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**FILE** Sen. Mike Johanns, Nebraska Republican, speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington on Nov. 13, 2012. (Associated Press)

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Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh says the state plans to join the federal lawsuit challenging President Trump's revised travel ban. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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President of Center for Equal Opportunity Linda Chavez, right, testifies against the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 16, 2009. She is joined at left by Peter Kirsanow, an attorney and a member of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. (Associated Press)

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“I am not going to get into the details of our negotiating, publicly, but I can tell you we’ve both made progress and have a ways to go” before an agreement on background checks, Sen. Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat, says. (Associated Press)