Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is trailed by reporters after speaking on the Senate floor on Tuesday. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption
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Reanna Robinson, a 22-year-old from Washington, D.C., has been balancing life as a student and mother during the month-long government shutdown. Jeffrey Pierre/NPR hide caption
Seen in 2017, a girl studies for school while a man chops wood in the Muslim enclave of Islamberg in Tompkins, N.Y. Four people have been arrested in an alleged plot to attack the community. Mark Lennihan/AP hide caption
The Trump administration is planning to ask the Supreme Court to take up a sped-up review of a lower court's ruling that blocks the addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 census. Eric Baradat/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Wilbur Ross To Testify On Census Citizenship Question At House Oversight Hearing
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Paul Whelan, the American who has been detained by Russia on suspicion of espionage, stands in a glass cage for a hearing in Moscow on Tuesday. Sefa Karacan/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images hide caption
People slurp soup and pluck noodles at a soba and udon restaurant in Tokyo in February 2016. Shuji Kajiyama/AP hide caption
Former New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera poses with his Monument Park plaque in 2016, at Yankee Stadium in New York. Rich Schultz/AP hide caption
A Star Is Born has received eight nominations at the upcoming Academy Awards, including in the category of best original song for "Shallow." Warner Bros. Pictures hide caption
'Roma' And 'The Favourite' Lead Oscar Nominations
The United Nations headquarters in New York City. The agency has released the results of a survey on sexual harassment experienced by employees, consultants and volunteers. Joseph Sohm/Getty Images hide caption
Handguns are displayed at a trade show in Las Vegas. The Supreme Court is granting a case on gun rights for the first time since 2010. John Locher/AP hide caption
Supreme Court Revives Trump's Ban On Transgender Military Personnel, For Now
President Trump delivers his first state of the union address on Jan. 30, 2018, in House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol. The White House is moving forward with plans for this year's speech on Jan. 29, but it's unclear whether House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will agree to it amid the partial government shutdown. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption
Sales begin in 2020 for Rivian's R1T pickup truck and a companion SUV. Both will be made in central Illinois. Ben Moon/Courtesy of Rivian hide caption
Jason Rezaian speaks during the inauguration of the Washington Post headquarters on January 28, 2016. Mandel Ngan /AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Journalist Recounts The Absurdity And Torture Of 544 Days In Iran's Evin Prison
'Prisoner' Is An Intimate Portrait Of One Journalist's Captivity In Iran
Saints fans aren't happy with the NFL after a controversial no-call in Sunday's NFC championship game. One fan took out several billboards around Atlanta with his message for the league. John Bazemore/AP hide caption
Teachers and supporters rally on Monday, Jan. 14, the first day of the teachers strike in Los Angeles. The school district and the union have come to a deal after almost two years of negotiations. Ringo H.W. Chiu/AP hide caption
'Field Guide To The North American Teenager' Taps Into The Raw Anxiety Of Adolescence
President John F. Kennedy and members of the Civil Rights Commission pose during a White House conference in Washington in 1961. Harris Wofford, who died Monday at age 92, is seated to Kennedy's left. Byron Rollins/AP hide caption
Fighting 'Fyre' With 'Fyre Fraud': Two Documentaries About The Same Disaster
Coal miner Nick Stiltner reviews an x-ray of his lungs showing black lung disease at the Stone Mountain Clinic in Grundy, Va. Courtesy of Elaine McMillion Sheldon/PBS Frontline hide caption
In this Dec. 12, 2012, file photo released by Korean Central News Agency, North Korea's Unha-3 rocket lifts off from the Sohae launch pad in Tongchang-ri, North Korea. In 2018, North Korea's government said it would destroy the facility. KCNA via AP hide caption
Chris Brown performs during Fashion Week last fall in Milan, Italy. The Paris prosecutor says the singer and two other individuals were arrested. Brown has been accused of rape and narcotics possession. Luca Bruno/AP hide caption