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The week in politics

Updated 8:43 PM ET, Sat December 12, 2015

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at the USS Yorktown in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, during a Pearl Harbor Day rally on Monday, December 7. Earlier in the day, <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/07/politics/donald-trump-muslim-ban-immigration/" target="_blank">a press release for Trump's campaign</a> called "for a complete and total shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country's representatives can figure out what is going on." The statement came in the wake of a deadly mass shooting carried out by two Muslim radicals in San Bernardino, California.
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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at the USS Yorktown in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, during a Pearl Harbor Day rally on Monday, December 7. Earlier in the day, a press release for Trump's campaign called "for a complete and total shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country's representatives can figure out what is going on." The statement came in the wake of a deadly mass shooting carried out by two Muslim radicals in San Bernardino, California.
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Hidayah Martinez Jaka wears an American flag hijab as Democratic presidential candidate Martin O'Malley speaks at a mosque in Sterling, Virginia, on Friday, December 11. O'Malley condemned Donald Trump's proposed ban on Muslims, <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/08/politics/paul-ryan-trump-comments-not-who-we-are-as-a-party/" target="_blank">as have many prominent Republicans.</a>
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Hidayah Martinez Jaka wears an American flag hijab as Democratic presidential candidate Martin O'Malley speaks at a mosque in Sterling, Virginia, on Friday, December 11. O'Malley condemned Donald Trump's proposed ban on Muslims, as have many prominent Republicans.
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Elevator doors close as NFL quarterback Michael Vick arrives at the state capitol in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday, December 8. Vick, who once served time in prison for his role in a dogfighting ring, was lobbying for a bill that would allow authorities to rescue animals left in hot vehicles.
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Elevator doors close as NFL quarterback Michael Vick arrives at the state capitol in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday, December 8. Vick, who once served time in prison for his role in a dogfighting ring, was lobbying for a bill that would allow authorities to rescue animals left in hot vehicles.
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Pastor Jamal Bryant points something out to U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Tuesday, December 8, as the presidential candidate <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/08/politics/bernie-sanders-freddie-gray-baltimore-2016/" target="_blank">toured the Baltimore neighborhood</a> where violence erupted after the death of Freddie Gray earlier this year. Gray, 25, died in police custody in April. According to his attorney, he died from a severe spinal cord injury he received while in police custody. The case raised long-simmering tensions between police and residents, and six police officers have been charged in connection with Gray's death.
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Pastor Jamal Bryant points something out to U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Tuesday, December 8, as the presidential candidate toured the Baltimore neighborhood where violence erupted after the death of Freddie Gray earlier this year. Gray, 25, died in police custody in April. According to his attorney, he died from a severe spinal cord injury he received while in police custody. The case raised long-simmering tensions between police and residents, and six police officers have been charged in connection with Gray's death.
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U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama arrive at the Kennedy Center Honors in Washington on Sunday, December 6. <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/07/entertainment/kennedy-center-honors-colbert-feat/index.html" target="_blank">Among those honored this year</a> were "Star Wars" creator George Lucas, singer Carole King and actress Cicely Tyson.
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U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama arrive at the Kennedy Center Honors in Washington on Sunday, December 6. Among those honored this year were "Star Wars" creator George Lucas, singer Carole King and actress Cicely Tyson.
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Stephen Colbert, right, rubs orange powder from a bag of Cheetos on the cheek of Jon Stewart, dressed as Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, <a href="http://money.cnn.com/2015/12/11/media/stephen-colbert-jon-stewart-donald-trump/index.html" target="_blank">during an appearance on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,"</a> Thursday, December 10, in New York. Stewart is lobbying Congress to approve more funding to treat people sickened by working in the rubble of the World Trade Center following the Sept. 11 attacks.
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Stephen Colbert, right, rubs orange powder from a bag of Cheetos on the cheek of Jon Stewart, dressed as Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, during an appearance on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," Thursday, December 10, in New York. Stewart is lobbying Congress to approve more funding to treat people sickened by working in the rubble of the World Trade Center following the Sept. 11 attacks.
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