The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said concerns were raised with the information released by AstraZeneca on initial clinical trial data. Matthias Schrader/AP hide caption
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Shoppers who were trapped inside the store during a mass shooting are escorted out. Hart W. Van Denburg/Colorado Public Radio hide caption
President Biden campaigned on a proposal for a massive infrastructure plan to transform the economy and on the idea that he could work with Republicans. Trying to bring the infrastructure plan into reality forces a key decision on bipartisanship. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
Building A Big Infrastructure Plan, Biden Starts With A Bridge To Republicans
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Fed Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a House committee hearing on Sept. 23, 2020 in Washington, D.C. Powell, along with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, is set to appear before the House again on Tuesday to discuss relief aid and the state of the economy. Pool/Getty Images hide caption
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, waves to supporters as he tours the Mahane Yehuda market while campaigning a day before national elections, in Jerusalem on Monday. Oren Ben Hakoon/AP hide caption
A Census Bureau survey found that the number of households that said they were homeschooling doubled last year. Eric Baradat/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A U.S. satellite captures cloud cover over North America on Monday. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced it has upgraded its weather forecasting model to use more satellite weather data. GOES-East CONUS/NOAA/NASA hide caption
NOAA Upgrades Forecasts As Climate Change Drives More Severe Storms
Republican Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks took office in January after the Iowa State Board of Canvassers certified her victory over Democratic candidate Rita Hart. She won by six votes after a full recount. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images hide caption
Marty Walsh is seen testifying at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee as part of his nomination to head the Labor Department on Feb. 4 in Washington, D.C. Walsh was confirmed by the Senate as the Labor secretary on Monday. Pool/Getty Images hide caption
Marty Walsh, Boston Mayor With Union Roots, Confirmed As Labor Secretary At Key Time
A protester near China's consulate in Istanbul on March 8. Ozan Kose/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Lina Khan, here at her home in Larchmont, N.Y., in 2017, has been nominated to the Federal Trade Commission. An Rong Xu/The Washington Post via Getty Images hide caption
Fencing remains in place around the U.S. Capitol complex after the Jan. 6 insurrection. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images hide caption
Opening arguments are slated to begin in former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin's murder trial on March 29. Here, people march near the Minnesota state Capitol to honor George Floyd on Friday in St. Paul, Minn. Stephen Maturen/Getty Images hide caption
Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud proposed a ceasefire for Yemen on Monday, speaking from Riyadh, the Saudi capital. Fayez Nureldine/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A record low number of homes for sale is pushing up prices and making it harder for first-time buyers to afford homeownership. Gene J. Puskar/AP hide caption
Texas Roadhouse founder and CEO Kent Taylor died by suicide last week after experiencing symptoms related to COVID-19, including severe tinnitus. The restaurant chain he launched in 1993 now has more than 600 locations across the United States. Ron Bath/Texas Roadhouse via AP hide caption
A paramilitary police officer talks next to a screen showing frontier soldiers of the People's Liberation Army during an event at a primary school in Wuzhishan, Hainan province, China, on Feb. 22. On the screen are (L-R) Qi Fabao, who was seriously wounded in the border clash with Indian troops in June last year, and four who were killed: Chen Hongjun, Chen Xiangrong, Xiao Siyuan and Wang Zhuoran. China Daily/via Reuters hide caption
A landscape view seen in the Balukhali camp in Cox's Bazar, taken two years ago. A massive fire has swept through the camp, destroying hundreds of dwellings. Kazi Salahuddin Razu/NurPhoto via Getty Images hide caption
The U.S. Supreme Court will review a lower court's decision from last summer that vacated the six death sentences imposed on Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Here, artist Jane Flavell Collins pulls down her courtroom sketches outside the Moakley U.S. Courthouse in Boston after Tsarnaev was sentenced. John Blanding/Boston Globe via Getty Images hide caption
It's impossible to know how often college students are getting vaccinated. Rumors of it happening illegitimately are widespread, but many situations aren't so duplicitous upon closer examination, because the vaccinated students are actually eligible, because they work in labs or health care settings, or have underlying health issues that make them high risk for severe COVID-19. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption