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President Biden speaks to members of the press Tuesday prior to boarding Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland. Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Senate lawmakers on Wednesday debated a set of voting rights bills. Jose Luis Magana/AP hide caption

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill on Sept. 30, 2021. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption

A 2019 photo shows a U.S. government holding center for migrant children in Carrizo Springs, Texas. The facility was reopened by the Biden administration and an independent TV crew was allowed inside to capture new images of conditions there on Wednesday. Eric Gay/AP hide caption

President Trump threatened a hard-fought relief bill passed by Congress, calling it "a disgrace" in a video released on Twitter on Tuesday evening. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

An artist paints a mural indicating which presidential candidate has won certain states on election night in 2016. Once again, NPR will rely on The Associated Press to provide election results and race calls. Stephen Voss/NPR hide caption

President Trump takes a question during a news conference at the White House on Sunday, where he dismissed reporting from The New York Times that he has paid little or no federal income taxes in recent years as "fake news." Joshua Roberts/Getty Images hide caption

After big Democratic primary losses, Bernie Sanders listed issues he'd like Joe Biden to address at their one-on-one debate on Sunday. Mary Altaffer/AP hide caption

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., announced at the Capitol on Thursday that the House is drafting articles of impeachment against President Trump. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption

Twelve Democratic candidates are facing off in the fourth primary debate of the 2020 campaign on Tuesday in Westerville, Ohio. Angela Hsieh/NPR hide caption

President Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House on June 21, 2018. Just over a year later, he's had turnover in the departments of Justice, Interior, Homeland Security, Defense, Labor, and a number of lower agencies. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption

Special counsel Robert Mueller speaks about the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, at the Justice Department on Wednesday. Mandel Ngan/Getty Images hide caption

Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen is leaving her post, President Trump announced Sunday. Here she testifies on Capitol Hill on March 6. Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

Michael Cohen, President Trump's former personal attorney and fixer, will testify publicly on Capitol Hill next week about payments to women who say they had affairs with Trump. Cohen will report to prison in May for crimes related to those payments. Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images hide caption

Union members and other federal employees protest in front of the White House on Thursday. Many are out of work as the partial government shutdown has dragged on longer than any in history. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP hide caption

House Speaker-designate Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., address reporters about the fight over funding a border wall before the partial government shutdown. Pelosi will lead House Democrats in voting on a bill to reopen the government when they take power in the House on Thursday. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption

Judge Brett Kavanaugh testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on September 27. Pool/Getty Images hide caption