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A boy waits with others for the food distribution at the refugee camp of Ritsona about 86 kilometers (53 miles) north of Athens, Monday, May 29, 2017. The International Organization for Migration says more than 60,000 migrants have reached the shores of Europe so far in 2017, a sizeable decrease compared to the same period last year. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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State Sen. Ricardo Lara, D-Bell Gardens, discusses his single-payer health care bill at a Capitol news conference, Wednesday, May 31, 2017, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin speaks during a briefing at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, May 31, 2017.Shulkin is warning the VA is "still in critical condition" despite efforts to reduce wait times for medical appointments and expand care in the private sector. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin speaks during a briefing at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, May 31, 2017.Shulkin is warning the VA is "still in critical condition" despite efforts to reduce wait times for medical appointments and expand care in the private sector. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin speaks during a briefing at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, May 31, 2017.Shulkin is warning the VA is "still in critical condition" despite efforts to reduce wait times for medical appointments and expand care in the private sector. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin speaks during a briefing at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, May 31, 2017. Shulkin is warning the VA is "still in critical condition" despite efforts to reduce wait times for medical appointments and expand care in the private sector. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin speaks during a briefing at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, May 31, 2017. Shulkin is warning the VA is "still in critical condition" despite efforts to reduce wait times for medical appointments and expand care in the private sector. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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In this May 26, 2017 photo, Lisa Dammert is poses with her husband, Patrick, and son, Bobby, at their home in Franklin, Tenn. As a thyroid cancer survivor battling nerve damage and other complications, Lisa was in such dire financial straits in 2014 that she and her husband let their health insurance lapse, putting them in a category with some 6 million Americans who have gone without coverage at times despite serious health problems. That group and millions of others who have had a gap in insurance could face higher charges under the Republican health care bill that recently passed the House. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
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In this May 26, 2017 photo, Lisa Dammert and her husband, Patrick, pose at their home in Franklin, Tenn. As a thyroid cancer survivor battling nerve damage and other complications, Lisa was in such dire financial straits in 2014 that she and her husband let their health insurance lapse, putting them in a category with some 6 million Americans who have gone without coverage at times despite serious health problems. That group and millions of others who have had a gap in insurance could face higher charges under the Republican health care bill that recently passed the House. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
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FILE - This Oct. 10, 2013, file photo, shows an EpiPen epinephrine auto-injector, a Mylan product, in Hendersonville, Texas. Some big pension funds are urging shareholders of EpiPen maker Mylan to reject several company directors and the compensation it gives top executives, including the nearly $100 million Chairman and former CEO Robert Coury received last year. The pension funds say that the compensation came during backlash over prices the drugmaker charged for its EpiPen emergency allergy treatment. They also note that the company agreed to make “extraordinary and egregious” payments last year and over the next five years to Coury.(AP Photo/Mark Zaleski, File)
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In this May 2, 2017, photo, Ebele Ifedigbo, center, co-director, Lanese Martin, right, co-director and Biseat Horning, left, 32, fellow, pose at the offices of The Hood Incubator in Oakland, Calif. The City of Oakland is forcing cannabis businesses to pair with minority applicants if they want a license to sell, manufacture, cultivate or distribute weed in 2018 as part of California's massive expansion of legal cannabis. The Oakland-based nonprofit provides training and mentoring to minority cannabis entrepreneurs. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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FILE - In this May 4, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump claps as he arrives in the Rose Garden of the White House, Thursday, May 4, 2017, in Washington, followed by Vice President Mike Pence after the House pushed through a health care bill. Trump has called the House-passed health care bill a “great plan,” but a new poll finds that three out of four Americans do not believe it fulfills most of his promises. The poll out May 31, 2017, from the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation also found a growing share of the public concerned that the GOP’s American Health Care Act will have negative consequences for them personally by increasing their costs, making it harder to get and keep health insurance, or reducing quality. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
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FILE - In this Tuesday, May 2, 2017, file photo, Seattle Mariners starting pitcher James Paxton throws against the Los Angeles Angels during the second inning of a baseball game in Seattle. Paxton is set to come off the disabled list for the Mariners against Colorado. Paxton (3-0, 1.43 ERA) was among baseball's best pitchers in April before landing on the DL with a left forearm strain. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)
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Residents of upstate New York say they seldom see the benefits of hefty taxes levied on New York City, part of why some wish to create a separate state. (Associated Press)
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An audit conducted by PILF, a voter integrity group, found 1,852 illegal immigrants voted in Virginia elections over a decade. Critics of Gov. Terry McAuliffe say he sought to keep such illegal voting from public view. (Associated Press)
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Activists pushing for plans to close so-called corporate tax loopholes and tax the wealthy at higher rates face off with Secretary of State Police at the entrance to the governor's office Tuesday, May 30, 2017 at the Capitol in Springfield, Ill. The protesters are part of a coalition called Fair Economy Illinois. Some members marched from Chicago to Springfield for the final days of the legislative session to urge lawmakers to pass a budget that helps working people. (Rich Saal/The State Journal-Register via AP)
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Hundreds of protesters line the balconies of the state Capitol rotunda in Austin on Monday, May 29, 2017, the last day of the legislative session, to protest Senate Bill 4. legislation already passed by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott that compels local police to enforce federal immigration law. (Ricardo Brazziell/Austin American-Statesman via AP)
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Hundreds of protesters line the balconies of the state Capitol rotunda in Austin on Monday, May 29, 2017 the last day of the legislative session, to protest Senate Bill 4, legislation already passed by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott that compels local police to enforce federal immigration law. (Ricardo Brazziell/Austin American-Statesman via AP)
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Hundreds of protesters line the balconies of the state Capitol rotunda in Austin on Monday, May 29, 2017, the last day of the legislative session, to protest Senate Bill 4, legislation already passed by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott that compels local police to enforce federal immigration law. (Ricardo Brazziell/Austin American-Statesman via AP)
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Pedro Paredes joins hundreds of protesters lining the balconies of the state Capitol rotunda in Austin on Monday May 29, 2017, the last day of the legislative session, to protest Senate Bill 4, legislation already passed by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott that compels local police to enforce federal immigration law. (Ricardo Brazziell/Austin American-Statesman via AP)
