Immigration and Customs Enforcement Acting Director Thomas Homan. His agency has issued a new guidelines on arrests at courthouses. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
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Mick Mulvaney, acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in November 2017. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption
A man waves a Syrian flag during a rally last year in Allentown, Pa., which has one of the largest Syrian populations in the U.S. Julio Cortez/AP hide caption
The Gun Owners of America – which has been described as a more extreme version of the NRA – recruited members for its New York chapter at the Albany Gun Show. Lauren Rosenthal/NCPR hide caption
In New York, Gun Owners Balk At New Handgun Database
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Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen waits for a hearing of the Joint Economic Committee in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 29, 2017. Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
With Focus On Unemployment, Yellen Led Fed Through Tough Balancing Act
(Left) United States' Becca Hamilton releases the stone during a match against Switzerland in the Women's World Curling Championship in Beijing on March 23, 2017. (Right) Becca's brother, Matt Hamilton, delivers a stone during the bronze medal game USA vs Japan at the World Men's Curling Championships on April 10, 2016. Mark Schiefelbein/AP; Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
It's In Their Blood: Siblings Eye 1st Mixed Curling Gold At Winter Olympics
President Trump's State of the Union address is broadcast at a railway station in Seoul, South Korea, on Wednesday. The White House is no longer considering Victor Cha for the South Korea ambassadorship. Lee Jin-man/AP hide caption
Larry Nassar is in court again for a third and final sentencing hearing in Michigan. So far, more than 250 women and girls have accused him of sexual abuse. Paul Sancya/AP hide caption
FBI Director Christopher Wray. The bureau warns it has "grave concerns" about the "accuracy" of the Republican surveillance memo at the center of a partisan whirlwind in Washington. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., smiles as he leaves federal court in November. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
Chickens are carried through a poultry slaughterhouse on mechanical arms. Alice Welch/U.S. Department of Agriculture hide caption
Brenda Fitzgerald, Georgia Department of Public Health commissioner, and Gov. Nathan Deal respond to questions about Ebola victims at Emory University Hospital and efforts to screen for Ebola in 2014. A report in Politico revealed documents showing several new investments, including in a tobacco company, by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Brenda Fitzgerald. David Tulis/AP hide caption
President Trump claps at his first State of the Union address, to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday in the House chamber of the U.S. Capitol. Win McNamee/AP hide caption