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"We should not let a temper tantrum — threats — push us in the direction of doing something even our Republican colleagues know is wrong," Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer told NBC. (Associated Press)
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Protestors face off against the police during an anti-migrant demonstration outside of EU headquarters in Brussels, Sunday, Dec. 16, 2018. Police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse demonstrators around the European Union headquarters at the end of a march to protest the adoption of a U.N. migration pact. (AP Photo)
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This March 23, 2018, file photo shows an envelope containing a 2018 census letter mailed to a resident in Providence, R.I., as part of the nation's only test run of the 2020 Census. (AP Photo/Michelle R. Smith) ** FILE **
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This May 27, 2008, file photo, shows the gurney in the death chamber in Huntsville, Texas. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan, File)
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President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence meet with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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FILE - In this Aug. 26, 2016, file photo, a one-month dosage of hormonal birth control pills is displayed in Sacramento, Calif. California faces potentially "dire" public health and financial consequences from new rules by the Trump administration allowing more employers to opt out of providing women with no-cost birth control, a federal judge said Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017. U.S. District Judge Haywood Gilliam in Oakland, Calif., became the second federal judge in the country to block the changes to President Barack Obama's health care law, saying the Trump administration failed to provide the required notice and public comment period before implementing them. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., talks to reporters during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri, the commission's chairman, pushed the measure, saying that most deaths in school shootings happen within the first few minutes, before officers responded. (Associated Press)
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A migrant raises his fist as he nears the Mexican side of the the Suchiate River, that connects Guatemala and Mexico, Monday, Oct. 29, 2018. (AP Photo/Santiago Billy)
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File - This June 21, 2017, file photo shows a women's area at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Wash., during a media tour of the facility. The federal facility, operated under contract by The GEO Group, is used to house people detained on immigration and other violations. A federal judge says immigrant rights activists can continue to challenge what they describe as unlawful U.S. government delays for asylum cases. U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman in Seattle dismissed some arguments raised by the lawsuit in a ruling Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
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File - This June 21, 2017, file photo shows a women's area at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Wash., during a media tour of the facility. The federal facility, operated under contract by The GEO Group, is used to house people detained on immigration and other violations. A federal judge says immigrant rights activists can continue to challenge what they describe as unlawful U.S. government delays for asylum cases. U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman in Seattle dismissed some arguments raised by the lawsuit in a ruling Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
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An 11-year-old in Delaware who shares the same last name as President Trump has been the target of relentless bullying at school, his parents told local media this week. (WPVI)
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Vice President Mike Pence, center, listens as President Donald Trump argues with House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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A Gallup global poll estimates that some 158 million people now want to immigrate to the U.S. And 1-out-of-6 Americans would emigrate. (Associated Press)
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Immigrant rights activists are arrested by border patrol agents during a protest at the border wall in San Diego, Calif., Monday, Dec. 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
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As a Uighur child played alone, China's Communist Party was showcasing Hotan Unity New Village, part of its efforts to tame Xinjiang province, the heartland of the country's often restive Uighur Muslim minority. (Associated Press/File)
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents gather before serving a employment audit notice at a 7-Eleven convenience store Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018, in Los Angeles. Agents said they targeted about 100 7-Eleven stores nationwide Wednesday to open employment audits and interview workers. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
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Climate activists stop in front of the COP24 UN Climate Change Conference venue during the March for Climate in a protest against global warming in Katowice, Poland, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)
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This March 19, 2018, file photo shows the Yelp app on an iPad in Baltimore. Yelp is adding a new "Business Accused of Racist Behavior Alert" to its app which will inform users of news articles about businesses which have been accused of racist behavior towards employees or patrons. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
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Google employees walk off the job in a protest against what they said is the tech company's mishandling of sexual misconduct allegations against executives on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
