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A bill under consideration of the Alaska Senate would let parents opt students out of certain requirements, including testing, and require parental consent for students to participate in sex education. (AP Photo/Ty Wright)
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Students at Clarion University of Pennsylvania destroyed a pro-life display on campus that featured dozens of white crosses commemorating lives lost to abortion. (Students for Life)
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Maryland Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller had another easy year with Gov. Larry Hogan's state budget. (Associated Press/File)
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Son of Immigrants: Sen. Marco Rubio is using his personal story to introduce himself to voters as he campaigns for the GOP presidential nomination. (Associated Press)
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers escort an arrestee from an apartment building in the Bronx borough of New York during a series of early-morning raids on March 3. (Associated Press)
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LGBT activists have long applauded President Obama's record on gay issues, hiring several homosexual staff members to his administration and repealing "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" for the military. Republican strategists are seeking ways to lure some of the gay vote away from the eventual Democratic presidential candidate in 2016. (Associated Press)
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, speaks during her weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 26, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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The Republican National Committee released its "Stop Hillary" ad Friday, April 10, 2015. (Image: Republican National Committee)
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Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, the suspected mastermind behind the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks that killed 166 people, was released from Pakistani custody on Friday, April 10, 2015. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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Law enforcement officers investigate the scene involving at least one wrecked DC Metro police car, in the 1100 block of H Street NE, Thursday, April 9, 2015 in Washington. Police say a man who kidnapped his wife shot a guard at the U.S. Census Bureau headquarters in Maryland before leading police on a chase into Washington, D.C., that ended with the suspect and an officer wounded. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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The House budget plan, written by Budget Chairman Tom Price, Georgia Republican, calls for spending $5.5 trillion less than currently projected over the next decade, while the Senate plan, written by Senate Budget Committee Chairman Michael B. Enzi of Wyoming, would spent $5.1 trillion less — a difference analysts said should be easily bridged when the two chambers meet in a conference committee. (Associated Press)
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An 'NRA Bike' custom-made by Orange County Choppers in gunmetal finish is up for a charity auction at the NRA's annual convention, which draws 70,000 visitors. (NRA)
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Retiring Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, has long opposed a nuclear waste site at Yucca Mountain, said it is "not something I will ever accept."
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The dome of the Capitol stands in the background as Stephen Saras, of Atlanta, holds a rainbow colored flag during a rally against a contentious "religious freedom" bill, Tuesday, March 17, 2015, in Atlanta. The Georgia Senate gave decisive approval to the bill, one of a wave of measures surfacing in at least a dozen states that critics say could provide legal cover for discrimination against gays and transgender people. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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Police search a parking garage on the U.S. Census Bureau headquarters campus Thursday for an armed man who, according to a fire official, shot a security guard at a gate to the facility in Suitland, Md. (Associated Press)
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Veterans Democratic Club of Sacramento County and the Sacramento chapter of Veterans for Peace have partnered with the activist website KnowDrones.com to produce anti-drone operations ads. (Image: KnowDrones.com)
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A patient walks down a hallway at the Fayetteville Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Fayetteville, N.C., on March 11, 2015. The VA hospital is one of the most backed-up facilities in the country. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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Secret Service Agents stand in position as President Barack Obama speaks about the economy and the middle class to the City Club of Cleveland at the Global Center for Health Innovation on March 18. (Associated Press)
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D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said attacking homelessness and affordable housing were two of her guiding priorities when creating her first budget for the city, which proposes sales tax and parking garage tax hikes, and cuts some funding to the University of D.C. (Associated Press) **FILE**
