President Biden pictured at his home office in his private residence in Wilmington, Del., in 2021. This week, the Department of Justice announced that improperly stored classified documents had been discovered at the president's Wilmington home.
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Visitors tour the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs in Texas after it was turned into a memorial to honor those who died during the November 2017 shooting. The Department of Justice is appealing the decision from a district court that found the government 60% responsible for the massacre.
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen listens to President Biden discuss the federal debt limit on Oct. 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C.
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Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio, seen in May 2021, is on trial in Washington, accused of crimes related to the Jan. 6 storming of the Capitol.
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Robert Hur speaks in 2018 when he was the U.S. attorney in Maryland. On Thursday he was appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland as special counsel to investigate whether President Biden improperly handled classified documents.
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Robert Hur has been appointed as special counsel to investigate how classified documents came to be located at President Biden's Delaware residence and at a Washington, D.C., think tank office.
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President Joe Biden listens to a reporters question after speaking about the economy at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on Thursday.
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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks at a news conference in Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol Building on Thursday.
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Nassau County Republican Party Chairman Joseph Cairo and members of the Nassau County Republican Committee hold a news conference Jan. 11 in Westbury, N.Y., to call for the resignation of U.S. Rep. George Santos.
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First lady Jill Biden walks out of the White House on Jan. 11. She had surgery to remove three skin lesions and doctors said she would be back at the White House later on Wednesday.
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Signs used for polling stations are seen in a bin at the El Paso County Courthouse during the presidential primary Texas on Super Tuesday, March 3, 2020.
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President Biden boards Air Force One at El Paso International Airport in El Paso, Texas, on Jan. 8, to travel to Mexico City. Biden told reporters Tuesday that he was surprised to learn from his attorneys that classified documents had been found at the Penn Biden Center in Washington, D.C., in November.
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President Biden and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador found common ground in talks on migration, the economy and fentanyl interdiction.
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Damage is seen at Brazil's Congress one day after supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro stormed government buildings in Brasília. The attack was planned by far-right groups on social media, according to Brazilian media and analysts.
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The newly elected speaker of the House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy, holds the gavel on Jan. 7.
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President Biden speaks with U.S. Customs and Border Protection police at the Bridge of the Americas border crossing between Mexico and the U.S. in El Paso, Texas, on Sunday.
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Newly elected House Speaker Kevin McCarthy delivers a speech after he was elected on the 15th ballot on Jan. 7.
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Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., receives the gavel from House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., after McCarthy was elected speaker in the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol early Saturday morning.
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Newly elected House Speaker Kevin McCarthy holds the gavel after he was elected early Saturday on the 15th ballot.
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President Biden awards the Presidential Citizens Medal, the nation's second-highest civilian honor, to U.S. Capitol Police officer Caroline Edwards during a ceremony to mark the second anniversary of the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol in the East Room of the White House on Friday.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep interviews U.S. President Joe Biden's national security adviser Jake Sullivan in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 5, 2023.
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Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., returns to his office following another disappointing day for the House majority leader. McCarthy has so far failed to become speaker after six rounds of votes.
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