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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 gather on the south steps of the state Capitol in Austin, Texas, Monday, May 29, 2017, the last day of the legislative session, to protest Senate Bill 4. (Ricardo Brazziell/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

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Activists with the March to Springfield hold a protest and rally outside the governor's office at the Capitol in Springfield, Ill. Tuesday, May 30, 2017. (Rich Saal/The State Journal-Register via AP)

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Dr. Alfred Klinger, a World War II veteran and participant in the March to Springfield protest and rallly, walks with other activists on the final leg of the march from the Old State Capitol to the Capitol Tuesday, May 30, 2017 in Springfield, Ill. Klinger participated in the march that began in Chicago on May 15, and urged lawmakers to pass a budget that helps working people.(Rich Saal/The State Journal-Register via AP)

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FILE - In this Nov. 21, 2016, file photo, protesters against the Dakota Access oil pipeline stand on a burned-out truck near Cannon Ball, N.D., on a long-closed bridge a day earlier on a state highway near their camp. A private security firm hired by the developer of the $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline conducted an aggressive, multifaceted operation against protesters that included a close working relationship with public law enforcement, documents obtained by an online magazine indicate. (AP Photo/James MacPherson, File)

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In this undated photo provided by the Transgender Law Center, Ashton Whitaker, right hugs his mom Melissa in Kenosha, Wisc. A federal appeals court says Ashton, a transgender senior student, who identifies as a male, should be able to use the boys' bathroom at at Kenosha's Tremper High School. (Transgender Law Center via AP)

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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. speaks at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, Tuesday, May 30, 2017. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, of Calif., speaks at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, Tuesday, May 30, 2017. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, of Calif., speaks at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, Tuesday, May 30, 2017. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

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House Budget Committee Chairwoman Diane Black, Tennessee Republican, said she sees a path to writing a 2018 spending plan but added that it will take more time. (Associated Press/File)

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This image provided by Medicare.gov shows a generic Medicare card. The government says it’s on track to meet a 2019 deadline for replacing Social Security numbers on Medicare cards with randomly generated digits and letters to protect seniors against identity theft. (Medicare.gov via AP)

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FILE - In this May 24, 2017, file photo, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley, talks during the opening ceremony of the Sakirpasa Umran school for Syrian refugee children, funded by the US government, in Adana, southern Turkey. Haley is presenting another side of President Donald Trump's “America First” doctrine, one that focuses on human rights and humanitarian assistance. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici, Pool)

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FILE - In this April 22, 2017 file photo, Pharrell Williams performs at To the Rescue! Los Angeles Human Society Benefit in Los Angeles. Williams will join Ariana Grande at a charity concert called "One Love Manchester" in Manchester, England, Sunday, June 3, 2017, two weeks after a bomber killed 22 people at Grande's concert in Manchester. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

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Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon gestures as he answers questions from reporters during a press conference at the Philippine Senate in Manila, Philippines, Tuesday, May 30, 2017. President Rodrigo Duterte declared martial law in the south through mid-July, but lawmakers on Tuesday asked for a public session of Congress to determine whether it is still necessary. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

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FILE - In this May 16, 2013 file photo, Nepalese Sherpas rest on their way to climb Mount Everest. A high-risk expedition carried out by eight sherpas to retrieve bodies from Mount Everest has led some to question if risk is acceptable. About 300 climbers have died since Everest was first conquered in 1953, and at least 100, maybe 200, corpses remain on the mountain. Sherpas, climbers from the ethnic group that has lived for centuries around Everest, have become an integral part of the Himalayan mountaineering world, and rely on the pay they can earn during the three-month climbing season to carry their families through the year. (AP Photo/Pasang Geljen Sherpa, File)

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FILE - In this Friday, Oct. 23, 2015 file photo, graveyards of sherpas and memorials of mountaineers stand with Mount Taboche looming over it, near Thuglha Pass, Nepal. About 300 climbers have died since Everest was first conquered in 1953, and at least 100, maybe 200, corpses remain on the mountain. Sherpas, climbers from the ethnic group that has lived for centuries around Everest, have become an integral part of the Himalayan mountaineering world, and rely on the pay they can earn during the three-month climbing season to carry their families through the year. (AP Photo/Tashi Sherpa, File)

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This undated photo provided by the Lake County, California, Sheriff's Office shows Anthony Hammond at the Lake County Jail in Lakeport, California. Hammond was charged with hate crime and other counts after police in Clearlake, California, say he stabbed a black man with a machete after yelling racial slurs on May 27, 2017. (Lake County, California, Sheriff's Office via AP)

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U.S. Sen. John McCain delivers a speech at the invitation of the United States Studies Centre in Sydney, Tuesday, May 30, 2017. In February, the Republican senator leaped to Australia's defense after President Donald Trump got into a heated discussion with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull over an Obama-era agreement on the resettlement of refugees. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

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U.S. Sen. John McCain delivers a speech at the invitation of the United States Studies Centre in Sydney, Tuesday, May 30, 2017. In February, the Republican senator leaped to Australia's defense after President Donald Trump got into a heated discussion with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull over an Obama-era agreement on the resettlement of refugees. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

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U.S. Sen. John McCain has a discussion after delivering a speech at the invitation of the United States Studies Centre in Sydney, Tuesday, May 30, 2017. In February, the Republican senator leaped to Australia's defense after President Donald Trump got into a heated discussion with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull over an Obama-era agreement on the resettlement of refugees. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)