Flowers are placed at the memorial to the victims of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings on April 20. Maddie Meyer/Getty Images hide caption
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Friday
National Guard soldiers take part in desert training at Fort Irwin, Calif. Tom Bowman hide caption
U.S. Army To Soldiers As Training Resumes: 'Get Your Masks On'
Thursday
Federal officers are surrounded by smoke as they push back demonstrators during a Black Lives Matter protest at the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse on Wednesday in Portland, Ore. Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP hide caption
Analysts Say Armed Groups At Protests Raise Specter Of A 'Street War'
Wednesday
Defense Secretary Mark Esper, pictured earlier this month, announced a drawdown of U.S. troops in Germany on Wednesday. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Monday
Caskets on display at Serenity Funeral Home in Kansas City, Mo., where many of the city's homicide victims are memorialized. Frank Morris/KCUR hide caption
The Department of Justice is marking 150 years this month and some former employees and officials say the time has come for reforms in its relationship with the White House. Jose Luis Magana/AP hide caption
Then-Vice President Joe Biden shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Dec. 4, 2013. "I've traveled 17,000 miles with him," Biden told attendees at a campaign rally in Nevada earlier this year. Lintao Zhang/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Biden's Foreign Policy Is All About Relationships. That's Harder Amid A Pandemic
Saturday
President Trump arrives for a news conference at the White House on Thursday in Washington, D.C. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption
Friday
This photo, reviewed by the U.S. military and made during an escorted visit, shows the original military courtroom at the U.S. Navy base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, on April 9, 2014. Mladen Antonov/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Fort Bragg in North Carolina is one of 10 bases that are named after Confederate military leaders. Chris Seward/AP hide caption
A Global Entry Trusted Traveler Network kiosk awaits arriving international passengers who are registered for the service at Los Angeles International Airport in 2010. Reed Saxon/AP hide caption
Thursday
Gen. John "Jay" Raymond, with President Trump and Defense Secretary Mark Esper during a ceremony to establish the U.S. Space Command last summer. Carolyn Kaster/AP hide caption
Federal police stand guard on Salmon Street after pushing protesters away from the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse on Tuesday in Portland, Ore. The federal police response to the ongoing protests against racial inequality has been criticized by city and state elected officials. Nathan Howard/Getty Images hide caption
Border Patrol Response To Portland Unrest: Straying From Mission Or Continuing One?
Members of the Puget Sound John Brown Gun Club hold a memorial service for Willem van Spronsen on July 28, 2019, at the site where he was killed by law enforcement outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Tacoma, Washington. Jim Urquhart for NPR hide caption
'I Am Antifa': One Activist's Violent Death Became A Symbol For The Right And Left
People protest against the military coup in Istanbul on July 16, 2016. Turkish military forces on July 16 opened fire on crowds gathered in Istanbul following a coup attempt, causing casualties, an AFP photographer said. OZAN KOSE/AFP via Getty Images hide caption