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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has expressed confidence that both key pieces of President Biden's domestic agenda — a bipartisan infrastructure bill and a broader spending package — would ultimately be approved by Congress. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption

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Biden and House Democrats unite behind his agenda, but they say more time is needed

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Migrants are apprehended by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents in LaJoya, Texas, in June. Nicolo Filippo Rosso/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption

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A San Diego County sheriff's deputy stands in front of the Chabad of Poway synagogue, in Poway, Calif., on April 28, 2019. On Thursday, John T. Earnest was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for bursting into the synagogue in 2019 with a semiautomatic rifle, killing one worshipper and wounding three others. Denis Poroy/AP hide caption

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This combination of photos shows, from left, Kendrick Lamar, Mary J. Blige, Snoop Dogg, Eminem and Dr. Dre, who will perform for the first time together on stage at the 2022 Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show. AP hide caption

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Cox Medical Center in Branson, Mo., is implementing a personal panic button system for hundreds of its employees. Assaults of hospital staff tripled from 2019 to 2020, the hospital says. Brandei Clifton/Cox Medical Center hide caption

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Juwan Deering gets a hug outside the courthouse in Pontiac, Mich., on Thursday, after murder charges were dropped in a fire that killed five children in suburban Detroit in 2000. Deering served 15 years in prison. Ed White/AP hide caption

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Antigone Davis, Facebook's global head of safety, testifies remotely Thursday before a Senate subcommittee following leaks of internal research showing the company knows the harm its apps cause young people. Patrick Semansky/Pool/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Senators Blast Facebook For Concealing Instagram's Risks To Kids

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Tommy Kirk, here with his canine co-star in 1957's Old Yeller, has died. Kirk appeared in a string of hit Disney movies such as Swiss Family Robinson and The Absent-Minded Professor. LMPC via Getty Images hide caption

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Congress is moving to avert one crisis while putting off another. Both the House and Senate approved legislation Thursday that would fund the federal government through Dec. 3. Samuel Corum/Getty Images hide caption

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A Clark County, Nev., School District school bus drives through a Summerlin neighborhood last month. The National School Boards Association included an incident from Clark County in its letter to President Biden. Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call/Getty Images hide caption

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President Biden has seen his approval rating tick back up some after last month's low, with 45% now approving and 46% disapproving. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption

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A note from President Biden, with greetings upon her 105th birthday, is seen placed among photos of Primetta Giacopini, who died after contracting COVID-19 earlier this month. Josh Edelson/AP hide caption

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