The Senate has confirmed a number of judges nominated by President Trump to the federal bench, including two additions to the Supreme Court. Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
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British Prime Minister Theresa May leaves No. 10 Downing Street in London on Wednesday. Now that May has reached an agreement with European Union negotiators, she faces still another difficult task: persuading skeptical Brits to get on board. Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
A search and rescue worker, looking for Camp Fire victims, carries Susie Q. to safety after the cadaver dog fell through rubble at the Holly Hills Mobile Estates on Wednesday in Paradise, Calif. Noah Berger/AP hide caption
CNN's Jim Acosta walks into federal court in Washington, on Wednesday to attend a hearing on a legal challenge against the Trump administration. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP hide caption
Election workers recount votes during the Florida midterm election recount on Tuesday at the Broward Supervisor of Elections office. Christian Colon/Miami Herald/TNS via Getty Images hide caption
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People who are sensitive to the bitterness of caffeine tend to drink more coffee than others, while people sensitive to bitter flavors like quinine drink less coffee, according to a new study. Dimitri Otis/Getty Images hide caption
Rep. Maxine Waters, seated next to Rep. Jeb Hensarling of Texas, at a hearing in July, is set to become chair of the House Financial Services Committee. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption
"Everything is private information, stored on your computer or a computer you designate," says George Church, genetics professor at Harvard Medical School, about the approach of Nebula Genomics. Craig Barritt/Getty Images for The New Yorker hide caption
Hundreds of people wait to pass from Mexico into the United States at the border crossing in Nogales, Ariz., in 2010. John Moore/Getty Images hide caption
Mir, a Pakistani man who used to live in Xinjiang, China, clutches the hands of his two daughters. Since Chinese authorities detained his wife, he's been raising their two girls alone. "My mind just won't work," he says. "I sound incoherent, I can't think, I even forget what to say in my prayers." Diaa Hadid/NPR hide caption
Gert Berliner packed this toy monkey in a suitcase when he fled for his life nearly 80 years ago. It's now part of the collection at the Jewish Museum Berlin. Jacobia Dahm for NPR hide caption
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Attorney Michael Avenatti after participating in a city-sponsored panel discussion in July in West Hollywood, Cal. David McNew/Getty Images hide caption
Toxic gases rise from cracks in the Leilani Estates subdivision near Pahoa, Hawaii, during this year's eruption of the Kilauea volcano. Jae C. Hong/AP hide caption
Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz. (left), and Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., speak to members of the media during a news conference Wednesday on the Special Counsel Independence and Integrity Act. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos faces a new lawsuit filed on Tuesday. It alleges the Dept. of Education has failed to comply with the Borrowers Defense rule, a student loan forgiveness program that would automatically cancel debt for borrowers whose schools have closed. Mark Wilson/Getty Images hide caption
Viola Davis stars as Veronica, a woman who loses her husband and gains a heist gang in Widows. Merrick Morton/Twentieth Century Fox hide caption
A malnourished child receives medical treatment in Sanaa, Yemen. Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images hide caption
President Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House Wednesday as he announces his support for the first major rewrite of the nation's criminal justice sentencing laws in a generation. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption
Golf professional Suzy Whaley is set to become the first female president of the PGA of America. Traci Edwards/PGA of America/AP hide caption
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Cal Fire firefighters comb through a house destroyed by the Camp Fire in Paradise, Calif. on Tuesday. Terray Sylvester/Reuters hide caption