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President Biden gestures after speaking about student loan debt relief at Madison Area Technical College in Madison, Wisc., on Monday. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
J. Cole and Drake perform during the 2023 edition of Cole's Dreamville festival in Raleigh, N.C., last April. Their collaborative track "First Person Shooter" recently touched off a war of words with fellow MC Kendrick Lamar. Astrida Valigorsky/WireImage/Getty Images hide caption
Packages of mifepristone tablets are displayed at a family planning clinic on April 13, 2023 in Rockville, Md. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption
Independent Presidential Candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced attorney, tech entrepreneur and philanthropist Nicole Shanahan to the Kennedy campaign as his vice presidential running mate during an event in Oakland, Calif., on March 26. Anadolu via Getty Images hide caption
Beyoncé and Jay-Z attend the 66th Grammy Awards at Los Angeles' Crypto.com Arena on Feb. 4, 2024. Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Recording Academy hide caption
Former RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, shown at last November's Republican presidential primary debate on NBC. The network hired her and then fired her in the course of a week after a newsroom revolt. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption
The Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion on June 24, 2022. Tracy Lee for NPR hide caption
In this picture taken during a media tour organised by the Israeli military late last year, soldiers visit a tunnel that Hamas reportedly used to attack Israel through the Erez border crossing on October 7. The tunnels have been a focal point in Israel's war in Gaza, which has been going on for more than five months. JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures while speaking on a visit to his campaign headquarters after a presidential election in Moscow. What will another six years of Putin mean for Russia's war with Ukraine? Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP hide caption
People with symptoms of long Covid sit in the audience as they listen during a Senate Committee hearing on Long Covid earlier this year. Long Covid remains one of the most vexing legacies of the pandemic. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
The Duchess of Cambridge walks around Ballymena, Northern Ireland on February 28, 2019. She has recently disappeared from the public eye after having abdominal surgery. Charles McQuillan/Getty Images hide caption
Displaced Palestinians in Rafah decorate their tent in preparation for the holy month of Ramadan. The holiday begins as the humanitarian situation in Gaza remains dire. For many Muslim Americans, the situation in Gaza is infusing the holiday with a different meaning this year. Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images hide caption
Medications are locked in a glass cabinet at a supermarket. Bebeto Matthews/AP hide caption
In this file photo, then-President Donald Trump arrives for a campaign rally at Gerald R. Ford International Airport, Nov. 2, 2020, in Grand Rapids, Mich., with then-Vice President Mike Pence. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption
Now that he's the presumptive nominee, Trump readies next campaign: who will be VP?
Poll workers assist voters on Super Tuesday at the First Ward Creative Academy, Mecklenburg County Precinct 13 on Tuesday in Charlotte, N.C. Grant Baldwin/Getty Images hide caption
Former U.S. President Donald Trump sits in the courtroom during his civil fraud trial in New York earlier this year. The Supreme Court handed Trump a legal and political victory earlier today when it ordered Colorado to put the former President back on the ballot. Pool/Getty Images hide caption
People watch a projection on the side of a building in Washington, DC as poll reports begin to roll in Election Day, November 3, 2020 in Washington, DC. After decisive primaries in Michigan and South Carolina, the 2024 race for President is shaping up to be a rematch. Samuel Corum/Getty Images hide caption
Republican presidential candidate former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks at a campaign event on Feb. 26, in Bloomington, Minn. Adam Bettcher/AP hide caption
Former President Donald Trump is pictured at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Feb. 24 in National Harbor, Md. This upcoming Tuesday will be a major voting day in the Republican primary. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption