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One view as students from Covington Catholic High School, Native American activists and Black Hebrew Israelites intersected on the grounds of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC., on Jan. 18, 2019 AP hide caption

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U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the nation on the situation in Syria April 13, 2018 at the White House in Washington, DC. Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

Robert Mueller, special counsel on the Russian investigation, leaves US Capitol on June 21, 2017. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

The flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush is carried by a joint services military honor guard into St. Martin's Episcopal Church Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Houston. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) Mark Humphrey/AP hide caption

Michael Cohen walks out of federal court, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018, in New York. Cohen, President Donald Trump's former lawyer, pleaded guilty to lying to Congress about work he did on an aborted project to build a Trump Tower in Russia. He told the judge he lied about the timing of the negotiations and other details to be consistent with Trump's "political message." Julie Jacobson/AP hide caption

Singer Alberto Carrión performs Amanecer Borincano, his song about sunrise over Puerto Rico, at the point where Hurricane Maria made landfall one year ago. Adrian Florido/NPR hide caption

The NPR newsroom breakdown by race and ethnicity as of Oct. 31, 2018. NPR hide caption

President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally, Monday, Oct. 22, 2018, in Houston. Eric Gay/AP hide caption

Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh is sworn in before testifying during the Senate Judiciary Committee, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018 on Capitol Hill in Washington. Tom Williams/AP hide caption

Christine Blasey Ford testifies to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C., on Thursday. Saul Loeb/AP hide caption