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Republican Senate Majority Leader Mark Schoesler talks to the media in the Senate wings after a budget deal was announced, Wednesday, June 28, 2017, in Olympia, Wash. Lawmakers say they have reached a deal on a state budget in time to avoid a partial government shutdown. (AP Photo/Rachel La Corte)
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In this May 16, 2017, file photo, Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement Acting Director Thomas Homan speaks during the daily press briefing, Wednesday, June 28, 2017, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Sudanese activist Tayeb Ibrahim, who had worked to expose Sudanese abuses in the volatile South Kordofan province and hopes to see family living in the U.S. state of Iowa, watches television with his son Mohammed, in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, June 28, 2017. Dozens of Sudanese activists living in Egypt as refugees, many of whom fled fundamentalist Islamic militias and were close to approval for resettlement in the United States, now face legal limbo in Egypt after the Supreme Court partially reinstated President Donald Trump's travel ban. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
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In this May 16, 2017 photo, tourists photograph the Bucktown Village Store, a rural store building that has been restored on the spot believed to be where Harriet Tubman refused a slave owner's orders to help him detain a fellow slave, in Bucktown, Md. It was Tubman's first known act of defiance against slavery. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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In this May 25, 2017 photo, a bust of Harriet Tubman stands in the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Visitor Center, a stop on the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway, in Church Creek, Md. As Tubman’s role in the fight against slavery gains new appreciation in the nation and world, a historic trail in Maryland has been getting more attention. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) **FILE**
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In this May 25, 2017 photo, Mayor Victoria Jackson-Stanley poses for a photograph outside the Dorchester County Courthouse in Cambridge, Md., a stop on the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway. "This is just an opportunity for the world to know that Harriet has been a major part of our history in the United States of America," said Jackson-Stanley, the first black woman to be elected mayor of Cambridge, not far from where Tubman was born and raised a slave and where race riots broke out 50 years ago. "She's a local home girl, as I like to say, but she's an icon for freedom and a supporter of the women's suffrage movement." (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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A woman holds a Virgin Mary statue during a protest march during a protest march against Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro's government and also to commemorate the country's Day of the Journalist, in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, June 27, 2017. Protests against Maduro's government have been regularly held in Caracas over the last three months. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
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A man shouts slogans against Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro's government during a protest march commemorating the country's Day of the Journalist in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, June 27, 2017. Protests against Maduro's government have been regularly held in Caracas over the last three months. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
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Police investigate after a woman was shot at the annual fireworks event in downtown Detroit on Monday, June 26, 2017. One adult and one juvenile were taken into custody, and authorities said a weapon was recovered. (Tanya Moutzalias/The Ann Arbor News via AP)
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Demonstrators protesting a Senate healthcare bill hold signs in Cleveland on Tuesday, June 27, 2017. U.S. Sen. Rob Portman announced his opposition to the current Senate health care bill on Tuesday, after days of political pummeling that ended with the vote delayed. (AP Photo/Dake Kang)
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FILE - This June 27, 2011 file photo shows Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky in San Francisco. Activists seeking to recall Persky, who sentenced a former Stanford University swimmer to six months in jail for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman say they believe voters will still support the effort even though it wouldn't appear on the ballot until two years after the case drew national attention. The activists took the first formal step on Monday, June 26, 2017, to call for the removal of Persky. (Jason Doiy/The Recorder via AP, File)
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Illustration n the anti-semitism of the new liberal by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Dr. LaQuandra S. Nesbitt (left) said while HIV cases are decreasing in the District, eliminating the stigma associated with the disease will push people to get tested. (Laura Kelly/The Washington Times)
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Protesters block a street during a protest against the Republican bill in the U.S. Senate to replace President Barack Obama's health care law Tuesday, June 27, 2017, in Salt Lake City. Demonstrators with Utah's Disabled Rights Action Committee chanted and carried signs while blocking State Street Tuesday afternoon. Utah protesters criticized Utah Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch for supporting the bill and say it will cut life-saving Medicaid services and other health protections. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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Gov. Jay Inslee talks to reporters about ongoing budget negotiations, on Tuesday, June 27, 2017, in Olympia, Wash. If a budget isn't in place by midnight Friday, the state faces a partial government shutdown. (AP Photo/Rachel La Corte)
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Gov. Jay Inslee talks to reporters about ongoing budget negotiations, on Tuesday, June 27, 2017, in Olympia, Wash. If a budget isn't in place by midnight Friday, the state faces a partial government shutdown. (AP Photo/Rachel La Corte)
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Democratic Rep. Timm Ormsby talks to the media in the House wings about the state of budget negotiations, on Tuesday, June 27, 2017, in Olympia, Wash. If a budget isn't in place by midnight Friday, the state faces a partial government shutdown.(AP Photo/Rachel La Corte)
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Republican Senate Majority Leader Mark Schoesler talks to the media in the Senate wings on Tuesday, June 27, 2017 in Olympia, Wash. He said that lawmakers are close to agreement on a two-year state budget. If a budget isn't in place by midnight Friday, the state faces a partial government shutdown. (AP Photo/Rachel La Corte)
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Talk radio host Lars Larson interviews then-Sen. Jeff Sessions during the 2016 "Hold Their Feet to the Fire" broadcast event organized by the Federation for Immigration Reform. (Lars Larson)
