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Incumbent Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, Republican, has recaptured the momentum and has again taken a sizable lead in surveys.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel's political allies suffered major losses Sunday in the Bavarian state elections. Immigration policy was a sticking point for many voters. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Cardinal Donald Wuerl resigned Friday amid criticism of his handling of sexual assault allegations against priests when he was bishop of Pittsburgh. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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FILE - In this April 14, 2018, file photo, Nashville Predators left wing Austin Watson waits for play to resume during the team's NHL hockey playoff game against the Colorado Avalanche in Nashville, Tenn.Watson's 27-game suspension for domestic abuse has been reduced to 18 games by an arbitrator. The NHL and the NHL Players' Association announced arbitrator Shyam Das' decision Thursday, Oct. 11. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)
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Ruth D-Eredita, poses for a portrait in her home in Vienna, Va., Friday, Oct. 5, 2018. D-Eredita graduated from Mount Holyoke College in 1984 and last October reported that a professor sexually assaulted her when she was a sophomore in college. Universities have seen an increase in decades-old sexual misconduct complaints amid the MeToo movement. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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FILE - 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. U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said Wednesday, April 4, 2018, that President Donald Trump and border-state governors are working to immediately deploy the National Guard to the U.S.-Mexico border to fight illegal immigration. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
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College Admission Discrimination Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks about refugees as he makes a statement to the media Monday, Sept. 17, 2018, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Police are reportedly investigating after another pro-life protester was attacked during a Toronto rally last week. (YouTube/@Toronto Against Abortion)
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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. Tens of millions of Social Security beneficiaries and other retirees can expect an increase in benefits next year as inflation edges higher. The government announced a cost-of-living adjustment of 2.8 percent on Thursday. That would mean an extra $39 a month for the average retired worker. (AP Photo/Bradley C. Bower, File)
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Supporters of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh gather inside the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018. The Senate Judiciary Committee is hearing from Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who says Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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Sen. Susan Collins Photo Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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04/04/2016 - Boston, Mass. - LinkedIn head shots for students attending Public Health and Nutrition Career Expo. (Matthew Healey for Tufts University)
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Actor Dean Cain confronts Tom Arnold over accusations that he is "anti-LGBT" and a "racist" after an event with Larry King, Oct. 9, 2018. (Image: Twitter, Dean Cain, in reply to a post by The Hollywood Reporter)
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Illustration on sexual abuse of women by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Illustration on the future of U.S. health insurance law by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times
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Illustration on the benefits of agicultural progress by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Demonstrators protest against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, as they march to the U.S. Supreme Court, on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
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Texas Christian University has denounced conservative podcaster Steven Crowder and offered counseling for students offended by his "change my mind" event earlier this week. (Twitter/@scrowder)
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"Why are our Republican colleagues so afraid of making this public?" asked Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, about the pending results of the FBI report. (Associated Press photographs)
