Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson poses for a portrait on Feb. 18, 2022. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption
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White House Counsel Pat Cipollone, left, is seen with Keith Kellog, center, national security adviser to Vice President Mike Pence, watching Marine One carrying President Donald Trump leave the White House ahead of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration on Jan. 20, 2021. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Proud Boys leader Henry "Enrique" Tarrio wears a hat that says The War Boys during a rally in Portland, Ore., Sept. 26, 2020. Tarrio, the former top leader of the Proud Boys, will remain jailed while awaiting trial on charges that he conspired with other members of the far-right extremist group to attack the U.S. Capitol. Allison Dinner/AP hide caption
The science isn't entirely settled on whether a rapid antigen test indicates whether a person is still contagious. Massimiliano Finzi/Getty Images hide caption
The Three Mile Island nuclear power plant shut down in 2019. Exelon Generation blamed the closure on a lack of state subsidies. Such subsidies are growing amid concerns that such closures abet climate change. Matt Rourke/AP hide caption
Students stand outside Oxford High School, near memorial items that were placed after the November 2021 shooting that took place at the Michigan school. Paul Sancya/AP hide caption
R&B singer R. Kelly leaves the Leighton Criminal Court Building following a hearing on June 26, 2019 in Chicago. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption
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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg listens at an event in Philadelphia, on Jan. 14, 2022. Matt Rourke/AP hide caption
The Federalist Society's Leonard Leo speaks to media at Trump Tower in 2016. Carolyn Kaster/AP hide caption
Barista Steph Achter, who led the union campaign at the Milwaukee café now known as Likewise, has worked in different coffee shops for 17 years and wants others to be able to make a career of it as well. Darren Hauck for NPR hide caption
People attend the 2022 New York City Pride Parade. Roy Rochlin/Getty Images hide caption
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China's President Xi Jinping delivers a speech after arriving for the upcoming handover anniversary by train in Hong Kong, Thursday, June 30, 2022. Selim Chtayti/AP hide caption
Incoming Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos Jr., left, and outgoing President Rodrigo Duterte, right, attend Marcos' inauguration ceremony in Manila, Philippines, Thursday, June 30, 2022. Francis R. Malasig/AP hide caption
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Berlin, Germany, on June 24, 2022. Mika Savolainen/Getty Images hide caption
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The Supreme Court has saved two of its biggest cases for last. One could alter the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. The other will decide the fate of the "Remain in Mexico" policy. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption
Supreme Court hands defeat to Native American Tribes in Oklahoma
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Flowers in support of the Bruce family and George Floyd stand at Bruce's Beach in April in Manhattan Beach, Calif. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Sen. Bernie Sanders in Staten Island, New York on April 24, 2022. Kena Betancur/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
