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In this May 24, 2016 photo, House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. faces reporters at Republican National Committee headquarters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Congress has a long to-do list when lawmakers return from a seven-week recess Tuesday, but it’s unclear if much of it will get done. Presidential election politics will hover over all business in the month before lawmakers leave Washington again to go home and campaign. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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In this July 10, 2013, file photo, prospective students tour Georgetown University's campus in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
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President Barack Obama answers a question a joint news conference with Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2016. The prime minister of the Southeast Asian city state joins Obama in Washington to celebrate the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations and the contentious Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade deal is high on their agenda. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Washington catcher Wilson Ramos (left) and reliever Jonathan Papelbon closed out a 3-2 Nationals win on Sunday.
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Actor Lou Gossett Jr. this Saturday will become the first black American to deliver a Shabbat morning sermon at the National Synagogue in Washington.
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In this March 4, 2015 photo, then-Attorney General Eric Holder speaks at the Justice Department in Washington about the Justice Department’s findings related to two investigations in Ferguson, Mo. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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Zack Drake, 11, from Crab Orchard, W. Va., takes a rubbing of a name from the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, Friday, May 27, 2016. The visit was part of the Crab Orchard Elementary School visit to Washington, on the start of the Memorial Day weekend. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Washington Mystics' Stefanie Dolson (31) and Emma Meesseman (33) (Associated Press/File)
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In this photo taken March 12, 2015, passengers wait on the platform before boarding a train at the U Street Metro Station in Washington. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said Tuesday, May 10, 2016, he seriously considered ordering a shutdown of the entire Washington Metro subway system last week and may still do that if local officials don't follow a Transportation Department safety directive. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Washington Capitals defenseman John Carlson (74) and Pittsburgh Penguins center Evgeni Malkin (71) shove each other in from of the net during the third period of Game 5 in an NHL hockey Stanley Cup Eastern Conference semifinals Saturday, May 7, 2016 in Washington. Washington won 3-1. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Douglas Hughes, center, arrives at the Federal Courthouse in Washington, Thursday, April 21, 2016. Hughes, from Ruskin, Fla., flew a gyrocopter into restricted airspace over Washington, D.C., and is scheduled to be sentenced today.(AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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This photo provided by the American Eagle Foundation, taken March 20, 2016, shows two eaglets in Washington. Three baby bald eagles have hatched in Washington this spring. (American Eagle Foundation via AP)
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Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy listens during a hearing about the Flint water crisis in front of the U.S. House Committee on Government Oversight and Reform at the Rayburn House Office Building on Thursday, March 17, 2016 in Washington. Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder on Thursday blamed career bureaucrats in Washington and his own state for the Flint water-contamination crisis, while the head of the federal Environmental Protection Agency faulted him and other state officials. (Jake May/The Flint Journal-MLive.com via AP)
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FILE - In this April 11, 2015, file photo, the Washington Monument is seen through cherry blossoms across the Tidal Basin in Washington. The National Park Service (NPS) is now forecasting that March 23-24 will be the start of the peak bloom period for the cherry blossoms in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
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Donald Trump's Wildfire Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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In this April 11, 2015, the Washington Monument is seen through cherry blossoms across the Tidal Basin Saturday in Washington. The National Park Service revised its peak bloom prediction to March 18-23, 2016. It earlier had said the peak bloom for Washington's cherry blossom trees would be between March 31 and April 3. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
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President Barack Obama whistles as he walks to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016, for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., then onto Springfield, Ill. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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The Department of Justice headquarters building in Washington (Associated Press) **FILE**
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President Barack Obama smiles as he arrives to speak to mayors from around the country, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. They visited the White House as part of the Winter Meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Washington this week. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
