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Smoke rises above the tree line as a fire burns at Wharton State Forest, Friday, July 21, 2017, near Washington Township, N.J. About 50 firefighters from the New Jersey State Forest Fire Service and local fire departments were fighting the blaze Friday (Craig Matthews/The Press of Atlantic City via AP)
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Members of the New Jersey State Forest Fire Service search a back road at Wharton State Forest Friday, July 21, 2017, near Washington Township, N.J. About 50 firefighters from the New Jersey State Forest Fire Service and local fire departments were fighting the blaze Friday (Craig Matthews/The Press of Atlantic City via AP)
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Afghanistan team member Kwasar Rashan, center, walks with her teammates to line-up for the opening ceremony march of the FIRST Global Challenge 2017, in Washington, Sunday, July 16, 2017. Twice rejected for U.S. visas, the all-girls robotics team from Afghanistan arrived in Washington early Saturday after an extraordinary, last-minute intervention by President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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Afghanistan team member Kwasar Rashan holds the Afghan flag while waiting for the opening ceremony march of the FIRST Global Challenge 2017, in Washington, Sunday, July 16, 2017. Twice rejected for U.S. visas, the all-girls robotics team from Afghanistan arrived in Washington early Saturday after an extraordinary, last-minute intervention by President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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In this May 5, 2014, file photo, the Capitol building is seen through the columns on the steps of the Supreme Court in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
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A man is helped by emergency personnel as he is rescued from a partially collapsed building, Wednesday July 12, 2017, in Washington, Pa. (Celeste Van Kirk/Observer-Reporter via AP)
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A man is helped by emergency personnel after he was rescued from a partially collapsed building, Wednesday July 12, 2017, in Washington, Pa. (Celeste Van Kirk/Observer-Reporter via AP)
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Microsoft President and Chief Legal Officer Brad Smith holds up an ACRS2 device by ADAPTRUM used in TV White Space communications as he speaks in Washington, Tuesday, July 11, 2017, about Microsoft's project to bring broadband internet access to rural parts of the U.S. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Microsoft President and Chief Legal Officer Brad Smith speaks in Washington, Tuesday, July 11, 2017, about Microsoft's project to bring broadband internet access to rural parts of the U.S. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Microsoft President and Chief Legal Officer Brad Smith speaks in Washington, Tuesday, July 11, 2017, about Microsoft's project to bring broadband internet access to rural parts of the U.S. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Microsoft President and Chief Legal Officer Brad Smith speaks in Washington, Tuesday, July 11, 2017, about Microsoft's project to bring broadband internet access to rural parts of the U.S. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Microsoft President and Chief Legal Officer Brad Smith speaks in Washington, Tuesday, July 11, 2017, about Microsoft's project to bring broadband internet access to rural parts of the U.S. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Microsoft President and Chief Legal Officer Brad Smith speaks in Washington, Tuesday, July 11, 2017, about Microsoft's project to bring broadband internet access to rural parts of the U.S. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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FILE - In this June 14, 2016, file photo, Washington Mystics head coach Mike Thibault calls out to officials during the first half of a WNBA basketball game against the Connecticut Sun, in Uncasville, Conn. The WNBA is in its second year of a new playoff format that takes the top eight teams regardless of conference and puts them in the postseason, diminishing the value of the Eastern and Western Conferences. That doesn’t mean that coaches aren’t still interested in coming in first in their respective conferences. “Sure it means something still,” Washington coach Mike Thibault said.(AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)
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FILE - In this June 6, 2017, file photo, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington before the Senate Appropriations Committee, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee hearing on the fiscal year 2018 budget. Democratic attorneys general in 18 states and the District of Columbia are suing Education Secretary Betsy DeVos over her decision to suspend rules meant to protect students from abuses by for-profit colleges. The lawsuit was filed Thursday, July 6, 2017, in federal court in Washington and demands implementation of borrower defense to repayment rules. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
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Walter Shaub Jr., director of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics walks on Capitol Hill in Washington, in this Jan. 23, 2017, file photo. Shaub, who prodded President Donald Trump’s administration over conflicts of interest is resigning to take a new job, at the Campaign Legal Center, a nonprofit in Washington that mostly focuses on violations of campaign finance law. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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President Donald Trump waves as he walks from Marine One to board Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport, in Morristown, N.J., Monday, July 3, 2017, en route to Washington from Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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President Donald Trump waves as he arrives on Air Force One, Monday, July 3, 2017, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., en route to Washington as he returns from Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J.. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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ADVANCE FOR USE SATURDAY, JULY 1 - In this photo taken on Friday, June 23, 2017, Delanie Hill, 14, left, waits with fellow cast members to begin a rehearsal for the upcoming Southwest Washington Dance Center Spring Recital at the Corbet Theatre in Centralia, Wash. (Pete Caster/The Chronicle via AP)
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President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump, and their son and Barron Trump, walk on the South Lawn as they leave the White House in Washington, Friday, June 30, 2017, for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., then onto Bedminster, N.J. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
