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FILE - Students hold flags as they protest, Aug. 30, 2023, in Katy, Texas. On Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024, LGBTQ+ advocacy group PFLAG National filed a lawsuit against the Texas Attorney General's office after being asked to hand over information about its support of transgender children receiving gender-confirming medical care. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via AP, File)

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Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., shakes hands with supporters of Israel as they demonstrate at George Washington University where pro-Palestinian students protest over the Israel-Hamas war, Thursday, May 2, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

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Former President Donald Trump speaks to the media at Manhattan criminal court, Friday, May 3, 2024, in New York. (Jeenah Moon/Pool Photo via AP)

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FILE - Ukrainian servicemen pass the scene of a building damaged by Russian attack in Dnipro, Ukraine, April 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Andriy Andriyenko, File)

A senior UN official says northern Gaza is now in …

USAID Administrator Samantha Power talks with Mana operations director Harry Broughton during a tour of its factory in Fitzgerald, Ga., that produces emergency nutritional aid for starving children, on Friday, May 3, 2024. Power announced USAID is investing $200 million to increase nutritional aid for starving children in Gaza, Sudan and other places where conflict has increased needs. (AP Photo/Russ Bynum)

Biden awards the Medal of Freedom to Nancy Pelosi, …

President Joe Biden awards the nation's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, Friday, May 3, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Ex-government employee charged with falsely accusing …

FILE - Violent insurrectionists breach the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Jan. 6, 2021. A former government employee has been charged with repeatedly submitting fake tips to the FBI reporting that several of his co-workers in the intelligence community were part of a mob that attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. Court records unsealed on Friday, May 3, 2024, say that Miguel Eugenio Zapata was arrested in Chantilly, Virginia, on Thursday on a charge that he made false statements to law enforcement. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

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