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Then-Federal Election Commissioner Matthew Petersen testifies during a hearing before the Elections Subcommittee of House Committee on House Administration on November 3, 2011, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

3 Trump Judicial Nominees Withdraw, Raising Some Questions About Vetting

The Trump administration and the GOP-controlled Senate have been confirming judicial nominations at a record pace but the breakneck speed and nontraditional vetting has come at a cost recently.

Aretha Franklin Knew How To Make Us Laugh, Too

The Queen of Soul had quite the sense of humor.

Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore rides in on a horse to vote and is pictured preparing to tie it up.

What To Watch For And What's At Stake In The Alabama Senate Race

No matter what happens in Alabama on Tuesday, it will have consequences that stretch from Birmingham to the Beltway.

Broadway star Laura Osnes joins the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square for the annual Christmas concert.

Christmas With The Mormon Tabernacle Choir Featuring Laura Osnes And Martin Jarvis

Airs Saturday, Dec. 24, 2016 at 7 p.m. on KPBS TV

Protesters wearing white sheets shout at Sen. Jeff Sessions as he arrives at the Russell Senate Office Building on Monday for his confirmation hearing.

5 Takeaways From Jeff Sessions' Attorney General Hearing, So Far

Many of the questions during Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions' confirmation hearing for attorney general centered on whether he would stand up to the president-elect's more controversial stances.

FBI Director Christopher Wray arrives to testify during a House Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington, D.C. Thursday.

FBI Director Christopher Wray Defends His Agency On Capitol Hill

The director spoke to the House Judiciary Committee just days after President Trump said the FBI's reputation was the "worst in history!"

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. addresses a crowd in Birmingham, Ala., in 1966. President Obama has designated an historic civil rights district in Birmingham as a national monument.

Obama Honors Civil Rights Movement With New National Monuments

As his administration ends, Obama has protected more historic, cultural and natural sites than any other president before him. The new sites are in South Carolina and in Birmingham and Anniston, Ala.

Workers load a statue of Confederate Gens. Robert E. Lee and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson on a flatbed truck in the early hours of Wednesday in Baltimore. A campaign to remove symbols of the Civil War-era, pro-slavery secessionist republic is gathering momentum across the United States.

Trump Defends 'Beauty' Of Confederate Memorials

The tweets come after days of the president whipsawing back and forth on his response to the violence in Charlottesville, Va., that led to the death of 32-year-old Heather Heyer.

University of Virginia students, faculty and residents attend a candle light march across grounds in Charlottesville, Va., Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017. Hundreds gathered on the campus for a candlelight vigil against hate and violence days after Charlottesville erupted in chaos during a white nationalist rally.

Thousands March With Candlelight At Charlottesville Vigil

Family members of the young woman mowed down while protesting a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville used her funeral as a rallying cry, telling mourners the best way to honor Heather Heyer is to continue her fight against injustice.

From Hamilton To Grant: Ron Chernow Paints A 'Farsighted' President in New Biography

After the massive success of his last book, which inspired an award-winning Broadway musical, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Ron Chernow is back with a new biography of President Ulysses S. Grant.

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