Supporters of President Donald Trump arrive for a campaign rally in Kenosha, Wis., the day before the 2020 election, which he and his supporters falsely claim he won. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption
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Ten people were injured and at least three hospitalized after a bridge collapsed early Friday in Pittsburgh's East End. Gene J. Puskar/AP hide caption
Kenneth Polite, the assistant attorney general of the Justice Department's Criminal Division, speaks during a news conference at the department in October. Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
His brother was killed in 2004. Now he fights violent crime as a top Justice official
A man fishes near docked oil drilling platforms in 2020 in Port Aransas, Texas. A federal judge has revoked oil and gas leases sold in the Gulf of Mexico in November, saying the Interior Department did not take into account its impact on climate change. Eric Gay/AP hide caption
A federal judge canceled major oil and gas leases over climate change
President Biden pledged to nominate a Black woman to the nation's highest court. Among the names being floated to replace Justice Stephen Breyer are California Supreme Court Justice Leondra Kruger (left) and Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. S. Todd Rogers/Pool/AP; Tom Williams/Pool/Getty Images hide caption
Willow, photographed in the White House on Wednesday, is the Biden family's new cat. Erin Scott/White House hide caption
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer speaks as he announces his retirement in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Thursday as President Biden looks on. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer formally announces his retirement at the White House on Thursday. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
Denise Freeman (center), a former Lincoln County Board of Education member and community activist, calls a plan to consolidate polling places in the rural Georgia county "unconscionable." Stephen Fowler/Georgia Public Broadcasting hide caption
A Georgia county set off a tense debate by planning to reduce polling sites
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A Georgia county set off a tense debate by planning to reduce polling sites
The expanded child tax credit briefly slashed child poverty. Here's what else it did
After her inauguration ceremony, new Honduran President Xiomara Castro met Vice President Harris at the presidential house in Tegucigalpa. Orlando Sierra/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Vice President Harris looks for a fresh start on migration issues in Honduras
Justice Stephen Breyer, photographed in 2021. Elizabeth Gillis/NPR hide caption
Justice Stephen Breyer, an influential liberal on the Supreme Court, to retire
A prisoner looks out of his jail window as protesters gather outside the federal detention center in Miami on June 12, 2020, during a demonstration over the death of George Floyd. Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Flaws plague a tool meant to help low-risk federal prisoners win early release
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks about Russia and Ukraine during a briefing at the State Department in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. Brendan Smialowski /POOL/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Supporters of then-President Donald Trump gather outside the Michigan State Capitol in 2020. Rey Del Rio/Getty Images hide caption
Prosecutors in multiple states are investigating false Electoral College submissions
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has launched her campaign for reelection to her San Francisco-based congressional seat. She has not signaled plans yet about whether she will seek another term as the House Democratic leader. Eric Lee/Pool/Getty Images hide caption
A soldier pauses in territory controlled by pro-Russian militants in eastern Ukraine. The U.S. and its allies are preparing responses and counter-responses if Russia invades Ukraine. Alexei Alexandrov/AP hide caption
Rep. Terri Sewell, a Democrat from Alabama, represents the state's only Black-majority district in Congress. She's pictured here alongside Rep. Joyce Beatty, a Democrat from Ohio, and Martin Luther King III, in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 17, 2022. Jose Luis Magana/AP hide caption
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 29: Pro-life activists participate in the 48th annual March for Life outside the U.S. Supreme Court January 29, 2021 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
The Supreme Court will hear arguments in the fall over the constitutionality of Harvard University's affirmative action program. Charles Krupa/AP hide caption
The Supreme Court adds affirmative action to its potential hit list
Election officials count absentee ballots on Nov, 3, 2020, in Beloit, Wis. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption
Appeals court reinstates drop boxes for Wisconsin's February primary
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This year's tax filing season will begin on Monday. Most people have until April 18 this year to submit their returns. Patrick Sison/AP hide caption
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis poses for a photo at her Atlanta office last February. John Bazemore/AP hide caption