Social Issues

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Education Secretary Betsy DeVos testifies during a Senate Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2019 funding request and budget justification for the U.S. Department of Education on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 5, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Illustration of Pope Francis by Donna Grethen/Tribune Content Agency

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Illustration on state economic experiments and results by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

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Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat, said he plans to introduce a resolution to rename a Senate office building for his Republican colleague.

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Women's issues and the #MeToo cause are the most likely to spark a rally says a new Gallup poll, which also found that liberals and Democrats were the groups who were most prone to protest. (Associated Press)

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Illustration on the return of puritanical attitudes in culture by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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Senate Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations member Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., questions Education Secretary Betsy DeVos during a hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2019 funding request and budget justification for the U.S. Department of Education on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 5, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., right, talks with Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, after arriving on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Oct. 11, 2013, following after a meeting between Republican senators and President Obama at the White House on the ongoing budget battle. Republicans from the House of Representatives were offering to pass legislation to avert a potentially catastrophic default and end the 11-day partial government shutdown as part of a framework that would include cuts in benefit programs, officials said Friday. But the impasse was not yet over. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

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This undated photo provided by the Central Oregon Disability Support Network shows Tashina Aleine Jordan with her son, Mason Jordan. The single mother fatally shot her severely disabled 7-year-old son and then attempted suicide after years spent caring for the child. A relative found Tashina Jordan, 28, unconscious Monday, Aug. 21, 2018, at the Bend, Ore., home she shared with her son and mother. Authorities found the boy and pronounced him dead. Notes at the scene indicated Jordan was the shooter. (Kimberly Teichrow/Central Oregon Disability Support Network via AP via AP)

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Actor Israel Broussard has issued an apology after his past comments allegedly criticizing the Black Lives Matter movement and supporting President Trump resurfaced on social media. (YouTube)

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Illustration on Danny Moreno's work in Colombia by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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President Trump may benefit from the lack of clarity on the law regarding campaign finance reports to the Federal Election Commission, experts say. (Associated Press)

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According to a poll, 61 percent of Americans say political experience is a positive quality, but 51 percent prefer to vote for a "political" outsider. (Associated Press)