The House and Senate have until midnight Friday to pass the spending deal to keep the federal government funded. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption
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Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, pictured right, announced Sunday that she'll retire from Congress at the end of her term next year. In this 2016 photo, Ros-Lehtinen, puts heart glasses on a dog at the ASPCA's Paws for Love Valentine's Day pet adoption event at the Capitol. Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call,Inc. hide caption
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte talks with reporters in Manila on Friday. President Donald Trump invited Duterte to the White House in a phone call this weekend, despite concerns about the leader's violent war on drugs. Bullit Marquez/AP hide caption
President Trump signs executive orders on tax reform alongside Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin, Sen. David Perdue, R-Georgia, and Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-N.Y., at the Treasury Department April 21. Gabriella Demczuk for The New York Times hide caption
A sentiment analysis of President Trump's tweets gives a glimpse in to the president's first 100 days. Chelsea Beck/NPR hide caption
Bangladeshi activists mark the fourth anniversary of the Rana Plaza building collapse at the site where the building once stood in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka, on April 24. STR/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Judah (left) and Josh Ridgeway drill a hole in the Tanana River at Nenana, Alaska to measure the thickness of the ice on April 13th. Dan Bross/KUAC hide caption
Listen to Kristin Laurel read her poem
Here's a kale salad and sweet potato that did get their portraits taken in the name of medical research. Courtesy of Brandie Jefferson hide caption
The Daily Show correspondent Hasan Minhaj stands at the head table during the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner in Washington on Saturday. Cliff Owen/AP hide caption
Saturday
President Donald Trump gives a thumbs-up to the audience behind him as he finishes speaking in Harrisburg, Pa., on Saturday. Carolyn Kaster/AP hide caption
An Iraqi security forces mechanical digger operates next to buildings destroyed during fighting in west Mosul. A U.S. service member was killed in an explosion outside the city on April 29. Carl Court/Getty Images hide caption