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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. listens during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, after the Senate confirmed Betsy DeVos as education secretary. DeVos was approved by the narrowest of margins, with Vice President Mike Pence breaking a 50-50 tie in a historic vote. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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In this Monday, Jan. 23, 2017 photo, Tony Morstatter, right, the new CEO of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Bloomington-Normal, smiles as kindergarten through grade five unit director Shanda Butcher, left, engaged students in the after school Power Hour in Bloomington, Ill. Morstatter was named CEO on Dec. 29 and began his third week on the job Monday . "I believe in the mission of this organization to provide guidance, support and knowledge to young people to help them to become leaders in our community," Morstatter said. (David Proeber/The Pantagraph via AP)/The Pantagraph via AP)
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FILE - This Dec. 1, 2016 file photo shows Kellyanne Conway prior to a forum at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government in Cambridge, Mass. Media outlets are more aggressively fact-checking political statements. A separate fact check on Conway's false claim of a Bowling Green "massacre" on Thursday was the most-read story on the APNews.com web site Friday. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts had progressives calling for her to run for president in 2020 after a clash with the Senate majority leader in February. Republicans signaled that they would be happy to have Ms. Warren as the face of the Democratic Party. (Associated Press/File)
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Police officers arrested two men who attacked a student on the University of California, Berkeley, campus on Thursday. Jack Palkovic, a student wearing a "Make America Great Again" hat, was attacked on the campus a day after violent protests. (Associated Press)
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Penn State's Tony Carr (10) goes to the basket as Maryland's Michal Cekovsky (15) and Anthony Cowan (0) defend during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in State College, Pa., Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017. (AP Photo/Chris Knight)
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Penn State's Lamar Stevens (11) goes for a rebound against Maryland's Anthony Cowan (0) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in State College, Pa., Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017. (AP Photo/Chris Knight)
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Penn State's Tony Carr (10) puts up a shot against Maryland's Damonte Dodd (35) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in State College, Pa., Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017. (AP Photo/Chris Knight)
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Betty Weller, president of the Maryland State Education Association, stands with Democrats to oppose efforts to expand school privatization efforts from President Donald Trump and Betsy DeVos during a news conference, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017 in Annapolis, Md. DeVos was confirmed by the U.S. Senate to be Education secretary shortly after the news conference. (AP Photo/Brian Witte)
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Students from high schools and colleges throughout New York city protest with clenched fists, during a rally against President Donald Trump's executive order banning travel from seven Muslim-majority nations, Tuesday Feb. 7, 2017, in New York's Foley Square. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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In this image from video, provided by Senate Television shows Vice President Mike Pence presiding over the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, during the Senate's vote on Education Secretary-designate Betsy DeVos. The Senate confirmed DeVos with Pence breaking a 50-50 tie. (Senate Television via AP)
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In this image from video, provided by Senate Television shows Vice President Mike Pence presiding over the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, during the Senate's vote on Education Secretary-designate Betsy DeVos. The Senate confirmed DeVos with Pence breaking a 50-50 tie. (Senate Television via AP)
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In this image from video, provided by Senate Television shows Vice President Mike Pence presiding over the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, during the Senate's vote on Education Secretary-designate Betsy DeVos. The Senate confirmed DeVos with Pence breaking a 50-50 tie. (Senate Television via AP)
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FILE - In this Jan. 17, 2017 file photo, Education Secretary-designate Betsy DeVos testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington at her confirmation hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. The Senate was poised on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, to confirm Devos by the narrowest possible margin, with Vice President Mike Pence expected to break a 50-50 tie, despite a last-ditch effort by Democrats to sink the nomination. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
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Vice President Mike Pence arrives at the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017. to be ready to cast the tie-breaking vote for Education Secretary-designate Betsy DeVos. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Clark Gilbert speaks during a news conference announcing the formally launch of a worldwide online college program Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, in Salt Lake City. The Mormon church is giving a name and appointing a leader for a worldwide online college education program that has expanded to nearly 50 countries since it started several years ago at Brigham Young University-Idaho. Gilbert will oversee a program called BYU-Pathway Worldwide. Gilbert is currently the president at BYU-Idaho. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, second counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, announces the formally launch of a worldwide online college program during a news conference Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, in Salt Lake City. The Mormon church is giving a name and appointing a leader for a worldwide online college education program that has expanded to nearly 50 countries since it started several years ago at Brigham Young University-Idaho. Uchtdorf said, Clark Gilbert will oversee a program called BYU-Pathway Worldwide. Gilbert is currently the president at BYU-Idaho. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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Dallin H. Oaks, left, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints gives a thumbs-up to Clark Gilbert, right, after announcement of the formally launch of a worldwide online college program during a news conference Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, in Salt Lake City. The Mormon church is giving a name and appointing a leader for a worldwide online college education program that has expanded to nearly 50 countries since it started several years ago at Brigham Young University-Idaho. Gilbert will oversee a program called BYU-Pathway Worldwide. Gilbert is currently the president at BYU-Idaho. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, left, second counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, hugs Clark Gilbert, right, after announcing the formally launch of a worldwide online college program during a news conference Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, in Salt Lake City. The Mormon church is giving a name and appointing a leader for a worldwide online college education program that has expanded to nearly 50 countries since it started several years ago at Brigham Young University-Idaho. Uchtdorf said, Gilbert will oversee a program called BYU-Pathway Worldwide. Gilbert is currently the president at BYU-Idaho. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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Students at Alston Middle School in Summerville, South Carolina, were given a worksheet that required them to learn the five pillars of Islam. (CBS-5 South Carolina screenshot)
