Texas state Rep. Jessica González speaks during a news conference early Monday in Austin after House Democrats pulled off a dramatic, last-ditch walkout in the state Legislature and blocked one of the most restrictive voting bills in the U.S. from passing. Acacia Coronado/AP hide caption
President Joe Biden speaks during the National Memorial Day Observance at Arlington National Cemetery Monday. His budget proposal drops a decades-long ban on public funding for abortion. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament, to deliver a political statement in Jerusalem, on Sunday. Yonatan Sindel/POOL/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
About a year after two women accused him of sexual assault, Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax makes comments during a debate on a bill during the state Senate session at the state Capitol in Richmond in March 2020. Fairfax denies the allegations against him. Steve Helber/AP hide caption
For years, New York Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (left) has sought approval of her bill to reform the military's criminal justice system. This year, Gillibrand joined forces with Iowa Republican Sen. Joni Ernst, seen here, a sexual assault survivor herself before she became a combat company commander. Stefani Reynolds/Getty Images hide caption
Democratic state Rep. Nicole Collier of Fort Worth, the chair of the Legislative Black Caucus, speaks at a news conference at the Capitol on Sunday, against Senate Bill 7, known as the Election Integrity Protection Act. Jay Janner/AP hide caption
President Joe Biden spoke in observance of Memorial Day from New Castle, Del., Sunday. Patrick Semansky/AP hide caption
In this May 6, 2021 file photo, a group opposing new voter legislation gather outside the House Chamber at the Texas Capitol in Austin. Texas Republicans dug in Saturday, for a final weekend vote on some of the most restrictive new voting laws in the U.S., finalizing a sweeping bill. Eric Gay/AP hide caption
A house under foreclosure in Las Vegas displays a sign on Oct. 15, 2010, saying that it's now bank-owned. Sen. Sherrod Brown has vowed increased scrutiny of Wall Street banks, in part after a surge in foreclosures in his hometown in Ohio over a decade ago. Mark Ralston/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Voters head to the polls in Ohio's Licking County in 2018. Former President Donald Trump won 63% of the vote in the county in last year's presidential election, en route to easily carrying the state for the second time. Justin Merriman/Getty Images hide caption
President Jimmy Carter signs emergency natural gas legislation in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 2, 1977. An oil crisis contributed to a period of double-digit inflation in the 1970s. AP hide caption
A photo taken on Sunday shows a Ryanair passenger plane that was intercepted and diverted to Minsk by Belarus authorities. Minsk diverted the flight so that it could arrest opposition activist Roman Protasevich. Petras Malukas/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Pro-democracy protesters take part in a Thanksgiving Day rally at Edinburgh Place on Nov. 28, 2019 in Hong Kong. Chris McGrath/Getty Images hide caption
Shalanda Young, acting director of the Office of Management and Budget, says low interest rates mean the timing is right for government investment in social programs. Patrick Semansky/AP hide caption
Vice President Harris speaks at the graduation and commission ceremony at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. The 63rd superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy, Vice Admiral Sean Buck, is at right. Julio Cortez/AP hide caption