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Fifteen most popular U.S. governors are Republicans despite legislative abortion battles

In this file photo, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, left, knuckles Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker, right, during the Republican Governors Association annual conference, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018, in Scottsdale, Ariz. Mr. Baker and Mr. Hogan were found by a Morning Consult survey to be the top two most popular governors in the United States in the second quarter of 2019, going off their approval ratings. (AP Photo/Matt York) **FILE**

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Fifteen of the nation’s most popular governors are Republicans, continuing to dominate the approval ratings despite a legislative session that saw some come under fire for signing bills restricting abortion, according to a newly released analysis.

In this Oct. 4, 2011, file photo, the Godspeed, a re-creation of one of the three ships that brought America's first permanent English colonists to Virginia in 1607, has sailed up from the Jamestown Settlement History Museum and docked near the Alexandria City Marina, adjacent to Founders Park in Old Town Alexandria. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times) ** FILE **

Virginia Dems threaten to boycott Jamestown commemorations if Trump attends

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In this July 20, 1969, photo made available by NASA, astronaut Buzz Aldrin, lunar module pilot, walks on the surface of the moon during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity. (Neil Armstrong/NASA via AP)

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President Donald Trump waves as he walks from Air Force One upon arrival at Morristown Municipal Airport, in Morristown, N.J., Friday, July 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Federal judge upholds Trump’s off-ramp from Obamacare

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In this Thursday, April 28, 2016, file photo, Sadiq Khan speaks during an assembly at the London Mayor election event of London Citizens in London. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, file)

Trump derides London mayor, following Scotland Yard social media breach

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MSNBC's Chris Hayes discusses President Trump and his base of support, July 18, 2019. (Image: MSNBC screenshot)

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In this April 3, 2019, file photo, actress Felicity Huffman arrives at federal court in Boston to face charges in a nationwide college admissions bribery scandal. Huffman's co-stars in a new Netflix movie say they found her remorseful about her role in a college admissions scandal. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

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This image released by ABC shows co-host Meghan McCain who returned to &quot;The View,&quot; in New York, Monday, Oct. 8, 2018, since the death of her father. Sen. John McCain in August. She thanked viewers and her colleagues for their support. (Lou Rocco/ABC via AP)

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This photo taken on Wednesday, June 19, 2019, and distributed by Kremlin Press Service shows Russian President Vladimir Putin during an interview with American movie director Oliver Stone for his "Revealing Ukraine" documentary in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

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In this Thursday, April 28, 2016, file photo, Sadiq Khan speaks during an assembly at the London Mayor election event of London Citizens in London. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, file)

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President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Greenville, N.C., Wednesday, July 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

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In this Oct. 4, 2011, file photo, the Godspeed, a re-creation of one of the three ships that brought America's first permanent English colonists to Virginia in 1607, has sailed up from the Jamestown Settlement History Museum and docked near the Alexandria City Marina, adjacent to Founders Park in Old Town Alexandria. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times) ** FILE **

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Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., gives a speech on his "Medicare for All" proposal, Wednesday, July 17, 2019, at George Washington University in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

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Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at a community event, Wednesday, July 17, 2019, in Council Bluffs, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

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In a Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019, photo, billionaire investor and Democratic activist Tom Steyer speaks during a news conference at the Statehouse in Des Moines, Iowa. Steyer is bringing his call for impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump back to South Carolina. Steyer says South Carolinians can push the issue with the Democratic hopefuls streaming into the state, home of the first southern primary. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) **FILE**

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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks during a campaign stop at town hall in Peterborough, N.H., Monday, July 8, 2019. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

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In this June 19, 2013, file photo, then-FBI Director Robert Mueller testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. When special counsel Mueller testifies before Congress it will be a moment many have been waiting for, but it comes with risk for Democrats. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)

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President Donald Trump speaks with reporters on the South Lawn of the White House before departing, Friday, July 19, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., walks out of a House of Representatives office building, Tuesday, July 16, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

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President Donald Trump speaks with reporters on the South Lawn of the White House before departing, Wednesday, July 17, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

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In this July 18, 2018, file photo, a wild horse jumps among others on Bureau of Land Management land near Salt Lake City. The Trump administration says it can save taxpayers millions of dollars and trim a "top heavy" office in Washington by moving the Bureau of Land Management headquarters to Colorado and dispersing scores of jobs across 11 Western states. Administration officials said Tuesday, July 16, 2019, that they hope to open the new headquarters in the town of Grand Junction and complete most of the job shifts by September 2020. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

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In this Dec. 18, 2018, photo, one of the test vehicles from Argo AI, Ford's autonomous vehicle unit, navigates through the strip district near the company offices in Pittsburgh. In the world of autonomous vehicles, Pittsburgh, Phoenix and Silicon Valley are bustling hubs of development and testing. But ask those involved in self-driving vehicles when we might actually see them carrying passengers in every city, and you'll get an almost universal answer: Not anytime soon. An optimistic assessment is 10 years. Many others say decades as researchers try to conquer a number of obstacles. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

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Jaelene Hinkle, a professional women's soccer player shown here in a 2018 CBN interview, famously refused to wear rainbox-colored jerseys in honor of LGBT Pride Month in a 2017 friendly match. Many observers believe Ms. Hinkle's faith-informed decision, considered by detractors to have been homophobic, was a factor in her not making the roster for the 2019 U.S. Women's National Team. (CBN.com screen capture)

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In this July 20, 1969, photo made available by NASA, astronaut Buzz Aldrin, lunar module pilot, walks on the surface of the moon during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity. (Neil Armstrong/NASA via AP)

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Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Friday, July 19, 2019, on developments in the implementation of the First Step Act. About 2,200 federal inmates will be released by the federal Bureau of Prisons under the criminal justice reform measure signed into law last year by President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Deputy attorney general says House should reverse course, calls contempt vote ‘a new low’

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President Donald Trump waves as he walks from Air Force One upon arrival at Morristown Municipal Airport, in Morristown, N.J., Friday, July 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Federal judge upholds Trump’s off-ramp from Obamacare

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A demonstrator with a Puerto Rican flag reacts during clashes in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, July 17, 2019. Thousands of people marched to the governor's residence in San Juan on Wednesday chanting demands for Gov. Ricardo Rossello to resign after the leak of online chats that show him making misogynistic slurs and mocking his constituents. (AP Photo/Dennis M. Rivera Pichardo)

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Atlanta Braves' Josh Donaldson, left, is tagged out by Washington Nationals shortstop Trea Turner as he tries to steal second base in the seventh inning of a baseball game Friday, July 19, 2019, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

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Washington Wizards first round draft pick Rui Hachimura, left, shakes hands with Wizards senior vice president of basketball operations Tommy Sheppard as they arrive for an NBA basketball press conference at Capital One Arena in Washington, Friday, June 21, 2019.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)**FILE****

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Former Baltimore Orioles pitcher Mike Mussina throws out the ceremonial first pitch before a baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Cleveland Indians, Sunday, June 30, 2019, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) **FILE**

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