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Sunday

White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Oct. 27, the day she decided she would stay home rather than travel to Europe with President Biden. Today, she revealed she has tested positive for COVID-19. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption

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President Biden spent three days in Rome talking to world leaders before and during the G-20. He held a formal press conference before heading to the U.N. climate summit in Glasgow. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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The Asia Vision LNG carrier ship sits docked at the Cheniere Energy Inc. terminal in this aerial photograph taken over Sabine Pass in Texas in 2016. Lindsey Janies/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption

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Attendees listen to former President Barack Obama during an early vote rally for New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy on Oct. 23 in Newark, N.J. That gubernatorial race and the one in Virginia are drawing national attention one year after the presidential election. Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images hide caption

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Saturday

Steel ingots emerge from an oven at the Saarsthal rail plant in Hayange, France, on Sept. 13, 2021. The United States and European Union have reached a deal on steel and aluminum tariffs. Jean-Christophe Verhaegen/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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The University of Florida denied three of its professors permission to testify in a voting rights case against the state, saying it was a "conflict of interest" and "adverse to UF's interests." Jeff Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images hide caption

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson (from left), French President Emmanuel Macron, German outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Biden meet in Rome to discuss renewed talks over the Iran nuclear deal. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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President Biden poses for a selfie with first responders who joined world leaders Saturday for the traditional family photo at the G-20 summit in Rome. Gregorio Borgia/AP hide caption

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A supporter of former President Donald Trump displays a "Let's Go, Brandon" hat before a campaign event for Terry McAuliffe, the Democratic gubernatorial candidate for Virginia, in Arlington, Va., last Tuesday. Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption

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Here's what 'Let's Go, Brandon' actually means and how it made its way to Congress

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A syringe is filled with a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. While the vaccine has now been authorized for children between ages 5 and 11, it may take several weeks for shots to become widely available. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Trump Tower's new wine and whiskey bar, 45, includes enormous pictures of the former president, in and around the White House. Andrea Bernstein/NPR hide caption

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Trump's businesses and brand still suffering from his polarizing rhetoric

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Friday

Joe Arpaio, then Maricopa County Sheriff, holds a news conference in Phoenix on Dec. 18, 2013. Nearly five years after Arpaio was voted out, taxpayers are covering one of the last major bills from the thousands of lawsuits the lawman's headline-grabbing tactics inspired. Ross D. Franklin/AP hide caption

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Massive icebergs from Jakobshavn Glacier melting in Disko Bay on sunny summer evening, Ilulissat, Greenland. Paul Souders/Getty Images hide caption

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