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Anti-abortion activist David Daleiden, whose organization has released undercover videos inside Parent Parenthood clinics, said new testimony discredits its claims that their "baby parts scheme operated legally." (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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Retired Sen. Tom Coburn said that those who perpetuated an operation that scammed Social Security funds deserve to "rot in jail." (Associated Press)
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"Don't be misled — Trump may be the most outrageous of the Republicans — he is saying what all of them believe," Hillary Clinton said. "They want abortion to be illegal, and they do want to punish women and doctors. He just committed the sin of actually telling people what they believe." (Associated Press)
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Republican candidate George W. Bush rallied enough voters in Florida to eke out a victory in 2000 but won 52.1 percent in the state in 2004.
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What is the standard deduction for a single person filing their 2015 tax return?
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In this Jan. 18, 2011, file photo, attorney Gadeir Abbas is seen outside the federal courthouse in Alexandria, Va. On Tuesday, April 5, 2016, a Muslim civil rights group filed a class-action lawsuit in federal court in Alexandria on behalf of thousands of other who have been placed on the terror watch list. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
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Illustration on Hillary's problems with women in the electorate by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Illustration on New York's contemplation of licensing illegal immigrants for state regulated jobs by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Workers rally outside the Ronald Reagan State Building in Los Angeles after California's Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill creating highest statewide minimum wage. (Associated press photographs)
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Sen. Jerry Moran, Kansas Republican, asks a question of Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 8, 2016, during a hearing of the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government on the Treasury Department's fiscal 2017 budget request. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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The Australian government is facing backlash for spending millions on a fictional film aimed at dissuading migrants from entering the country. (YouTube/@JourneyTheMovie)
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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's statements on abortion, now recanted, cost him the support of pro-life allies. (Associated Press)
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Veterans Affairs has come under fire for failing to properly discipline employees, but VA Secretary Robert McDonald said the agency is streamlining the administrative leave process so employees can be disciplined more quickly. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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Protesters raise hangers, symbolizing illegal abortion, as they shout slogans demonstrating against a possible tightening of the country’s abortion law, already one of the most restrictive in Europe, in Warsaw, Poland, Sunday, April 3, 2016. Rallies in Warsaw and other cities are being held under the slogan “No to the Torture of Women” and come as the influential Roman Catholic church launches a campaign for a total ban on abortion, something supported by Prime Minister Beata Szydlo and ruling party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)
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Demonstrators protest to legalize marijuana outside of the White House, in Washington, Saturday, April 2, 2016. During the event they demanded Obama use his authority to stop marijuana arrests and pardon offenders. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
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This Sept. 22, 2010 photo shows the open drawer of a telemedicine terminal in Des Moines, Iowa, from which Planned Parenthood of the Heartland clinic doctors can remotely prescribe the abortion-inducing drug RU-486. Ten years ago, on Sept. 28, 2000, after long and bitter debate, the Food and Drug Administration approved use of the abortion pill by American women. It is hailed as safe and effective, but new turmoil may lie ahead as the pill's proponents consider using telemedicine to make it more available. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
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As an April Fools' Day joke, Esurance is touting its mock "Election Insurance" coverage for Americans looking to flee the country after Election Day. (Esurance)
