A 'help wanted' sign is displayed in a window of a store in Manhattan, New York City, on Dec. 2, 2022. U.S. employers added an unexpectedly strong 517,000 jobs in January, showcasing the labor market is red-hot. The unemployment rate fell to its lowest level in more than half a century. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
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A high altitude balloon floats over Billings, Mont., on Wednesday. The U.S. is tracking a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that has been spotted over U.S. airspace. Larry Mayer/AP hide caption
A teacher lines up the students for school-prepared lunches at Madison Crossing Elementary School in Canton, Miss. in 2019. The USDA unveiled new nutrition standards for school meals that would limit sugar and sodium. Rogelio V. Solis/AP hide caption
A Trump-appointed Texas judge could force a major abortion pill off the market
President Biden speaks at the National Prayer Breakfast on Feb. 3, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Patrick Semansky/AP hide caption
Congress takes reins of prayer breakfast from secretive Christian evangelical group
Deidra Bollinger of Lancaster County shaves Rozabel red and white dairy cow at the annual Pennsylvania Farm Show in Harrisburg, Pa., on Jan. 11. Matt Rourke/AP hide caption
Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., departs a news conference outside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 26. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders speaks after taking the oath of the office on the steps of the Arkansas Capitol Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023, in Little Rock, Ark. Will Newton/AP hide caption
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill after meeting with President Biden on Feb. 1, 2023. Devin Speak/NPR hide caption
President Joe Biden walks across the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on Tuesday. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption
House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, leads his panel's first meeting in the new Republican majority — a hearing Wednesday titled, "The Biden Border Crisis — Part I." J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption
In first GOP-led hearing about the border, witnesses paint sharply different pictures
Nikki Haley is seen during an appearance on Hannity at Fox News Channel Studios on Jan. 20 in New York City. Theo Wargo/Getty Images hide caption
Kentucky GOP Rep. James Comer and other House Republicans speak at the U.S. Capitol in November. This week, Republicans are holding their first hearings as part of investigations into the Biden administration. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
Demonstrators protesting the death of Tyre Nichols gather and march through downtown Memphis, Tenn., on Jan. 28. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption
Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., leaves a House GOP conference meeting in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 25, 2023. Devin Speak/NPR hide caption
Ohio Republican Jim Jordan chairs the House Judiciary Committee, which will lead many of the investigations into the Biden administration this year. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
Jim Jordan moves from leadership nemesis to key player in GOP agenda
The TikTok app logo is pictured in Tokyo, Sept. 28, 2020. University of Wisconsin System officials said Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, that they will restrict the use of TikTok on system devices. Kiichiro Sato/AP hide caption
Former President Donald Trump is suing Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward over Woodward's latest book, The Trump Tapes. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for Audi Canada and Scott Eisen/Getty Images hide caption
U.S. House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy talks to then-Rep.-elect Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., in the House Chamber during the fourth day of voting for speaker of the House in January. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., talks to the infant child of Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-Calif., inside the House chamber during votes for the next speaker of the House on the first day of the 118th Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 3. Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters hide caption
Brianne Chapman protests outside the federal courthouse in Washington, D.C., on Friday, during the sentencing hearing for Julian Khater and George Tanios. Khater pleaded guilty to assaulting Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick with pepper spray on Jan. 6, 2021. Jose Luis Magana/AP hide caption
Re-elected Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel holds a gavel while speaking at the committee's winter meeting in Dana Point, Calif., on Friday. Jae C. Hong/AP hide caption