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People hold up signs protesting against the bull runs, a few days before the famous San Fermin festival, in Pamplona, northern Spain, Saturday, July 1, 2017. The festival will begin on July 6 with the ''txupinazo'' opening ceremony, with people participating in bull runs, music and dance, through the old city. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)

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A woman holds up a sign protesting against the bull runs, a few days before the famous San Fermin festival, in Pamplona, northern Spain, Saturday, July 1, 2017. The festival will begin on July 6 with the ''txupinazo'' opening ceremony, with people participating in bull runs, music and dance, through the old city. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)

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People hold up a sign protesting against bull runs that reads: ''No bulls in the bullring. No cows on the plates'', a few days before the famous San Fermin festival, in Pamplona, northern Spain, Saturday, July 1, 2017. The festival will begin on July 6 with the ''txupinazo'' opening ceremony, with people participating in bull runs, music and dance, through the old city. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)

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People hold up signs protesting against the bull runs, a few days before the famous San Fermin festival, in Pamplona, northern Spain, Saturday, July 1, 2017. The festival will begin on July 6 with the ''txupinazo'' opening ceremony, with people participating in bull runs, music and dance, through the old city. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)

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This image from the Twitter account of Donald J Trump @realDonaldTrump shows a tweet including a graphic regarding Medicaid spending. President Donald Trump passed one around on Twitter in recent days, and it showing spending on Medicaid rising for years in the future under the stalled Republican health care bill. You’d never know from his chart’s mountain-climbing line, or his rhetoric, that the bill would inflict deep cuts in the program. (Twitter via AP)

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In this June 21, 2017 photo, Cannon Beach volunteer firefighters TJ White, left, adjusts his wife Shaunna's safety equipment prior to a vehicle extrication training exercise in Cannon Beach, Ore. For some couples, romance is a dozen red roses and a box of chocolates. But for the Whites, romance looks more like driving a big, red fire truck. The couple, who have been married for six years, serve as volunteers for Cannon Beach Fire and Rescue, and have done so together for the past three years. (Colin Murphey/Daily Astorian via AP)

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Votes on a paid family leave program are tallied on a video display in the House chamber at the Capitol Friday, June 30, 2017, in Olympia, Wash. The House approved the program Friday that offers workers paid time off for the birth or adoption of a child or the serious medical condition of the worker or the worker's family member. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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House Speaker Frank Chopp, D-Seattle, presides over the House at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash., during debate over a House-approved paid family leave program, Friday, June 30, 2017. The Washington Legislature on Friday approved a paid family leave program that offers workers paid time off for the birth or adoption of a child or for the serious medical condition of the worker or the worker's family member. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Rep. Javier Valdez, D-Seattle, left, talks with Rep. Gerry Pollet, D-Seattle, right, at the Capitol after the House approved a paid family leave program Friday, June 30, 2017, in Olympia, Wash. The Washington Legislature on Friday approved a paid family leave program that offers workers paid time off for the birth or adoption of a child or for the serious medical condition of the worker or the worker's family member. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Rep. Cary Condotta, R-Wenatchee, speaks on the House floor during debate of a paid family leave program at the Capitol Friday, June 30, 2017, in Olympia, Wash. The Washington Legislature on Friday approved a paid family leave program that offers workers paid time off for the birth or adoption of a child or for the serious medical condition of the worker or the worker's family member. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Gov. Jay Inslee, right, and Sen. Reuven Carlyle, D-Seattle, left, talk in the wings of the Senate chamber, Friday, June 30, 2017, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. The Senate approved a paid family leave program Friday that offers workers paid time off for the birth or adoption of a child or the serious medical condition of the worker or the worker's family member. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Sen. Joe Fain, R-Auburn, listens as Senate floor debate over paid family leave continues into the night, Friday, June 30, 2017, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. The Senate approved a paid family leave program Friday that offers workers paid time off for the birth or adoption of a child or the serious medical condition of the worker or the worker's family member. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Sen. Mike Padden, R-Spokane Valley, takes part in Senate floor debate over paid family leave at the Capitol Friday, June 30, 2017, in Olympia, Wash. The Senate approved a paid family leave program Friday that offers workers paid time off for the birth or adoption of a child or the serious medical condition of the worker or the worker's family member. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Sen. Tim Sheldon, D-Potlatch, listens as Senate floor debate over paid family leave continues into the night at the Capitol Friday, June 30, 2017, in Olympia, Wash. The Senate approved a paid family leave program Friday that offers workers paid time off for the birth or adoption of a child or the serious medical condition of the worker or the worker's family member. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Sen. Mark Mullet, from left, D-Issaquah, Sen. Reuven Carlyle, D-Seattle, Sen. Karen Keiser, D-Kent, and Sen. Marko Liias, D-Lynnwood, applaud on the Senate floor after the Senate approved a paid family leave program at the Capitol Friday, June 30, 2017, in Olympia, Wash.. The measure, passed on a 37-12 vote Friday and now heads to the House, offers workers paid time off for the birth or adoption of a child or the serious medical condition of the worker or the worker's family member. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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FILE - This June 27, 2011 file photo shows Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky in San Francisco. Persky is facing a recall effort over the sexual-assault sentence he gave a former Stanford University swimmer is officially defending himself for the first time. Persky said in a statement filed Friday, June 30, 2017, with Santa Clara County that it is his job to consider rehabilitation and probation for first-time offenders. (Jason Doiy/The Recorder via AP, File)

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Washington Gov. Jay Inslee watches from the wings of the House chamber during debate on the state operating budget at the Capitol Friday, June 30, 2017, in Olympia, Wash. The Washington Legislature approved a new two-year state operating budget Friday, sending the spending plan to Inslee in time to avert a partial government shutdown. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Washington Gov. Jay Inslee watches from the wings of the House chamber, Friday, June 30, 2017, during debate on the state operating budget at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. The Washington Legislature approved a new budget Friday, sending the spending plan to Inslee in time to avert a partial government shutdown. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Washington Gov. Jay Inslee exits the House chamber, Friday, June 30, 2017, after the House passed a state operating budget, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. The Washington Legislature approved a new budget Friday, sending the spending plan to Inslee in time to avert a partial government shutdown. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Washington Gov. Jay Inslee watches from the wings of the House chamber, Friday, June 30, 2017, during debate on the state operating budget at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. The Washington Legislature approved a new two-year state operating budget Friday, sending the spending plan to Inslee in time to avert a partial government shutdown. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)