Social Issues

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Sen. John Barrasso foresees mounting labor opposition to President Obama’s health care law and an “outcry” if a deal is cut to accommodate unions. (Associated Press)

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Sen. Orrin G. Hatch, Utah Republican, is trying to work with labor unions “to provide relief from the law to all Americans and ensure that the law will no longer threaten access to insurance, increase costs.” (Associated Press)

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Scars reveal some of the extent of the torture endured by sub-Saharan refugees after becoming ensnared by human traffickers on the Sinai Peninsula. (Physicians for Human Rights-Israel)

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"My mother was born in Wilmington, Del. She's a U.S. citizen, so I'm a U.S. citizen," said Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican, about his birth in Canada. (Associated Press)

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House Minority Leader, Democrat Nancy Pelosi of California, speaks at a Capitol Hill news conference in Washington, June 27, 2013. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

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** FILE ** House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 11, 2013. (Associated Press)

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Federal, state and local law enforcement officials plan the hunt for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in a Massachusetts State Police mobile command unit. (credit: Sgt. Sean Murphy)

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The Rev. Jesse Jackson, center, talks to the media outside the Duval County Jail Tuesday, July 16, 2013 in Jacksonville, Fla., after visiting Marissa Alexander, who is serving a 20-year sentence for firing a gun into the air to stop her abusive husband. (Associated Press)