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President Barack Obama celebrates with lawmakers after signing into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act health insurance bill in March 2010. Jewel Samad/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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The Top Moments From A Decade That Reshaped American Politics

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, right, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer wait on stage together at the University of Louisville's McConnell Center before Schumer's scheduled speech last year. Bill Pugliano/Getty Images hide caption

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Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks as Sen. Bernie Sanders listens during the Democratic Presidential Debate on Nov. 20, 2019 in Atlanta. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption

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Friday

Presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren addresses her supporters in Manchester, N.H., at a Nov. 23 event. Preston Ehrler/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images hide caption

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Wednesday

The impeachment proceedings against President Trump have featured testimony by U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland on a key cellphone conversation with Trump regarding Ukraine. Sondland is seen here being sworn in last month. Susan Walsh/AP hide caption

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Presidential Impeachments Mirror Technological Advances; This Time, It's Smartphones

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Tuesday

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CHART: Democratic Governors Make A Big Comeback Under Trump

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Sunday

Jeff Jonas sits at a computer, creating software that not only tracked the fish from The Mirage but allowed the casino to make better decisions about how it stocked the tank. Eventually, this system would become known as Non-Obvious Relationship Awareness — NORA. Olivia Fields for NPR hide caption

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Can A Computer Catch A Spy?

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Wednesday

Mark Sandy, from the Office of Management and Budget, arrives to the U.S. Capitol earlier this month for a deposition regarding whether President Trump ordered a hold on military assistance to Ukraine. Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images hide caption

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