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President Barack Obama's new $4 trillion budget plan is distributed by Senate Budget Committee staffer Eric Chalmers as it arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, early Monday, Feb. 02, 2015. The fiscal blueprint for the budget year that begins Oct. 1, seeks to raise taxes on wealthier Americans and corporations and use the extra income to lift the fortunes of families who have felt squeezed during tough economic times. Republicans, who now hold the power in Congress, are accusing the president of seeking to revert to tax-and-spend policies that will harm the economy while failing to do anything about soaring spending on government benefit programs. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Police are looking for the driver of a vehicle that struck a disabled car on the side of the Baltimore-Washington Parkway on Sunday night, killing a man and injuring his fiancée. (U.S. Park Police)
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Syrian refugee children who fled violence in Syrian city of Ain al-Arab, known also as Kobani, play outside their tents in a camp in the border town of Suruc, Turkey, Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015. About 200,000 people arrived in Turkey since the start of fighting between Kurdish militia and Islamic State militants mid-September, 2014.(AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
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With the Capitol in the background, Army veteran David Dickerson of Oklahoma City, Okla., joins others to place 1,892 flags representing veteran and service members who have died by suicide to date in 2014, on the National Mall in Washington on March 27, 2014. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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Protesters gathered outside the federal courthouse in Brownsville, Texas, to chant, read poems and share stories of their immigrations struggles. The leading immigration court case on President Obama's deportation amnesty has turned into a wild affair. (Associated Press)
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A Boston Globe article about former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, that in part details his high school days, has spun off raucous headlines from other news organizations which frame him as a troubled, pot-smoking bully during his time at Phillips Academy. (Associated Press)
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D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser introduced a bill to clarify language in an anti-descrimination law to state that it does not require any specific type of insurance coverage. (Associated Press)
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Illustration on Obama's plan to further increase various taxes by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Thousands of immigrants attend the Immigration Relief Education forum organized by the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles, CHIRLA, at the Los Angeles Convention Center. The event looks to educate immigrants on President Obama’s Executive Action announcement. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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Once free-loving hippies, 44 percent of baby boomers now say they are conservative; a third describe themselves as moderates, and 21 percent are liberal. (Associated Press)
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President Barack Obama shakes hands with House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md., after making opening remarks at the House Democratic Issues Conference in Philadelphia, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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In this Feb. 7, 2014 photo, Arthur Thomas, 79, speaks to third-graders about American history as part of Black History Month at William Perry Elementary in Waynesboro, Va. (AP Photo/The Staunton News Leader, Mike Tripp)
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At the 2014 Super Bowl, legions of law enforcement personnel, hospitality workers, high school students and airport employees were trained to watch for signs of human trafficking before the game. Members of Congress are introducing more bills to curtail the "modern-day slavery." (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
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Former Army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Hasan killed 13 people in a 2009 shooting spree at a Texas Army base. He is on military death row. (AP Photo/Bell County Sheriff's Department, File) ** FILE **
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While performing the eulogy for gospel legend Andraé Crouch, Stevie Wonder decried what he believes is racism against President Obama, arguing that despite the president's best efforts, too many Americans dislike him simply because he's black. (YouTube)
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Police officers in riot gear stand across from protesters outside of the St. Louis city hall on Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2014, in St. Louis. Missouri's governor ordered hundreds more state militia into Ferguson on Tuesday, after a night of protests and rioting over a grand jury's decision not to indict police officer Darren Wilson in the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, a case that has inflamed racial tensions in the U.S. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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TEXAS $423K -Pedestrians use umbrellas during rainy weather as they walk along the River Walk, Tuesday, May 8, 2012, in San Antonio, Texas. Showers and thunderstorms are expected across south central Texas and the hill country on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Challenged by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch defends President Barack Obama's decision to shelter millions of immigrants from deportation though they live in the country illegally but she said they have no right to citizenship under the law, as she testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015 during her confirmation hearing before the committee. Lynch made her remarks in the opening moments of a hearing into her appointment as the nation's first black female attorney general. It is the first confirmation proceeding since Republicans took control of the Senate this month. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Charles E. Grassley, Iowa Republican (right), sitting next to Sen. Orrin Hatch, Utah Republican, helped pass a new restitution bill for victims of child pornography. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
