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In this Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015 photo, Syrian refugees wait to sign up for a return bus to the Syrian border, at the U.N.-run Zaatari refugee camp near Mafraq, northern Jordan. Growing numbers of Syrian refugees are returning to their war-ravaged homeland from Jordan because they can't survive in exile after drastic aid cuts, can't afford to pay smugglers to sneak them into Europe or are simply homesick. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)
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"If we can get this agreement to my desk, then we can help our businesses sell more 'Made in America' goods and services around the world, and we can help more American workers compete and win," said President Obama, insisting that the Trans-Pacific Partnership is good for the middle class. (Associated Press)
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In this Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015, photo, in Sullivan City, Texas, a woman who is in the country illegally walks with her 2-year-old daughter who was born in the in the United State but was denied a birth certificate. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) ** FILE **
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In this Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015 photo, in Sullivan City, Texas, a woman who is in the country illegally plays with her two-year-old daughter who was born in the in the United States but was denied a birth certificate. Lawyers for immigrant families denied birth certificates for their U.S.-born children by Texas health officials who refuse to recognize as valid certain forms of identification will argue for a federal judge to intervene against the state. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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In this Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015 photo in Sullivan City, Texas, a woman who is in the country illegally shows the footprints of her daughter who was born in the United States but was denied a birth certificate. Lawyers for immigrant families denied birth certificates for their U.S.-born children by Texas health officials who refuse to recognize as valid certain forms of identification will argue for a federal judge to intervene against the state. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Virginia Commonwealth University
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Illustration on merging health insurance providers by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin answers questions Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015, from reporters outside the Blue Room at the state Capitol. Reporters asked the governor for further details about the last-minute stay of execution she granted on Wednesday to death row inmate Richard Glossip due to a mix-up relating to the drugs used in the execution protocol. (Jim Beckel/The Oklahoman via AP)
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Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, Republican. (Maryland photograph)
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Illustration on Pope Francis' U.S. visit by Donna Grethen/Tribune Content Agency
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Tim Constantine reports on more questions regarding Huma Abedin's pay, the latest poll numbers out of the GOP, and Joe Jackson's stroke.
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Hundreds of migrants and refugees wait for their registration at Berlin's central registration center for refugees and asylum seekers LaGeSo (Landesamt fuer Gesundheit und Soziales — State Office for Health and Social Affairs) in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel was overheard on a hot mic confronting Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg over anti-immigrant posts, amid complaints from her government that the social network isn't doing enough to curtail racist comments. (Bloomberg News/File)
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Refugees arrive in Tornio, northwestern Finland. Finland, on the northeastern frontier of the EU, in this Thursday, Sept. 18, 2015, file photo. (Jussi Nukari/Lehtikuva via AP)
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"The Democrat Party, of course, is the party of the KKK. Of Jim Crow laws. And perhaps just as bad right now, of servitude," Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson told a group of black leaders and activists. (Jackson Citizen Patriot via Associated Press)
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Illustration on past struggles over the Federal budget by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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In this March 29, 2015 file photo, Nick Jonas arrives at the iHeartRadio Music Awards at The Shrine Auditorium, in Los Angeles. Jonas is replacing Iggy Azalea as the headline performer at a Pittsburgh gay pride event. Azalea withdrew from the Saturday, June 13, 2015, Pride in the Street concert amid criticism for making anti-gay and racist remarks on social media. (Photo by John Salangsang/Invision/AP, File) — FILE
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In this Sept. 9, 2015, photo, Annika Holm Nielsen, right, and Calle Vangstrup sail in the Oresund strait between Copenhagen and Malmo, Sweden. A 24-year-old Danish woman sails refugees across windy straits to safety in Sweden. (AP Photo/David Keyton)
