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Former US Vice President Mike Pence after holding a speech during the 4th Budapest Demographic Summit in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021. The biannual demographic summit, which was first organized in 2015, offers a forum for &quot;pro-family thinker&quot; decision-makers, scientists, researchers, and church representatives of the same sort to exchange their thoughts about connections between demographics and sustainability. (AP Photo/Laszlo Balogh)

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Former Vice President Mike Pence is weighing in on a pending case before the Supreme Court on the right of a public school teacher to pray.

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell is seen in Washington in this Oct. 10, 2008, file photo. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) ** FILE **

Colin Powell, former secretary of state, dies of COVID-19 complications, was fully vaccinated

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In this handout photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks on the side of the meeting dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the House of Russian Diaspora named after Alexander Solzhenitsyn in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Oct. 18, 2021. Russias foreign minister says that the country is suspending its mission to NATO. Lavrov said Monday that the move is in response to last weeks expulsion by NATO of eight members of Russias mission to the military alliance. NATO said that they were secretly working as intelligence officers and halved the size of Moscows team able to work at its headquarters. Lavrov also announced that NATOs military liaison and information offices in Moscow would be closed.(Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service via AP)

Russia suspends NATO liaison office, expels diplomats amid escalating dispute

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In this Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021, photo, Barbie H. leads a protest against the six-week abortion ban at the Capitol in Austin, Texas. Foes of the strict abortion ban passed in Texas are taking aim at companies that donated money to the bill’s sponsors, hoping consumers will pressure corporate America to join the fight against a surge of abortion restrictions. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP) **FILE**

Justice Department asks Supreme Court to block Texas abortion law

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In this Oct. 23, 2019, file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Facebook users allowed to share advice, tips on crossing border illegally

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FILE - In this Feb. 24, 2020, file photo, Vanessa Bryant speaks during a celebration of life for her husband, Kobe Bryant, and daughter Gianna in Los Angeles. Los Angeles County is seeking to compel psychiatric evaluations for Kobe Bryant's widow and others to determine if they truly suffered emotional distress after first responders took and shared graphic photos from the site of the helicopter crash that killed the basketball star, his teenage daughter and seven others in 2020, court documents say. Vanessa Bryant, whose federal lawsuit against Los Angeles County alleges invasion of privacy, has claimed in court papers that she has suffered &quot;severe emotional distress&quot; that has compounded the trauma of losing her husband and 13-year-old daughter. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

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This image released by Disney shows Lupita Nyong'o, left, and Letitia Wright in a scene from Marvel Studios' &quot;Black Panther.&quot; The Walt Disney Co. is pushing back the release dates of many of its upcoming titles, including the Black Panther sequel “Wakanda Forever,” which is currently in production. (Matt Kennedy/Marvel Studios-Disney via AP)

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In this Friday, Oct. 15, 2021, file photo President Joe Biden speaks at the dedication of the Dodd Center for Human Rights at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Conn. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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In this Friday, Oct. 15, 2021, file photo President Joe Biden speaks at the dedication of the Dodd Center for Human Rights at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Conn. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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President Joe Biden gestures as he walks towards reporters on the South Lawn upon arrival at the White House in Washington, Friday, Oct. 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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In this file photo, President Joe Biden speaks during a ceremony to honor slain U.S. Capitol Police officer William "Billy" Evans as he lies in honor at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, April 13, 2021. President Biden’s relationship with America’s law enforcement community has gone from bad to worse in the eight months that he has occupied the Oval Office, according to veteran police officers. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, Pool) **FILE**

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Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., walks to the Senate floor on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Former President Donald Trump speaks during his Save America rally in Perry, Ga., on Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Ben Gray)

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In this Friday, Oct. 15, 2021, photo President Joe Biden delivers remarks to promote his "Build Back Better" agenda, at the Capitol Child Development Center in Hartford, Conn. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**

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In this file photo, then-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to the media prior to a meeting at the U.S. State Department on Nov. 24, 2020. (Saul Loeb/Pool via AP) (Associated Press)

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In this May 25, 2021, file photo, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas speaks with the media outside of the Little Haiti Cultural Center in Miami. Federal immigration agents will stop making mass worksite arrest of immigrants employees suspected of living in the U.S. without legal permission. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas issued guidance Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021, saying the agency would cease such targeted enforcement which has "not focused on the most pernicious aspect of our country's unauthorized employment challenge: exploitative employers." (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

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In this Sept. 9, 2021, photo, Attorney General Merrick Garland announces a lawsuit to block the enforcement of a new Texas law that bans most abortions, at the Justice Department in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

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In this March 28, 2017, photo, a dump truck hauls coal at Contura Energy's Eagle Butte Mine near Gillette, Wyo. Given the choice of what to hear first, good news or bad news, Powder River Basin coal producers and the thousands of people who work the mines are used to asking for the good news only to be told there is none. Five years of working through a historically swift decline, thermal coal regions like Campbell County and the PRB have settled for most of the mines still operating at any level as the best news they could reasonably hope for. (AP Photo/Mead Gruver) **FILE**

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Washington Football Team head coach Ron Rivera spits as he walks off field at the end of the first half of an NFL football game against the Kansas City Chiefs, Sunday, Oct. 17, 2021, in Landover, Md. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

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