In this Dec. 14, 2020, file photo, a voter fills out paperwork before casting a ballot the first day of early voting for the Senate runoff election in Atlanta. Ben Gray/AP hide caption
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Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., walks to her office in the basement of the U.S. Capitol building on Wednesday. Her positions on the filibuster and other issues have drawn threats of a primary challenge in Arizona. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption
Sinema's filibuster stance only adds to the frustrations of Arizona progressives
People attend the March for Life rally on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Friday. The march, in its 49th year, comes as a Supreme Court decision on abortion rights could unravel Roe v. Wade. Susan Walsh/AP hide caption
The website COVIDTests.gov allows people to order four at-home tests per residence and have them delivered by mail. Now there's a phone number, too. Steven Senne/AP hide caption
President Biden speaks in October about the coronavirus pandemic and encouraged states and businesses to support vaccine mandates. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's fugitive operations team makes an arrest at a home in Paramount, Calif., on March 1, 2020. Lucy Nicholson/Reuters hide caption
Biden's limits on ICE offered hope. But immigrant advocates say he's broken promises
Children draw on top of a canceled check prop during a rally in favor of the child tax credit in front of the U.S. Capitol on Dec. 13, 2021, in Washington, D.C. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
In Georgia, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is weighing whether Donald Trump and others committed crimes by trying to pressure Georgia officials to overturn Joe Biden's presidential election victory. Ben Gray/AP hide caption
District attorney in Georgia asks for a special grand jury for Trump election probe
Former President Donald Trump and daughter Ivanka Trump walk to Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on Jan. 4, 2020. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference Tuesday on Capitol Hill following a Senate Democratic Caucus meeting on voting rights and the filibuster. Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images hide caption
Schumer insists failed votes on voting rights and filibuster were right thing to do
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., told reporters she doesn't think new laws governing lawmakers' investments are needed, but if members want one she would go along with it. Eric Lee/Pool/Getty Images hide caption
President Biden planned to talk about infrastructure on the anniversary of his inauguration. But first, he had to clean up some comments he had made about Russia and Ukraine. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
A poll worker in Austin, Texas, stamps a voter's 2020 ballot before dropping it into a secure box. Ahead of the state's March primary, local election officials in Texas are starting to deal with the effects of the new GOP-backed voting law. Sergio Flores/Getty Images hide caption
Why Texas election officials are rejecting hundreds of vote-by-mail applications
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the end of the war in Afghanistan in the State Dining Room at the White House on August 31, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
Pro-life activists participate in the 48th annual March for Life outside the U.S. Supreme Court January 29, 2021 in Washington, D.C. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
Activists look ahead to what could be the 'last anniversary' for Roe
A pro-Trump mob stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Now, a nonprofit group said it has raised around $900,000 for the alleged rioters, but some of their families are raising questions about how the money is being spent. Samuel Corum/Getty Images hide caption
Experts see 'red flags' at nonprofit raising big money for Capitol riot defendants
Senate lawmakers on Wednesday debated a set of voting rights bills. Jose Luis Magana/AP hide caption
Former President Donald Trump speaks at a rally on Jan. 15 in Florence, Ariz. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption
President Biden speaks during a news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Wednesday. Susan Walsh/AP hide caption
Eric Trump speaks at the Jan. 6, 2021, rally in support of then-President Donald Trump before the Capitol attack. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption
Supreme Court hears arguments on campaign finance law, issues statement on NPR report
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Lawmakers from both parties are stepping up calls to ban members of Congress from trading individual stocks. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
A push to ban members of Congress from trading individual stocks gains momentum
Immigration activists rally near the White House on Oct. 7, 2021. The group demonstrated for immigration reform and urged President Biden to authorize a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images hide caption