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Socialists of the World Unite ... (Illustration by Henry Payne for Detroit News)

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Sen. Cory Booker speaks with Margaret Brennan of CBS News' "Face the Nation," April 13, 2019. The New Jersey Democrat says President Trump aims to make the U.S. "less safe" by sending migrants to sanctuary cities. (Image: Twitter, "Face the Nation" video screenshot)

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Bruce Ohr

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Glenn R. Simpson

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Illustration on the controversy over the nature of homosexuality by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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Canadian Health Care Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

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The Republican Party is trying to rescue the reputation of its $1.5 trillion tax cut bill, which passed in December 2017, ahead of the next tax deadline. According to a poll released this week, just 17% of Americans actually believe their taxes are going to go down. (Associated Press)

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In a nearly 6,000-word essay, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI denounced the collapse of "normative standards regarding sexuality" among other things for the Catholic Church's ongoing sexual abuse crisis. Benedict resigned from the papacy in 2013. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican, (Associated Press) ** FILE **

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Bad Medicine for Drugs Market Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

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Rohingya refugee children shout slogans during a protest against the repatriation process at Unchiprang refugee camp near Cox's Bazar, in Bangladesh, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018. The head of Bangladesh's refugee commission said plans to begin a voluntary repatriation of Rohingya Muslim refugees to their native Myanmar on Thursday were scrapped after officials were unable to find anyone who wanted to return. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

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FILE - In this June 6, 2018, file photo, Gabriela Hernandez, executive director of the nonprofit New Mexico Dream Team, holds up an image in Albuquerque, N.M, of Roxsana Hernandez , a Honduran transgender woman who died while in U.S. custody. An autopsy released Tuesday, April 9, 2019, concluded that Hernandez died of complications from AIDS in May 2018. (AP Photo/Mary Hudetz, File)

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Talk radio host Larry Elder ripped Media Matters for America on Twitter Tuesday for misrepresenting remarks he made earlier on "Fox & Friends" about slavery reparations. (Fox News)

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Trump voters expressed disappointment with the ongoing issues at the U.S. border with Mexico and current immigration policies. (Associated Press photographs)

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A man who only gave his first name as Ariel, of Honduras, center in blue shirt, crosses into the United States to begin his asylum case with others after being returned to Mexico, Tuesday, March 19, 2019, in Tijuana, Mexico. A group of about five men were on their way Tuesday, reporting for their first hearing under a new policy to make asylum seekers wait in Mexico while their case winds through U.S. immigration court. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

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Illustration on the infantilization of American culture by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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Taking Benefits Early Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

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In this Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, file photo released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, foreign nationals are being arrested during a targeted enforcement operation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) aimed at immigration fugitives, re-entrants and at-large criminal aliens in Los Angeles. (Charles Reed/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via AP) ** FILE **

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In order to help stop the wave of Central American migrants, House Democrats have proposed shifting resources in U.S. to address issues in the region and more cooperation with Latin American partners. They blasted the idea of harsher immigration laws and said such laws do nothing to address the causes of the problems. (Associated Press)

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Illustration on U.S. policy and global health by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times