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Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va., ranking member on the House Education and the Workforce Committee, left, stands with Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich. during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 17, 2016. Six decades after the Supreme Court outlawed separating students by race, stubborn disparities persist in how the country educates its poor and minority children. A report Tuesday, May 17, 2016, by the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office found deepening segregation of black and Hispanic students nationwide, with a large increase among K-12 public schools. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) 

A report by the Government Accountability Office found deepening segregation of black and Hispanic students at high-poverty K-12 public schools 

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In this June 30, 2014 file photo, demonstrators react to hearing the Supreme Court's decision on the Hobby Lobby birth control case outside the Supreme Court in Washington. The Supreme Court rid itself Monday, May 16, 2016, of a knotty dispute between faith-based groups and the Obama administration over birth control. The court asked lower courts to take another look at the issue in a search for a compromise. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File) 

The Supreme Court failed to resolve a knotty dispute between faith-based groups and the Obama administration over birth control on Monday 

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Video: Why Russia loves 'The Donald'       

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VIDEO: Boy shares his story of being in care and says what should change     

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Girl died during confrontation because of a heart problem  

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In this photo taken Thursday, May 12, 2016, signage is seen outside a restroom at 21c Museum Hotel in Durham, N.C. North Carolina is in a legal battle over a state law that requires transgender people to use the public restroom matching the sex on their birth certificate. The ADA-compliant bathroom signs were designed by artist Peregrine Honig. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome) 

Politicians in Texas, Arkansas and elsewhere have vowed to defy the Obama administration guidance on transgender bathroom usage  

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Dr. Randal Pinkett, the first African American winner of The Apprentice, has stepped up to voice his opposition to a Trump presidency. 

First African American winner of the show says Trump is 'dangerous for the world'

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In this Oct. 6, 2015, file photo, the HealthCare.gov website, where people can buy health insurance, is displayed on a laptop screen in Washington. A federal judge has ruled that the Obama administration is unconstitutionally spending federal money to fund the president's health care law. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) 

U.S. District Judge Rosemary Collyer sides with House Republicans against health care law 

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Judy Scott, the mother of Walter Scott who was shot and killed while fleeing a traffic stop in April of 2015, speaks to reporters outside the federal courthouse in Charleston, S.C., on Wednesday, May 11, 2016. Prosecutors on Wednesday unsealed an indictment charging white former police officer Michael Slager with three federal counts in the death of Scott. Slager already faces a murder charge in state court. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith) 

Michael Slager, 34, is charged in connection with shooting of Walter Scott  

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