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Biden-McCarthy debt limit deal to face new obstacles in Senate as looming deadline closes in

In this Oct. 6, 2021, photo, the light in the cupola of the Capitol Dome is illuminated, indicating that work continues in Congress, in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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The Senate is struggling to reach an arrangement to allow for swift passage of the Biden-McCarthy debt limit deal before next week’s default deadline.

Biden accuser Tara Reade shows up in Russia seeking citizenship

In this April 4, 2019, file photo Tara Reade poses for a photo during an interview with The Associated Press in Nevada City, Calif. (AP Photo/Donald Thompson) ** FILE **

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Tara Reade, the former staffer who accused President Biden of sexual assault, has fled to Russia and is seeking citizenship there, claiming she fears for her safety in the U.S.

In this April 4, 2019, file photo Tara Reade poses for a photo during an interview with The Associated Press in Nevada City, Calif. (AP Photo/Donald Thompson) ** FILE **

Biden accuser Tara Reade shows up in Russia seeking citizenship

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Security personnel manned the entrance of the Wuhan Institute of Virology during a visit this week by a team from the World Health Organization. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Wuhan virus lab got more U.S. money than previously reported

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A public TV screen broadcasts news of North Korea's launch of its first spy satellite, on a street in Tokyo Wednesday, May 31, 2023. North Korea’s attempt to put the country’s first spy satellite into space failed Wednesday in a setback to leader Kim Jong Un’s push to boost his military capabilities as tensions with the United States and South Korea rise. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

South Korea, Japan hit panic buttons even as North Korean launch fizzles

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks to voters at a rally in Council Bluffs, Iowa, Wednesday. Several hundred people filled half of an event center to listen to DeSantis speak in his first trip to Iowa since announcing his presidential campaign. (AP Photo/Josh Funk)

Trump’s legal troubles boost DeSantis in Iowa

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Abortion protesters attempt to hand out literature at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Indianapolis, on Aug. 16, 2019. Planned Parenthood is shifting funding to its state affiliates and cutting national office staff to reflect a changed landscape in both how abortion is provided and how battles over access are playing out. The group, a major provider of abortion and other health services and also an advocate for abortion access, told its staff on Monday, May 22, 2023, that layoff notices would go out in June and provided The Associated Press with an overview Tuesday. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

Brutal assault on pro-life activists in Baltimore leaves victim with fractured face

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks to voters at a rally in Council Bluffs, Iowa, Wednesday. Several hundred people filled half of an event center to listen to DeSantis speak in his first trip to Iowa since announcing his presidential campaign. (AP Photo/Josh Funk)

Trump’s legal troubles boost DeSantis in Iowa

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Abortion protesters attempt to hand out literature at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Indianapolis, on Aug. 16, 2019. Planned Parenthood is shifting funding to its state affiliates and cutting national office staff to reflect a changed landscape in both how abortion is provided and how battles over access are playing out. The group, a major provider of abortion and other health services and also an advocate for abortion access, told its staff on Monday, May 22, 2023, that layoff notices would go out in June and provided The Associated Press with an overview Tuesday. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

Brutal assault on pro-life activists in Baltimore leaves victim with fractured face

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Bellevue, Washington / USA - April 1 2019: Red sign in front of a Chick-Fil-A fast food restaurant, specializing in fried chicken sandwiches and waffle fries. File photo credit: VDB Photos via Shutterstock.

Conservatives struggle to digest Chick-fil-A’s diversity, equity and inclusion policy

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Gen. Eric Smith is shown in this undated handout photo provided by the U.S. Dept. of Defense. President Joe Biden has nominated a highly decorated Marine officer who's been involved in the transformation of the force to be the next commandant of the Marine Corps. Gen. Eric Smith is now the assistant commandant and his nomination had been widely expected. (U.S. Dept. of Defense via AP)

Biden nominates Marine Corps assistant commandant for top job

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Actor Danny Masterson leaves Los Angeles superior Court with his wife Bijou Phillips after a judge declared a mistrial in his rape case in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. Jurors said they were hopelessly deadlocked at the trial of &quot;That '70s Show&quot; actor who was charged with the rape of three women, including a former girlfriend, between 2001 and 2003. (AP Photo/Brian Melley)

‘That ‘70s Show’ actor Danny Masterson guilty in rape retrial

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Actor John Beasley attends the premiere of HBO Films' "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" in New York on April 18, 2017. Beasley, the veteran character actor who played a kindly school bus driver on the TV drama Everwood and appeared in dozens of films dating back to the 1980s, has died. He was 79. His manager Don Spradlin says Beasley died Tuesday after a “brief and unexpected illness” in his hometown of Omaha, Nebraska. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP, File)

