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President Joe Biden, right, talks with Rep. Kevin McCarthy of Calif., left, after an event in the Rose Garden of the White House in July 26, 2021. The president and the House speaker are preparing for their first official visit at the White House on Wednesday, ahead of a looming debt crisis. Susan Walsh/AP hide caption
Kentucky GOP Rep. James Comer and other House Republicans speak at the U.S. Capitol in November. This week, Republicans are holding their first hearings as part of investigations into the Biden administration. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
Demonstrators protesting the death of Tyre Nichols gather and march through downtown Memphis, Tenn., on Jan. 28. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption
Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., leaves a House GOP conference meeting in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 25, 2023. Devin Speak/NPR hide caption
Ohio Republican Jim Jordan chairs the House Judiciary Committee, which will lead many of the investigations into the Biden administration this year. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
The TikTok app logo is pictured in Tokyo, Sept. 28, 2020. University of Wisconsin System officials said Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, that they will restrict the use of TikTok on system devices. Kiichiro Sato/AP hide caption
Former President Donald Trump is suing Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward over Woodward's latest book, The Trump Tapes. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for Audi Canada and Scott Eisen/Getty Images hide caption
U.S. House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy talks to then-Rep.-elect Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., in the House Chamber during the fourth day of voting for speaker of the House in January. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., talks to the infant child of Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-Calif., inside the House chamber during votes for the next speaker of the House on the first day of the 118th Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 3. Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters hide caption
Brianne Chapman protests outside the federal courthouse in Washington, D.C., on Friday, during the sentencing hearing for Julian Khater and George Tanios. Khater pleaded guilty to assaulting Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick with pepper spray on Jan. 6, 2021. Jose Luis Magana/AP hide caption
Re-elected Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel holds a gavel while speaking at the committee's winter meeting in Dana Point, Calif., on Friday. Jae C. Hong/AP hide caption
Miami-Dade County elections workers begin counting Florida mail ballots on Nov. 8, 2022. Saul Martinez/Getty Images hide caption
Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep interviews Hakeem Jeffries at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 25, 2023. Catie Dull/NPR hide caption
U.S. second gentleman, Doug Emhoff, lays a wreath honoring Holocaust victims at the former Auschwitz site on Friday in Oswiecim, Poland. Omar Marques/Getty Images hide caption
In this image taken from San Francisco Police Department body-camera video, Paul Pelosi (right) fights for control of a hammer with his assailant during a brutal attack on Oct. 28, 2022. San Francisco Police Department via AP hide caption
Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., delivers remarks during a hearing by the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol on June 21, 2022. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images hide caption
New proposals by the Biden administration would change how the U.S. census and federal surveys ask Latinos about their race and ethnicity and add a checkbox for "Middle Eastern or North African" to those forms. RussellCreative/Getty Images hide caption
Suspending former President Donald Trump's account was the most high-profile and controversial content moderation decision Facebook parent Meta has ever made. Alon Skuy/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., center, with Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., left, and Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP hide caption
U.S. Abrams tanks participate in a live fire demonstration during training exercises in Poland in September 2022. President Biden announced Wednesday that the U.S. will be sending 31 Abrams tanks to Ukraine. Germany also said it will be sending tanks. Omar Marques/Getty Images hide caption
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell addressed the looming debt limit problem during a press conference on January 24. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption
Former Vice President Mike Pence, shown here last month in Rock Hill, S.C., stored a "small number" of documents bearing classified markings in his Indiana home after having been "inadvertently" boxed up. They have been collected by the FBI. Meg Kinnard/AP hide caption
