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Tribal leaders from the Pacific Northwest pose for a picture during a meeting of the Members of the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians in Portland, Ore., Thursday, May 25, 2017. The group held a news conference during their annual convention to criticize cuts to Native American programs in President Donald Trump's proposed budget that they say will devastate tribes across the U.S. Front row, from left, are Cheryl Kennedy, vice chairwoman of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde; Carina Miller, councilwoman with the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs; and Fawn Sharp, president of the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians. Back row, from left, are Timothy Ballew, member of the Lummi Nation; Mel Sheldon, councilman with the Tulalip Tribes and Gary Burke, chairman of the board of trustees for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. (AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus)
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FILE - In this Aug. 26, 2016 file photo, firefighters just in from Pennsylvania get briefed on a wildfire as it burns off the shore of Jackson Lake in Grand Teton National Park, Wyo. State forester Bill Crapser says most of Wyoming is predicted to have slightly below average to average large wildfires this year. Crapser says there could be a lot of wildfires started by lightning but most are not expected to grow into large fires. The predictions come from the Rocky Mountain Area Coordination Center in Denver. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)
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Seven homes are proposed for this stretch of Lake Michigan dunes, seen May 4, 2017, just north of the boat-shaped house at the mouth of the Kalamazoo River. The new homes, if approved, would be built further back from the water than the boat-shaped house - about at the line of trees on the right side of this photo. (Amy Biolchini /The Grand Rapids Press via AP)
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Municipal Operations director George Murdoch talks with a homeowner on Thursday morning, May 25, 2017, after a Newport Beach, Calif. neighborhood was flooded with as much as 2 feet of water Wednesday night when high tide washed up on property after a sea wall was partially demolished. (Ken Steinhardt/The Orange County Register via AP)
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A temporary sandbag wall was put in place after a Newport Beach, Calif., neighborhood flooded with as much as 2 feet of water Wednesday night, May 24, 2017, when high tide washed up on property after a sea wall was partially demolished. (Ken Steinhardt/The Orange County Register via AP)
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Larry Hall sweeps the alley behind his home on Thursday, May 25, 2017, after his Newport Beach, Calif., neighborhood was flooded with as much as 2 feet of water Wednesday night after a seawall was damaged by a construction crew. (Ken Steinhardt/The Orange County Register via AP)
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In this photo taken Friday, May 12, 2017, a USAF Reserve, WC-130J hurricane hunter aircraft is shown at the U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Miami, as reporters and guests take a first hand tour of the aircraft, at the Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport, in Opa-locka, Fla. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued a forecast, Thursday, May 25, 2017, that calls for 11 to 17 named storms, with five to nine hurricanes. Two to four hurricanes are expected to be “major” with sustained winds of at least 111 mph. The six-month Atlantic storm season officially starts June 1. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
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British Prime Minister Theresa May bears much of the blame for her slipping poll numbers, pundits say. (Associated Press/File)
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A firefighter clears debris from Courtney-Huntsville Road after severe storm moved through the area on Wednesday, May 24, 2017 in Courtney, N.C. Possible tornadoes flipped mobile homes, toppled trees and damaged a gymnasium as a series of storms rumbled through North Carolina on Wednesday, officials said. (Andrew Dye/The Winston-Salem Journal via AP)
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Emergency workers survey damage on Courtney-Huntsville Road after a severe storm moved through the area on Wednesday, May 24, 2017, in Courtney, N.C. Possible tornadoes flipped mobile homes, toppled trees and damaged a gymnasium as a series of storms rumbled through North Carolina on Wednesday, officials said. (Andrew Dye/The Winston-Salem Journal via AP)
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FILE - This May 11, 2015, file photo, shows land reclamation of Mischief Reef in the Spratly Islands by China in the South China Sea. China is protesting a U.S. Navy patrol that brought a guided missile destroyer near a group of manmade islands including Mischief Reef in the South China Sea that are controlled by Beijing. (Ritchie B. Tongo/Pool Photo via AP, File) **FILE**
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FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2010 file photo, two young wild horses play while grazing in Reno, Nev. Wild horse advocates say President Trump's new budget proposal would undermine protection of an icon of the American West in place for nearly a half century and could send up sending thousands of free-roaming mustangs to slaughter houses in Canada and Mexico. (Andy Barron/Reno Gazette-Journal via AP, File)/The Reno Gazette-Journal via AP)
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Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe
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FILE- In this undated file photo, snowy plovers cluster on the Oregon coast beach near Coos Bay, Ore. A Western snowy plover chick has hatched on a beach at Nehalem Bay State Park on the northern Oregon coast, the first hatchling spotted there since the 1960's. The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department said Wednesday, May 24, 2017, that the species is showing signs of recovery along Oregon's southern coast but this is the first hatchling in the Nehalem Bay area in Tillamook County. (Randy L. Rasmussen /The Oregonian via AP, File)
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Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 24, 2017, about the Paris climate agreement. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **
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Louisiana State Representative Beryl Amedee
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FILE In this Oct. 19, 2016 file photo, a model of Schiaparelli· the mars landing device , is on display at the European Space Agency, ESA, in Darmstadt, Germany. An independent report on Wednesday May 24, 2017 concludes Europe’s Schiaparelli probe crash-landed on Mars last year because its systems couldn’t cope with a brief, wild rotation during its descent. (Uwe Anspach/dpa via AP,File)
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A man places flowers in Albert Square in Manchester, Britain, Wednesday, May 24, 2017, after the suicide attack at an Ariana Grande concert that left more than 20 people dead and many more injured, as it ended on Monday night at the Manchester Arena. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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FILE - In this April 29, 2017, file photo, a Na'vi in a science lab is shown and will be seen while guests are in the queue for the Avatar Flight of Passage ride at Pandora-World of Avatar land attraction in Disney's Animal Kingdom theme park at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. The 12-acre land, inspired by the "Avatar" movie, opens in Florida at the end of May at Walt Disney World's Animal Kingdom. It cost a half-billion dollars. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)
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FILE - In this April 29, 2017, file photo, landscaping consisting of real Earth plant species mixed with sculpted Pandora artificial flora is surrounded by ponds and gentle waterfalls at the Pandora-World of Avatar land attraction in Disney's Animal Kingdom theme park at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. The 12-acre land, inspired by the "Avatar" movie, opens in Florida at the end of May at Walt Disney World's Animal Kingdom. It cost a half-billion dollars. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)
