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Demonstrators march on the State Street during "100 Days of Failure" protest and march, Saturday, April 29, 2016, in Chicago. Thousands of people across the U.S. are marking President Donald Trump's hundredth day in office by marching in protest of his environmental policies. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

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Thousands brave weather to protest Trump’s climate policies

by Gene Johnson Associated PressApril 30, 2017

Attorney General Bob Ferguson, right, stands with members of his staff, including Solicitor General Noah Purcell, center, and Civil Rights Unit Chief Colleen Melody, second left, before speaking with the media on the steps of the federal courthouse after an immigration hearing there Wednesday, March 15, 2017, in Seattle. Hours before it was to take effect, President Donald Trump's revised travel ban was put on hold Wednesday by a federal judge in Hawaii. In a new court filing Wednesday, Ferguson said the state supports the arguments made in a related case filed by an immigrant rights group based in Seattle that alleges the ban discriminates against Muslims and violates federal immigration law. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

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Travel ban rulings highlight trouble posed by Trump record

by Gene Johnson Associated Press, and Sudhin Thanawala Associated PressMarch 17, 2017

Justin Cox of the National Immigration Law Center, representing all the plaintiffs, right, accompanied by Omar Jadwat of the ACLU, speaks to reporters outside the court in Greenbelt, Md., Wednesday, March 15, 2017. A federal judge in Maryland says he will issue a ruling in a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's revised travel ban. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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Federal judge in Hawaii puts Trump travel ban on hold

by Jennifer Sinco Kelleher Associated Press, and Gene Johnson Associated PressMarch 16, 2017

Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson smiles during a news conference about President Trump's new executive order Monday, March 6, 2017, in Seattle. Trump signed an executive order Monday ordering new travel restrictions for residents of six Muslim-majority countries as well as a temporary ban on refugees from around the world, retooling a directive issued five weeks ago that stoked chaos at airports and drew international condemnation and a rebuke in the federal courts. The new ban, which takes effect March 16, halts travel for 90 days for residents of Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

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New travel ban eases some questions but not all

by Gene Johnson Associated Press, and Sadie Gurman Associated PressMarch 6, 2017