Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., has said she plans to fight for the inclusion of paid family leave in Democrats' spending bill. Samuel Corum/Getty Images hide caption
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President Biden participates in a CNN town hall at the Baltimore Center Stage Pearlstone Theater, on Oct. 21. When asked whether the U.S. would protect Taiwan if China attacked, he said the U.S. has a "commitment" to do so. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption
Wednesday
Tuesday
Skimpflation is giving you less for your money. Pixabay hide caption
Wednesday
An artistic portrayal of the changing demographics of the United States. LA Johnson/NPR hide caption
Monday
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell points to Iraqi airbases at a Pentagon briefing on Jan. 23, 1991. Powell became a household name during the first Gulf War. Greg Gibson/AP hide caption
Sen. Joe McCarthy, R-Wis., testifies during hearings in Washington, D.C., on June 9, 1954. McCarthy stands before a map that charts alleged communist activity in the United States. Getty Images hide caption
Sunday
Demonstrators gather outside the Massachusetts State House in Boston to protest COVID-19 vaccination and mask mandates. The political divide on the issue is only deepening, as Republican leaders of other states take more steps to thwart mandates. Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Saturday
United States Border Patrol agents on horseback try to stop Haitian migrants from entering an encampment on the banks of the RÃo Grande near the Acuña Del RÃo International Bridge in Del RÃo, Texas on Sept. 19. PAUL RATJE/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Thursday
Author Jocelyn Nicole Johnson alongside the cover of her new book, My Monticello. Billy Hunt hide caption
Wednesday
A young Native American woman sits in a museum display case alongside artifacts and human remains. Gabriella Trujillo for NPR hide caption
Tuesday
Goran K. Hansson (C), Permanent Secretary of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, and Nobel Economics Prize committee members Peter Fredriksson (L) and Eva Mork (R) give a press conference to announce the winners of the 2021 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. CLAUDIO BRESCIANI/TT NEWS AGENCY/AFP via Getty Ima hide caption
Tuesday
The Baron de Mackau of France presenting demands to Jean-Pierre Boyer, President of Haiti, in 1825 Wikipedia hide caption
Monday
Taliban fighters patrol a neighborhood in search for a man accused in a stabbing incident, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021. Felipe Dana/AP hide caption
Thursday
#FreeBritney activists rally at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse in Los Angeles during the Britney Spears conservatorship hearing Wednesday. Chelsea Guglielmino/Getty Images hide caption