Members of the House and Senate raced to pass dueling spending bills ahead of a midnight deadline to fund the federal government. Nathan Howard/Getty Images hide caption
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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks at an event on the one-year launch of the Pandemic Fund, in New York City on Sept. 19. Bryan R. Smith/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., pauses as he addresses reporters about efforts to pass appropriations bills and avert a looming government shutdown at the U.S. Capitol on Friday. He is joined at right by House Homeland Security Chair Mark Green, R-Tenn., and Rep. Monica de la Cruz, R-Texas. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption
Emergency responders work the scene of semitruck crash in Teutopolis, Ill., on Saturday. Federal regulators confirmed they are reviewing the crash of a semitruck carrying a toxic substance in central Illinois, resulting in "multiple fatalities" and dangerous air conditions that prompted the evacuation of area residents. NewsNation-WTWO via AP hide caption
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A stoplight is seen in front of the dome of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Thursday. The government has begun to inform workers of an impending shutdown that could see millions of federal employees and military personnel sent home or working without pay. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A person rides their e-bike along a flooded Coney Island Avenue amid a coastal storm on Friday in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn borough New York City. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images hide caption
The Kyiv Lavra is one of the holiest sites in Orthodox Christianity. In March, clergy aligned with Moscow's patriarch were ousted from some areas of the monastery complex. Brian Mann/NPR hide caption
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Inside the workshop where presidential flags are lovingly made, mostly by immigrants
U.S. President Joe Biden's dog, Commander, is walked on the south side of the White House before a signing ceremony for the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 on August 9, 2022 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
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The White House chief of staff says it's on House Republicans to avert a shutdown
Barbara Hoctor Lynch, right, is pictured cohosting All Things Considered with Noah Adams at a studio in a former NPR building in Washington, D.C., during the 1970s. Art Silverman hide caption
Senator Dianne Feinstein, a Democrat from California who was first elected in 1992, died Thursday at the age of 90. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Here's why Californians are likely to vote 4 times on Feinstein's replacement
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Dianne Feinstein, the longest serving woman in the Senate, has died at 90
Pharmacists who work for CVS have staged a walkout in the Kansas City metro area, protesting what they say are unreasonable work conditions. In this file photo, a CVS store is seen in Jackson, Miss. Rogelio V. Solis/AP hide caption
In this image made from video from Judge Scott McAfee's virtual Zoom hearing, Scott Graham Hall, left, stands with his attorney Jeff Weiner, right, in Superior Court of Fulton County before Judge McAfee on Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, in Atlanta. USA Today via AP, Pool hide caption
Baltimore Archbishop William Lori leads a funeral Mass in Baltimore on March 28, 2017. Patrick Semansky/AP hide caption
Ryan McKinny and Joyce DiDonato star in the Metropolitan Opera's new production of Dead Man Walking, which opened Tuesday at the Met in New York. Karen Almond/Courtesy of the Metropolitan Opera hide caption
Kate Box as Dulcie Collins in Deadloch. Prime Video hide caption
The famous Sycamore Gap tree along Hadrian's Wall in northern England is seen in June, at top, and the new landscape on Thursday after someone cut the tree down. Oli Scarff/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Michael Oher speaks to the media during the first day of the Carolina Panthers' offseason conditioning program in Charlotte, N.C., April 20, 2015. Oher, the former NFL tackle known for the movie "The Blind Side," filed a petition Aug. 14, 2023, in a Tennessee court accusing Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy of having him sign papers making them his conservators rather than his adoptive parents. Chuck Burton/AP hide caption
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Rapper Tupac Shakur attends a voter registration event in South Central Los Angeles, Aug. 15, 1996. Las Vegas police said they have made an arrest, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, for the first time in the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur. Frank Wiese/AP hide caption
A judge's ruling that Donald Trump committed fraud as he built his real-estate empire could strip the former president of his authority to make major decisions about the future of his marquee properties in New York. Artie Walker Jr./AP hide caption
Joie Henney and his emotional support alligator, Wally, were denied entry to a Phillies' game at Citizens Bank Park on Wednesday — but hope to be invited back soon. Joie Henney hide caption
Migrants are seen standing in Lampedusa's migrant reception center on Sept. 14. The reception center in Italy's southernmost island of Lampedusa has been overwhelmed in recent weeks with transferring to the mainland thousands of migrants arriving on small, flimsy boats. Valeria Ferraro/AP hide caption
Sam Smith performs a Tiny Desk concert Friday, Aug. 4, 2023, at NPR's headquarters in Washington, D.C. Michael Zamora/NPR/NPR hide caption
PEPFAR, the U.S. multibillion dollar effort to fight HIV/AIDS, funds organizations such as the Coptic hospital in Nairobi, Kenya. PEPFAR, in the cross-hairs of abortion opponents, will likely not be reauthorized, though partners would continue to receive funding. Brent Stirton/Getty Images hide caption
Labor supporters and UAW members walk along a picket line during a strike outside of the Stellantis Chrysler Los Angeles Parts Distribution Center in Ontario, Calif., on Sept. 26, 2023. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Why the Obama era 'car czar' thinks striking autoworkers risk overplaying their hand
Emily Gebel was diagnosed with breast cancer in early 2022. After Gebel moved her treatment from Seattle to Alaska, where she lived, she discovered it was priced much higher in her home state. Ash Adams/KFF Health News hide caption
An aerial view of the historic Tuskegee VA hospital campus. It was established in 1923 specifically to treat Black veterans on land donated by nearby Tuskegee Institute, now Tuskegee University. National Archives hide caption
A father walks with his son in Derna, Libya, with smoke caused by a sanitation truck visible in the background. Concerns are rising about the spread of infectious diseases after fatal floods in Derna earlier this month. Amr Alfiky/Reuters hide caption
An after school mountain biking club in Farmington, a town that's trying to diversify away from just oil and gas. Kirk Siegler/NPR hide caption
Fossil fuel rules catch Western towns between old economies and new green goals
On Doja Cat's fourth album, Scarlet, she delights in playing the "demon" her haters and fans accuse her of being. Illustration by Jackie Lay hide caption