Democrat Stacey Abrams and Republican Brian Kemp greet each other before a debate last month in Atlanta. John Bazemore/AP hide caption
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CNN attorney Ted Boutrous delivers remarks outside U.S. District Court following a hearing Wednesday on CNN's case against the White House for stripping a reporter of his press pass. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption
George T. Conway III, husband of White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, at the 2017 Easter Egg Roll at the White House. Conway says he no longer feels comfortable being a Republican. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
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Julian Assange speaks to the media from the balcony of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London last year. Jack Taylor/Getty Images hide caption
Court Filing Suggests Prosecutors Are Preparing Charges Against Julian Assange
President Trump awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to American Football hall-of-famer Alan Page at the White House on Friday. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Viva Las Vegas: Elvis, Adelson Honored With Presidential Medal Of Freedom
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos speaks with the media after a series of listening sessions about campus sexual violence in July 2017. Among the significant changes is that schools can make it harder to prove allegations. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption
Education Dept. Proposes Enhanced Protection For Students Accused Of Sexual Assault
Maria Butina, a Russian woman who has been in custody since the summer facing charges that she is a foreign agent, may conclude a plea agreement with prosecutors. STR/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
President Trump answers a reporter's question about special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation during a bill signing ceremony Friday in the Oval Office. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption
Ted Olson, one of the lawyers representing CNN in a case against the Trump administration, helped NPR's Nina Totenberg when she was frozen out of the Justice Department in the early 1980s. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption
Election workers recount votes for several outstanding Florida races on Tuesday at the office of the Broward County supervisor of elections. Christian Colon/Miami Herald/TNS via Getty Images hide caption
The Senate has confirmed a number of judges nominated by President Trump to the federal bench, including two additions to the Supreme Court. Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Democrat Jared Golden greets supporters as they wait on Election Day in Lewiston, Maine. Golden was declared the winner on Thursday as a result of the state's new ranked-choice voting system. Joel Page/AP hide caption
Ranked-Choice Voting Delivers Democrats A House Seat
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CNN's Jim Acosta walks into federal court in Washington on Wednesday to attend a hearing on a legal challenge against the Trump administration. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP hide caption
Decision Delayed To Friday In CNN Suit Over White House Revoking Acosta's Press Pass
Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz. (left), and Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., speak to members of the media during a news conference Wednesday on the Special Counsel Independence and Integrity Act. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
Rep. Maxine Waters, seated next to Rep. Jeb Hensarling of Texas, at a hearing in July, is set to become chair of the House Financial Services Committee. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption
'Auntie Maxine' Waters Gets Ready To Take On The Banks As House Panel Chair
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos faces a new lawsuit filed on Tuesday. It alleges the Dept. of Education has failed to comply with the Borrowers Defense rule, a student loan forgiveness program that would automatically cancel debt for borrowers whose schools have closed. Mark Wilson/Getty Images hide caption
Mira Ricardel speaks during a 2017 Senate Banking confirmation hearing in Washington, D.C. Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Rep.-elect Andy Levin, D-Mich. (left); Rep.-elect Veronica Escobar, D-Texas (center); and Rep.-elect Sylvia Garcia, D-Texas, talk following a photo of the incoming members of Congress on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. Susan Walsh/AP hide caption
Nancy Pelosi talks to journalists before a Democratic caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center today. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
Possible Democratic presidential candidates for the 2020 race include Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders (left), New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, Texas Rep. Beto O'Rourke and California Sen. Kamala Harris. Jeff J. Mitchell, Angela Weiss/AFP, Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
Yes, It's Almost Decision Time For 2020 Democratic Presidential Hopefuls
President Trump gets into a heated exchange with CNN chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta during a postelection press conference Nov. 7. Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
President Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House Wednesday as he announces his support for the first major rewrite of the nation's criminal justice sentencing laws in a generation. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption
Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker's appointment was legal, a Justice Department memo concluded on Wednesday. Critics call it "unconstitutional" because he wasn't confirmed by the Senate. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
Abraham Lincoln is shown in Richmond, Va., being cheered by former slaves in 1865. Culture Club/Getty Images hide caption