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OPIOIDS

In this Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016, file photo provided by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency, members of the DEA Hazardous Materials/Clandestine Laboratory Enforcement Team go through a decontamination procedure in Lubbock, Texas. During the operation, substances were seized during an ongoing investigation of fentanyl and fentanyl-related compounds. (Russ Baer/DEA via AP) ** FILE **

OPIOIDS

Across the country, the need for addiction treatment is accelerating beyond the available resources. (Associated Press/File)

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In this Feb. 11, 2005 file photo, trays of printed social security checks wait to be mailed from the U.S. Treasury's Financial Management services facility in Philadelphia. (Associated Press)

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Illustration on the Syrian conflict by Nancy Ohanian/Tribune Content Agency

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In this Nov. 5, 2018, file photo, Rep. Beto O'Rourke, D-El Paso, the 2018 Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, speaks during a campaign rally in El Paso, Texas. Southern politics was a one-party affair for a long time. But now its a mixed bag with battlegrounds emerging in states with growing metro areas where white voters are more willing to back Democrats. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

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FILE - In this June 23, 2015, file photo, Border Patrol agents wait for other units in the Animas Valley in New Mexico's boot heel area. A 7-year-old Guatemalan girl, picked up with her father and dozens of other migrants along the remote stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border, has died, federal officials said Friday, Dec. 14, 2018. (Roberto E. Rosales/The Albuquerque Journal via AP, File)

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A man climbs up a section of a U.S.-Mexico border wall in Tijuana, Mexico, Monday, Dec. 24, 2018. Discouraged by the long wait to apply for asylum through official ports of entry, many Central American migrants from recent caravans are choosing to cross the U.S. border wall and hand themselves in to border patrol agents. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)

OPIOIDS

Law enforcement authorities are learning that the traditional approach to curbing drug abuse isn’t working. Instead, the opioid crisis has forced police across the country to assume unfamiliar roles as drug counselors and social workers. (Associated Press/File)

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Musician Jonathan Richman, left, joins a group of anti-death penalty advocates attending a rally in downtown San Francisco. Kevin Cooper, 60, is still awaiting execution for the 1983 Chino Hills hatchet and knife killings of four people. U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris says California's governor should allow advanced DNA testing that advocates say could exonerate a death row inmate, Friday, May 18, 2018. The 60-year-old inmate was convicted of the 1983 Los Angeles-area hatchet and knife killings of four people. Kevin Cooper's clemency request is being reviewed by Gov. Jerry Brown's office. Two previous DNA tests concluded Cooper was the killer. California hasn't executed anyone since 2006. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

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U.S. Census Accuracy Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

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Illustration on the Federal reserve's destructive economic meddling by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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Illustration on advances for freedom of speech on campus by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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"It's ridiculous. It's ridiculous. And it has to end," President Trump said in late October regarding birthright citizenship in the U.S. (Associated Press)

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The Bureau of Labor Statistics says this is the first year it has recorded more job openings than unemployed people seeking work. (Associated Press/File)

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California Gov.-elect Gavin Newsom successfully campaigned on pushing the state for a sweeping, single-payer health care system. Other Democratic governors-elect are also looking to expand health care coverage and to reform the system. (Associated Press)