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Toppled White House Christmas tree is secured upright, …

In this image made from video, the National Christmas Tree hangs from a crane in front of the White House as a crew works to lift it back up after it fell, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023, amid high winter winds. (AP Video)

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Lawmakers can ‘vote their conscience’ on expelling Santos, …

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., is seen during a ceremonial swearing in for Celeste Maloy, R-Utah, to the House of Representatives, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

Senate Majority Leader Schumer warns that antisemitism …

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., answers questions from reporters outside the Senate chamber, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. President Joe Biden's nearly $106 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and other needs is sitting idle in Congress as Republicans are insisting on U.S.-Mexico border policy provisions in exchange for any new U.S. dollars for Ukraine in its fight against Russia. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP considers holding formal vote to authorize Biden impeachment …

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., meets with reporters to discuss GOP efforts to investigate President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Deutsche Bank was keen to land a ‘whale’ of a client in …

FILE - Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023, in Claremont, N.H. (AP Photo/Reba Saldanha, File)

US sanctions financial network tied to Iranian oil sales

FILE - The Treasury Building is viewed in Washington, May 4, 2021. The U.S. on Wednesday imposed a new round of sanctions on a group of 20 people and firms allegedly involved in a financial facilitation network for the benefit of the Iranian military. The Treasury Department sanctions impact firms and people spanning from Hong Kong to the United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Biden targets GOP Rep. Boebert in her district in a fresh …

President Joe Biden greets Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, right, and Denver Mayor Mike Johnston as he arrives on Air Force One at Denver International Airport, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023, in Denver. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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Trump embraces the Jan. 6 rioters on the trail. In …

A video of President Donald Trump recording a statement in the Rose Garden of the White House on Jan. 6 is played as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, July 21, 2022. Trump's lawyers have suggested their strategy in his election interference case in Washington involves distancing their client from the horde of U.S. Capitol rioters, whom the former president has embraced on the campaign trail. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

A conservative attack on government regulation reaches …

FILE - The U.S. Supreme Court is seen at near sunset in Washington, on Oct. 18, 2018. The Supreme Court is hearing arguments in a challenge to the Securities and Exchange Commission's ability to fight fraud, part of a broader attack on regulatory agencies led by conservative and business interests. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Winning the presidential nomination is all about …

FILE - Delegates are seated for the first day of the Republican National Convention, Aug. 24, 2020, in Charlotte, N.C. Winning the presidential nomination is all about delegates. But how does the process work? (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, Pool)

Nikki Haley wins backing from powerful Koch network …

GOP presidential hopeful Nikki Haley speaks during a campaign event on Monday, Nov. 27, 2023, in Bluffton, S.C. Haley is among a cluster of Republican candidates competing for second place in a GOP Republican primary thus far largely dominated by former President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)

Lawmakers move to force a vote this week on expelling …

FILE - Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., speaks to reporters outside the Capitol, in Washington, May 17, 2023. The House Ethics panel says it has found “substantial evidence” of lawbreaking by Republican Rep. George Santos of New York and has referred its findings to the Justice Department. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Argentina’s president-elect tells top Biden officials …

Argentina's President-elect Javier Milei poses for a photo on the steps of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus after a meeting with National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Russian court extends detention of Wall Street Journal …

FILE - Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom at the Moscow City Court in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023. A court in Moscow on Tuesday, Nov. 28, extended the detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Gershkovich, arrested on espionage charges, until Jan. 30, Russian news agencies reported. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)