House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi speaks to a reporter as she and Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer walk back into the West Wing after speaking to members of the media outside of the White House in Washington, D.C., Tuesday. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption
Michael Ferro's actions contributed to a series of crises at Tribune Publishing, where he was its chairman and largest investor. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
After months of gridlock, lawmakers have reached a deal on a bill overhauling how Congress handles sexual harassment claims. Zach Gibson/Getty Images hide caption
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Michael Cohen, (right) Donald Trump's former lawyer, arrives at federal court, with his children Jake and Samantha, for his sentencing in New York on Wednesday. Julio Cortez/AP hide caption
Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May leaves No. 10 Downing St. to attend the weekly Prime Ministers' Questions session on Wednesday. Tim Ireland/AP hide caption
British Prime Minister Theresa May returns to No. 10 Downing St. after the no-confidence vote in London. May ultimately won that vote Wednesday and retained her leadership role in the Conservative Party. Leon Neal/Getty Images hide caption
An Australian flag flies outside Bandyup Women's Prison where a woman was forced to give birth alone in a locked prison cell despite pleading for help for more than an hour, according to a newly released report. Paul Kane/Getty Images hide caption
Pope Francis in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Wednesday. Two cardinals with ties to the Catholic Church's sex abuse scandals are no longer on his advisory panel. Andrew Medichini/AP hide caption
A highly potent synthetic opioid, fentanyl is often mixed in to other drugs sold on the street, including pills, heroin and even cocaine. Towfiqu Photography/Getty Images hide caption
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., sponsored the resolution to withdraw U.S. military aid from the war in Yemen with Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah. He argues the move will garner international notice as the conflict continues. Zach Gibson/Getty Images hide caption
Teens' biological clock drives them to stay up late and sleep in. Most school start times don't accommodate that drive. Jasper Cole/Getty Images hide caption
Officer Christian Bruckhart collects used needles from a vacant site in his patrol area in New Haven, Conn. Ryan Caron King/Connecticut Public Radio hide caption
Sea ice is seen from NASA's Operation IceBridge research aircraft off the northwest coast of Greenland in March 2017. A new report says rapid warming over the past three decades has led to a 95 percent decline of the Arctic's oldest and thickest ice. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption
Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto at a city climate action event in San Francisco in September. Peduto is representing U.S. mayors at the United Nations climate meeting underway in Katowice, Poland, this week. Josh Edelson /AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Keri Blakinger spent nearly two years incarcerated on narcotics charges before becoming a criminal justice reporter for the Houston Chronicle. Nicole Hensley/Houston Chronicle hide caption
In the 1940s, Rosanell Eaton became one of the first African Americans in North Carolina to successfully register to vote sicne Reconstruction. In her 90s, she became a vocal opponent of the state's voter ID laws, which disproportionately affected black voters. The Washington Post/Getty Images hide caption
Shauna Pelfrey talks to her husband, Dorian, while preparing for his dialysis appointment. Lynsey Weatherspoon for NPR hide caption
Jobs with CBP have been notoriously difficult to fill, in large part because of the polygraph exam applicants are required to undergo. John Moore/Getty Images hide caption
Contractors work to reinforce a section of the U.S. border wall in San Diego where scores of Central American migrants have crossed illegally in recent weeks, shot through the fence from Tijuana, Mexico. Rebecca Blackwell/AP hide caption
A French soldier stands guard at the Christmas market in Strasbourg, in front of the city's cathedral, as police conduct a search for a man suspected of opening fire on a crowd the night before. Patrick Hertzog/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
A map provided by the U.S. Geological Survey shows the region that felt Wednesday's magnitude 4.4 earthquake. U.S. Geological Survey hide caption
When Kendra Beaudoin first got to the University of Michigan campus, she didn't understand crosswalks: "Those don't exist where I lived." Diane Weiss for The Hechinger Report hide caption
Former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn leaves federal courthouse in Washington in July, following a status hearing. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP hide caption