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FILE – In this Feb. 25, 2015, file photo, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie addresses a town hall meeting in Moorestown, N.J. Christie is hoping the New Jersey Lottery is the ticket to shoring up the state's ever-growing pension obligations for public employees, with legislation introduced in June 2017 as part of the Republican governor's push to implement his plan to make the lottery property of the pension system for 30 years. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)
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House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., joined by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., chair of the Republican Conference, meets with reporters at Republican National Committee Headquarters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 13, 2017, to discuss health care for veterans. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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The University of Maryland is setting up a "rapid-response team" that will respond to any report of "hate bias" on campus. (YouTube, University of Maryland)
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In this Oct. 18, 2016, file photo, a ship's propeller is displayed in front of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy's Museum at the school's campus in Kings Point, N.Y. (AP Photo/Frank Eltman, File)
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FILE - In this Feb. 6, 2014 file photo, Chase Iron Eyes, an attorney and American Indian activist on the Standing Rock Reservation, is seen in Fort Yates, N.D. Iron Eyes, accused of inciting a riot during protests against the Dakota Access oil pipeline, says he has no qualms about taking the case to trial, even though he could face more than five years in prison if convicted. Trial has been scheduled early next year in North Dakota. He pleaded not guilty in March to the felony charge and also misdemeanor criminal trespass. (AP Photo/Kevin Cederstrom, File)
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Bill Cosby, third from left, arrives for his sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Tuesday, June 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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Bill Cosby arrives for his sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Tuesday, June 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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House Speaker Paul D. Ryan is pushing for a trillion-dollar border tax that has met a cool reception from the White House, Senate Republicans and even some in the House Republican conference. (Associated Press/File)
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Bill Cosby arrives for his sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse, Tuesday, June 13, 2017, in Norristown, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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Andrea Constand, center, hugs a person as she walks to the courtroom for Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Tuesday, June 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, Pool)
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Bill Cosby arrives for his sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Tuesday, June 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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Bill Cosby, left, accompanied by Andrew Wyatt, walks to the courtroom for his sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Tuesday, June 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, Pool)
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Bill Cosby arrives for his sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Tuesday, June 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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Bill Cosby arrives for his sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Tuesday, June 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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Bill Cosby walks to the courtroom for his sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Tuesday, June 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, Pool)
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Andrea Constand walks from the courtroom during Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Tuesday, June 13, 2017. Cosby is accused of drugging and sexually assaulting Constand at his home outside Philadelphia in 2004. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, Pool)
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Andrea Constand walks from the courtroom for Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Tuesday, June 13, 2017. Cosby is accused of drugging and sexually assaulting Constand at his home outside Philadelphia in 2004. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, Pool)
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Tom Kalasho, founder and CEO of the National Organization of Iraqi Christians, gets emotional during a protest Monday, June 12, 2017 in Sterling Heights, Mich. The arrests of dozens of Iraqi Christians in southeastern Michigan by U.S. immigration officials appear to be among the first roundups of people from Iraq who have long faced deportation, underscoring rising concerns in other immigrant communities. (Todd McInturf/Detroit News via AP) /Detroit News via AP)
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Bill Cosby arrives for his sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Tuesday, June 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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Bill Cosby arrives for his sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse, Tuesday, June 13, 2017, in Norristown, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
