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Affordable Care Act navigators hold an enrollment event at the Fort Worth Public Library in Fort Worth, Texas, on Feb. 12, 2015. Nearly a million people signed up for health insurance under President Barack Obama's law even after the official enrollment season ended, helping push the share of uninsured Americans below 10 percent and underscoring how hard it could be for Republicans to dismantle the program. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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FILE - In this July 7, 2015 file photo, a young man walks near a statue of Jefferson Davis on the University of Texas campus in Austin, Texas. The president of the University of Texas has ordered removing the statue of Davis from the center of campus, but statues of other Confederate figures will stay. The Davis statue has been targeted by vandals and had come under increasing criticism. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
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In this May 5, 2015, file photo, a statue of Jefferson Davis is seen on the University of Texas campus in Austin, Texas. The president of the University of Texas has ordered removing the statue of Davis from the center of campus, but statues of other Confederate figures will stay. The Davis statue has been targeted by vandals and had come under increasing criticism. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, file)
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine agents patrol along the Rio Grande on the Texas-Mexico border. A report shows that immigration to the U.S. has recovered from its recession-caused lull and is surging back, led in part by a major jump in migrants from neighboring Mexico. (Associated Press)
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2010 Pro Bowl logo.
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President Barack Obama speaks at the 2013 Planned Parenthood National Conference in Washington on Friday, April 26, 2013. Obama, who supports abortion rights, became the first sitting president to make an in-person address to Planned Parenthood, vowing to help fight against state abortion restrictions that he said are designed to "turn back the clock to policies more suited to the 1950s than the 21st century." (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak/File)
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Protestors demonstrate calling on Pennsylvania to add sexual orientation to its hate crime law at John F. Kennedy Plaza, also known as Love Park, Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014, in Philadelphia. The renewed call for the legislation comes in response to the Sept. 11 beating of a gay couple. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Ferguson, Missouri, was a community on edge again Monday, a day after a protest marking the anniversary of Michael Brown's death was punctuated with gunshots. (Associated Press)
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Amnesty International's Charlotte Phillips, center, speaks during a press conference about Syrian refugees' medical treatment, in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday May 21, 2014. Amnesty said tens of thousands of Syrians lack access to hospital treatment in Lebanon, leaving their chronic conditions and serious illnesses untreated. The crisis is due to a lack of funding for medical care for Syrians who fled to neighboring Lebanon, where health care is privatized and expensive, Amnesty said. Some ill Syrians simply have been turned away.(AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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Create-your-own dolls at mymakie.com permit people to make dolls that are similar looking or have similar "disabilities" as the child. (Image courtesy of mymakie.com/blog)
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Illustration on the real spirit of abortion by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Among the Democratic Party's activists and grass-roots supporters who favor the deal, Sen. Charles E. Schumer of New York has become the main target.
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In a court filing last week, Border Patrol Deputy Chief Ronald Vitiello said the agency saw a rise in illegal immigrant families crossing into the U.S. in July, which was surprising as it breaks the usual pattern, in which a decrease occurs as the late-summer heat makes that time of year more difficult for an immigrant's journey. (Associated Press)
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National Edition News cover for August 8, 2015 - DHS admits new surge of illegal immigrant families: Immigrants from El Salvador who entered the country illegally walk through a bus after they were released from a family detention center, Tuesday, July 7, 2015, in San Antonio. Women and children are being released from immigrant detention centers faster on bond, with many mothers assigned ankle monitoring bracelets in lieu of paying. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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A number of pro-life and conservative women were not amused by Donald Trump's flipness toward a lack of chivalry and said so on Twitter. (Associated Press)
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National Edition Opinion cover for August 7, 2015 - Obama’s Iran speech deceit (Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times)
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Martin Luther King III and Democratic presidential candidate Bernard Sanders commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act but said more action is needed to make sure poor minorities in the U.S. are not disenfranchised. (Associated Press photographs)
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Carol Ann Stutte and Laura Jean Stutte burned down their Tennessee home and then tried to cover it up as a hate crime in an effort to collect a $276,000 insurance pay out, a federal jury has concluded. (WBIR)
