President Obama and then-Vice President Joe Biden appear at a bill signing in Dec. 2016. Late in his term, Obama was using executive actions to advance much of his agenda in the face of congressional opposition. President Trump was unapologetic about taking such actions, which some Democrats think should be Biden's approach. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
Travelers wear face masks at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles on Friday. The U.S. is leading the world in confirmed coronavirus infections. Damian Dovarganes/AP hide caption
Parler bills itself as a "free speech" social network and puts few restrictions on what users can post. Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
One week after protesters celebrating President Trump's defeat filled the streets of Washington, demonstrators who deny his loss took their place. Carol Guzy for NPR hide caption
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Surgeon General Jerome Adams, pictured on Capitol Hill on Sept. 9, says the Trump administration coronavirus task force is sharing information with "everyone," despite claims that they are not sharing information with the Biden transition team. Michael Reynolds/AP hide caption
Christopher Krebs, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, speaks before the Senate Judiciary Committee in May 2019. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images hide caption
President Trump embraces Rupert Murdoch, co-chairman of Fox Corp., at a dinner in 2017. Once close, Trump is now angry at Murdoch's Fox News over its election coverage. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris are expected to revive policy proposals that could change how LGBTQ people and people with roots in the Middle East or North Africa can identify themselves for the next U.S. census. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption
Election personnel sort ballots in preparation for an audit at the Gwinnett County Board of Voter Registrations and Elections offices on November 7, 2020 in Lawrenceville, Ga. President Trump's attempt at legal action to contest the results of the election have so far been mostly unsuccessful. Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images hide caption
Greg Gianforte, now Montana's Republican governor-elect, and President Donald Trump shake hands on stage during a campaign rally on Oct. 18, 2018, in Missoula, Mont. Carolyn Kaster/AP hide caption
A medical staff member performs a COVID-19 test outside the Family Healthcare building in downtown Fargo, North Dakota, on Oct. 15. North Dakota is experiencing an influx in COVID-19 cases and on Nov. 6, the state reported a record high of 1,765 daily new cases. Dan Koeck/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Medical workers wearing personal protective equipment register people in vehicles at a drive-through coronavirus testing site Monday in El Paso, Texas. Joel Angel Juarez/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Medical staff members check on a patient at the COVID-19 ICU in United Memorial Medical Center in Houston, Texas. Cases and hospitalizations rose dramatically in the U.S. this week. Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
The little spotted kiwi snuck its way up New Zealand's Bird Of The Year leaderboard before election organizers discovered 1,500 disqualifying votes placed for the smallest kiwi bird species. Hannah Peters/Getty Images hide caption
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Austin Abrams plays Dash, one of the book-loving leads in Netflix's Dash & Lily. Netflix hide caption
Diwali is known as the "festival of lights." But really, it's more than that. It is a new year for Hindus across the globe. It symbolizes the victory of light over darkness, good over evil and knowledge over ignorance. jayk7/Moment/Getty Images hide caption
Army Maj. Ivan and Aileen Arreguin at their son's wedding in Sanford, N.C., in June. The Arreguins are stationed in Fort Hood, Texas. Courtesy of the Arreguin family hide caption
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In Macon, Ga., this is part of the recount of about 5 million votes cast statewide that must end by midnight on Nov. 18. Grant Blankenship/GPB hide caption
Allie Young, a Diné woman on the Navajo Nation in Arizona, is among a group of Native Americans as they ride on horseback to the polls on Election Day. Larry Price/AP hide caption
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