President Biden will sign executive orders Thursday that would revoke a Trump-era policy cutting funds to global organizations that offer abortion and to expand access to health insurance. Eric Gay/AP hide caption
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A sign in the Jonah Field advertises cheap rates at a deserted motel built for oil and gas workers. Kirk Siegler/NPR hide caption
A Wyoming County Predicts 'Total Economic Devastation' From Biden Leasing Ban
The Rio Grande as seen from the Gateway International Bridge in Matamoros, Mexico in 2019. A mother and her four daughters from Honduras crossed the river nearly three years ago to seek asylum. The daughters were released from a federally-funded shelter and placed with their father in Virginia. Their mother is currently in a shelter in Honduras. Veronica G. Cardenas/AP hide caption
Families Separated At Border Hope Biden Reunites Them, Bringing Deported Parents Back
Former President Donal Trump speaks from a Jumbotron screen as crowds gather for the "Stop the Steal" rally just before a mob descended on the Capitol. Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images hide caption
Rioters storm the Capitol on Jan. 6. Three individuals associated with an extremist group were indicted Wednesday on charges that include conspiracy and obstructing an official proceeding. John Minchillo/AP hide caption
Boeing is reporting a loss of $8.4 billion in the fourth quarter on weaker demand for planes during the pandemic. Ted S. Warren/AP hide caption
California's first surgeon general, Dr. Nadine Burke Harris, is sworn in by Gov. Gavin Newsom in February 2019. A leading voice on health care equity, she's helping shape the state's vaccination makeover following its rocky start. CA Governors Office. hide caption
The Department of Homeland Security issued a bulletin warning of a continued threat from domestic violent extremists "with objections to the exercise of governmental authority and the presidential transition." Paul J. Richards/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Linda Thomas-Greenfield appears before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing on her nomination to be the United States ambassador to the United Nations, Wednesday. Pool/Getty Images hide caption
Billye Aaron listens during "A Celebration of Henry Louis Aaron," a memorial service celebrating the life and enduring legacy of the late Hall of Famer and American icon at Truist Park in Atlanta. Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves via AP hide caption
A U.S. census worker sits in the plaza of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City in September. The Census Bureau announced Wednesday that the first results of the 2020 census are expected to be released by April 30. Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images hide caption
Ty Garbin, one of six defendants charged in an alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, appears at the time of his arrest in October. Garbin pleaded guilty to a single count of kidnapping conspiracy. Kent County Sheriff via AP hide caption
Former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, President Biden's nominee for energy secretary, speaks last month in Wilmington, Del. Carolyn Kaster/AP hide caption
Journalist Jon Fasman says local police departments are increasingly using powerful surveillance tools — with little oversight. Alexandra Schuler/picture alliance via Getty Images hide caption
Surveillance And Local Police: How Technology Is Evolving Faster Than Regulation
The first private excursion to the International Space Station includes a crew of former NASA astronaut Michael López-Alegría (from left) along with Canadian Mark Pathy, American Larry Connor and Israeli Eytan Stibbe. Axiom Space hide caption
Dr. Anthony Fauci, shown here earlier this month, participated on Wednesday in the Biden administration's coronavirus team's briefing. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption
A horizontal drilling rig and a pump jack sit on federal land in Lea County, N.M., in September. The state stands to lose royalties and revenue from a Biden administration pause on new oil and gas leases. Callaghan O'Hare/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
The Trump-era "zero tolerance" immigration policy has resulted in the separation of more than 3,000 children from their families after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. Ross D. Franklin/AP hide caption
Chicago Teachers Union leaders appear outside City Hall with a list of their demands and a box of coal in December. As of Tuesday, the union has failed to reach an agreement with Chicago Public Schools on a return to in-person learning. Max Herman/NurPhoto via Getty Images hide caption
Don't Call It A Comeback: School Districts That Never Opened Are Having Trouble Now
Allie Porter says a prayer at Children s Medical Group on West 35th Street on Wednesday, where Dr. Katherine Lindley Dodson was murdered. Dodson served as the doctor for Porter's children. Jay Janner/USA TODAY Network via Reuters hide caption
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks on the phone last month. Putin and President Biden discussed several tense issues facing the two countries in a phone call Tuesday. Alexei Nikolsky/TASS via Getty Images hide caption