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White House preparing for government shutdown as …

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., left, and Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., propose amendments to the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Bill before the House Rules Committee, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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A 9/11 defendant is ruled unfit for trial after a medical …

FILE - In this April 17, 2019, photo, reviewed by U.S. military officials, the control tower is seen through the razor wire inside the Camp VI detention facility in Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. A military medical panel has concluded that one of the five 9/11 defendants held at Guantanamo Bay has been rendered delusional and psychotic by the torture he underwent years ago while in CIA custody. A military judge is expected to rule as soon as Thursday whether al-Shibh’s mental issues render him incompetent to take part in the proceedings against him. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Capitol rioter who attacked AP photographer and police …

FILE - The statement of facts to support the arrest warrant for Rodney Milstreed of Finksburg, Md., is photographed Tuesday, May 24, 2022 in Washington. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)

US pledges $100M to back proposed Kenyan-led multinational …

Armed members of "G9 and Family" march in a protest against Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)

Judge peppers lawyers in prelude to trial of New York’s …

FILE - New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks during a news conference, Sept. 21, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Brittainy Newman, File)

Gun violence is the ultimate ‘superstorm,’ President Biden …

President Joe Biden speaks about gun safety on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023, from the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. Vice President Kamala Harris listens at right. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Takeaways from investigation that turned up gold bars, …

FILE - Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee speaks during Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, March 22, 2023, in Washington. Menendez and his wife have been indicted on charges of bribery. Federal prosecutors on Friday announced the charges against the 69-year-old Democrat nearly six years after an earlier criminal case against him ended with a deadlocked jury. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

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Both parties rally supporters as voting begins in …

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin gestures as he talks to supporters during an early voting rally Thursday Sep. 21, 2023, in Petersburg, Va. Every Virginia legislative seat will be on the ballot in the November election, and both parties see a possible path to a majority. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

US contractor originally from Ethiopia arrested on …

FILE - The Department of Justice seal is seen in Washington, Nov. 28, 2018. The Justice Department says a contractor for the U.S. government who is originally from Ethiopia has been arrested on espionage charges, accused of providing a foreign country classified information that he downloaded and printed from his work computer system. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

911 call shows bizarre circumstances of F-35 ejection: …

FILE - A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II takes part in an aerial display during the Singapore Airshow 2022 at Changi Exhibition Centre in Singapore, on Feb. 15, 2022. The crash of an F-35B Joint Strike Fighter aircraft in South Carolina over the weekend has raised numerous questions about what prompted the pilot to eject after experiencing a malfunction and how the $100 million warplane was able to keep flying pilotless for 60 miles before crashing. (AP Photo/Suhaimi Abdullah, File)

Zelenskyy delivers upbeat message to US lawmakers …

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin greets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a welcome ceremony at the Pentagon, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Governors, Biden administration push to quadruple …

FILE - A condenser sits on the roof during the installation of a heat pump on Jan. 20, 2023, in Denver. A bipartisan coalition of about 25 governors and the Biden administration are set to announce a pledge Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023, to quadruple the number of heat pumps in U.S. homes by 2030. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Afghans who recently arrived in US get temporary …

President Joe Biden meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Republican David McCormick launches 2nd Senate bid …

Republican David McCormick, right, is joined by his wife Dina Powell, left, as he arrives at the Heinz History Center to announce that he will enter Pennsylvania's U.S. Senate race and make his second bid for the office, this time to take on Democratic Sen. Bob Casey, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)