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Sunday

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing center in Adelanto, Calif., is one of the detention facilities operated by GEO Group Inc. Richard Vogel/AP hide caption

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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., waves as he marches with supporters in the Nashua Pride Parade in Nashua, N.H. on June 29, 2019. Cheryl Senter/AP hide caption

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Age Isn't Everything, Says Bernie Sanders. 'It Is What You Stand For'

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Saturday

Demonstrators rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., in April to protest the Trump administration's plan to add a citizenship question to forms for the 2020 census. Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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President Trump speaks at a roundtable on the economy and tax reform in April. Heading into the 2020 campaign, Democratic candidates are trying to find arguments against him on the economy, which is doing well according to top-line indicators. Adam Bettcher/Getty Images hide caption

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President Trump speaks during a news conference following the Group of 20 summit in Osaka, Japan, on Saturday. Trump said the U.S. and China would resume trade talks. Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption

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Friday

President Trump participates in a roundtable on border security at a U.S. Border Patrol station in Calexico, Calif., in April. On Friday, a federal judge ruled against the use of military funds for the president's border wall. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption

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President Donald Trump at the G-20 economic conference in Osaka, Japan, Friday. He tweeted an invitation for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to meet him after the summit in the demilitarized zone between the Koreas. Susan Walsh/AP hide caption

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Sen. Joseph Biden of Delaware, seen in 1975, told NPR at the time that he supported a constitutional amendment to ban court-ordered busing programs to integrate schools. AP hide caption

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Biden Talks About A Constitutional Amendment To Ban Busing

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Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden addresses the Rainbow PUSH Coalition convention on Friday in Chicago. Biden defended himself after Sen. Kamala Harris criticized his past opposition to federally mandated busing in the '70s. Charles Rex Arbogast/AP hide caption

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President Trump owes his 2016 election win to Russian President Vladimir Putin, former President Jimmy Carter said on Friday. Here, Trump and Putin are seen meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka. Mikhail Klimentyev/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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The ACLU, Planned Parenthood and several abortion providers in Georgia are asking a federal court to stop the state's new abortion restrictions from taking effect. Here, a woman is seen during protests last month after Gov. Brian Kemp signed the bill. Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images hide caption

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Venezuelan Constituent Assembly's member Nicolás Maduro Guerra, son of Venezulan President Nicolas Maduro, walks before a session in Caracas on August 8, 2017. The U.S. government targeted the younger Maduro with sanctions on Friday. Juan Barreto/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Historic Pennsylvania Law To Seal Millions Of Criminal Charges Automatically

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