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Rep. George Santos is facing a vote on his expulsion …

Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., faces reporters at the Capitol in Washington, early Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023. After a scathing report by the House Ethics Committee citing egregious violations, Santos could be expelled from Congress this week. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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DeSantis and Newsom lob insults and talk some policy in …

In this combination of photos, Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks on Sept. 16, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa, at left, and California Gov. Gavin Newsom, speaks on Sept. 12, 2023, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo)

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Inspector general investigating decision to relocate FBI …

FILE - The J. Edgar Hoover FBI Building, home to the FBI headquarters, is seen, June 9, 2023, in Washington. A federal watchdog will investigate how the Biden administration chose a site for a new FBI headquarters following a contentious competition and allegations of conflict of interest. Virginia political leaders said Thursday that the Inspector General for the General Services Administration is probing the decision to locate the facility in Greenbelt, Maryland, over a site in Virginia. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

House passes resolution to block Iran’s access to $6 billion …

An Iranian domestically built missile is displayed in front of the portrait of the Lebanese Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah during a rally of Iran's Basij paramilitary force in support of the Palestinians in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Nov. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Sen. Rand Paul performed Heimlich maneuver on choking …

FILE - Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, speaks on Oct. 18, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Ernst was choking on food during a luncheon when fellow Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., performed the Heimlich maneuver on her. The incident occurred Nov. 30 during a closed-door Republican lunch in the Capitol.(AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough, File)

An appeals court reinstates gag order that barred Trump …

Alina Habba, one of ex-President Donald Trump's attorneys, arrives at New York Supreme Court, Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

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Biden hosts the Angolan president in an effort to …

President Joe Biden meets with Angola's President Joao Manuel Goncalves Lourenco in the Oval office of the White House, Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Senate Democrats authorize subpoenas in the Supreme …

FILE - Harlan Crow attends a book release reception by The George W. Bush Institute for "The 4 Percent Solution: Unleashing the Economic Growth America Needs," on July 17, 2012, in Dallas. Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to authorize subpoenas for two prominent conservatives who arranged luxury travel and other benefits for Supreme Court justices, but Republicans planned to object to the legitimacy of the action. The panel’s Democratic chairman, Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, pushed through the vote in the meeting's final moments Thursday after Republicans walked out of the meeting. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Blinken urges Israel to comply with international …

Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, right, and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken shake hands prior to a meeting in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023. Blinken told Israeli leaders on November 30 that a temporary truce in their war with Hamas was "producing results" and should continue. (Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP)

Japan suspends its Osprey flights after the fatal …

A Japanese coast guard marine sweeper conducts search and rescue operation in the waters where a U.S. military Osprey aircraft crashed into off the coast of Yakushima Island, Kagoshima prefecture, southern Japan Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023. Japan plans to suspend its own Osprey flights after a U.S. Air Force Osprey based in Japan crashed into waters off the southern coast during a training mission, officials said Thursday. (Kyodo News via AP)

Trump will hold a fundraiser instead of appearing …

FILE - Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump gestures after speaking at a campaign rally Oct. 23, 2023, in Derry, N.H. Trump will be headlining a closed-door fundraiser in Florida next week as his Republican primary rivals return to the debate stage. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Anthony Fauci will testify before Congress on COVID …

FILE - Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, adjusts his glasses during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, Nov. 4, 2021, in Washington. Fauci is expected to testify before Congress early next year as part of Republicans’ yearslong investigation into the origins of COVID-19 and the U.S. response to the disease. Fauci will sit for transcribed interviews in early January and a public hearing at a later date. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Henry Kissinger, secretary of state under Presidents …

FILE - Henry Kissinger, left, President Richard Nixon's national security adviser, and Le Duc Tho, member of Hanoi's Politburo, are shown outside a suburban house at Gif Sur Yvette in Paris, June 13, 1973, after a negotiation session, as Kissinger announced that they will later initial an agreement intended to tighten enforcement of the Vietnam Peace Agreement. Kissinger, the diplomat with the thick glasses and gravelly voice who dominated foreign policy as the United States extricated itself from Vietnam and broke down barriers with China, died Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023. He was 100. (AP Photo/Michel Lipchitz, File)