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The White House in Washington, on Jan. 14, 2020. Steve Helber/AP hide caption
House managers accompany the articles of impeachment against President Trump as they are carried through the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol from the House of Representatives to the Senate on Jan. 15, 2020. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption
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Prince Harry (center left), Duke of Sussex, and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, join Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, at a service marking the centenary of the World War I armistice at Westminster Abbey on Nov. 11, 2018. WPA Pool/Getty Images hide caption
Robert Hyde posing with President Trump. Hyde has emerged as the latest figure in the impeachment saga following the release of messages in which he discusses surveillance of former U.S. Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch. hydeforcongress.com hide caption
Ken Starr cheers with Baylor University students before a 2012 game against the University of Kansas Jayhawks in Waco, Texas. Cooper Neill/Getty Images hide caption
Protester Connor Czora spoke out on behalf of transgender students at the 2020 Women's March in Washington, D.C. Isabella Gomez Sarmiento/NPR hide caption
Containers are stacked at the port in Qingdao, in China's eastern Shandong province. A new trade deal dictates that China buy more from the U.S., but that has other trading partners worried. STR/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Kirkenes Harbor is currently quiet, but the mayor hopes to build it into a logistical hub 250 miles north of the Arctic Circle. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption
The Diner, which is a project of Meals on Wheels People in Vancouver, Wash., provides community in addition to meals for seniors enrolled in the program. Tom Cook/Courtesy Meals on Wheels People hide caption
A Very Stable Genius, by Philip Rucker and Carol Leonnig Penguin Press hide caption
3 Years In, 'A Very Stable Genius' Authors Say Trump Decisions Are 'More Chaotic'
Elk graze in Skagit Valley, an area north of Seattle, Wash., populated for centuries by Native Americans and, more recently, by farmers. Megan Farmer/KUOW hide caption
Levi Draheim, 11, wears a dust mask as he participates in a demonstration in Miami in July 2019. A lawsuit filed by him and other young people urging action against climate change was thrown out by a federal appeals court Friday. Wilfredo Lee/AP hide caption
The Supreme Court will examine Trump administration regulations that allow employers to claim exemptions to the contraceptive insurance coverage mandate in the Affordable Care Act. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption
A member of the station staff pushes a portable wheelchair lift along the platform at an Amtrak station in DeLand, Fla. The company says its policies for having to adjust or remove seats has changed. Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images hide caption
Amtrak Asks 2 People Who Use Wheelchairs To Pay $25,000 For A Ride
Alan Dershowitz told NPR on Friday he would make constitutional arguments for President Trump at his Senate impeachment trial. Mark Wilson/Getty Images hide caption
Brock Ervin holds a sign outside the Indiana House chamber before the 11 representatives of the Electoral College gathered on Dec. 19, 2016, in Indianapolis. The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear two cases challenging state attempts to penalize Electoral College delegates who fail to vote for the presidential candidate they were pledged to support. Darron Cummings/AP hide caption
Casper changed mattress shopping with the promise of a 100-night "risk-free" trial and easy returns. Now the cost of those returns is being scrutinized as the online company prepares to go public. Yana Paskova/The Washington Post via Getty Images hide caption
The Cost Of Free: Casper Pays A Price For Generous Mattress Returns
After an internal review of how foreign military students are screened, the U.S. Department of Defense says it will implement new security measures for prospective cadets. Josh Brasted/Getty Images hide caption
A woman carries a baby born on China's National Day, Oct. 1, 2019, at a hospital in Chengdu, China. Experts say that once-strict government restrictions on births is likely to place a burden on the country's economy. Visual China Group via Getty Images hide caption