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White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre says the U.S. Office of Special Counsel's finding that she violated the Hatch Act is "retroactive," adding that she was "given the green light to actually say the comments that I made." She is seen here during Wednesday's daily briefing at the White House. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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State courts in every state highlighted on this map have cited cases involving enslaved people in the 1980s or later. Citing Slavery Project, Michigan State University hide caption
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The Mississippi police officer who shot and wounded the unarmed boy has been suspended without pay during an investigation, a city official said. Here, this December 2022 photo provided by Nakala Murry shows her 11-year-old son Aderrien Murry, who was shot and wounded by an Indianola, Miss., Police Department officer on May 20, 2023, during a domestic disturbance call at the family's home. AP hide caption
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Miami Mayor Francis Suarez speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference in March at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption
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This image released by Knopf shows Robert Gottlieb. Gottlieb, the inspired and eclectic literary editor whose brilliant career was launched with Joseph Heller's Catch-22 and continued for decades with such Pulitzer Prize-winning classics as Toni Morrison's Beloved and Robert Caro's The Power Broker, has died at age 92. Michael Lionstar/Knopf via AP hide caption
Phoebe White plays her guitar and sings tunes from her new album at her home in London, Ky. Cheri Lawson/WEKU hide caption
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