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Saturday

Members of the Taliban delegation gather ahead of Saturday's signing ceremony with the United States in the Qatari capital of Doha. Giuseppe Cacace/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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U.S. Signs Peace Deal With Taliban After Nearly 2 Decades Of War In Afghanistan

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Friday

Migrants, pictured in September 2019, apply for asylum in the United States in a tent courtroom in Laredo, Texas. On Jan. 2, the U.S. government began sending asylum-seekers back to Nogales, Mexico, to await court hearings that will be scheduled roughly 350 miles away in Juarez, Mexico. Eric Gay/AP hide caption

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Wednesday

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar testifies before a House Commerce subcommittee on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Wednesday. Azar has been leading the White House coronavirus task force. Susan Walsh/AP hide caption

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Tuesday

Attorney Cristobal Galindo, center, is accompanied by Jesus Hernandez, left, and Maria Guereca, and attorney Marion Reilly in front of the Supreme Court, in Nov. 2019. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption

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Judge Amy Berman Jackson, shown in a courtroom sketch, has been at the center of a series of high-profile Russia cases — most recently, one involving self-proclaimed "dirty trickster" Roger Stone. Dana Verkouteren/AP hide caption

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Spotlight Lands On Amy Berman Jackson, Judge In Stone Case, After A Lengthy Career

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Monday

Supporters of WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange hold U.S. and U.K. flags outside Woolwich Crown Court in southeast London on Monday as his extradition hearing begins. Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Friday

Soldiers of the 369th Infantry during World War I wear French "Adrian" helmets and use French-issued rifles and equipment. National Archives and Records Administration hide caption

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U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad attends the Intra-Afghan Dialogue talks in the Qatari capital, Doha, in July. Karim Jaafar/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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U.S., Afghanistan And Taliban Announce 7-Day 'Reduction In Violence'

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The Justice Department has placed a high national security priority on its probe of the shooting at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida, insisting that investigators must get access to data from two locked and encrypted iPhones that belonged to the alleged gunman, a Saudi aviation student. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption

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Trump Administration Targets Your 'Warrant-Proof' Encrypted Messages

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Thursday

Roger Stone, former adviser to President Trump, arrives at the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse on Thursday in Washington, D.C., with his wife, Nydia. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption

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U.S. Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell speaks during a news conference after a meeting with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic in Belgrade, Serbia, last month. Darko Vojinovic/AP hide caption

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Wednesday

Harvard University professor Charles Lieber leaves the Moakley Federal Courthouse in Boston late last month. Charles Krupa/AP hide caption

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