A worker passes a Dominion Voting Systems ballot scanner during Georgia's runoff Senate elections in January in Gwinnett County outside Atlanta. Former President Donald Trump and his allies spread falsehoods about the company's role in the 2020 election, leading to a slew of defamation lawsuits. Ben Gray/AP hide caption
Commuters watch a TV with images of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and President Biden at a Seoul, South Korea, rail station in March. Ahn Young-joon/AP hide caption
Funeral pyres burn in a disused granite quarry repurposed to cremate the dead due to COVID-19 on Friday in Bengaluru, India. The U.S. is set to impose new travel restrictions against travelers from the country. Abhishek Chinnappa/Getty Images hide caption
President Biden says America has "to deal with" the aftereffects of slavery and Jim Crow laws. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption
Isabel Wilkerson speaks at TEDWomen 2017 — Bridges, November 1-3, 2017, Orpheum Theatre, New Orleans, Louisiana. Photo: Stacie McChesney / TED Stacie McChesney/Stacie McChesney / TED hide caption
Virginia state Sen. Amanda Chase speaks at a GOP event in King William County. Chase, one of seven Republicans running for governor, has criticized the party-run nominating convention process. Ben Paviour/VPM hide caption
Ms. A.B. had been allowed to stay in the U.S. for years while her case is pending. She requested that NPR identify her only by her initials because she is afraid her ex-husband might find her. Kevin D. Liles for NPR hide caption
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, here addressing the media in early April, signed his state's new voting measure into law live on Fox News on Thursday. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption
President Joe Biden addresses a joint session of Congress at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on April 28. Melina Mara/POOL/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Left: Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina walks through the U.S. Capitol before delivering the GOP response to President Biden's address to a joint session of Congress. Drew Angerer/Getty Images; Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
Kris Kobach, right, seen here conceding the Republican primary for U.S. Senate on Aug. 4, 2020 in Leavenworth, Kan. His wife, Heather Kobach, is to his left. Thursday he announced his run for the office of Kansas attorney general. Orlin Wagner/AP hide caption
President Biden and first lady Jill Biden arrive Thursday at Fort Benning's Lawson Army Airfield in Georgia. Biden met with former President Jimmy Carter in Plains, Ga., ahead of a drive-in rally near Atlanta. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption
In non-pandemic times, a president addressing a joint session of Congress can expect an audience of roughly 1,600 people. For President Biden on Wednesday, the audience was closer to 200. Melina Mara/AP hide caption
President Biden proposed expanding the role of government in universal pre-K and free community college. Melina Mara/AP hide caption
President Biden addresses a joint session of Congress. Biden made the pitch for a larger federal role in American society and marked history in the House chamber with two top women: Vice President Harris and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Jim Watson/AP hide caption