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Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio talks to Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., during a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing on what Republicans say is the politicization of the FBI and Justice Department and attacks on American civil liberties on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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Republicans plan to use their new investigative powers in the House majority to ramp up probes into the Biden family and liberal Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg amid reports that Mr. Bragg is on the verge of indicting former President Donald Trump on felony charges.

President Donald Trump speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Feb. 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Trump allies turn looming indictment into a loyalty-litmus test for GOP rivals

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A sign is displayed at a branch of Signature Bank in New York, Monday, March 13, 2023. Lawmakers are up in arms over the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, and they're questioning what went wrong. But while President Joe Biden has urged Congress to strengthen the rules for banks to prevent more failures, lawmakers are divided on legislation. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Economists warn that nearly 200 banks are at risk of runs, failure

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A Jackson-Hinds Comprehensive Health Center nurse loads a syringe with a Moderna COVID-19 booster vaccine at an inoculation station next to Jackson State University in Jackson, Miss., Friday, Nov. 18, 2022. Moderna recently announced early evidence that its updated booster induced BQ.1.1-neutralizing antibodies. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin enter a hall for talks in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, June 5, 2019. The Chinese government said Xi would visit Moscow from March 20 to March 22, 2023, but gave no indication when he departed. The Russian government said Xi was due to arrive at midday and meet later with Putin. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool, File)

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Michael Shellenberger with Matt Taibbi, back left, testifies before House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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A view of the town of Bakhmut, the site of the heaviest battles with the Russian troops, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Roman Chop)

Ukraine sees holding Bakhmut as ‘necessary’ to spring offensive

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Graffiti with alcohol and drugs themes is seen inside the Corral Canyon Cave in Malibu, Calif., on Friday, May 6, 2016. Fans of the band who have marked up a scenic cave on the California coast with psychedelic graffiti will have to find another place to spray out their love for frontman Jim Morrison. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) **FILE**

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People gather at a rally protesting lawmakers gathering to override Gov. Eric Holcomb's veto of HB 1041, Tuesday, May 24, 2022, at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis. (Kelly Wilkinson/The Indianapolis Star via AP)

Wyoming bans biological males in girls’ sports

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Demonstrators dressed in drag protested at Kirk Cameron's reading of his children's book "As You Grow" at the Fayetteville Public Library in Arkansas on Friday, March 17, 2023. Photo courtesy Brave Books.

Kirk Cameron draws protesters in drag for children’s book reading at Arkansas library

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Mark Twain Prize recipient Adam Sandler is introduced at the start of the 24th Annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Sunday, March 19, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Adam Sandler receives Mark Twain Prize, praise from comic pals

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FILE - Jason Sudeikis arrives at the season three premiere of "Ted Lasso" on March 7, 2023, at Regency Village Theatre in Los Angeles. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will host the cast of “Ted Lasso” at the White House on Monday, March 20, to promote mental health and wellbeing. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

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Graffiti with alcohol and drugs themes is seen inside the Corral Canyon Cave in Malibu, Calif., on Friday, May 6, 2016. Fans of the band who have marked up a scenic cave on the California coast with psychedelic graffiti will have to find another place to spray out their love for frontman Jim Morrison. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) **FILE**

Psychedelic medicine advocates launch PAC to lobby lawmakers

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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of Calif., speaks during a Friends of Ireland Caucus St. Patrick's Day luncheon at the U.S. Capitol, Friday, March 17, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

McCarthy calls on Trump supporters to stand down amid threat of former president’s arrest

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President Donald Trump speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Feb. 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Trump allies turn looming indictment into a loyalty-litmus test for GOP rivals

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Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., listens during a Senate committee hearing on Senate Armed Services hearing to examine the posture of United States Central Command and United States Africa Command in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2024 and the Future Years, Thursday, March 16, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

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Dennis and Judy Shepard, Bishop LaTrelle Easterling, Rev. Mariann Budde, Reverend V. Gene Robinson, and the ashes of Matthew Shepard are carried at conclusion of a &quot;Thanksgiving and Remembrance of Matthew Shepard&quot; service at Washington National Cathedral in Washington, Friday, Oct. 26, 2018. The ashes of Matthew Shepard, whose brutal murder in the 1990s became a rallying cry for the gay rights movement, will be laid to rest in Washington National Cathedral. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Maryland, West Virginia Methodist congregations sue denomination over departure payments

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Pope Francis arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Wednesday, March 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

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A woman walks by a Yale sign reflected in the rainwater in the street on the Yale University campus in New Haven, Conn., Aug. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)

Two federal judges say law schools have become ‘laboratories of divisiveness, not leadership’

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Police officers walk outside the Supreme Court on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, ahead of arguments over President Joe Biden's student debt relief plan. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) **FILE**

Supreme Court to review 1977 decision on religious accommodation

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A view of the town of Bakhmut, the site of the heaviest battles with the Russian troops, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Roman Chop)

Ukraine sees holding Bakhmut as ‘necessary’ to spring offensive

Michael Shellenberger with Matt Taibbi, back left, testifies before House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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Jessika Harville, left, and Michele Barry wait for the Silicon Valley Bank to open located in Palo Alto, Calif., on Monday, March 13, 2023. The federal government intervened Sunday to secure funds for depositors to withdraw from Silicon Valley Bank after the banks collapse. Barry and Harville were waiting in line to withdraw funds. (AP Photo/ Benjamin Fanjoy)

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A man sits on the ground handcuffed after witnesses say he appeared to be brandishing a knife on Sunday, March 19, 2023, in Miami Beach, Fla. (Alie Skowronski/Miami Herald via AP)

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A sign is displayed at a branch of Signature Bank in New York, Monday, March 13, 2023. Lawmakers are up in arms over the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, and they're questioning what went wrong. But while President Joe Biden has urged Congress to strengthen the rules for banks to prevent more failures, lawmakers are divided on legislation. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

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Former school president Falwell sues Liberty for $8.6 million pension payment

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This undated file photo provided by the U.S. Attorney's Office for Utah and introduced as evidence at a trial shows fentanyl-laced fake oxycodone pills collected during an investigation. (U.S. Attorneys Office for Utah via AP, File)

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Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin enter a hall for talks in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, June 5, 2019. The Chinese government said Xi would visit Moscow from March 20 to March 22, 2023, but gave no indication when he departed. The Russian government said Xi was due to arrive at midday and meet later with Putin. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool, File)

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U.S. Army soldiers work on a M777 howitzer during a joint military drill between South Korea and the United States at Rodriguez Live Fire Complex in Pocheon, South Korea, Sunday, March 19, 2023. North Korea launched a short-range ballistic missile toward the sea on Sunday, its neighbors said, ramping up testing activities in response to U.S.-South Korean military drills that it views as an invasion rehearsal. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

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Then Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou, left, and China's President Xi Jinping shake hands at the Shangri-la Hotel on Nov. 7, 2015, in Singapore. Former Taiwan President Ma will visit China next week, in what a spokesman called an independent bid to ease tensions between the self-ruled island and the mainland. Ma, who's a member of the opposition Nationalist Party (Kuomingtang), will lead a delegation of academics and students as well as his former presidential staffers from March 27 to April 7, his office said Sunday. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

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Kansas State guard Markquis Nowell celebrates after scoring against Kentucky during the second half of a second-round college basketball game in the NCAA Tournament on Sunday, March 19, 2023, in Greensboro, N.C. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

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