House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks during a Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony on April 10. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption
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Former President Donald Trump, flanked by attorneys Todd Blanche (left) and Emil Bove (right), arrives for his criminal trial as jury selection continues at Manhattan court on Thursday. Jabin Botsford/Getty Images hide caption
House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green, R-Tenn., Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., and their fellow Republican impeachment managers walk back through the U.S. Capitol Rotunda after transmitting articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate on Tuesday. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks at an event in Los Angeles on March 30. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption
President Biden speaks during a campaign event in Scranton, Penn, on April 16 during the first of three days in the battleground state. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
People walk by as supporters of Jan. 6 defendants gather outside of the Supreme Court on Tuesday. Kent Nishimura/Getty Images hide caption
Former President Donald Trump appears with his legal team ahead of the start of jury selection Monday at Manhattan criminal court. Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first of his criminal cases to go to trial. Jabin Botsford/Pool/Getty Images hide caption
Voters head to the polls in Alabama's newly drawn 2nd Congressional District on Tuesday. That district includes Montgomery, Ala., seen here on June 5, 2018. Butch Dill/AP hide caption
Figures, Dobson advance in Alabama's runoffs for new House district
A citizen deposits a ballot into a box at the county clerk's office in Erie, Pa., on Oct. 15, 2020. Bonnie Jo Mount/The Washington Post via Getty Images hide caption
This Pennsylvania county picks presidents. Here's what it can tell us about 2024
President Biden stands with Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., on April 3, 2024. Four years ago, Sanders endorsed Biden, and the former rivals worked together to craft policy proposals that bridged Democratic divides. Mark Schiefelbein/AP hide caption
4 years ago, Sanders and Biden united Democrats. Biden needs young progressives again
A group of women who attend the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Arizona speak to NPR on March 18. Keren Carrión/NPR hide caption
These Mormon women are rejecting Trump, fraying GOP support in a key state
Michael Casey (L) is shown here with U.S. Air Force Lieutenant General Timothy Haugh, at a confirmation hearing before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on July 12, 2023. Casey is now the director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
The Empire State Building is lit in pastel colors to mark Easter as it stands between the towers of Hudson Yards in New York City on March 31. Gary Hershorn/Getty Images hide caption
Edmund Garcia, an Iraq War veteran, stands outside his home in Rosharon, Texas. Like many vets, he was told if he took a mortgage forbearance, his monthly payments wouldn't go up afterward. Joseph Bui for NPR hide caption
People look at guns and ammunition at the Great American Outdoor Show on Feb. 9 in Harrisburg, Penn. Former President Donald Trump spoke at the event. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
Former President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he arrives at the airport on Wednesday in Atlanta, Georgia. Trump is visiting Atlanta for a campaign fundraising event he is hosting. Megan Varner/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
President Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida stand together during a state visit ceremony at the White House. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Former President Donald Trump speaks to the press at Manhattan criminal court after a hearing on Feb. 15. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The impeachment trial for Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has been pushed into at least next week. Santiago Billy/AP hide caption
A sheet of voter stickers is seen inside a polling place in California. David McNew/Getty Images hide caption
The most detailed look yet at the 'exodus' of local voting officials
Former President Donald Trump says abortion policy should be left to the states. Megan Briggs/Getty Images hide caption