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![Justin Pearson celebrates with supporters after being reinstated to the Tennessee House of Representatives by the Shelby County Board of Commissioners building in Memphis, Tenn., on Wednesday, April 12, 2023. Republicans expelled Pearson and Rep. Justin Jones last week over their role in a gun control protest on the House floor. (Chris Day/The Commercial Appeal via AP)]()
Expelled to reinstated: Pearson to return to Tennessee HouseThe second of two Black Democrats expelled from the Republican-led Tennessee House will follow his colleague in a return to the Legislature. Justin Pearson will be sworn in and back at work...By JONATHAN MATTISE
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![FILE - The gold dome of the Colorado State Capitol on March 23, 2023, in Denver. In Colorado, House lawmakers approved a measure Wednesday, April 12, that would lower the maximum interest rate for medical debt to 3%, require greater transparency in costs of treatment and prohibit debt collection during an appeals process.]()
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![FILE -An unidentified representative of the junta waves from a military vehicle as Malians supporting the overthrow of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita gathers to celebrate in the capital Bamako, Mali., on Aug. 21, 2020. The United States warned Mali’s military government Wednesday, April 12, 2023, that it would be “irresponsible” for the United Nations to continue deploying its more than 15,000 peacekeepers unless the western African nation ends restrictions including on operating reconnaissance drones and carries out political commitments toward peace and elections in March 2024.]()
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![FILE - Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., leaves a classified briefing on China, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. A Democratic congressman from California is calling on Sen. Feinstein to step down because of health problems. Rep. Ro Khanna says in a tweet, "We need to put the country ahead of personal loyalty. While she has had a lifetime of public service, it is obvious she can no longer fulfill her duties.]()
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![FILE - Firearms are displayed at a gun shop in Salem, Ore., on Feb. 19, 2021. In Oregon, a bill that would increase the purchasing age for AR-15s and similar types of guns to 21, impose penalties for possessing undetectable firearms and allow for more limited concealed-carry rights has spawned emotional debate among lawmakers, reflecting the national divide over gun rights.]()
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![FILE - Martha Williams Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, center, talks with Jimmy Laurent, regional energy coordinator for U.S. Fish and Wildlife, left, and Thomas Harris, Secretary for the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources, as they visit the B-5 orphan well site in the Atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge in Lottie, La., Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023. Dozens of scientists from universities across the nation are challenging whether Williams has the education needed to run an agency in charge of managing endangered species.]()
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![President Joe Biden greets people as he does a walkabout in Dundalk, Ireland, Wednesday, April 12, 2023.]()
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![Former President Donald Trump speaks at his Mar-a-Lago estate Tuesday, April 4, 2023, in Palm Beach, Fla., after being arraigned earlier in the day in New York City.]()
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![FILE - Gov. Greg Abbott speaks on the north steps of the State Capitol to supporters at a Texas Public Policy Foundation Parent Empowerment rally on March 21, 2023, in Austin. Abbott is moving fast to pardon a U.S. Army sergeant convicted in the 2020 killing of an armed protester. Sgt. Daniel Perry faces up to life in prison after being convicted of murder Friday, April 7, in the fatal shooting of 28-year-old Garrett Foster. (Ricardo B. Brazziell/Austin American-Statesman via AP, File)]()
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![Justin Pearson celebrates with supporters after being reinstated to the Tennessee House of Representatives by the Shelby County Board of Commissioners building in Memphis, Tenn., on Wednesday, April 12, 2023. Republicans expelled Pearson and Rep. Justin Jones last week over their role in a gun control protest on the House floor. (Chris Day/The Commercial Appeal via AP)]()
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![Former President Donald Trump leaves Trump Tower in New York on Tuesday, April 4, 2023. Trump will surrender in Manhattan to face criminal charges stemming from 2016 hush money payments.]()
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![Kentucky Republican gubernatorial candidate Kelly Craft speaks to supporters during a campaign stop in Elizabethtown, Ky., Wednesday, April 12, 2023.]()
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![FILE - Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during his visit to the Brazilian Navy Command, in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, March 15, 2023. Brazil's President flew off to China on Tuesday to strengthen ties with his nation's biggest trade partner and win support for his long-shot push for peace in Ukraine. China and Brazil are expected to sign at least 20 bilateral agreements during Lula's two-day stay, according to the presidential palace. He will visit Shanghai and Beijing, and meet his counterpart Xi Jinping on Apr. 14.]()
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![Cinderella Castle stands at the Magic Kingdom, at Walt Disney World, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., Monday, April 3, 2023. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP)]()
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![Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., tours the Marion Public Library, Wednesday, April 12, 2023, in Marion, Iowa. Scott on Wednesday launched an exploratory committee for a 2024 GOP presidential bid, a step that comes just shy of making his campaign official.]()
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![President Joe Biden delivers his keynote speech at Ulster University in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Wednesday, April 12, 2023. (Aaron Chown/PA via AP)]()
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![Swiss Finance Minister Karin Keller-Sutter, second right, speaks with, from right, Josef Dittli, Damian Mueller, and FDP.The Liberals party president Thierry Burkart, at the extraordinary session of the Federal Assembly, in the Council of States in Bern, Wednesday, April 12, 2023. Switzerland’s parliament opened a special session Tuesday to scrutinize the state-imposed takeover of Swiss bank Credit Suisse by rival UBS — and consider strengthening the legal arsenal to better gird against financial blowups. (Alessandro della Valle/Keystone via AP)]()
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![Rev. Mike Demastus, of Des Moines, Iowa, left, and Rev. Bob Curry, of Johnston, Iowa, right, talk with State Rep. Eddie Andrews, center, Thursday, April 6, 2023, at the Statehouse in Des Moines, Iowa.]()
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![Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., tours the Marion Public Library, Wednesday, April 12, 2023, in Marion, Iowa. Scott on Wednesday launched an exploratory committee for a 2024 GOP presidential bid, a step that comes just shy of making his campaign official.]()
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![French President Emmanuel Macron visits the quantum gasses and quantum information lab of the Science faculty of the UvA, University of Amsterdam, Wednesday, April 12, 2023. (Mischa Schoemaker/Pool Photo via AP)]()
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![In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a fighter takes off during the combat readiness patrol and military exercises around the Taiwan Island carried out by the Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) from Nanjing in eastern China on April 8, 2023. Recent Chinese air and sea drills simulating an encirclement of Taiwan were intended as a "serious warning" to pro-independence politicians on the self-governing island and their foreign supporters, a Chinese spokesperson said Wednesday, April 12, 2023. (Wang Zixiao/Xinhua via AP)]()
