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Florida Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum attends a service to advocate for a vote recount at the New Mount Olive Baptist Church on November 11, 2018 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. A statewide midterm election recount is underway to decide if Gillum or Republican Ron DeSantis will win the election. (Photo by Joe Skipper/Getty Images)

Andrew Gillum corruption trial

Former gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum (D-Fla.) is on trial in federal court on charges of corruption and lying to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 19: U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Nicole Angarella (L) and Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction John Sopko (2nd L) testify during a hearing before the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability at the Rayburn House Office Building on April 19, 2023 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The committee held a hearing on “The Biden Administration's Disastrous Withdrawal from Afghanistan Part I: Review by the Inspectors General.” (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Afghanistan Inspector General report condemns Biden administration after WH blames Trump

A government watchdog claims that Biden’s botched pullout from Afghanistan has left tens of thousands of Afghan allies behind, and the president’s efforts to rescue and relocate them are being undercut by “bureaucratic dysfunction and understaffing.”

Robert F Kennedy Jr., speaks during a campaign event to launch his 2024 presidential bid, at the Boston Park Plaza in Boston, Massachusetts, on April 19, 2023. (Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO / AFP) (Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images)

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announces presidential run

Environmental lawyer, activist and vaccine skeptic, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has officially announced his 2024 presidential bid.

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 09: Mayor of Los Angeles Karen Bass speaks onstage during the 2023 ESSENCE Black Women In Hollywood Awards at Fairmont Century Plaza on March 09, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for ESSENCE)

L.A. mayor wants record-breaking $1.3B to tackle homeless crisis

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has declared on Monday that she will advocate for allocating a record-breaking $1.3 billion in funding for housing and treatment services for the city’s homeless population next year.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speaks during his weekly news conference on Capitol Hill on February 26, 2021 in Washington, DC. The House is set to vote Friday evening on President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Speaker McCarthy: House Republicans Will Take Action on the Debt Ceiling

To enable the United States to fulfill its payments through 2024, Speaker Kevin McCarthy stated on Monday that House Republicans would vote on their own debt ceiling resolution.

Democratic state Rep. Justin Pearson (R) of Memphis speaks with supporters after being expelled from the state Legislature on April 6, 2023 in Nashville, Tennessee. Pearson and fellow Democratic Reps. Gloria Johnson of Knoxville and Justin Jones of Nashville were brought up for expulsion for leading chants of protesters from the floor in the wake of a mass shooting at a Christian school in which three 9-year-old students and three adults were killed by a 28-year-old former student of the school on March 27. Pearson and Jones, who is also Black, were expelled while the vote against Johnson, who is white, fell one vote short. (Photo by Seth Herald/Getty Images)

Tenn. Democrat Rep. Justin Pearson reinstated to House seat

A Second Democrat lawmaker in Tennessee is reinstated to his position after being expelled by the Republican majority over his role in a gun control protest at the State Capitol