Social Issues

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Illustration on the Equality Act by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

In this Sept. 27, 2018, file photo, Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., and Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., listen as Dr. Christine Blasey Ford testifies during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the nomination of Brett M. Kavanaugh to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, focusing on allegations of sexual assault by Kavanaugh against Christine Blasey Ford in the early 1980s. (Tom Williams/Pool Photo via AP)

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Researchers predict immigration will add 75 million people to the U.S. population, accounting for 95 percent of the increase by 2060. (Associated Press)

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Actor Jussie Smollett tells ABC's Robin Roberts that he is "pissed off" at that people are questioning his account of a hate crime in Chicago in which he was called racial and homophobic slurs. The interview is set to air in full on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019. (Image: YouTube, "Good Morning America" screenshot)

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This undated photos released on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018 by the FBI shows an FBI wanted poster of Greg Alyn Carlson. Carlson is wanted for allegedly committing an armed sexual assault in Los Angeles last year has been added to the FBI's list of Ten Most Wanted Fugitives. The FBI also announced Thursday a reward of up to $100,000 for information leading directly to the arrest of Carlson, who detectives believe is likely responsible for additional sexual assaults. (FBI via AP)

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Sen. Sherrod Brown said he's not ready to go all-in on a health plan led by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, but agrees with a "universal health care." (Associated Press)

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Co-presidents of the 2019 Women's March Linda Sarsour, left, and Tamika Mallory, center, march along with others demonstrators on Pennsylvania Av. during the Women's March in Washington on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019. The Women's March returned to Washington on Saturday and found itself coping with an ideological split and an abbreviated route due to the government shutdown. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

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Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, a pediatric neurologist, stunned onlookers when he appeared to endorse in a Jan. 30 interview the withholding of medical care for an infant born alive after an attempted abortion. (Associated Press)

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Arizona license plates, similar to the image shown here, are under attack by the state's Democrats because a portion of the proceeds go to the nonprofit group Alliance Defending Freedom group. The Southern Poverty Law Center, a left-wing organization, has designated ADF a "hate group" for its opposition to same-sex marriage. (Image: ADF screenshot)

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In this Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015, aerial file photo, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine agent looks out along the Rio Grande on the Texas-Mexico border in Rio Grande City, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

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Acting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Deputy Director Matthew Albence said there are as many as 22,000 people in custody who were arrested in the interior of the country. Mr. Albence said gang members, spouse abusers and drug offenders would be among those people released. He said the Democrats' push was a backdoor way to achieve the "abolish ICE" goal. (Associated Press)

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Illustration on illegal immigration's economic impact by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

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J.R. Ford, a parent of a transgender young person, is comforted by Rep. Joe Kennedy, D-Mass. after speaking about the need for the Equality Act, a comprehensive LGBTQ nondiscrimination bill, at a roundtable hosted by the Human Rights Campaign's Parents for Transgender Equality National Council at the Cannon House Office Building on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019, in Washington. (Kevin Wolf/AP Images for Human Rights Campaign) ** FILE **

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Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax, presides over the Senate session at the Capitol in Richmond, Va., Monday, Feb. 11, 2019. Fairfax has been facing sexual assault charges. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) **FILE**

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Senate Minority Leader Sen. Charles E. Schumer's approval ratings have fallen among registered New York voters. He has break-even favorability. (Associated Press)

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Former Rep. Beto O'Rourke organized a March for Truth to counter President Trump's MAGA rally in El Paso, Texas on Monday. (Associated Press)

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In this June 17, 2018, file photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, people who've been taken into custody related to cases of illegal entry into the United States, sit in one of the cages at a facility in McAllen, Texas. Records obtained by The Associated Press highlight some of the problems that plague government facilities for immigrant youth. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Rio Grande Valley Sector via AP) ** FILE **

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FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2018 file photo, Virginia Gov.-elect, Lt. Gov Ralph Northam, center, walks down the reviewing stand with Lt. Gov-elect, Justin Fairfax, right, and Attorney General Mark Herring at the Capitol in Richmond, Va. The political crisis in Virginia exploded Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019, when the state's attorney general confessed to putting on blackface in the 1980s and a woman went public with detailed allegations of sexual assault against the lieutenant governor. With Northam's career already hanging by a thread over a racist photo, the day's developments threatened to take down all three of Virginia's top elected officials. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

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Illustration on Socialist promises to remedy climate change by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

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This Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, file photo released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, shows foreign nationals being arrested this week 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 **