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A new poll reveals that 7-out-of-10 Americans believe they work harder than Congress. Only 15 percent said Congress works harder. (Associated Press)

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Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt attends a news conference at the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, Tuesday, April 3, 2018, on his decision to scrap Obama administration fuel standards. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski brings in the top three recruits in the country next season.

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FILE - In this April 3, 2018 file photo Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt speaks at a news conference at the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington. Pruitt indicated this week he may target a longstanding federal waiver that allows California to set its own, tougher tailpipe emission standards, an exception that's allowed the state to prod the rest of nation to do more against air pollution and climate change for a half-century. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik,File)

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FILE - In this April 3, 2018 file photo Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt speaks at a news conference at the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington. Pruitt indicated this week he may target a longstanding federal waiver that allows California to set its own, tougher tailpipe emission standards, an exception that's allowed the state to prod the rest of nation to do more against air pollution and climate change for a half-century. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik,File)

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"CHlCKS ARE lN" is a dangerous temptation for children everywhere. More dangerous than cotton candy, fire crackers, video games and bad words. (Charles Hurt/The Washington Times)

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Scott Pruitt, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, has consistently courted controversy with expenses for living, travel and work. (Associated Press/File)

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Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt paid a powerful lobbyist $50 a night to stay at this condo on Capitol Hill. Even the cheapest single rooms in the major-chain hotels in that neighborhood typically start at four or five times that amount. (Associated Press/File)

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Graphic courtesy of European Space Agency

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In this Feb. 12, 2018 photo, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt attends a meeting with state and local officials and President Donald Trump about infrastructure in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. Senate Democrats are pressing Pruitt on whether a key member of his security team improperly steered a government contract to a personal business associate. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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In this picture picture released by Fraunhofer Institute FHR, the shape of China's falling space station Tiangong-1 can be seen in this radar image from the Fraunhofer Institute for High Frequency Physics and Radar Techniques near Bonn, Germany. In the next few days, the unoccupied Chinese space station, Tiangong-1, is expected to reenter the atmosphere following the end of its operational life. Most of the craft should burn up. . (Fraunhofer Institute FHR via AP)

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China has displayed a model of the Tiangong-1 space station, which will fall to Earth in the next few days. (Associated Press)

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Vlad's Vengeance: Inside Putin's 'hybrid warfare' on the U.S. promotion

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Brett Bruen, White House director of global engagement from 2013 to 2015, singled out Victoria Nuland, then assistant secretary of state for the Europe bureau, as not recognizing the danger. (Associated Press)

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M4 Colt rifles are produced at the Colt Defense Plant in Hartford, Conn., on March 27, 2008. (Associated Press) **FILE**

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Avoid burning out. (Associated Press)

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The National Hurricane Center headquarters in Miami, Fla., is shown here in this photo from the agency's website. (NHC/NOAA) [https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutintro.shtml]

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New York City Council member Peter Koo proposed a bill Thursday that would ban people from smoking while walking in most public places in the city. (NY1)