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President Obama signs the Defending Public Safety Employees' Retirement Act, which includes fast track trade promotion authority that allows Obama to negotiate trade treaties, including the Trans Pacific Partnership. SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Former Olympic athlete Bruce Jenner recently opened up in an interview with ABC about identifying as a transgender woman - and in doing so, helped push transgender issues into the mainstream media. Mark Von Holden/Invision/AP hide caption

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Alize LeGrange, 18, wears a T-shirt she made in response to Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's comments about "thugs" trying to tear down the city on Wednesday, April 29, 2015, in Baltimore. David Goldman/AP hide caption

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