importing North Korean coal but total trade has risen, which prompted Trump to complain last week Beijing is failing to use its economic leverage to stop Pyongyang's pursuit of nuclear weapons. (Chinatopix via AP)
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In this April 7, 2017, file photo, U.S. Sen. Joe Donnelly, D-Ind., arrives for the confirmation vote for Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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Closer to the Korean Showdown Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf speaks to reporters in his offices in his first public appearance after letting a nearly $32 billion budget bill become law without his signature, despite it's being badly out of balance after revenue talks with lawmakers collapsed, Wednesday, July 12, 2017 in Harrisburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Marc Levy)
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Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf speaks to reporters in his offices in his first public appearance after letting a nearly $32 billion budget bill become law without his signature, despite it's being badly out of balance after revenue talks with lawmakers collapsed, Wednesday, July 12, 2017 in Harrisburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Marc Levy)
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Mundelein, Ill., Fire Department's Lt. Tim Starky talks to residents on Lincoln Avenue before shutting off their natural gas main Wednesday morning, July 12, 2017. Flooding hit the Chicago suburb as storms moved through the area. (Paul Valade/Daily Herald via AP)
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Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W. Va. responds to questions during a TV news interview on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 11, 2017. Manchin pleaded his case for bipartisanship in fixing health care and spending. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **
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In this Thursday, March 23, 2017, file photo, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen looks at documents while waiting to speak at the Federal Reserve System Community Development Research Conference in Washington. Beginning Wednesday, July 12, 2017, Yellen speaks to Congress about monetary policy and the state of the economy. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)
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Congress Hall in Cape May, New Jersey. (Eric Althoff/The Washington Times)
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Illustration on demographic changes by Alexander Hunter/the Washington Times
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In a June 30, 2017 photo, Skagit County Treasurer Katie Jungquist, back to camera, speaks during a public auction Friday, June 30, 2017, for the sale of the Concrete Food Bank building in Concrete, Wash. Former U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, fourth from left, reimbursed the Concrete Food Bank the $11,500 it paid at auction for the building it occupies in Concrete, Wash. Food bank volunteers were worried when the county put the building up for sale, because the organization didn’t have money to buy one and there aren’t any other food banks within about 20 miles. (Scott Terrell/Skagit Valley Herald via AP)
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In a Friday, June 30, 2017 photo, former U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, left, reimburses the Concrete Food Bank the $11,500 it paid at auction for the building it occupies in Concrete, Wash. Food bank Vice President Angela Massingale, second right, made the winning bid. Food bank volunteers were worried when the county put the building up for sale, because the organization didn’t have money to buy one and there aren’t any other food banks within about 20 miles. (Scott Terrell/Skagit Valley Herald via AP)
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Indrek Redard, who works for the property management company, views damage Tuesday, July 11, 2017, after an explosion Monday night outside an Air Force recruitment office in Bixby, Okla. The center was closed at the time and no one was injured. The explosion is being investigated as a possible act of domestic terrorism, but the late-night blast could also have been a horrible prank, a federal agent said Tuesday. (Mike Simons//Tulsa World via AP)
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Indrek Redard, who works for the property management company, views damage Tuesday, July 11, 2017, after an explosion Monday night outside an Air Force recruitment office in Bixby, Okla. The center was closed at the time and no one was injured. The explosion is being investigated as a possible act of domestic terrorism, but the late-night blast could also have been a horrible prank, a federal agent said Tuesday. (Mike Simons//Tulsa World via AP)
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From left: Los Angeles 2024 Olympic bid Vice Chair and Olympic champion Janet Evans, Los Angeles 2024 CEO Gene Sykes, Head of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) athlete's commission Angela Ruggiero, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, LA 2024 chairman Casey Wasserman, US Olympic track and field athlete Allyson Felix, IOC Vice-President Anita De Frantz and chief executive officer of the United States Olympic Committee Scott Blackmun pose for a group Photo after a press conference after the presentation of Los Angeles 2024 Candidate City Briefing for International Olympic Committee (IOC) Members, at the SwissTech Convention Centre, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Tuesday, July 11, 2017. (Valentin Flauraud/Keystone via AP)
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The Los Angeles 2024 delegation attend the presentation of Los Angeles 2024 Candidate City Briefing for International Olympic Committee (IOC) Members, with, from left, Candace Cable, Director of Paralympic and Disability Engagement Los Angeles 2024, Anita DeFrantz, IOC Member and Senior Advisor for Legacy of Los Angeles 2024, Casey Wasserman, Chairman of Los Angeles 2024, Larry Probst, IOC member and Chairman of the United States Olympic Committee USOC, Janet Evans, Vice Chairperson and Director of Athlete Relations of Los Angeles 2024, Gene Sykes, Chief Executive Officer of Los Angeles 2024, Doug Arnot, Sport Director of Los Angeles 2024, Angela Ruggiero, US IOC Member and Chair of the International Olympic Committee, Allyson Felix, US Sprinter, and Eric Garcetti, Mayor of Los Angeles at the SwissTech Convention Centre, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Tuesday, July 11, 2017. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)
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FILE - In this April 13, 2016, file photo, a man walks by a sign at an event to mark the start of construction for Faraday Future in North Las Vegas, Nev. Electric car maker Faraday Future said Monday, July 10, 2017 that it is deserting its plan to construct a $1 billion manufacturing plant in southern Nevada eight months after suspending the project and sinking at least $120 million into it. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
