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Illinois Senate Minority Leader Christine Radogno, R-Lemont, steps away after talking with the media on her last day before stepping down during the overtime session at the Illinois State Capitol, Saturday, July 1, 2017, in Springfield, Ill. (Justin L. Fowler/The State Journal-Register via AP)
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Two women pose for a photo with a participant during the Gay Pride demonstration and parade, the climax of the 10-day WorldPride festivities, in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, July 1, 2017. Madrid is celebrating WorldPride 2017, a colorful mixture of vindication for sexual and gender diversity and all-night partying. (AP Photo/Paul White)
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Participants take part during the Gay Pride demonstration and parade, the climax of the 10-day WorldPride festivities, in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, July 1, 2017. Hundreds of thousands of people are marching in a global gay pride demonstration in Madrid under tight security measures on Saturday. (AP Photo/Paul White)
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Police control participants and spectators during the Gay Pride demonstration and parade, the climax of the 10-day WorldPride festivities, in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, July 1, 2017. Hundreds of thousands of people are marching in a global gay pride demonstration in Madrid under tight security measures on Saturday. (AP Photo/Paul White)
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People dance during the Gay Pride demonstration and parade, the climax of the 10-day WorldPride festivities, in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, July 1, 2017. Hundreds of thousands of people are marching in a global gay pride demonstration in Madrid under tight security measures on Saturday. (AP Photo/Paul White)
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A participant smiles during the Gay Pride demonstration and parade, the climax of the 10-day WorldPride festivities, in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, July 1, 2017. Madrid is celebrating WorldPride 2017, a colorful mixture of vindication for sexual and gender diversity and all-night partying. (AP Photo/Paul White)
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Union members and state workers protest a state government shutdown at the Maine State House in Augusta, Maine, on Saturday, July 1, 2017. A partial state government shutdown began early Saturday after lawmakers failed to meet a deadline for a new state budget while House Republicans revealed they were working with GOP Gov. Paul LePage on a secret, alternative plan. (AP Photo/Patrick Whittle)
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A woman holds up a sign protesting against 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 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 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)
