Social Issues

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Demonstrators offered a multitude of messages during the "March for Our Lives" rally against gun violence on Saturday in Washington. (Associated Press)

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Pro-gun demonstrators protest during the March for Our Lives rally in support of gun control in Washington, on Saturday on Pennsylvania Avenue near the Capitol. Some 800,000 people came to the anticipated rally. (Associated Press)

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Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., listens as Congressional Budget Office Director Keith Hall testifies at a Senate Budget Committee oversight hearing, Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

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President Trump said during a March 23 press conference at the White House to announce his signing of a $1.3 trillion omnibus bill, "I say to Congress, 'I will never sign another bill like this again.'" (Associated Press)

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Illustration on the factors involved in immigration reform by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

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"It's a funny thing," said Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer. "We're able to accomplish more in the minority than we were when we had the presidency or even were in the majority." (Associated Press)

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A secured entryway is seen at the Karnes County Residential Center in Karnes City, Texas on Thursday, July 31, 2014. Federal officials gave a tour of the South Texas immigration detention facility that has been retooled to house adults with children who have been apprehended at the border. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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In this Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, photo released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shows foreign nationals being arrested this week during a targeted enforcement operation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) aimed at immigration fugitives, re-entrants and at-large criminal aliens in Los Angeles. Immigrant advocates on Friday, Feb. 10, 2017, decried a series of arrests that federal deportation agents said aimed to round up criminals in Southern California but they believe mark a shift in enforcement under the Trump administration. (Charles Reed/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via AP)

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Emergency vehicles stage near the site of another explosion, Tuesday, March 20, 2018, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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FILE - Students at Roosevelt High School take part in a protest against gun violence Wednesday, March 14, 2018, in Seattle. Politicians in Washington state are joining students who walked out of class to protest against gun violence. It was part of a nationwide school walkout that calls for stricter gun laws following the massacre of 17 people at a Florida high school. (AP Photo/Manuel Valdes)

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In this Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, photo released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, foreign nationals are arrested during a targeted enforcement operation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) aimed at immigration fugitives, re-entrants and at-large criminal aliens in Los Angeles. Advocacy groups said that Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers are rounding up people in large numbers around the country, with roundups in Southern California being especially heavy-handed, as part of stepped-up enforcement under President Donald Trump. (Charles Reed/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via AP)

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A woman holds a banner that reads in Spanish; "Down with the Chevron- YPF agreement," during a protest in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, May 21, 2014. Demonstrators gathered to protest against a joint venture between YPF and Chevron to use hydraulic fracturing or "fracking" at a major shale oil and gas deposit known as "Vaca Muerta." (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

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Illustration on Russian directed assassinations abroad by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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Zachary Cruz, center, the brother of the Florida school shooting suspect, is displayed in a monitor via closed circuit television from the main jail as he as he makes his first appearance on charges of trespassing on the grounds of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Tuesday, March 20, 2018, at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. A judge set an unusually high $500,000 bond on Tuesday and imposed a host of other restrictions. (Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP, Pool)

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Illustration on the legal and commercial rights of generic drug manufacturers by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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FILE - In this Feb. 19, 2018 file photo, Nikolas Cruz, accused of murdering 17 people in the Florida high school shooting, appears in court for a status hearing in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Cruz was formally charged Wednesday, March 7, with 17 counts of first-degree murder, which could mean a death sentence if he is convicted. (Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP, Pool, File)

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Thousands of people take part in the ``Free the People Immigration March,'' to protest actions taken by President Donald Trump and his administration, in Los Angeles Sunday, Feb. 18, 2017. March and rally organizers are calling for an end to ICE raids and deportations, minority killings by police and that health care be provided for documented and undocumented individuals. Immigrant, faith, labor and community groups are expected to attend, calling for sanctuary to be given to immigrants.. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

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Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the Parkland, Fla., school shootings and school safety, Wednesday, March 14, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)