Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, seen earlier this month, had signed a bill into law that fined social media for shutting down politicians' accounts. That measure has been blocked by a judge.
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"This is a petty, partisan power grab that is absolutely retaliation towards my office," Arizona Democratic Secretary of State Katie Hobbs says of the new law.
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Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, pictured in February 2011, has died, his family announced on Wednesday.
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Incoming President Biden and Vice President Harris stand with their respective spouses Jill Biden and Doug Emhoff after delivering remarks in Wilmington, Del., on Nov. 7, the day the Democrats were declared the winners in the 2020 election.
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People vote during the Primary Election Day at P.S. 249 The Caton School on June 22 in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn borough in New York City.
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First lady Jill Biden tours a vaccination site in Nashville with country star Brad Paisley and his wife Kimberly Williams-Paisley.
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Supporters of Donald Trump try to break through a police barrier Jan. 6 at the U.S. Capitol. The House of Representatives voted 222-190 on Wednesday to create a select committee to investigate the insurrection.
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D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine, pictured in 2019, is hoping to change how the justice system handles cases involving 16- and 17-year-olds who are charged as adults.
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According to one new account of the Trump presidency, even telling the story of Donald Trump's COVID-19 diagnosis was difficult due to the chaos in the White House. Here, Trump removes his mask after being discharged from the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in October.
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Progressive activists are watching the end of the Supreme Court session for a possible retirement announcement from Stephen Breyer, the court's oldest current justice. Breyer will turn 83 in August.
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ACT UP demonstration at Foley Square, Federal Plaza, June 30, 1987. From left to right: Steve Gendin, Mark Aurigemma, Douglas Montgomery,Charles Stimson, Frank O'Dowd and Avram Finkelstein.
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This file photo shows the marble bust of Chief Justice Roger Taney that is currently displayed in the Old Supreme Court Chamber in the U.S. Capitol. The House voted Tuesday on a bill that would remove the bust from public display.
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Alabama filed a federal lawsuit to force the U.S. Census Bureau to move up the release of 2020 census redistricting data and stop its plans for using a new way of keeping people's information in the data confidential.
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