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Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Biden spoke on the phone Tuesday, discussing several tense issues facing the two countries. Alexei Nikolsky/Alexei Nikolsky/TASS hide caption
Steven Brandenburg at the Ozaukee County Sheriff's Office Monday, in Port Washington, Wis. Brandenburg agreed to plead guilty to two charges of of attempting to tamper with consumer products with reckless disregard for the risk that another person will be placed in danger of death or bodily injury, prosecutors say. Ozaukee County Sheriff's Office/AP hide caption
A federal judge granted a temporary restraining order against the Department of Homeland Security's efforts to halt deportation efforts for 100 days. Lynne Sladky/AP hide caption
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis watches as nurse Christine Philips (left) administers the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for COVID-19 to Vera Leip, 88, a resident of John Knox Village, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020, in Pompano Beach, Fla. Marta Lavandier/AP hide caption
A field hospital tent stands outside the emergency department of the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital earlier this month in Los Angeles. California is returning to a tiered restriction system. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Army Capt. Jennifer Peace, Army Staff Sgt. Patricia King (center) and Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Akira Wyatt attend a hearing on Transgender Service Policy on Capitol Hill in 2019. King and other trans troops have long fought for the right to serve openly prior to Trump's ban, and she hopes there is more legislation to follow Biden's repeal to ensure something like that does not happen again. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images hide caption
'Time For Us To See Action': A Call To Carry Out Biden's Order On Trans Troops
TSA agents clearing passengers at Denver International Airport, June 2020. TSA found twice as many weapons on passengers per million in 2020 than they did the year prior. David Zalubowski/AP hide caption
Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo appears through video conferencing Tuesday during a Senate hearing for her nomination as the secretary for the Commerce Department, which oversees the U.S. Census Bureau. Jonathan Ernst/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Patti Herring sobs as she sorts through the remains of her home in Fultondale, Ala., on Tuesday, after her house was destroyed by a tornado. Jay Reeves/AP hide caption
Pro-Trump extremists attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. The acting U.S. Capitol Police chief apologized to Congress Tuesday for the department's failure to secure the building. Anadolu Agency via Getty Images hide caption
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft is seen here in November. A judge has ordered that tapes allegedly showing Kraft paying for sex at a massage parlor must be destroyed. Elsa/Getty Images hide caption
The Devil You Know: A Black Power Manifesto by Charles M. Blow Harper hide caption
Mike Lindell, the CEO of My Pillow, had been using his Twitter account to spread disinformation about the 2020 election. Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Lisa Howze, Gia Howze and Palestine Howze. Palestine Howze died last year. Now her family is suing Treyburn Rehabilitation Center, where she lived. Lisa Howze hide caption
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., dropped his demand that any power-sharing agreement with Democrats must keep the legislative filibuster intact. Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
A resident of the Minneapolis metro area became ill at the beginning of January. The patient had traveled to Brazil before the onset of symptoms. Stephen Maturen /AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Residents of Protection, Kan., gathered in the high school gym to receive polio shots on April 2, 1957. The mass inoculation event was staged by the March of Dimes, then known as the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. Courtesy March of Dimes hide caption