Veteran character actor John Beasley dies at 79

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Twitter logos hang outside the company's offices in San Francisco, Monday, Dec. 19, 2022. Twitter may now be worth one-third of what Elon Musk paid for the social media platform just seven months ago. Financial services company Fidelity has reduced the market value of its equity stake in Twitter for a third time, now putting it at $6.55 billion. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Fidelity: Twitter worth a third of what Musk paid for it

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Al Pacino, winner of the Hollywood supporting actor award for "The Irishman," poses backstage at the 23rd annual Hollywood Film Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Nov. 3, 2019. A representative for Al Pacino confirms that the 83-year-old actor and 29-year-old Noor Alfallah are expecting a baby. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

At 83, Al Pacino is expecting a baby with 29-year-old Noor Alfallah

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FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies before the House Appropriations subcommittee Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies budget hearing for Fiscal Year 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Phone call between Comer and Wray keeps contempt threat over FBI Director’s head

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Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., walks to his office at Capitol Hill, Tuesday, May 30, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

McCarthy’s debt limit deal passes initial hurdle thanks to Democratic votes

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie addresses a gathering during a town hall style meeting at New England College, Thursday, April 20, 2023, in Henniker, N.H. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

The More the Merrier: GOP presidential field set to expand in coming days

By Seth McLaughlin and Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this Oct. 6, 2021, photo, the light in the cupola of the Capitol Dome is illuminated, indicating that work continues in Congress, in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Lyndsay Keith, a former Newsmax personality, took over the anchor chair at TBN's "Centerpoint" nightly newscast on May 22. The Christian network's news programming will expand in 2024, TBN content chief Tom Newman said. (TBN photo, used with permission)

Top religious network TBN to broaden focus, add faith-friendly lifestyle programming

FILE - Federal officers launch tear gas at a group of demonstrators during a Black Lives Matter protest in Portland, Ore., on July 26, 2020. Oregon's reputation for political harmony is being tested as a Republican walkout in the state Senate continues for a third week. The boycott could derail hundreds of bills and approval of a biennial state budget, as Republicans and Democrats refuse to budge on their conflicting positions over issues including abortion rights, transgender health and guns. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

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Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Clayton Kershaw looks out of the dugout during the first inning of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays Friday, May 26, 2023, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a press meeting in Lulea, Sweden, Tuesday May 30, 2023. Blinken said Tuesday the “time is now” for Turkey to drop its objections to Sweden joining NATO but says the Biden administration also believes that Turkey should be provided with upgraded F-16 fighters “as soon as possible.” (Jonas Ekströmer/TT News Agency via AP)

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Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., walks to the House chamber at Capitol Hill, Tuesday, May 30, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Freedom Caucus threatens ouster as McCarthy rushes forward with debt limit vote

In this Tuesday, March 13, 2018 photo, voters cast their ballots in Illinois primary elections at the city's new early voting super site in downtown Chicago. In Illinois, attempts by hackers in the summer of 2016 to alter voter registration information were ultimately unsuccessful, although voter data was viewed. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)

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This photo, in New York, Thursday, May 18, 2023, shows the ChatGPT app on an iPhone. The free app started to become available on iPhones in the U.S. on Thursday and will later be coming to Android phones. Unlike the web version, you can also ask it questions using your voice. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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FILE - Amazon Echo and Echo Plus devices, behind, sit near illuminated Echo Button devices during an event by the company in Seattle, Sept. 27, 2017. In a vote Wednesday, May 31, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission is ordering Amazon to pay more than $30 million in fines over privacy violations involving its voice assistant Alexa and its doorbell camera Ring. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

Amazon to pay $30 million over alleged Alexa, Ring privacy violations

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Abortion protesters attempt to hand out literature at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Indianapolis, on Aug. 16, 2019. Planned Parenthood is shifting funding to its state affiliates and cutting national office staff to reflect a changed landscape in both how abortion is provided and how battles over access are playing out. The group, a major provider of abortion and other health services and also an advocate for abortion access, told its staff on Monday, May 22, 2023, that layoff notices would go out in June and provided The Associated Press with an overview Tuesday. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

Brutal assault on pro-life activists in Baltimore leaves victim with fractured face

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Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin speaks prior to signing the budget at a ceremony at a grocery store June 21, 2022, in Richmond, Va. Youngkin is set to issue a third round of endorsements in Virginia legislative races, backing 19 more Republican candidates, including six who are in contested primaries. Among those set to receive the governor’s backing Thursday, May 18, 2023 are Emily Brewer and Tara Durant, both members of the House of Delegates facing spirited challenges for the GOP nomination in state Senate races.(AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

