Containers of mifepristone and misoprostol — medications used to end a pregnancy — sit on a table inside of a Planned Parenthood clinic in Fairview Heights, Ill.
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Abortion-rights demonstrators march to the house of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito in Alexandria, Va. The governors of Virginia and Maryland are calling on the Justice Department to tighten security at the homes of the Supreme Court justices who live in their states, as abortion-rights supporters continue to protest.
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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., joined at right by Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, on July 27, 2021. The House select committee on the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol has issued subpoenas for both lawmakers, as well as other House Republicans.
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U.S. Senate Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., blamed Democrats for the declining trust in the Supreme Court in an interview with NPR. "The Supreme Court is not broken and doesn't need fixing," he said.
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A sign telling consumers of limits on the purchase of baby formula hangs on the edge of an empty shelf for the product in a King Soopers grocery store, Wednesday, in Denver.
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People line up to get the Sinopharm vaccine in Harare, Zimbabwe. World leaders promised to speed up vaccine distribution to low- and middle-income countries at the White House's second Global COVID-19 Summit on May 12.
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The American flag flies at half-staff at the White House on Thursday as President Biden commemorates 1 million American lives lost due to COVID-19.
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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference in Washington, D.C., on May 4. Powell was confirmed by the Senate to a second term leading the central bank. Fighting inflation will define his legacy.
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer answers questions from reporters on Capitol Hill ahead of a planned vote Wednesday on the Women's Health Protection Act.
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Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O'Rourke, right, hugs Crystal Mason after she introduced him to speak during a primary election gathering in Fort Worth, Texas, on March 1.
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Political newcomer Carrick Flynn, right, has raised millions of dollars from outside groups ranging from one backed by a 30-year-old crypto billionaire to another that is backed by congressional Democratic leaders.
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The Senate confirmed economist Cook to serve on the Federal Reserve's board of governors, making her the first Black woman to do so in the institution's 108-year history.
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Adam Farkes and Leo Azevedo of BNRG at a solar energy project in Augusta, Maine. A bigger project planned on the far side of the fence is on hold because of a federal trade investigation.
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Jim Pillen, center, talks about his campaign after receiving an endorsement from Gov. Pete Ricketts, right, on Jan. 18 at the state Capitol in Lincoln, Neb. According to the AP, Pillen won the Republican primary May 10.
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President Biden laid out his plan to tamp down on inflation and rising costs in a speech at the White House Tuesday.
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Former President Donald Trump listens as Nebraska gubernatorial candidate Charles Herbster speaks during a rally on May 1 in Greenwood, Neb.
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Rep. Alex Mooney, a Republican candidate for West Virginia's 2nd Congressional District, attends a Trump rally in Greensburg, Pa., on Friday.
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Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, left and his wife Virginia Thomas, right, leave the the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington after attending funeral services of the late Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, on Feb. 20, 2016.
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Martha Chambers, seen here at her home in Milwaukee, Wis., has relied on ballot return assistance for decades. The state's high court is weighing whether current Wisconsin law allows for that help.
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Residents receive food supplies May 7 as volunteers deliver daily from a warehouse of a humanitarian aid distribution center in Severodonetsk, eastern Ukraine
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Rep. Alex Mooney, a Republican candidate for West Virginia's 2nd Congressional District, addresses a rally put on by former President Donald Trump in Greensburg, Pa., on Friday.
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A counter-protestor holds a large cross during a youth pro-abortion rights rally outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on May 5, following the leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion to overturn Roe v. Wade.
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