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FILE - White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan speaks at a press briefing at the White House in Washington, April 24, 2023. Sullivan and senior Chinese foreign policy adviser Wang Yi held talks in Vienna this week, the latest in a series of small signs that tensions could be easing between the world's two biggest economies. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

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Biden administration clarifies 1872 Mining Law; says Nevada …

Construction continues at the Thacker Pass lithium mine on April 24, 2023, near Orovada, Nev. The Biden administration says it has completed a court-ordered review that should ensure construction continues at the Nevada lithium mine, despite legal challenges brought by conservationists and tribal leaders. (AP Photo/ Rick Bowmer)

Washington state Senate OKs bill keeping drugs illegal, …

FILE - A volunteer cleans up needles used for drug injection that were found at a homeless encampment in Everett, Wash., Nov. 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Saddleback Church appealing its ouster from the Southern …

FILE - Congregants arrive at Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 16, 2022. Saddleback Church is appealing its ouster from the Southern Baptist Convention for having women pastors on staff, according to the denomination. The Executive Committee of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination had voted to expel the church earlier this year. But the Southern California megachurch is exercising its right to appeal to the full annual meeting of the convention next month in New Orleans. Southern Baptists’ statement of faith says the office of pastor is limited to men. (AP Photo/Allison Dinner, File)

Kim Gardner steps down as St. Louis’ elected prosecutor …

FILE - St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner sits behind her attorneys in a courtroom on April 18, 2023, in St. Louis, in the first hearing of a lawsuit by Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey seeking to remove Gardner from office. Gardner, who had announced she would resign effective June 1, said Tuesday, May 16, 2023, that she is leaving office immediately, and that the St. Louis County prosecutor will take over until the governor appoints her replacement. (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP, Pool, File)

Virginia man charged in baseball bat attacks on three …

The Fairfax, Va., office of Rep. Gerry Connelly, D-Va., is shown on Monday, May 15, 2023, after police said a man with a metal baseball bat walked into the office, asked for Connelly, and then struck two members of his staff with the bat. Fairfax City Police in northern Virginia said in a tweet that a suspect is in custody and the victims are being treated for injuries that are not life-threatening. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

At least 3 dead, more wounded in New Mexico shooting

Community members sing during a prayer vigil at Hills Church, Monday, May 15, 2023, in Farmington, N.M. Authorities said an 18-year-old man roamed through the community firing randomly at cars and houses Monday, killing three people and injuring six others including two police officers before he was killed. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)

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Biden administration announces nearly $11 billion …

FILE - Sunlight filters through storm clouds onto a wind turbine as severe weather rolls through the midwest on April 4, 2023, south of Stuart, Iowa. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a nearly $11 billion investment on Tuesday, May 16, to help bring affordable clean energy to rural communities throughout the country. (Chris Machian/Omaha World-Herald via AP, File)

San Francisco DA releases video of Walgreens security …

Asia Hubbard, ex-girlfriend of Banko Brown, speaks outside City Hall, Monday, May 15, 2023, after a march from the Market Street Walgreens in San Francisco, following District Attorney Brooke Jenkins' decision not to prosecute security guard, Michael Earl-Wayne Anthony, for confronting and killing Brown, who was suspected of shoplifting inside the store. (Scott Strazzante/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

Why a drug decriminalization crisis looms for Washington …

FILE - In this Nov. 8, 2017 file photo, Steph Gaspar, a volunteer outreach worker with The Hand Up Project, an addiction and homeless advocacy group, cleans up needles used for drug injection that were found at a homeless encampment in Everett, Wash. Lawmakers in the state of Washington are going into special session hoping to avert a crisis over the decriminalization of drugs. They voted down a bill last month to keep drug possession illegal while boosting addiction services. Now they hope to reach a compromise before July 1. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, file)

Groups demand officials share information on Texas …

Chanda Parbhoo, at podium, founder and president of SAAVETX Education Fund, speaks at a news conference as, from left rear, Ramiro Luna, executive director and co-founder of Somos Tejas; Jerry Hawkins of Dallas Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation; and community member Caroline Kim listen, Monday, May 15, 2023, in Dallas. Members of Texas groups representing people of color demanded that authorities quickly acknowledge whether they believe the neo-Nazi who killed eight people at a Dallas-area mall over a week ago was racially motivated in choosing his victims. (AP Photo/Jamie Stengle)

Man in custody after baseball bat attack hurts 2, …

Crime scene tape blocks the Fairfax, Va., office building where police say a man wielding a baseball bat attacked two staffers for U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., on Monday morning, May 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Matthew Barakat)

At 81, Martha Stewart becomes oldest Sports Illustrated …

FILE - Martha Stewart arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party, Feb. 9, 2020, in Beverly Hills, Calif. At 81, Stewart isn't slowing down and some might say she's heating up as one of Sports Illustrated's 2023 cover models. In an Instagram post Monday, May 15, 2023, the businesswoman and media personality wrote she hopes the cover inspires people “to try new things, no matter what stage of life you're in.” (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Court order that could end US health law’s preventative …

FILE - The healthcare.gov website is seen on Dec. 14, 2021, in Fort Washington, Md. A federal judge's ruling striking down a part of the Affordable Care Act requiring most insurers to cover preventive care including vaccines and screenings for cancer, diabetes and HIV was temporarily put on hold Monday, May 15, 2023, by a federal appeals court in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)