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Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer compared President Trump's delivery of the State of the Union address to Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, reaching out to the audience on family-friendly issues but dividing them on abortion.

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Former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke enters a room of supporters during a reception in Kenner, La., Saturday, May 29, 2004. Fresh out of prison for bilking supporters, Duke hosted a weekend gathering of enthusiastic backers eager to hear him as he lashed out at Jews, blacks, immigrants and the ``Zionist-controlled media.'' (AP Photo/Burt Steel)

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The Federation for American Immigration Reform calculated that one out of every 35 illegal immigrants in Arizona was in state prison or jail in 2016, the highest rate of any of the states its researchers studied. Other studies came to different conclusions. (Associated Press)

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Illustration on New York state's new abortion law by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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Affordable Prescription Medicine Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

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Free healthcare for all! (Illustration by Michael Ramirez for Creators Syndicate)

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New statistics from the Bureau of Labor Statistics have inspired postive press coverage about President Trump for a change. (Associated Press)

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holding on: Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is vowing to remain in office, but fellow Democrats say he needs to step down amid furor over a racist photo. (Associated Press)

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Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., listens as Budget Director Mick Mulvaney testifies before the Senate Budget Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018, on President Donald Trump's fiscal year 2019 budget proposal. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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MSNBC's Kat Tur tells viewers that there "is almost no middle class" left in the U.S. on Jan. 30, 2019. (Image: MSNBC screenshot)

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Illustration on the State of the Union address by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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A comprehensive study from the Pew Research Center now says that the largest ethnic voting bloc in the United States is Hispanic voters. (Associated Press)

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I'm a victim. (Illustration by Michael Ramirez for Creators Syndicate)

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Illustration on Irish anti-Israel legislation by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

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Death row inmate and convicted murderer Mumia Abu-Jamal leaves Philadelphia's City Hall after a hearing July 12, 1995. The international human rights organisation Amnesty International Wednesday Aug 2 1995 repeated their call for a commutation of his death sentance.Abu-Jamal was convicted of killing a police officer in 1981. (AP Photo/Chris Gardner)

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Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., is seated during a hearing of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs for Steven D. Dillingham to be director of the Census, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

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Illustration on thew lack of economic freedom in America by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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Sean Freiley (left) and husband Mitch Dailey listen to adopted daughter Jasmine Freiley in Bethany, Okla., Thursday, May 10, 2018, with her brother and adopted son Jerimiah McWilliams (second from right). The Oklahoma Legislature has passed a bill that LGBTQ advocates say would allow religious-based adoption agencies to discriminate against same-sex couples, single people and non-Christians. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki) ** FILE **

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Huntsville, Alabama, a city of about 200,000 people, had more than 2,300 furloughed federal workers during the government shutdown. (Associated Press photographs)