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Donald Trump has been uncharacteristically on defense after saying women should be "punished" for abortions if such were made illegal. (Associated Press)
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Virginia State Trooper Chad Dermyer (Virginia State Police via Facebook)
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Human Rights Campaign Executive Director Chad Griffin, center, speaks at a news conference at the old state Capitol Building in Raleigh, N.C. on Thursday, March 30, 2016. Griffin, Equality North Carolina Executive Director Chris Sgro, far left, and others delivered a letter to Gov. Pat McCrory signed by more than 100 corporate executives calling for repeal of a law limiting bathroom options for transgender people and prohibiting local anti-discrimination measures providing protections on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. (AP Photo/Gary Robertson)
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Sarah Saldana said "ICE will work tirelessly to ensure justice is done" in Eswin Mejia's capture and arrest. (Associated Press)
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Death Penalty Discussion Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times
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Jordan Spieth hits on the seventh hole during the round of 16 play against Louis Oosthuizen at the Dell Match Play Championship golf tournament at Austin County Club, Saturday, March 26, 2016, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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An ATR 500 airplane purchased by the Drug Enforcement Agency in 2008 remains inoperable. (Image: Department of Justice OIG)
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FILE - In this Oct. 6, 2015, file photo, the HealthCare.gov website, where people can buy health insurance, is displayed on a laptop screen in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) **FILE**
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President Barack Obama speaks in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, March 30, 2016. President Barack Obama is commuting the prison sentences of 61 people serving time for drug-related offenses. The White House says more than a third of the inmates were serving life sentences. Obama's commutation shortens their sentences. Most will be released July 28. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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President Barack Obama speaks in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, March 30, 2016. President Barack Obama is commuting the prison sentences of 61 people serving time for drug-related offenses. The White House says more than a third of the inmates were serving life sentences. Obama's commutation shortens their sentences. Most will be released July 28. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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The Turkish-American Culture and Civilization Center in Lanham, Maryland. (The Washington Times)
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Pakistani Christian women mourn the death of Sharmoon, who was killed in a suicide bombing attack targeting Christians gathered on Easter Sunday in Lahore, Pakistan. (Associated Press)
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The administration began accepting DACA applications in August 2012, in the middle of President Obama's re-election bid. In 2014, after his party was crushed in midterm congressional elections, Mr. Obama tried to expand the amnesty to three years and making as many as 5 million illegal immigrant parents eligible. (Associated Press)
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Migration of Jihad Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times
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Tea party activists demonstrate on Fountain Square before marching to the John Weld Peck Federal Building in Cincinnati to protest the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status on May 21, 2013. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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This undated photo provided by Ascension Health shows an advertising image for St. Louis-based Ascension Health, the nation's largest nonprofit health care system. Starting Monday, March 28, 2016, Ascension will be courting military veterans with a multimillion-dollar ad campaign, raising concerns from some veterans groups that private sector marketing could weaken the Department of Veterans Affairs health care system. (Ascension Health via AP)
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People protest outside the North Carolina Executive Mansion in Raleigh on March 24, 2016. North Carolina legislators decided to rein in local governments by approving a bill Wednesday that prevents cities and counties from passing their own anti-discrimination rules. North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory later signed the legislation, which dealt a blow to the LGBT movement after success with protections in cities across the country. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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For the Ward 4 shelter, the Bowser plan calls for making over a 20,000-square-foot building, which has been in disrepair for about a decade, and constructing a 10,000-square-foot building along with support services for families. (Ryan M. McDermott/The Washington Times)
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The health law will continue to steadily grow in both cost and coverage, working toward President Obama's goal of expanding those with access to insurance — but the government will shell out tens of billions of dollars to pay for it, analysts said in their latest evaluation of the federal budget and the Affordable Care Act, which is driving much of the change. (Associated Press)
