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When Crystal Rose heard about anti-refugee graffiti at Boise's The Goodness Land restaurant, she and her young daughter, Ember, hurried over there to write a positive message in chalk, July 14, 2017. Many other Boiseans showed up to show support for the Iraqi refugee who owns the eatery and counter the hateful rhetoric. (Kris Rodine/Idaho Statesman via AP)
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FILE - In this Dec.1, 2016 file photo, an HIV-positive Filipino lights candles around an AIDS symbol as he participates in an event in observance of World AIDS Day in Quezon city, Philippines. For the first time in the global AIDS epidemic that has spanned four decades and killed 35 million people, more than half of all those infected with HIV are on drugs to treat the virus, the United Nations said in a report released Thursday, July 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, FILE)
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In this July 11, 2017, file photo, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., rides an escalator on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
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In this July 13, 2017 photo, chef Eduardo Garcia, founder of Maximo Bistrot and former migrant worker in the U.S., cuts mushrooms at his restaurant in Mexico City. Diners reserve weeks in advance for a coveted table at Maximo Bistrot, one of three restaurants Garcia runs. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
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This July 14, 2017 photo shows a plate garnished with chinampa-grown roasted yellow carrots with asparagus puree, prepared by chef Eduardo Garcia, founder of Maximo Bistrot and a former U.S. migrant worker, at his restaurant in Mexico City. Diners reserve weeks in advance for a coveted table at Maximo Bistrot, one of three restaurants Garcia runs. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
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In this July 13, 2017 photo, chef Eduardo Garcia, founder of Maximo Bistrot and former migrant worker in the US, cuts mushrooms at his restaurant in Mexico City. People sometimes think (farm-to-table) is a trend,” said Garcia. “It’s not a trend. It’s something that we humans have always done and we need to keep doing it, we need to return to it.”(AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
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April Coleman has her tickets checked for her family before boarding a Greyhound bus to Phoenix, Ariz., with her children, including Keymora, 9, second from left, Travis, 4, fourth from left, and Tyron, 2, right at the Greyhound bus station in New Orleans, La., Wednesday, July 19, 2017. Coleman and her four children, 1-year-old Taraji, are New Orleans natives, but they have no home here - not since she lost a hotel housekeeping job and her mother told them to leave. Her prospects seemed grim until she got help from Grace at the Greenlight, a nonprofit group that supports the city’s homeless community. (Max Becherer/The Advocate via AP)
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Tyron, 2, and his mother April Coleman, right, sit on a Greyhound bus heading to Phoenix, Ariz. at the Greyhound bus station in New Orleans, La., Wednesday, July 19, 2017. Coleman and her four children are New Orleans natives, but they have no home here - not since she lost a hotel housekeeping job and her mother told them to leave. Her prospects seemed grim until she got help from Grace at the Greenlight, a nonprofit group that supports the city’s homeless community. (Max Becherer/The Advocate via AP)
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Buying Other People's Contraception Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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Protesters against the Republic health care proposals chant slogans and wave protest banners inside the office of Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., at the Russell Senate Office building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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Protesters against the Republic health care proposals chant slogans and wave protest banners inside the office of Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., at the Russell Senate Office building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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Protesters against the Republic health care proposals block the entrance to the office of Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., at the Russell Senate Office building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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FILE - In this Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015, file photo, Affordable Care Act navigators hold an enrollment event at the Fort Worth Public Library in Fort Worth, Texas. Health insurance markets created by the Affordable Care Act may not be on the verge of collapse, but President Donald Trump could nudge them in that direction by following through on his plan to let the Obama-era law fail. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)
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Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., walks into the Capitol Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, July 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **
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White House legislative director Marc Short takes a question from the media about the GOP Senate health care bill during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, July 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **
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White House legislative director Marc Short takes a question from the media about the GOP Senate healthcare bill during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, July 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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This photo provided by the McLennan County Sheriff's Office in Waco, Texas, shows Travon Blanchard, a defensive back on the Baylor football team. Blanchard was arrested Tuesday, July 18, 2017, on a misdemeanor assault charge stemming from domestic violence allegations that led to his suspension from the team five months ago. Blanchard has been released on bond. (McLennan County Sheriff's Office via AP)
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, wants to take up the House-passed health care bill Tuesday, setting the stage for amendments and final passage before Congress leaves for its August recess. (Associated Press/File)
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In this March 4, 2015 image from video, Michael Morris discusses his family's experience with purchasing insurance under the Affordable Care Act, in Concord, N.H. . Since then, his family has moved from a marketplace plan to Medicaid but hopes to return to an ACA plan in 2018. He says it's irresponsible of Republicans in Congress to say they should repeal the law and worry about replacing it later. (AP Photo/Holly Ramer)