3 more GOP governors sending National Guard troops to U.S.-Mexico border

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Florida man accused of faking hate crimes by burning down two houses he owned

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Iranian oil tanker Fortune is anchored at the dock of the El Palito refinery near Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, May 25, 2020. A dozen senators are making a bipartisan appeal to President Joe Biden to reinvigorate the power of U.S. authorities to seize Iranian oil assets under an enforcement program they say has been allowed to languish. Despite existing sanctions, Iranian oil exports jumped 35% last year and proceeds are being used to sponsor attacks on U.S. citizens and servicemembers as well as allies, the senators said in a letter to the president. (AP Photo/Ernesto Vargas, File)

Dissident group: Iran has ‘very elaborate’ oil sanctions evasion operation

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Gen. Eric Smith is shown in this undated handout photo provided by the U.S. Dept. of Defense. President Joe Biden has nominated a highly decorated Marine officer who's been involved in the transformation of the force to be the next commandant of the Marine Corps. Gen. Eric Smith is now the assistant commandant and his nomination had been widely expected. (U.S. Dept. of Defense via AP)

Biden nominates Marine Corps assistant commandant for top job

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

China's President Xi Jinping arrives to attend the APEC Economic Leaders Meeting during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, APEC summit, Nov. 19, 2022, in Bangkok, Thailand. China’s ruling Communist Party is calling for beefed-up national security measures, highlighting the risks posed by advances in artificial intelligence. A meeting headed by party leader and President Xi on Tuesday, May 30, 2023, urged “dedicated efforts to safeguard political security and improve the security governance of internet data and artificial intelligence," the official Xinhua News Agency said. (Jack Taylor/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Indo-Pacific commander warns China’s leader on cost of war

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

A poster with pictures of, from right, King Abdullah II, Crown Prince Hussein, Saudi architect Rajwa Alseif and Queen Rania, is hanged at the front of a building in the capital Amman, Jordan, Wednesday, May 31, 2023. Crown Prince Hussein and Saudi architect Rajwa Alseif are to be married on Thursday at a palace wedding in Jordan, a Western-allied monarchy that has been a bastion of stability for decades as Middle East turmoil has lapped at its borders. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

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Washington Commanders quarterback Sam Howell stretches during the team's NFL football practice in Ashburn, Va., Wednesday, May 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

A new sound: Sam Howell mic’d up sessions help Commanders QB take command

By Matthew Paras - The Washington Times

Maryland defensive back Jakorian Bennett, center, holds the trophy after Maryland defeated North Carolina State in the Duke's Mayo Bowl NCAA college football game in Charlotte, N.C., Friday, Dec. 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)

Maryland’s 2023 football schedule comes into focus with game time announcements

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Peyton Stearns returns the ball during her ATX Open tennis match against Mirjam Bjorklund at the Westwood Country Club in Austin, Texas, Wednesday, March 1, 2023. Stearns is playing in the French Open for the first time and now the 21-year-old American is into the third round after knocking off 2017 champion Jelena Ostapenko. Stearns used her big forehand to put together the 6-3, 1-6, 6-2 victory on Wednesday, May 31, 2023. (Mikala Compton/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

NCAA champ Stearns beats Ostapenko to reach French Open third round

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Baltimore Orioles' Anthony Santander walks to the dugout after scoring on a sacrifice fly ball by Austin Hays during the second inning of a baseball game against the Cleveland Guardians, Tuesday, May 30, 2023, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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Bellevue, Washington / USA - April 1 2019: Red sign in front of a Chick-Fil-A fast food restaurant, specializing in fried chicken sandwiches and waffle fries. File photo credit: VDB Photos via Shutterstock.

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Gen. Eric Smith is shown in this undated handout photo provided by the U.S. Dept. of Defense. President Joe Biden has nominated a highly decorated Marine officer who's been involved in the transformation of the force to be the next commandant of the Marine Corps. Gen. Eric Smith is now the assistant commandant and his nomination had been widely expected. (U.S. Dept. of Defense via AP)

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Actor Danny Masterson leaves Los Angeles superior Court with his wife Bijou Phillips after a judge declared a mistrial in his rape case in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. Jurors said they were hopelessly deadlocked at the trial of &quot;That '70s Show&quot; actor who was charged with the rape of three women, including a former girlfriend, between 2001 and 2003. (AP Photo/Brian Melley)

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In this image from video provided by the U.S. Navy, a Chinese J-16 fighter flies aggressively close to a U.S. RC-135 aircraft flying in international airspace over the South China Sea on Friday, May 26, 2023. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning responded Wednesday, May 31, 2023, to complaints from the United States about a Chinese fighter jet’s dangerous interception of an American Air Force reconnaissance aircraft, saying that China would keep taking measures it deems necessary to safeguard its sovereignty. (U.S. Navy via AP, File)

