U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has not responded publicly to the letter seeking automatic student loan forgiveness for veterans who are permanently disabled. Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
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Saturday
U.S. Marine Tim Chambers salutes participants in last year's Rolling Thunder motorcycle demonstration. Jose Luis Magana/AP hide caption
Tuesday
A magazine's cover line in Beijing asks, "How will Trump the businessman change the world?" on Dec. 28, 2016, days after then President-elect Donald Trump tapped outspoken China critic Peter Navarro for a top trade position. Greg Baker/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Friday
Top government leaders told NPR that federal agencies are years behind where they could have been if Chinese cybertheft had been openly addressed earlier. Bill Hinton Photography/Getty Images hide caption
The 10,000 year old mammoth tusk at the Campbell Creek Science Center in Anchorage before it was stolen. Bob Wick/BLM via Flickr hide caption
Thursday
President Trump hands out pens after signing an executive order aimed at making it easier for companies to pursue oil and gas pipeline projects. The president addressed an audience at the International Union of Operating Engineers International Training and Education Center in Texas. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption
Wednesday
Some residents of the Israeli settlement Eli, shown here in 2016, have rented out properties there using Airbnb. David Vaaknin for The Washington Post/Getty Images hide caption
Magic Johnson fought back tears while he broke the news of his resignation from the LA Lakers on Tuesday. He said he hadn't told his boss yet because he knew he would cry "like a baby." Mark J. Terrill/AP hide caption
Tuesday
Election campaign billboards in Tel Aviv showing Israeli Prime Minister and head of the Likud party Benjamin Netanyahu (left), alongside the Blue and White alliance leaders Moshe Yaalon and Benny Gantz. Oded Balilty/AP hide caption
Virginia's Kyle Guy celebrates after helping his team defeat Texas Tech in the NCAA championship tournament. The title game finished in overtime – a first since the University of Kansas beat the University of Memphis in 2008. David J. Phillip/AP hide caption
Monday
On Friday, Big Cypress National Preserve announced in a post to Facebook that its team of researchers had discovered a 17-foot python, the largest one ever to be removed from the swamp. Big Cypress National Preserve/Screenshot by NPR hide caption
Protesters in Berlin carry a giant "rent shark" at a march against rent increases on Saturday. Michael Sohn/AP hide caption
Saturday
Pierre Comizzoli (right), reproductive physiologist at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, performs an artificial insemination on giant panda Mei Xiang March 29, 2019. Don Neiffer (left), chief veterinarian at the Smithsonian's National Zoo, performs for the procedure. (Roshan Patel/Smithsonian's National Zoo)/Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute hide caption
The strict abortion bill still needs one more person's stamp of approval before it becomes law – the state's governor, Brian Kemp. John Bazemore/AP hide caption