Residents of the District of Columbia rally for statehood Monday near the U.S. Capitol ahead of a House committee hearing on the effort. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
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Roberta Jacobson, the White House coordinator for the southern border, addresses migration issues during a daily press briefing this month. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas addresses a press briefing this month. Mayorkas has tried to discourage migrants from coming north and blamed the Trump administration for dismantling the system that processes and cares for them. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption
Despite 'Ample Warning,' U.S. Was Unprepared For Latest Surge Of Migrant Children
Fencing remains in place around the U.S. Capitol complex after the Jan. 6 insurrection. Tasos Katopodis/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
The Supreme Court is seen beyond a razor wire-topped fence at sunrise on March 8. Carolyn Kaster/AP hide caption
High-Stakes Supreme Court Clash Between Growers, Farmworkers Could Blow Up Other Laws
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
U.S. Rep. Tom Reed, R-N.Y., has announced he would not run for public office again following sexual misconduct allegations. Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call via Getty Images hide caption
Julia Letlow has won a special election to fill the Louisiana congressional seat left vacant when her husband, Rep.-elect Luke Letlow, died of COVID-19 complications before he could be sworn into office. Brett Duke/AP hide caption
President Biden and Vice President Harris appear in Atlanta after meeting with leaders from Georgia's Asian American and Pacific Islander community on Friday. Patrick Semansky/AP hide caption
Pro-Trump extremists clashed with police during the storming of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. The rioters may not have fired shots, but many were armed with other weapons, court documents show. Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Yes, Capitol Rioters Were Armed. Here Are The Weapons Prosecutors Say They Used
In this file photo, young migrants, whose faces cannot be shown, sit inside a U.S. Customs and Border Protection Facility in Tucson, Arizona. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A health worker prepares a dose of the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine at a COVID-19 vaccination site at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas on March 15. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
How Do You Reach Trump Voters Who Say They Don't Want The Vaccine? Try Doctors
President Biden walks to the Oval Office on Wednesday. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
Proud Boy members Joseph Biggs (left) and Ethan Nordean, carrying a megaphone, walk toward the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. They were among four people indicted over conspiring to attack the Capitol. Carolyn Kaster/AP hide caption
Then-Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., with Sen. Chuck Schumer at the U.S. Capitol in 2018. Nelson has been chosen to lead NASA. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption
First lady Jill Biden speaks as she visits the Christa McAuliffe School in Concord, N.H., Wednesday, March 17, 2021, to pay tribute to the New Hampshire woman chosen 35 years ago to be America's "Teacher in Space" and to emphasize that the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan signed into law by President Joe Biden last week will provide funding for the reopening of schools. Susan Walsh/AP hide caption
An installation erected near the U.S. Capitol showcases support for the American Dream and Promise Act and the Farm Workforce Modernization Act on March 17, 2021. Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Communities Uni hide caption
Secretary of State Antony Blinken (second from right), joined by national security adviser Jake Sullivan (right), speaks while facing Chinese Communist Party foreign affairs chief Yang Jiechi (second from left) and China's State Councilor Wang Yi (left) at the opening session of U.S.-China talks at the Captain Cook Hotel in Anchorage, Alaska on Thursday. Frederic J. Brown/AP hide caption
FBI Director Christopher Wray tells NPR that the bureau will keep working on its sprawling investigation into the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol "no matter how long it takes." Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption
'We're Going To Keep Digging,' FBI Director Wray Says Of Capitol Siege
Seen on a TV in the Senate Press Gallery, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks during the seventh hour of his 2013 filibuster in opposition to the Affordable Care Act. President Biden is advocating for a so-called talking filibuster. Charles Dharapak/AP hide caption
Rioters clash with police and security forces as people try to storm the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. The FBI is undertaking an extensive investigation to identify and charge hundreds of individuals. Brent Stirton/Getty Images hide caption
Attorney Wencong Fa of Pacific Legal Foundation testifies during a hearing before the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties of the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
President Biden announces that his administration will meet his goal of administering 100 million COVID-19 vaccine doses 42 days ahead of schedule. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption