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Rep. Andy Biggs raises concerns with Jan. 6 subpoena, requests rationale before cooperating

In this file photo, Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., speaks during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Oct. 7, 2021. Mr. Biggs is the latest House Republican to say he won’t cooperate with the Jan. 6 committee’s subpoena request unless the panel justifies its reasoning behind the move. (Bill Clark/Pool via AP, File) **FILE**

Rep. Andy Biggs is the latest GOP lawmaker to signal he won’t cooperate with the Jan. 6 committee’s subpoena request, unless the panel justifies its reasoning behind the move.

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council via videoconference in Moscow, Russia, Friday, May 27, 2022. (Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

European leaders press Putin on food crisis, call for diplomacy to end war in Ukraine

President Joe Biden delivers his keynote address to the University of Delaware Class of 2022 during its commencement ceremony in Newark, Del., Saturday, May 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Biden tells graduates of his alma mater America entering ‘decisive decade’

In this satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies, Russian forces are deployed in the town of Kolodyazi, approximately 11 kilometers northeast of Lyman, Ukraine, on Thursday, May 26, 2022. Vehicles are positioned near buildings throughout the town. (Satellite image ©2022 Maxar Technologies via AP)

Russia takes small cities, aims to widen east Ukraine battle

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In this Dec. 13, 2016, file photo, Don McLean performs during a taping of Dolly Parton's Smoky Mountain Rise Telethon in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

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President Joe Biden delivers his keynote address to the University of Delaware Class of 2022 during its commencement ceremony in Newark, Del., Saturday, May 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Biden tells graduates of his alma mater America entering ‘decisive decade’

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Thursday, May 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

White House won’t lift sanctions despite Russian pressure amid looming food crisis

President Joe Biden speaks about the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, from the White House, in Washington, Tuesday, May 24, 2022, as first lady Jill Biden listens. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Angola's Foreign Minister Tete Antonio, Thursday, May 26, 2022, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)

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Former president Donald Trump speaks during the Leadership Forum at the National Rifle Association Annual Meeting at the George R. Brown Convention Center Friday, May 27, 2022, in Houston. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke)

Trump pulls no punches in Wyoming rally aimed at outing Liz Cheney

Proud Boys members Zachary Rehl, left, and Ethan Nordean, left, walk toward the U.S. Capitol in Washington, in support of President Donald Trump on Jan. 6, 2021. A federal judge on Tuesday, Dec. 28 refused to dismiss an indictment charging four alleged leaders of the far-right Proud Boys, Ethan Nordean, Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rehl and Charles Donohoe, with conspiring to attack the U.S. Capitol to stop Congress from certifying President Joe Biden's electoral victory. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Proud Boys denied entry to NRA meeting

In this April 2019 file photo, President Donald Trump shakes hands with NRA executive vice president and CEO Wayne LaPierre, has he arrives to speak to the annual meeting of the National Rifle Association in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) **FILE**

Trump tells NRA that school security overhaul is best way to protect children from shootings

Then-House Speaker Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican, attends a news conference in Washington on Sept. 13, 2018. (Associated Press) **FILE**

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Migrants waiting to cross into the United States wait for news at the border crossing Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, in Tijuana, Mexico. A federal appellate court refused late Thursday, Aug. 19 to delay implementation of a judges order reinstating a Trump administration policy forcing thousands to wait in Mexico while seeking asylum in the U.S. President Joe Biden had suspended former President Donald Trumps Remain in Mexico policy on his first day in office and the Department of Homeland Security said it was permanently terminating the program in June, according to the court record. (AP Photo/Elliot Spagat) **FILE**

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In this Aug. 5, 2019, file photo, people gather at a vigil for recent victims of gun violence outside the National Rifle Association's headquarters building in Fairfax, Va. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

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Abortion-rights demonstrators coming from the Washington Monument march past the Supreme Court in Washington, Saturday, May 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) **FILE**

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In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, watches a military parade to mark the 90th anniversary of North Korea's army at the Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea on April 25, 2022. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File) **FILE**

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A state trooper places a tiara on a cross honoring Ellie Garcia, one of the victims killed in this week's elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas Saturday, May 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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Water nearly reaches the dune barrier at Ballston beach, Friday, Nov. 13, 2015, in Truro, Massachusetts. Some seaside communities in New England are providing free beach access to Native Americans as the 2022 summer season kicks off this Memorial Day weekend. Earlier this month, officials in Narragansett, Rhode Island approved free seasonal beach passes for anyone with a valid identification card from the Narragansett Indian tribe. On Cape Cod in Massachusetts, the town of Truro is also extending a similar benefit to any Native American with proof of tribal affiliation. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)

Seaside towns offer free beach passes to Native Americans

In this file photo, Massachusetts Republican Gov. Charlie Baker faces reporters as Mass. Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito (left) looks on during a news conference at the Statehouse, Jan. 25, 2017, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) **FILE**

Baker vetoes bill to grant illegal immigrants access to Mass. driver’s licenses

Sierra Velarde, 17, a junior, and Danta Alcon, 16, a sophomore at Mora High School, attend the school's prom held at the Governor's residence in Santa Fe, N.M., Thursday, May 26, 2022. Mora and communities around it have been evacuated in recent weeks because of the Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak Fire burning in the area and were unable to hold the prom in Mora. (Eddie Moore/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)

Students displaced by fire hold prom at governor’s mansion

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A woman prays at the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra Monastery in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, May 28, 2022. The leaders of the Orthodox churches in Ukraine that were affiliated with the Russian Orthodox Church have announced on a statement they will sever ties with Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Russia takes small cities, aims to widen east Ukraine battle

In this photo released by official website of the office of Iranian Senior Vice-President, on Friday, May 27, 2022, Vice-President Mohammad Mokhber, second right, visits the site of a tower at under construction 10-story Metropol Building which collapsed on Monday, in the southwestern city of Abadan, Iran. Rescue teams at the site of the tower pulled five more bodies from the rubble on Friday, bringing the death toll in the disaster to 24. (Iranian Senior Vice-President Office via AP)

Iran disperses crowd angry over building collapse killing 29

Johan Sverdrup oil field off the North Sea is shown on Oct. 9, 2018. Europe’s frantic search for alternatives to Russian natural gas has dramatically increased the demand — and price — for Norway's oil and gas. As the money pours in, Europe’s second-biggest natural gas supplier is fending off accusations that it’s profiting from the war in Ukraine. (Carina Johansen/NTB Scanpix via AP)

War surges Norway’s oil, gas profit. Now, it’s urged to help

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council via videoconference in Moscow, Russia, Friday, May 27, 2022. (Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

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The display announces delay of the Champions League final soccer match between Liverpool and Real Madrid at the Stade de France in Saint Denis near Paris, Saturday, May 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

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Miami Heat's Kyle Lowry (7) fouls Boston Celtics' Marcus Smart (36) during the first half of Game 6 of the NBA basketball playoffs Eastern Conference finals Friday, May 27, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Butler scores 47 points, Heat beat Celtics to force Game 7

San Francisco Giants' Joc Pederson watches his two-run home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets in San Francisco, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) **FILE**

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Ryan Ramsey, University of Maryland pitcher, is shown in this photo courtesy of Maryland Baseball. On April 29, 2022, Ramsey became only the second pitcher in school history to throw a perfect game in the Terrapins' 13-0 victory over Northwestern. (Photo courtesy Matt Gilpin, Maryland Baseball) **FILE**

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