Politics

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FBI agents leave with boxes of material from the office of State Sen. Ron Calderon, D-Montebello, in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, June 4, 2013. Search warrants were served about at Calderon's office and the office of the legislature's Latino caucus, around 3 p.m., but would not disclose the reason for the investigation. Calderon was not present during the search. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

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Protesters light flares and shout slogans during a protest at Taksim Square in Istanbul, on Tuesday. Thousands have joined anti-government rallies across since Friday, when police launched a pre-dawn raid against a sit-in protesting plans to uproot trees in the square. Since then, the demonstrations have spiraled into Turkey's biggest anti-government disturbances in years. (Associated Press)

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Rep. Howard P. "Buck" McKeon, California Republican and chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, has included in the defense budget an order for the Army to consider ready-made systems for processing battlefield data. (Associated Press)

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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday introduced legislation to bring his state's abortion law more in line with federal standards. The abortion provision is part of a 10-point Women's Equality Act. (Associated Press)

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Workers begin building scaffolding around the Washington Monument to make repairs to stonework damaged in the 2011 earthquake, Washington, D.C. region, Washington, D.C., Thursday, March 7, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Brittany Jorgensen, 28, a student at George Washington University, takes her lunch break in a hidden shadowy oasis at Constitution Gardens Pond to beat the heat, in Washington, DC Thursday, May 30, 2013. (Andrew S Geraci/The Washington Times)

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The Supreme Court is seen through fencing in Washington on Saturday March 23, 2013. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Scaffolding encompasses the entire building as renovation efforts are put in place at the Smithsonian's Art & Industrial Building, in Washington, DC Tuesday, May 28, 2013. (Andrew S Geraci/The Washington Times)

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Scaffolding encompasses the entire building as renovation efforts are put in place at the Smithsonian's Art & Industrial Building, in Washington, DC Tuesday, May 28, 2013. (Andrew S Geraci/The Washington Times)

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Scaffolding is put in place for renovation efforts at the National Gallery of Art, in Washington, DC Tuesday, May 28, 2013. (Andrew S Geraci/The Washington Times)

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The Washington National Cathedral, Washington D.C., Sunday, August 6, 2012. (Ryan M.L. Young/The Washington Times)

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Cathedral Stone Mason/Stone Carvers Sean Callahan and Andy Uhl, right, pose for a photo on the top of scaffolding constructed on the north east corner of the Apse, the eastern most point of the Washington National Cathedral, Washington, D.C., Monday, April 22, 2013. Repairs continue on the Washington National Cathedral, which sustained millions of dollars worth of damage from a 5.8 magnitude earthquake in August of 2011(Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Danny Werfel (left), the acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, and J. Russell George, Treasury Inspector General, appear before the House Appropriations Oversight Committee on the IRS in Washington on June 3, 2013. (Andrew S Geraci/The Washington Times)