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Stickers encouraging people to register to vote are available in the waiting room of the Native Health center in Phoenix. Grace Widyatmadja/NPR hide caption

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Advocates work to get Native American voters registered in the key state of Arizona

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Republican presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis greets guests after speaking during the Scott County Fireside Chat at the Tanglewood Hills Pavilion in Bettendorf, Iowa. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption

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Ron DeSantis wanted to be like Trump. Now he's trying to prove he's not to win Iowa

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Former President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media as he arrives at the New York State Supreme Court during the civil fraud trial against the Trump Organization in New York City on Jan. 11, 2024. Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Closing arguments concludes in Trump civil fraud trial in New York

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In this handout photo provided by the U.S. Navy, U.S. Military Police guard detainees in orange jumpsuits on Jan. 11, 2002 at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. U.S. Navy/Getty Images hide caption

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Guantánamo Bay is still open. This week, pressure ramped up to close it

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Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley participates in fourth Republican Presidential Primary Debate on on December 6, 2023 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption

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Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is being singled out by House Republicans for the crisis at the southwest border, even as he works with Senate negotiators on a plan to change administration policy. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption

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Congressional leaders struck an agreement to keep the government funded and avert a shutdown. The deal still needs to get through Congress, where it is likely to face opposition from conservatives. Stefan Zaklin/Getty Images hide caption

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Congressional leaders reach a deal to fund the government, avert a shutdown

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A participant in the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Peace Walk in Washington, D.C., holds a sign that says "PROTECT VOTING RIGHTS" in 2022. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin speaks during a joint press conference with Israel's defense minister in Tel Aviv on Dec. 18, 2023. Alberto Pizzoli/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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The U.S. Supreme Court has thrust itself firmly in the middle of the 2024 presidential cycle. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption

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Supreme Court takes up Colorado's decision to kick Trump off its primary ballot

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Ahead of his speech, President Biden and first lady Jill Biden attended a small wreath-laying ceremony at the National Memorial Arch in Valley Forge National Historical Park on Jan. 5, 2024. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Clockwise, from top left: former N.J. Gov. Chris Christie, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Vivek Ramaswamy, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley and former President Donald Trump. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images; Eduardo Munoz Alvarez-Pool/Getty Images; Jim Vondruska/Getty Images; Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images; Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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