Politics

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Tabulators in Washington record the information from the more than 120,000 enumerators who gathered data for the 1940 U.S. census. The population record was veiled in secrecy for 72 years because of privacy concerns. (National Archives and Records Administration via Associated Press)

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Bikers ride past a memorial screen along Constitution Avenue in Washington, D.C. during the 25th anniversary of Rolling Thunder on Sunday, May 27, 2012. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Craig Hardy with Rolling Thunder North Carolina Chapter 1 sells 25th anniversary Rolling Thunder flags. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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A man who identified himself only as Bobby from Kentucky high-fives passing motorcyclists as they make their way down Constitution Avenue in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, May 27, 2012 during the annual Rolling Thunder ride. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Republicans and Democrats "have a responsibility to come together and find the money necessary to de-trigger sequester," Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta said on ABC's "This Week." (Associated Press)

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"I've lost uncles and friends and everything" to combat, says Mike Evangelho of Brick, N.J., making his way across Memorial Bridge at the start of Sunday's Rolling Thunder rally. Although he was unable to serve in the military because of poor eyesight, this is the fifth year he has ridden, and he brought along a friend who served in Vietnam. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Mayor Vincent C. Gray and D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton will be on Capitol Hill on Tuesday to outline a network of 100 organizations pledged to protect the District's home rule during federal budget talks. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Ted Cruz, a Texas Republican primary candidate for Senate, says of Tuesday's vote: "The stakes could not be higher." (Houston Chronicle via Associated Press)

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Francois Hollande (left), the new president of France, has pressed the European Union to embrace measures that promote growth. European Council President Herman Van Rompuy (center) said that EU leaders should consider "innovative, or even controversial, ideas." German Chancellor Angela Merkel previously proposed strict fiscal and deficit targets.

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Elizabeth Warren, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts, addresses questions on her claim of Native American heritage. Ms. Warren was listed as Native American in several law school directories. (Associated Press)

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This citizen journalism image taken Saturday purports to show casualties of the assault on villages in Houla, Syria, that left more than 90 people dead. The Syrian government denied responsibility and said that its troops were targeted as well. (Shaam News Network via Associated Press)

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Nicole Kidman and Clive Owen appear in a scene from the HBO film, "Hemingway & Gellhorn." The film focuses on the relationship between Ernest Hemingway and Martha Gellhorn. Nicole Kidman dedicated her performance to a reporter for Britain's Sunday Times who was killed this year in Syria. (Associated Press)

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In Dublin, a huge banner depicting Ireland's being bled dry by austerity calls for a "no" vote in the referendum on the European Union's fiscal treaty. (AP Photo/Shawn Pogatchnik)

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More than 1,500 Afghans block the highway between Kabul and Kandahar in Seed Abad, Wardak province, Afghanistan, on Saturday, May 26, 2012, to demand a stop to nighttime military operations. (AP Photo/Rahmatullah Nikzad)