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Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., performed the Heimlich maneuver on Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa as she was choking Thursday during a closed-door GOP lunch. Here, Paul and Ernst look over a folder provided to them by the White House, during a luncheon in 2017 in the State Dinning Room of the White House. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP hide caption

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Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in 2008 at the Woodrow Wilson Center's inauguration of the Kissinger Institute on China and the U.S. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption

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The J. Edgar Hoover FBI Building, home of the FBI's headquarters, is seen on June 9, 2023, in Washington, D.C. The General Services Administration's inspector general is investigating the decision to build a new HQ in Maryland. Alex Brandon/AP file photo hide caption

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The Phillips family with their new favorite player, Jesse Luketa. J.W. Phillips hide caption

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Fans gave NFL linebacker Jesse Luketa a lift to the game after he got a flat tire

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Members of the Korean American Federation of Los Angeles drive with signs reading: "#Stop Asian Hate," in a caravan around Koreatown to denounce hate against the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities in Los Angeles on March 19, 2021. Damian Dovarganes/AP hide caption

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Leslie McIntire, 69, is part of the baby boomer generation that is entering older age amid a historic affordable housing shortage and rising wealth inequality in the U.S. Keren Carrión/NPR hide caption

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Millions of seniors struggle to afford housing — and it's about to get a lot worse

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This GOES-East GeoColor satellite image taken June 2 shows Tropical Storm Arlene, the first named storm of the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration via AP hide caption

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Tesla's Cybertruck, pictured here during its design reveal in Hawthorne, Calif., in 2019, is finally rolling out of factories a full two years after the initial delivery target. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Meta, the social media company that owns Facebook and Instagram, said Thursday that this year it has taken down five networks of fake accounts originating in China that aimed to influence politics in other countries. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption

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People gathered at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. in July at a rally held by the Center for Medicare Advocacy. They protested denials and delays in private Medicare Advantage plans. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption

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Shane MacGowan live onstage in 1988, courtesy of the documentary film Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds With Shane MacGowan. Andrew Catlin/Magnolia Pictures hide caption

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Shane MacGowan, irascible frontman of The Pogues, has died at age 65

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