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FILE - In this May 10, 2017, file photo, Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn of Texas, talks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Senate GOP leaders plan to vote as soon as this month on major health care legislation even though they remain uncertain, for now, whether their still-unwritten bill will pass, lawmakers said June 5. “We’ve been talking about this for seven years, so now is the time to start coming up with some tangible alternatives and building consensus,” Cornyn said. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
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FILE - In a Aug. 29, 2012 file photo, Babatunde Osotimehin, executive director of the United Nations Population Fund, talks during a press conference at Sedona Hotel, in Yangon, Myanmar. The United Nations Population Fund population agency announced Monday, June 5, 2017 the sudden death of Osotimehin, who had led the agency since 2011. The 68-year-old Nigerian doctor and public health expert died at his home. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win, File)
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Lead defense lawyer Brian McMonagle arrives for Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse on Monday, June 5, 2017, in Norristown, Pa. (Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Pool Photo via AP)
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Actress Keshia Knight Pulliam, right, walks out of the courtroom with Bill Cosby, center, inside the Montgomery County Courthouse during his sexual assault trial in Norristown, Pa., Monday, June 5, 2017. Pulliam played Cosby’s youngest daughter, Rudy Huxtable, on "The Cosby Show." (David Maialetti/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP, Pool)
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Bill Cosby, center, returns to the courtroom after a break in his sexual assault trial inside the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Monday, June 5, 2017. (David Maialetti/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP, Pool)
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FILE - In this Friday, May 6, 2016 file photo, Democratic state Sen. Steve Farley, D-Tucson, right, confers with Democratic Minority Leader Sen. Katie Hobbs, D-Phoenix, during a session in the Senate at the Capitol in Phoenix. Farley is expected to announce Monday, June 5, 2017 that he is formally entering the 2018 race to run against Republican Gov. Doug Ducey next year, at a scheduled Monday afternoon event in his hometown of Tucson. (AP Photo/Bob Christie, File)
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Michigan budget director Al Pscholka, left, defends the state's Medicaid expansion program, Monday, June 5, 2017, during a briefing with reporters at the Care Free Medical and Dental Clinic in Lansing, Mich. Next to Pscholka are the clinic's CEO and medical director, Dr. Farhan Bhatti and Michigan Health and Human Services Director Nick Lyon, right. The Medicaid program would undergo significant changes if a U.S.-House passed bill is enacted. (AP Photo/David Eggert)
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Michigan Health and Human Services Department Director Nick Lyon, second from left, defends the state's Medicaid expansion program, Monday, June 4, 2017, at the Care Free Medical and Dental Clinic in Lansing, Mich. At left is Dr. Farhan Bhatti, the clinic's CEO and medical director. Debra McGuire, CEO of the Michigan Academy of Family Physicians and Gilda Jacobs, president and CEO of the Michigan League for Public Policy, right, also touted the program, which would see cuts under a U.S. House-passed bill. (AP Photo/David Eggert)
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Dr. Farhan Bhatti, CEO and medical director of the Care Free Medical and Dental Clinic, talks about the benefits of Michigan's Medicaid expansion program, Monday, June 5, 2017, at the clinic in Lansing, Mich. At right is Michigan Health and Human Services Director Nick Lyon, who also touted expanded Medicaid at a time Congress is considering cuts. (AP Photo/David Eggert)
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Michigan budget director Al Pscholka defends the state's Medicaid expansion program, Monday, June 5, 2017, during a briefing with reporters at the Care Free Medical and Dental Clinic in Lansing, Mich. At right is the clinic's CEO and medical director, Dr. Farhan Bhatti. Medicaid would undergo significant changes if a U.S. House-passed bill is enacted. (AP Photo/David Eggert)
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Bill Cosby arrives for his sexual assault trial with Keshia Knight Pulliam, right, at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Monday, June 5, 2017. (David Maialetti/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP, Pool)
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Actress Keshia Knight Pulliam speaks with members of the media during Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Monday, June 5, 2017. Pulliam played Cosby’s youngest daughter, Rudy Huxtable, on "The Cosby Show."(AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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ADDS NAME - Bill Cosby arrives for his sexual assault trial with Keshia Knight Pulliam, right, at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Monday, June 5, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Bill Cosby arrives for his sexual assault trial with actress Keshia Knight Pulliam, right, at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Monday, June 5, 2017. Pulliam played Cosby’s youngest daughter, Rudy Huxtable, on "The Cosby Show." (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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FILE - In this Feb. 8, 2017, file photo, Utah State Crime Lab Director Jay Henry holds a sexual assault evidence collection kit as he speaks during committee meeting at the state Capitol in Salt Lake City. The Salt Lake Tribune reports a new Unified State Laboratory was opened Thursday, June 1, 2017, in Taylorsville, where Henry said the robotics station does the repetitive work of extracting DNA, then delivers the data to forensic scientists. In addition to freeing up a technician to do more analytical work, the station is capable of extracting DNA faster. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
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Hundreds of students at the Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington, protested against the college administration and demanded change after weeks of brewing racial tension on campus. (Associated Press)
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In this photo taken on Tuesday, April 4, 2017, the Supreme Court Building is seen in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**
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In this May 27, 2017 photo, Wuilly Arteaga plays his violin during an anti-government protest in Caracas, Venezuela. Arteaga has become a symbol of peaceful protest largely overshadowed by frequent clashes between rock-throwing youths and heavily armed security forces. Protests across the country demanding socialist President Nicolas Maduro’s removal have resulted in at least 65 deaths and more than 1,100 injured. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
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Attorney Gloria Allred speaks with members of the media ahead of Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Monday, June 5, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Bill Cosby arrives for his sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Monday, June 5, 2017. (David Maialetti/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP, Pool)