China scoffs at U.S. complaints over fighter pilot’s ‘aggressive maneuver’ in international airspace

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West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice delivers his annual State of the State address in the House Chambers at the West Virginia Capitol in Charleston, W.Va., Jan. 11, 2023. Justice is set to make an announcement Thursday, April 27, ending speculation about whether he will seek the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Democrat Joe Manchin. (AP Photo/Chris Jackson) **FILE**

Biden DOJ sues family coal business of GOP challenger to Sen. Joe Manchin

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In this frame grab from video broadcast by SpaceX, recovery crews lift and secure the SpaceX Dragon capsule after it splashed down into the Gulf of Mexico, just off the Florida Panhandle, late Tuesday, May 30, 2023. The private flight carrying two Saudi astronauts and other passengers returned to Earth after a nine-day trip to the International Space Station. (SpaceX via AP)

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People walk along the San Clemente Pier at sundown in San Clemente, Calif., on May 12, 2015. Five juveniles have been arrested on suspicion of being involved in the beating of three off-duty Marines by a large group on a Southern California pier. The assault happened Friday, May 26, 2023, in the city of San Clemente, which is near the Marine Corps' Camp Pendleton. (Ana Venegas/The Orange County Register via AP, File)

Multiple teens arrested for assaulting Marines in California

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, left, speaks alongside President Donald Trump during a roundtable discussion on the coronavirus outbreak and storm preparedness at Pelican Golf Club in Belleair, Fla., July 31, 2020. Before Trump and DeSantis were leading rivals for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, they were allies. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

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Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie addresses a gathering during a town hall style meeting at New England College, Thursday, April 20, 2023, in Henniker, N.H. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) ** FILE **

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A worker repairs a damage on a building in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, May 30, 2023 after a Ukrainian drone attack. A rare drone attack jolted Moscow before dawn, causing only light damage but forcing evacuations as residential buildings were struck in the Russian capital. (Sofia Sandurskaya, Moscow News Agency photo via AP)

Analysts: Kremlin ceding initiative to Kyiv after air attacks on Ukraine

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The sign for the National Labor Relations Board is seen outside the organization's headquarters in downtown Washington on July 17, 2013. (Associated Press, File)

NLRB: Noncompete agreements violate labor laws

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The entrance to the Labor Department is seen near the Capitol in Washington. Unemployment fraud in the U.S. has reached dramatic levels during the pandemic: more than $63 billion has been paid out improperly through fraud or errors since March 2020. Criminals are seizing on the opportunity created by the pandemic and are making false claims using stolen information. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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In this April 4, 2019, file photo Tara Reade poses for a photo during an interview with The Associated Press in Nevada City, Calif. (AP Photo/Donald Thompson) ** FILE **

Biden accuser Tara Reade shows up in Russia seeking citizenship

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Pride month merchandise is displayed at a Target store Wednesday, May 24, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. Target is removing certain items from its stores and making other changes to its LGBTQ+ merchandise nationwide ahead of Pride month, after an intense backlash from some customers including violent confrontations with its workers. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a fundraising picnic for U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, Saturday, May 13, 2023, in Sioux Center, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

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U.S. Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz listens during a news conference, Jan. 5, 2023, in Washington. The head of the U.S. Border Patrol is stepping down following major changes at the U.S.-Mexico border that came with the end of Title 42 pandemic restrictions. Ortiz said in a note to staff Tuesday, May 30, obtained by The Associated Press, that he has decided to retire effective Friday, June 30. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

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Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., walks to the House chamber at Capitol Hill, Tuesday, May 30, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning gestures during a press conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing, Oct. 13, 2022. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning responded Wednesday, May 31, 2023, to complaints from the United States about a Chinese fighter jet’s dangerous interception of an American Air Force reconnaissance aircraft, saying that China would keep taking measures it deems necessary to safeguard its sovereignty. (AP Photo/Liu Zheng, File)

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FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies before the House Appropriations subcommittee Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies budget hearing for Fiscal Year 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

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A view of the P4 lab inside the Wuhan Institute of Virology is seen after a visit by the World Health Organization team in Wuhan in China's Hubei province on Feb. 3, 2021. President Joe Biden signed a bipartisan bill on Monday, March 20, 2023, that directs the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to declassify intelligence related to China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology, citing “potential links” between the research that was done there and the outbreak of COVID-19, which the World Health Organization declared a pandemic on March 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

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