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Monday

Trying to prove a point that little has changed, White House press secretary Sean Spicer holds up highlighted papers about the National Security Council. But that's not quite true. Carolyn Kaster/AP hide caption

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Wednesday

Monday

White House press secretary Sean Spicer delivers his first press briefing in the Brady Briefing Room on Saturday. Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Delusions Or Deceptions? White House 'Alternative Facts' Rile Press

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Saturday

Reform Party presidential candidate Pat Buchanan, flanked by his wife Shelly, gives the thumbs-up to supporters after his speech at the Reform Party National Convention in Long Beach, Calif. in August 2000. Scott Nelson/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Saturday

Tuesday

Young people have always used language in new and different ways, and it has pretty much always driven older people crazy. Renee Klahr hide caption

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Renee Klahr

Why It's Literally Not Wrong To Say 'Literally'

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Monday

Chicago police Commander Kevin Duffin, speaking during a news conference in Chicago Thursday, describes the kidnapping and hate crime charges filed against four black people who attacked a white man and livestreamed it on Facebook. Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune/Getty Images hide caption

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Sunday

Friday

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un looks at a warhead component being developed for a ballistic missile, at an unidentified location in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency on March 15, 2016. KCNA/Reuters hide caption

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President-elect Donald Trump talks to reporters at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., last month. He met Friday with top U.S. intelligence officials about Russian interference in the election. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption

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Wednesday

Kesha Wilson holds her 1-year-old son, Kamiyan Cooper, while family nurse practitioner Terrance James makes notes as part of an examination, at a county health center in Portland, Ore., in 2012. Rick Bowmer/AP hide caption

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Friday

Close friends and family take part in the graveside burial service for Ethel Lance, one of the nine people killed by Dylann Roof in June 2015. Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images hide caption

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Tuesday

Security Officials Question Russia's Intention On Election Hack

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Monday