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A new study finds taxi drivers are likely to overcharge passengers who indicate their fare will be reimbursed by their employer. In this April 26, 2016 file photo taxi drivers line up their vehicles at Heroes' Square during their demonstration against the use of Uber rideshare application in downtown Budapest, Hungary. (Zoltan Mathe/MTI via AP, file)
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Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro waves to supporters as he walks with first lady Cilia Flores during a labor Day march in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, May 1, 2016. President Maduro ordered a 30 percent increase in the minimum wage, the latest move by the socialist government to grapple with high inflation and economic stagnation. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
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FILE - In this Oct. 6, 2015, file photo, the HealthCare.gov website, where people can buy health insurance, is displayed on a laptop screen in Washington. Expect insurers to seek significant premium increases under President Barack Obama’s health care law, in a wave of state-level requests rippling across the country ahead of the political conventions this summer. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
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In this March 15, 2013, file photo, a Facebook employee walks past a sign at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
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American Conservative Union Chairman Matt Schlapp advises concerned voters to check out the conservative ratings of Congress as determined by their actual voting records. (American Conservative Union) ** FILE **
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Busboys and Poets owner Andy Shallal stands behind Mayor Bowser's plan to raise the wage for restaurant wait staff, adding he hopes it will lead to living wages and do away with tipping. (Astrid Riecken/The Washington Times)
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Afghan health care workers help a wounded man at a hospital after a Taliban-claimed suicide attack in Kabul. Armed militants in Afghanistan staged the coordinated assault on a key government security agency in the capital Tuesday morning, killing at least 28 and wounding more than 300 people.
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Illustration on the negative impact of Obamacare on United Healthcare by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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"When this campaign began, I said that we've got to end the starvation minimum wage of $7 and a quarter, raise it to $15," Sen. Bernard Sanders said at a Democratic presidential debate in Brooklyn. "Secretary Clinton said, 'Raise it to $12.' There's a difference. What has happened is history has outpaced Secretary Clinton because all over this country people are standing up and saying $12 is not good enough." (Associated Press)
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This April 7, 2013, file photo, shows the Verizon studio booth at MetLife Stadium, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)
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National Edition News cover for April 18, 2015 - Obamacare fails to deliver on free birth control as some insurers charge fees: FILE - This May 28, 1999, file photo shows a new birth control pill container designed to look like a woman's makeup compact for Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical Inc., of Raritan, N.J., displayed at the manufacturer's assembly line. More than half of privately insured women are getting free birth control due to President Barack Obama’s health care law, part of a big shift that’s likely to continue despite the Supreme Court allowing some employers with religious objections to opt out. (AP Photo/Mike Derer, File)
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Union Backfire Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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Jeff Sessions
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Seal of Los Angeles County, California
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FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2013 file photo, workers at the Vermont Health Connect call center talk to customers in Burlington, Vt. The U.S. Government Accountability Office confirmed Thursday, April 7, 2016, that the state health insurance exchanges in Vermont, Kentucky and California had cybersecurity weaknesses in their health insurance exchanges, potentially exposing to hackers electronic systems that contain sensitive personal information on hundreds of thousands of consumers. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)
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Retired Sen. Tom Coburn said that those who perpetuated an operation that scammed Social Security funds deserve to "rot in jail." (Associated Press)
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Workers rally outside the Ronald Reagan State Building in Los Angeles after California's Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill creating highest statewide minimum wage. (Associated press photographs)
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signs a law that will gradually raise New York's minimum wage to $15, at the Javits Convention Center, in New York, Monday, April 4, 2016. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, Pool)
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (top) and California Gov. Jerry Brown (above) sign bills creating a statewide minimum wage of $15 an hour.
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Veterans Affairs has come under fire for failing to properly discipline employees, but VA Secretary Robert McDonald said the agency is streamlining the administrative leave process so employees can be disciplined more quickly. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
