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A protester is detained by New York police during a demonstration calling for social, economic and racial justice, in the Manhattan borough of New York City April 29, 2015. The demonstration was being held to support Baltimore's protest against police brutality following the April 19 death of Freddie Gray in police custody. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, right, walks past a burned out shoe store while visiting local businesses, Thursday, April 30, 2015, in Baltimore, that were damaged in the rioting following Monday's funeral for Freddie Gray, who died in police custody. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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Texas Republican Rep. Bill Flores. (Associated Press/Waco Tribune Herald/Jerry Larson) ** FILE **
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FILE - In this April 29,2015 file photo, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush speaks in Houston. He spoke in a language most Republican presidential primary voters do not understand. “You are part of the new wave of hope for this country,” Jeb Bush said in fluent Spanish to the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference this week. Switching to English, he said the U.S. needs immigrants for the country “to become young and dynamic again.” (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan, File)
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Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 11, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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A demonstrator confronts police near Camden Yards during a protest against the death in police custody of Freddie Gray in Baltimore April 25, 2015. At least 2,000 people protesting the unexplained death of Gray, 25, while in police custody marched through downtown Baltimore on Saturday, pausing at one point to confront officers in front of Camden Yards, home of the Orioles baseball team. REUTERS/Sait Serkan Gurbuz
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Protesters yell out in Union Square Wednesday, April 29, 2015, in New York. People gathered to protest the death of Freddie Gray, a Baltimore man who was critically injured in police custody. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
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U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., encourages protesters to comply with the 10 p.m. curfew Wednesday, April 29, 2015, in Baltimore. The curfew was imposed after unrest in Baltimore over the death of Freddie Gray while in police custody. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Protesters demonstrate ahead of a 10 p.m. curfew Wednesday, April 29, 2015, in Baltimore. The curfew was imposed after unrest in Baltimore over the death of Freddie Gray while in police custody. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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A New York City police captain listens to protesters as they demonstrate Wednesday in New York. Several hundred people gathered in New York on Wednesday to protest the death of Freddie Gray, a Baltimore man who was critically injured in police custody. (Associated Press)
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House Armed Services Committee Chairman Rep. Mac Thornberry, Texas Republican. (Associated Press) ** FILE*
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Supporters of marriage equality gathered outside the Supreme Court to demonstrate support for LGBT couples on Tuesday as justices inside asked questions that cautiously encouraged both sides of the debate on same-sex marriage. Justice Anthony M. Kennedy was closely watched. (Associated Press)
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One political action committee is calling on its members to support Rep. Trey Gowdy, chair of the House Select Committee on Benghazi. (Stop Hillary PAC)
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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie answers a question after an outdoor bill-signing ceremony Wednesday, April 29, 2015, in New Brunswick, N.J. Christie signed a pair of bills Wednesday aimed at helping to curb prescription drug abuse in the state. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
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An upstate New York sheriff is standing by his decision to have 15 runaway bison shot and killed last week, despite receiving a wave of backlash and even death threats from concerned animal lovers. (Wikimedia Commons)
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Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas speaks at the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (USHCC) meeting, Wedneday, April 29, 2015, at the National Press Club in Washington. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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Illustration on transgendering by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Illustration on the change from nonviolent "racial equality" to violent "social justice" by Tim Brinton
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Protestors demonstrate outside the State Attorney's office calling for the continued investigation into the death of Freddie Gray, Wednesday, April 29, 2015, in Baltimore. Activists stressed that they will continue to press for answers in the case of Gray, the 25-year-old black man whose death from a spinal-cord injury under mysterious circumstances while in police custody set off the riots. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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North Dakota state Rep. Randy Boehning has come out as bisexual after a 21-year-old man claimed the Republican sent him a photo of his genitals via the gay dating site Grindr (pictured here). (The Forum)
