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An unhoused individual sleeps under an American flag blanket in New York City on Sept. 10, 2013. In 2021, approximately 11% of Americans lived below the federal poverty line. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption

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Republican state Rep. Mallerie Stromswold votes on a bill on the house floor of the Montana state Capitol on Friday, Jan. 13, 2023. Thom Bridge, Independent Record hide caption

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Can moderates survive state politics? In Montana, they may be going extinct

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Vladislav Goldin of the Florida Atlantic Owls dunks in front of Demetre Roberts of the Fairleigh Dickinson Knights on Sunday in Columbus, Ohio. FAU dispatched the Cinderella Knights from the 2023 NCAA tournament. Andy Lyons/Getty Images hide caption

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The shadow of a pedestrian is seen walking past the headquarters of the Los Angeles Unified School District. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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LA schools are shuttered as union workers begin a massive 3-day strike

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Avi Kwa Ame, also known as Spirit Mountain, as seen across the desert from an area near the Castle Mountains in Feb. 2016. President Biden is declaring the area as a national monument. Zuma Press, Inc./Alamy hide caption

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Biden is creating new national monuments to protect land in Nevada and Texas

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Then-President George W. Bush addressed the nation March 19, 2003, in the Oval Office of the White House. Bush announced the U.S. military struck at "targets of opportunity" in Iraq. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption

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Samuel Camacho, a health insurance navigator with the Universal Health Care Action Network of Ohio, assists people in enrolling for or renewing Medicaid. Maddie McGarvey for NPR hide caption

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Medicaid renewals are starting. Those who don't reenroll could get kicked off

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Activists light candles outside the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the U.S. invasion that launched the Iraq War in 2003. Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Win Without War hide caption

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Iraq vets reflect on a war Americans have largely put behind them

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Rolling Stone Editor-in-Chief Noah Shachtman (left) omitted a key fact from an October story about an FBI raid on the home of national security journalist James Gordon Meek (right). Riccardo Savi/Getty Images for Concordia Summit; Michael Le Brecht/ABC via Getty Images hide caption

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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a news conference at his official residence in Tokyo on March 17, 2023. Kishida was seen Tuesday, March 21, heading to Kyiv for talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Yoshikazu Tsuno/AP hide caption

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French journalist Olivier Dubois left, and Jeffery Woodke, right, are seen as they arrive at the Diori Hamani International Airport in Niamey on Monday. Souleymane AG Anara/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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The First Republic Bank sign is shown in Oakland, Calif., in front of one of the lender's offices on March 16, 2023. First Republic shares continued to fall on Monday amid concerns about its financial health. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption

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Assistant State Attorney Pascale Achille gives her closing rebuttal with a photograph of suspected shooting accomplice Dedrick Williams displayed on a courtroom monitor March 8 in the XXXTentacion murder trial at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP hide caption

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