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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 **

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Assemblyman Roger Hernandez, West Covina Democrat and Assemblywoman Nora Campos, San Jose Democrat, celebrate after a bill to raise the state's minimum wage was approved by the Assembly on Thursday in Sacramento, Calif. (Associated Press)

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Lee Hyeon

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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. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) **FILE**

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The Supreme Court split 4-4 in a case that considered whether public employees represented by a union can be required to pay fees covering collective bargaining costs even if they are not members. The deadlock leaves in place an appeals court ruling that upheld the practice. (Associated Press)

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In this 2013, photo provided by Center for Individual Rights, Rebecca Friedrichs, a veteran Orange County, Calif., public school teacher, poses for a portrait. A tie vote from the Supreme Court means public sector unions in about half the states can continue collecting fees from workers who choose not to join. The justices on Tuesday, March 29, 2016, divided 4-4 in a case that considered whether public employees represented by a union can be required to pay "fair share" fees covering collective bargaining costs even if they are not members. (Greg Schneider/Courtesy of the Center for Individual Rights via AP)