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President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks at the El Reno Federal Correctional Institution, Okla., July 16, 2015. (Photo by Evan Vucci/AP)

Are bipartisan efforts on criminal justice reform at an impasse?

President Barack Obama delivers remarks on the economy at Concord Community High School, June 1, 2016 in Elkhart, Ind. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty)

Obama jumps into 2016, blasts Trump proposals as ‘crazy’

Professor Cornel West applauds Senator Bernie Sanders at a rally in Davenport Ia., Jan. 29, 2016. (Photo by Mark Peterson/Redux for MSNBC)

Huge split between older and younger blacks in the Democratic primary

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders addresses a campaign rally in Salem, Ore., May 10, 2016. (Photo by Rob Kerr/AFP/Getty)

Six things to watch in Kentucky and Oregon primaries

Republican Speaker of the House from Wisconsin Paul Ryan prepares to speak to the media about his upcoming meeting with Donald Trump, in the US Capitol in Washington, DC, May 11, 2016. (Photo by Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA)

Four things we learned from Trump’s visit to the Hill

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump campaigns in N.H. on Feb. 8, 2016 ahead of the primary. (Photo by Mark Peterson/Redux for MSNBC)

Why Republicans on Capitol Hill are so wary of Donald Trump

Hillary Clinton speaks to supporters at her victory rally in Md., April 26, 2016. (Photo by Mark Peterson/Redux for MSNBC)

‘An enormous deal’: A look at Hillary Clinton’s promise of a cabinet full of women

Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin speaks during the Indiana Republican Party Spring Dinner, April 21, 2016, in Indianapolis. (Photo by Darron Cummings/AP)

In Kentucky, anti-Trump forces again dominate delegate selection

A portrait of Harriet Tubman, African-American abolitionist and a Union spy during the American Civil War, circa 1870. (Photo by HB Lindsey/Underwood Archives/Getty)

For Trump, Tubman on $20 bill illustrates broader American problem

Donald Trump holds a press conference and then speaks at a lunch for the Staten Island GOP, April 17, 2016.

Trump’s unpopularity could put GOP House control In danger