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US announces sweeping action against Chinese fentanyl …

FILE - A vial containing 2mg of fentanyl, is displayed at the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Testing and Research Laboratory in Sterling, Va., Aug. 9, 2016. The US is announcing a series of indictments and sanctions against 14 people and 14 firms across China and Canada related to the import of fentanyl into the United States. It's one of the biggest actions the Biden administration has taken against the trafficking of the deadly drug. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

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McCarthy becomes the first speaker ever to be ousted from …

Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., leaves the House floor after being ousted as Speaker of the House at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Mike Pence says he is ‘deeply disappointed’ in vote to …

Republican presidential candidate and former Vice President Mike Pence attends an Associated Press 2024 GOP Presidential Candidates Conversations on National Security and Foreign Policy event, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, held in partnership with Georgetown University's Institute of Politics and Public Service, at Georgetown University in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

New York judge issues limited gag order after Trump sends …

Former President Donald Trump motions to the media as he walks out of the courtroom during a break in his civil business fraud trial at New York Supreme Court, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, in New York. Trump is in court for the second day of his trial. A day after fiery opening statements, lawyers in the case are moving Tuesday to the plodding task of going through years' worth of Trump's financial documents. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Kevin McCarthy is out as speaker of the House. No one …

Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., leaves the House floor after being ousted as Speaker of the House at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

Biden tries to reassure allies of continued US support …

President Joe Biden speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Butler sworn in as third Black female senator in US history, …

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., meets with Laphonza Butler before she is sworn in to succeed the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

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US Rep. Cuellar of Texas is back at work after being …

FILE - U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, talks to a member of the media during a campaign event in San Antonio, May 4, 2022. Cuellar was carjacked late Monday, Oct. 2, 2023, in Washington's Navy Yard area, about a mile from the U.S. Capitol, multiple media sources reported. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Idaho and Missouri shift to Republican presidential …

FILE - The Missouri Capitol is seen, Sept. 16, 2022, in Jefferson City, Mo. Republicans in Missouri and Idaho will have to attend caucuses to cast their presidential picks in 2024, after GOP-led legislatures in those states canceled their presidential primaries and then missed a deadline to reinstate them. Presidential caucuses in both states are planned on March 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

Trump turns his fraud trial into a campaign stop …

Former President Donald Trump, center, appears in court Monday, Oct 2, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Brendan McDermid via Pool)

Schumer to lead a bipartisan delegation of senators …

Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, listens during a Senate Banking Committee Hybrid hearing on 'Oversight of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission," Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

No Labels asks state Democratic chairs to back off …

FILE - People with the group No Labels hold signs during a rally on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 18, 2011. More than 15,000 people in Arizona have registered to join a new political party floating a possible bipartisan “unity ticket” against Joe Biden and Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Donald Trump wants future Republican debates to be …

Former President Donald Trump sits in the courtroom before the continuation of his civil business fraud trial at New York Supreme Court, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, in New York. Former President Donald Trump is in a New York court for the second day of his civil business fraud trial. A day after fiery opening statements, lawyers in the case are moving Tuesday to the plodding task of going through years' worth of Trump's financial documents. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, POOL)

Hunter Biden pleads not guilty to three federal gun …

President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden arrives for a court appearance, in Wilmington, Del, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)