Social Issues

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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. Congressional investigators say the Obama administration has taken a "passive" approach to identifying potential fraud involving the president’s health care law. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

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Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake announces that she will not seek re-election next year, during a news conference on Friday, Sept. 11, 2015 in Baltimore. Rawlings-Blake said she believes she could have won re-election, pointing to her work on the city’s budget and pension system. However, she said, not seeking re-election was the best decision for the city and for her family. (Kenneth K. Lam/The Baltimore Sun via AP) WASHINGTON EXAMINER OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT

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Illustration on the need for more conservative faculty at Georgetown Law by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

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Illustration on the Israeli Palestinian conflict by M. Ryder/tribune Content Agency

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Sen. Bernard Sanders is losing the race for Southern black voters ahead of the crucial Super Tuesday contests. (Associated Press)

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FILE - This Thursday, June 26, 2008 file photo shows a developer solution vial, left, and test device, right, for an oral rapid HIV test at a medical center in the Bronx borough of New York. According to government estimates released Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016, for the average American, the odds of an HIV infection is 1 in 99 and has been declining. But the risk varies widely for different groups. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)

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Health care workers and politicians rally Dec. 3 at Houston's St. Joseph Medical Center, which is threatened with a loss federal reimbursements. From left to right: Houston councilman Jerry Davis, U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Houston), Dr. Winston Watkins, Jr., and Dr. E. Leon Etter II. Alan Pean, a mentally ill, unarmed, combative patient, was shot by hospital guards on Aug. 27, an incident that sparked a federal probe. (Photo by Carrie Feibel Houston Public Media/website)

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Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas noticeably toughened his stance on immigration Monday night. (Associated Press)

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Changes in Policy and People Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

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The Senate voted on Monday to advance the nomination Dr. Robert Califf, President Obama's pick to lead the Food and Drug Administration. (Associated Press)

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In this Feb. 21, 2016, photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event in Atlanta. Trump has repeated inaccurate and racially-charged crime statistics, reposted pledges of support from white supremacists and retweeted dubious questions about the citizenship of his presidential rivals to an online following that includes more than six million people on Twitter alone. His response when challenged? To dismiss it all as nothing more than a harmless "retweet." (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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In this Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2015, file photo, actor Charlie Sheen appears during an interview on NBC's "Today" show in New York, saying he tested positive four years ago for the virus that causes AIDS. A new study released Monday, Feb. 22, 2016, found that Sheen's revelation prompted the greatest number of HIV-related Google searches recorded in the United States since 2004. (Peter Kramer/NBC via AP)

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Rob Thomas of Matchbox Twenty performs during the annual Rock in Rio music festival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in this Sept. 20, 2013, file photo. Matchbox Twenty frontman Thomas has apologized after being accused of making a racist joke during a solo concert in Australia. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo, File)

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FILE - In this Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015 file photo, cabins are set up inside Hanger 4 of the former airport Tempelhof to be used as a temporary emergency shelter for migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in Berlin. Across Europe, gay, lesbian and transgender migrants say they suffer from verbal, physical and sexual abuse in refugee shelters, and some have been forced to move out. The AP found out about scores of documented cases in The Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Denmark, Sweden and Finland, with the abuse usually coming from fellow refugees and sometimes security staff and translators. In Germany, the Lesbian and Gay Federation counted 106 cases of violence against homosexual and transgender refugees in the Berlin region from August through the end of January 2016. Most of the cases came from refugee centers, and 13 included sexual abuse. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, file)

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In this Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015, file photo, cabins are set up inside Hanger 4 of the former airport Tempelhof to be used as a temporary emergency shelter for migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in Berlin. Across Europe, gay, lesbian and transgender migrants say they suffer from verbal, physical and sexual abuse in refugee shelters, and some have been forced to move out. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, file)

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Migrants and refugees disembark from a ferry after their arrival along with hundreds of others at the port of Piraeus near Athens, on Monday, Feb. 22, 2016. Several thousand migrants have been stranded at the port and at the country's border with Macedonia, where authorities at the weekend closed the border to Afghan migrants and reduced rate for crossings for Iraqis and Syrians. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

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Migrants and refugees disembark from a ferry after their arrival along with hundreds of others at the port of Piraeus near Athens, on Monday, Feb. 22, 2016. Several thousand migrants have been stranded at the port and at the country's border with Macedonia, where authorities at the weekend closed the border to Afghan migrants and reduced rate for crossings for Iraqis and Syrians. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

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In this Jan. 28, 2013, file photo, firearms training unit Detective Barbara J. Mattson, of the Connecticut State Police, holds up a Bushmaster AR-15 rifle, the same make and model of gun used by Adam Lanza in the Sandy Hook School shooting, during a hearing of a legislative subcommittee, at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)