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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis watches as nurse Christine Philips (left) administers the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for COVID-19 to Vera Leip, 88, a resident of John Knox Village, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020, in Pompano Beach, Fla. Marta Lavandier/AP hide caption
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Susan Rice, President Biden's domestic policy adviser, discusses his racial equity agenda Tuesday at the White House. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo appeared through video conferencing Tuesday during a Senate hearing for her nomination as the next commerce secretary to oversee the Census Bureau. Jonathan Ernst/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Patti Herring sobs as she sorts through the remains of her home in Fultondale, Ala., on Tuesday, after her house was destroyed by a tornado. Jay Reeves/AP hide caption
Army Capt. Jennifer Peace, Army Staff Sgt. Patricia King (center) and Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Akira Wyatt attend a hearing on Transgender Service Policy on Capitol Hill in 2019. King and other trans troops have long fought for the right to serve openly prior to Trump's ban, and she hopes there is more legislation to follow Biden's repeal to ensure something like that does not happen again. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images hide caption
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Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte gestures as he replies to questions ahead of a confidence vote at the Senate on Jan. 19 at Palazzo Madama in Rome. Conte handed in his resignation on Tuesday. Yara Nardi/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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Suzan Mubarak and her boyfriend, Mitch Domier, live only a few miles apart in Bozeman, Mont., yet the pandemic has limited their ability to see each other in person. Louise Johns for KHN hide caption
Then-Vice President Biden, left, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, in Ramallah, Israeli-occupied West Bank, in 2016. Debbie Hill/AP hide caption
Mike Lindell, the CEO of My Pillow shown here during a 2019 conference, has been suspended from Twitter. Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Protesting farmers riding tractors shout slogans as they march to the capital during India's Republic Day celebrations on Tuesday in New Delhi. Altaf Qadri/AP hide caption
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