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Asked if his father got a pay raise, Wyatt said, “I hope so.”

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She said it was her "duty" to raise awareness about the disease.

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The department’s Civil Rights Division will oversee the deployment after requests from state Republican parties that raised concerns about compliance with federal statutes.

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They then raised the church 4 feet off the ground, supported by steel beams, and put it on giant remote-controlled transporters with 56 axles.

The Washington Post also quoted Bobby Kogan of the Center for American Progress saying the transfer raises serious questions under the Anti-Deficiency Act, which limits spending without congressional appropriation.

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