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Democratic Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly's legal battle with the Republican-led Legislature has left confusion over whether she has the authority to issue new pandemic restrictions. Kelly did not issue a mask mandate when speaking Wednesday from the state Capitol in Topeka. Abigail Censky/KCUR hide caption
President Joe Biden, center, signs a proclamation during an event in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Monday, July 26, 2021, to highlight the bipartisan roots of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Susan Walsh/AP hide caption
President Donald Trump pressured his Justice Department to declare that the presidential election was corrupt during a December 2020 call, according to newly released notes. Brandon Bell/Getty Images hide caption
Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, is lauding the new ruling from the Department of Justice. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption
President Biden speaks about the pandemic and the country's vaccination campaign on Thursday at the White House. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
U.S. Capitol police officers walk near the Capitol complex on July 19. Congress voted to extend funding for the force. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption
First lady Jill Biden arrives in Savannah, Ga., on July 8. She was injured last weekend while reportedly stepping on an object on a beach in Hawaii. Jim Watson/Pool/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Statuary Hall is seen in 2015. A group of senators is introducing a new effort to increase the number of statues of women in the halls of the U.S. Capitol. VW Pics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images hide caption
President Biden walks to the Oval Office after arriving on Marine One. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption
The lead GOP negotiators on the bipartisan infrastructure legislation — Sens. Lisa Murkowski (from left), Bill Cassidy, Rob Portman, Susan Collins and Mitt Romney — speak to reporters Wednesday at the U.S. Capitol. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
U.S. Capitol Police Pfc. Harry Dunn wipes his eye as he testifies during Tuesday's House select committee hearing on the Jan. 6 attack. During his testimony, Dunn said rioters hurled racial epithets at him and other Black officers. Oliver Contreras/AP hide caption
The moves by the Justice Department are part of the Biden administration's push to demonstrate it is on guard amid new voting restrictions that Republican-led states have proposed and enacted. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images hide caption
President Biden speaks Wednesday at a Mack Trucks facility in Macungie, Pa., about the importance of U.S. manufacturing and buying products made in America. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images hide caption
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., wears a face mask as she hosts a visit by King Abdullah II of Jordan at the Capitol on July 22. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption
Rep. Mo Brooks, pictured in 2017 on Capitol Hill, and others were sued by another lawmaker earlier this year. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption
Fuel holding tanks are pictured at Colonial Pipeline's Dorsey Junction Station in Woodbine, Maryland in May 2021, the month that a cyberattack disrupted gas supply to the eastern U.S. for several days. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
President Biden delivers remarks Tuesday while visiting the Office of the Director Of National Intelligence in McLean, Va. Alex Edelman/CNP/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
U.S. Capitol Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell wipes tears while testifying Tuesday during the opening hearing of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Jim Bourg/Pool/Getty Images hide caption
President Biden delivers remarks during an event in the Rose Garden of the White House on Monday. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption
U.S. Capitol Police Pfc. Harry Dunn testifies Tuesday during a House select committee hearing about the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Oliver Contreras/The New York Times via AP hide caption
U.S. Capitol Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell (from left), officers Michael Fanone and Daniel Hodges of the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department, and Capitol Police Pfc. Harry Dunn are sworn in Tuesday before testifying before the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack. Oliver Contreras/Pool/Getty Images hide caption
The Justice Department says former Trump administration officials can testify before Congress about Jan. 6 and the events leading up to the insurrection. Patrick Semansky/AP hide caption
A new spending deal includes $300 million to upgrade windows and doors at the U.S. Capitol, and to install new cameras. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption
Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., chairs the Jan. 6 select committee. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., is one of the members. Tom Williams; Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call hide caption
