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This image made available by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory on Wednesday, May 31, 2017 depicts NASA's Solar Probe Plus spacecraft approaching the sun. On Wednesday, NASA announced it will launch the probe in summer 2018 to explore the solar atmosphere. It will be subjected to brutal heat and radiation like no other man-made structure before. (Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory via AP)
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Illustration on USDA destruction of research kittens by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Protecting the Power Grid Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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Roseanne Barr tweeted that "Next season will be even braver/funnier/timely than this season, despite what anyone mistakenly says." (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Defense Secretary Jim Mattis says America's has two fundamental sources of power: the power of inspiration and the power of intimidation. (Associated Press/File)
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The EBRD in the International Swamp Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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Illustration on rising national debt by M.Ryder/Tribune Content Agency
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Gas-Guzzling SUVs Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says North Korea stands on the precipice of wild economic growth the likes of which it has never seen. (Associated Press/File)
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In this Friday, May 11, 2018 photo released by the U.S. Geological Survey, a weak ash plume rises from the Overlook Vent in Halema'uma'u crater of the Kilauea volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii. Geologists warn that the volcano could shoot out large boulders and ash out of its summit crater. (U.S. Geological Survey via AP)
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Argentina's President Mauricio Macri speaks before a lunch at the Casa Rosada government house in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, April 26, 2018. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)
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FILE - This April 1, 2016 file photo shows one of Egypt's famed King Tutankhamun's golden sarcophagus displayed at his tomb in a glass case at the Valley of the Kings in Luxor, Egypt. A nearly decade-long project to better protect and preserve Egypt's legendary tomb of King Tut is nearing completion. The Getty Conservation Institute of Los Angeles said Tuesday, March 27, 2018, the project has added a filtration system to keep out dust and humidity and a barrier to keep visitors from getting too close to the tomb's wall paintings. The effort was launched in 2009 by the institution, known worldwide for its conservation work, in collaboration with Egypt's Ministry of Antiquities. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil,File)
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Prince George's County firefighters battle a three-alarm fire in Greenbelt that was so hot it started a fire 300 yards away from the homes that were damaged. (Associated Press)
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The newly formed National Space Council said it will address national space enterprise as well as civil space and commercial space. A 1984 NASA photo shows astronaut Bruce McCandless II, participating in a spacewalk a few meters away from the space shuttle Challenger. (NASA image via AP) (Associated Press)
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An Israeli government PowerPoint sheds light on the Iranian secret arms program. As part of the plan, they worked on an underground testing program, a simulation project, a warhead project and a centrifuge program. (Israeli Government)
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In this photo taken on Thursday, March 22, 2018, locals argue with a local administrator about the reported air poisoning in Volokolamsk, 100 kilometers (62 miles) west of Moscow, Russia. A gas poisoning linked to a toxic landfill in Volokolamsk, a town outside Moscow, left dozens hospitalized, prompting the regional governor to promise to evacuate local children from the area. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
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Environmental groups argue that Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke violated the 2015 land-use plans under which the Interior Department agreed to focus its oil-and-gas leasing outside the sage-grouse habitat, which is millions of acres across 10 states. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)