Staff Sgt. Joshua Spearman talks to fairgoers at the Army recruitment tent at the Minnesota State Fair in Falcon Heights, Minn., on August 31.
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President Joe Biden walks with actress Selma Blair and Blair's service dog Scout as they arrive for an event to celebrate the Americans with Disabilities Act on the South Lawn of the White House on Monday.
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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., pauses as he addresses reporters about efforts to pass appropriations bills and avert a government shutdown at the U.S. Capitol on Friday. He is joined at right by House Homeland Security Chair Mark Green, R-Tenn., and Rep. Monica de la Cruz, R-Texas.
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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy continues to battle a group of conservatives who oppose any short-term spending bill ahead of a likely government shutdown.
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U.S Marine Corps Col. Thomas M. Bedell, the commanding officer of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, poses for a photo at the station's Energy and Water Operations Center on MCAS Miramar.
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Senator Dianne Feinstein, a Democrat from California who was first elected in 1992, died Thursday at the age of 90.
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President Biden's chief of staff Jeff Zients, seen here in the Oval Office on May 16, 2023, is working with federal agencies to brace for a government shutdown this weekend.
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Government funding runs out at the end of the day on Sept. 30, meaning many federal government services will halt until funding resumes.
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From left, Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., chairman of the House Oversight Committee, and Rep. Jason Smith, R-Mo., are seen during a House Committee on Oversight and Accountability impeachment inquiry hearing of President Biden on Thursday.
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Republican presidential candidates, from left, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., and former Vice President Mike Pence, at a debate hosted by FOX Business and Univision, Wednesday at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif.
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House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. James Comer is seen in front of a newspaper page with a photograph of Hunter Biden and his father President Biden during a House Committee on Oversight and Accountability hearing on Feb. 8.
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Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., talks to reporters following a House Republican caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.
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Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey and his wife Nadine Menendez arrive to the federal courthouse in New York on Wednesday.
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From left to right, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, businessman Vivek Ramaswamy and Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., argue a point during a Republican presidential primary debate hosted by FOX Business Network and Univision on Wednesday.
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At the second GOP debate on Wednesday, the candidates on stage may still channel former President Ronald Reagan — even if only in name, not policy.
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A woman marks her ballot at a polling center in Albuquerque, N.M., on Nov. 8, 2022. Republicans in the state are challenging the congressional map that was used for that election.
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A growing number of Senate Democrats are calling for the resignation of Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., following his indictment on corruption charges.
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