Social Issues

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A counterterrorism officer walks his bomb-sniffing dog past a makeshift memorial for victims of the Orlando nightclub shooting in front of the Stonewall Inn, the birthplace of the modern gay rights movement, Wednesday, June 15, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

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In this photo taken Saturday, Nov. 22, 2014, Blue Bridge Benefits LLC agent Patricia Sarabia helps customers interested in Obama Care at a kiosk at Compare Foods in Winston-Salem, N.C. Such atypical approaches to selling health insurance policies are playing out across the country since the second round of open enrollment under the federal Affordable Care Act opened in mid-November. Insurance companies and some states are focusing heavily on signing up eligible Hispanics, a group that accounts for a large share of the nation's uninsured but largely avoided applying for coverage during the first full year the health care reform law was in effect. Hispanics accounted for just 11 percent of those who enrolled in the private policies sold during the initial sign-up period, which ended in March. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

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Ex-wife: Sitora Yusufiy, who was married to Omar Mateen for four months, said he could be controlling and abusive. (Denver Post Via Associated Press)

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50 origami birds made by Samantha Brouwer and Gabrielle Grace sit around a rainbow flag during a vigil honoring the Orlando shooting victims hosted by the Kalamazoo Gay Lesbian Resource Center in Kalamazoo, Mich. on Monday, June 13, 2016. A gunman has killed dozens of people in a massacre at a crowded gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla. on Sunday, making it the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. (Chelsea Purgahn/Kalamazoo Gazette-MLive Media Group via AP) LOCAL TELEVISION OUT; LOCAL RADIO OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT

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A version of economist Milton Friedman's minimum income was adopted in the 1970s as Earned Income Tax Credit. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

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Illustration on ISIS by M. Ryder/Tribune Content Agency

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Illustration on the political acumen of the Republican Party by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington in this June 9, 2016, file photo. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

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Omar Mateen opened fire inside a crowded gay nightclub Sunday, police said. (Associated Press)

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Killer: Omar Mateen opened fire inside a crowded gay nightclub Sunday, police said. (Associated Press)

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Balanced Budget Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

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Pope Francis talks with Lidia Guerrero, the Argentine mother of a man on death row in Texas for two decades. After their first meeting, in Rome in 2014, she said that the pope, who is also Argentine, assured her of his prayers for Victor Hugo Saldano. (L'Osservatore Romano Pool Photo Via AP) **FILE**

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Cover shot of the Veterans & Active Military Home Buyers and Sellers Profile survey by National Association of Realtors (Photo: realtors.org)

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An inmate wears his special purple wrist band in a new unit in the Harris County Jail for gay, bisexual and transgender inmates in Houston on Dec. 10, 2013. (Associated Press) **FILE**

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"Wonder Wheel" by Diane Black.

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Illustration on how, in a law abiding society, all lives matter by Linas garsys/The Washington Times

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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said the federal government "invented" the iPhone on Thursday, June 9, 2016. (CSPAN)

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There's little question that Donald Trump's outsized rhetoric has angered Hispanic activists overall, and Mexican immigrants in particular. But applications for citizenship are up just 6.6 percent compared to the same period in 2012, according to the latest data from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, and actual approvals are down slightly. (Associated Press)