Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event in Ankeny, Iowa. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption
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President Joe Biden urged Congress to pass funding for Ukraine in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Dec. 6, 2023. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., says he will retire from Congress at the end of 2023, leaving just weeks left in his time in office. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption
Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks with reporters during a news conference at the Department of Justice on Wednesday as Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, right, looks on. Mark Schiefelbein/AP hide caption
Republican presidential candidates (L-R) former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Vivek Ramaswamy participate in the NewsNation Republican Presidential Primary Debate at the University of Alabama Moody Music Hall on Thursday in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds and influential Iowa evangelical Christian leader Bob Vander Plaats speak ahead of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis's speech upon completing his 99 county tour of Iowa in Newton, Iowa. Clay Masters/Iowa Public Radio hide caption
Trump and DeSantis display different campaign styles in competing visits to Iowa
Hunter Biden's lawyer reiterated that the president's son will only testify publicly before the House Oversight Committee. Handout/DNCC via Getty Images hide caption
Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., says he is dropping his monthslong hold on most military promotions. He will continue to block promotions for four-star generals over his objections to a Pentagon abortion policy. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption
In this Jan. 6, 2021, file photo with the White House in the background, President Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Washington. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption
Republican presidential candidate former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley addresses a gathering during a campaign stop at a brewery, Nov. 29 in Meredith, N.H. Charles Krupa/AP hide caption
Strong but 'feminine': how Nikki Haley navigates gender as only woman in the GOP race
Republican presidential candidate former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley puts her hand up to Vivek Ramaswamy while he speaks to her as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (C) listens during the NBC News Republican Presidential Primary Debate. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption
Left: Rep. Bill Huizenga, R-Mich. Right: Rep. Scott Peters, D-Calif.. The two are co-sponsoring legislation to create a bipartisan, bicameral commission to address the national debt. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images; Patrick Semansky/AP hide caption
As federal debt grows, a bipartisan push for another commission to address it
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and first lady Tammy Murphy attend the National Governors Association summer meeting on July 15, 2022, in Portland, Maine. Robert F. Bukaty/AP hide caption
A Senate race raises concerns over 'ballot Siberia' in New Jersey primaries
House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, is one of three House GOP committee chairs pressing to impeach President Biden. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
Doug Burgum, governor of North Dakota, during an interview following the GOP primary presidential debate in September. He announced Monday he was dropping out of the race. Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
The Supreme Court hears arguments Monday in a challenge to the deal meant to compensate victims of the highly addictive painkiller OxyContin. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images hide caption
Purdue Pharma, Sacklers' OxyContin settlement lands at the Supreme Court
President Biden speaks to reporters before boarding Air Force One at Pueblo Memorial Airport in Pueblo, Colo., on Nov. 29. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Biden used to keep quiet about Trump. Now Biden's invoking his name to raise alarms
Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., vice chairwoman of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol, participates in the panel's last public meeting on Dec. 19, 2022 in Washington, D.C. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
Vice President Harris speaks to leaders at the United Nations climate summit in Dubai on Dec. 2, 2023. Giuseppe Cacace/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump stands on the field during halftime in an NCAA college football game between the University of South Carolina and Clemson Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023, in Columbia, S.C. Meg Kinnard/AP hide caption
Then-President Donald Trump speaks at a rally on the Ellipse in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption
The House of Representatives voted 311-114 to expel New York Republican George Santos, making him the sixth House member to ever be expelled in a vote of Congress. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption