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The plane carrying Chinese President Xi Jinping taxies to a stop with the snow-capped Chugach Mountains providing a backdrop Friday, April 7, 2017, in Anchorage, Alaska. During the refueling stop, Xi planned a little sightseeing and a meeting and dinner with Alaska Gov. Bill Walker after spending time earlier in the day with President Donald Trump in Florida. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
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The number of true “swing” districts has dropped more than 50 percent compared to 20 years ago, from 164 seats down to just 72 after the 2016 election, said the Cook Political Report. ut of the 92 swing districts that “vanished,” more than 80 percent of them disappeared because voters moved around, in a process demographers call “self-sorting” — not because lawmakers drew themselves safer districts, the analysis said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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In this Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014, file photo, a man and a woman leave an hhgregg store in Mayfield Heights, Ohio. Consumer electronics chain hhgregg Inc. is going out of business. The Indianapolis company says it will liquidate its assets after filing for bankruptcy protection in March 2017 and failing to find a buyer for the business. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File)
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In this March 8, 2010, file photo, an employee passes an order to a customer at a Panera Bread store in Brookline, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
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FILE- In this Sept. 24, 2014 file photo, Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino leaves the MLK Jr. Federal Courthouse in Newark, N.J., after a court appearance. After previously pleading not guilty to charges that they filed bogus tax returns on nearly $9 million and claimed millions in personal expenses as business expenses, "Jersey Shore" reality TV show star Michael "The Situation" Sorrentino and his brother have had additional tax fraud charges filed against them on Friday, April 7, 2017. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
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In this April 5, 2017, photo, University of Texas at Austin President Gregory Fenves, left, and Maurie McInnis, UT Executive Vice President and Provost, get up from their chairs at the Capitol after testifying on Senate Bill 2119 in Austin, Texas. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)
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FILE - In this Aug. 10, 2013 file photo, fitness guru Richard Simmons arrives at the Project Angel Food's 2013 Angel Awards in Los Angeles. License Global reported on April 5, 2017, that Simmons has signed a new licensing deal. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
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In this Monday, March 20, 2017, file photo, Bonobos manager Stephen Lusardi arranges clothing at the brand's Guideshop, in New York's Financial District. The U.S. government issues the March jobs report, Friday, April 7, 2017. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)
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This Wednesday, June 10, 2015, photo shows credit cards in Philadelphia. On Friday, April 7, 2017, the Federal Reserve releases its February report on consumer borrowing. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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House Majority Leader Dick Hinch, right, confers with House Chief of Staff Terry Pfaff, left, prior to a vote on the House budget on Thursday, April 6, 2017 at the State house in Concord, New Hampshire. The House adjourned 45 minutes later without passing a spending deal. In background are House Speaker Shawn Jasper, left, and House Clerk Paul Smith, center. (AP Photo/Kathleen Ronayne)
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FILE - In this Oct. 22, 2015 file photo, J.B. Pritzker appears at an event at Northwestern University's School of Law in Chicago. The billionaire businessman is expected to announce his bid for Illinois governor on Thursday, April 6, 2017 raising the financial stakes in what was already expected to be a costly and competitive fight to unseat Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner. (Zbigniew Bzdak/Chicago Tribune via AP, File)
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This March 29, 2017, photo shows a sign outside the Comcast Center in Philadelphia. Comcast will start selling cellphone plans called Xfinity Mobile in the coming months, using a network it’s leasing from Verizon. Many subscribers will save money, especially if they don’t use a lot of data. The catch: Only Comcast internet customers can sign up. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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The sun is rising in the morning sky above a landscape with a wind energy park near Jacobsdorf, Germany, in this Dec. 31, 2016, file photo. U.N.-backed report says global investments in renewable energy fell by almost a quarter last year amid a drop in prices and lower spending in some markets. The United Nations Environment Program said Thursday, April 6, 2017, that overall investments reached $241.6 billion last year, down from $312.2 billion in 2015. (Patrick Pleul/dpa via AP,file)
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Los Angeles Lakers forward Thomas Robinson (15) attempts to shoot against San Antonio Spurs forward Davis Bertans, of Latvia, during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Wednesday, April 5, 2017, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Darren Abate)
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FILE- In this March 1, 2017, file photo, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo takes reporters' questions in New York. Negotiations over a state budget in New York state collapsed Wednesday, April 5, after members of the Senate left the Capitol, with lawmakers from both parties blaming Cuomo for scuttling the talks over the spending plan, now several days late. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)
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FILE - In this May 19, 2017, file photo, William "Billy" Walters walks out of the federal court house in Las Vegas. Prosecutors, in closing arguments Wednesday, April 5, 2017, urged a New York jury to find Walters, a professional Las Vegas gambler linked to golfer Phil Mickelson, guilty of earning tens of millions of dollars illegally in the stock market. Prosecutors say trading and phone records back up the testimony of a former Dean Foods Co. board member who said he gave secrets to Walters. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
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A weather warning is posted at the 17th tee area suspending play and closing the grounds during practice for the Masters golf tournament at Augusta National Golf Club, Wednesday, April 5, 2017, in Augusta, Ga. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
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FILE - In this June 26, 2009 file photo, seized weapons from alleged members of the Beltran Leyva drug cartel are taken away by federal agents after a press conference in Mexico City. In a major embarrassment for Mexican law enforcement, U.S. prosecutors said in documents made public Wednesday, April 6, 2017, that Ivan Reyes Arzate, the commander of the Mexican police's intelligence-sharing unit, was passing information to the Beltran Leyva drug cartel in exchange for cash. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini, File)
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Federal agents are seen inside California Investment Immigration Fund in San Gabriel, Calif., Wednesday, April 5, 2017. Federal authorities on Wednesday raided the Los Angeles-area business they say cheated a U.S. government visa program to obtain green cards for wealthy Chinese investors. (AP Photo/Rich Vogel
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Federal agents enter California Investment Immigration Fund in San Gabriel, Calif., Wednesday, April 5, 2017. Federal authorities on Wednesday raided the Los Angeles-area business they say cheated a U.S. government visa program to obtain green cards for wealthy Chinese investors. (AP Photo/Rich Vogel
