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Ali Said, of Somalia, center, waits at a center for refugees with his two sons Thursday, July 6, 2017, in San Diego. Said, whose leg was blown off by a grenade, says he feels unbelievably lucky to be among the last refugees allowed into the United States before stricter rules kick in as part of the Trump administration's travel ban. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
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Ali Said, of Somalia, center, leaves a center for refugees with his two sons, as refugee caseworker Mohamed Yassin, right, holds open the door Thursday, July 6, 2017, in San Diego. Said, whose leg was blown off by a grenade, says he feels unbelievably lucky to be among the last refugees allowed into the United States before stricter rules kick in as part of the Trump administration's travel ban. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
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Dale Brumfield, of Doswell, Va, left, stands along Jack Payden-Travers, of Lynchburg, Va, on the day of the execution of William Morva in Jarrett, Va., Thursday, July 6, 2017. Both said they are opposed to capital punishment. (Shaban Athuman/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)
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Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, answers a question as he holds a town hall meeting Thursday, July 6, 2017, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, debates with Gary Marsh over health care during a town hall meeting, Thursday, July 6, 2017, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, answers a question as he holds a town hall meeting, Thursday, July 6, 2017, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Kelly McKinney, 29, of Glasgow, center, holds a megaphone as she chants with other protesters on the sidewalk of the Barren River Plaza shopping center in Glasgow, Ky., Thursday, July 6, 2017. Maureen Davis, 58, of Bowling Green, left, and Denise Zielinski, 66, of Bowling Green, right, chant along with McKinney. They said they were protesting against Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell who was speaking at a Glasgow Rotary Club meeting inside the T.J. Health Pavilion Community Center. (Will Perkins/The Daily Times via AP)
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FILE - In this June 9, 2017 file photo, a packed hearing room during a Massachusetts Legislature's Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security public hearing concerning a bill that calls for sharp limits on cooperation between federal immigration officials and state and local law enforcement agencies, at the Statehouse in Boston. The Justice Department on Thursday, July 6, 2017, questioned whether some so-called sanctuary cities responded honestly when asked whether they follow the law on sharing the citizenship status of people in their custody with federal immigration authorities. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, File)
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Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, answers a question as he holds a town hall meeting, Thursday, July 6, 2017, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Shelby Highsmith, 99, arrives for a Sen. Ted Cruz town hall meeting Thursday, July 6, 2017, in Austin, Texas. Cruz is expressing doubt about whether the Republican plan to repeal and replace former President Barack Obama's health care law will pass the Senate, suggesting Thursday that efforts to cobble together enough votes are on shaky ground. Protesters were defending the Obama administration's health law and waving anti-Cruz signs. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Protesters gather outside a Sen. Ted Cruz town hall meeting, Thursday, July 6, 2017, in Austin, Texas. Cruz is expressing doubt about whether the Republican plan to repeal and replace former President Barack Obama's health care law will pass the Senate, suggesting Thursday that efforts to cobble together enough votes are on shaky ground. Protesters were defending the Obama administration's health law and waving anti-Cruz signs. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, answers a question as he holds a town hall meeting, Thursday, July 6, 2017, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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David Kilada, political director of Oregon Right to Life, examines a bill in Keizer, Ore., Thursday, July 6, 2017, that requires insurance companies to cover abortions at no cost to the patient. Those who have no U.S. insurance, including those in the country illegally, will be able to have costs paid by the state's Medicaid program. Kilada said the bill, passed by the Legislature on Wednesday, will force taxpayers to assume some of the costs of an increasing number of abortions, even if they oppose the procedure. (AP Photo/Andrew Selsky)
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Illinois House Minority Leader Jim Durkin, R-Western Springs, speaks during a debate to override Gov. Rauner's veto of the budget bills on the floor of the Illinois House during an overtime session at the Illinois State Capitol, Thursday, July 6, 2017, in Springfield, Ill. (Justin L. Fowler /The State Journal-Register via AP)
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Illinois House Minority Leader Jim Durkin, R-Western Springs, walks off the floor of the Illinois House after the House voted to override Gov. Rauner's veto and pass a budget for the first time in two years during an overtime session at the Illinois State Capitol, Thursday, July 6, 2017, in Springfield, Ill. (Justin L. Fowler /The State Journal-Register via AP)
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Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, answers a question as he holds a town hall meeting Thursday, July 6, 2017, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) ** FILE **
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FILE - In this July 17, 2012, file photo, adult female walruses rest on an ice flow with young walruses in the Eastern Chukchi Sea, Alaska. If walrus is in your dinner plans, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends you make sure it's well done. The federal health agency warned of the effects of undercooked game meat after two outbreaks of trichinosis over the last year in western Alaska. The outbreaks sickened 10 people and all have fully recovered. (S.A. Sonsthagen/U.S. Geological Survey via AP, File)
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This photo combination of file photos show, Andrea Constand, left, walking to the courtroom during Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial June 6, 2017, at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa.; and Bill Cosby, right, arriving for his sexual assault trial June 16, 2017, at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa. Cosby's retrial on charges he drugged and molested Constand in 2004 is set for November 2017, according to an order signed Thursday, July 6, 2017, by Judge Steven O'Neill. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
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FILE - In this May 30, 2017, file photo, Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., speaks to members of the Glendale Chamber of Commerce in Glendale, Ariz. Protests against a health care bill in the U.S. Senate heated up Thursday, July 6, when seven opponents of the plan were arrested at Flake's Phoenix and Tucson offices. The protesters were taken into custody as they were trying to sway the Republican's vote on the stalled bill repealing much of former President Barack Obama's health overhaul. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
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Jemma Beale, 25, was convicted by a British court of perjury and perverting the course of justice on July, 6, 2017. She made false sexual assault claims against 15 different men. (Metropolitan Police)
