William Burns is sworn in to testify before a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on his nomination to be director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on February 24, 2021. Pool Photo by Tom Brenner/UPI - Permalink
Senator Ted Cruz (TX) addresses attendees at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) 2021 hosted by the American Conservative Union at the Hyatt Regency Orlando in Orlando, Florida on Friday, February 26,2021. Photo by Joe Marino/UPI - Permalink
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, joins fellow members of Congress to observe a moment of silence on the steps of the U.S. Capitol, on February 23, 2021 in Washington, DC. Congressional leaders held a candlelight ceremony to mark the more than half million U.S. deaths. Photo by Leigh Vogel/UPI - Permalink
Los Angeles Clippers' center Ivica Zubac and Brooklyn Nets' guard James Harden chase the loose ball during the second half at Staples Center in Los Angeles on Sunday, February 21, 2021. The Nets defeated the Clippers112-108. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI - Permalink
Dr. Anthony Fauci is seen before President Joe Biden participates in an event commemorating the 50 million COVID-19 vaccine shot during a ceremony at the White House in Washington, DC on Thursday, February 25, 2021. Pool Photo by Doug Mills/UPI - Permalink
Judge Merrick Garland arrives to testify before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on his nomination to be U.S. Attorney General on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on February 22, 2021. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI - Permalink
Economist Adewale O. Adeyemo testifies before the Senate Finance Committee during his confirmation hearing to be Deputy Secretary of the Treasury in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on February 23, 2021. Pool Photo by Jim Lo Scalzo/UPI - Permalink
President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (virtually) make statements in the East Room of the White House about their virtual bilateral meeting in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, February 23, 2021. Pool Photo by Pete Marovich/UPI - Permalink
Vice President Kamala Harris (left), President Joe Biden (center) and US Secretary of State Tony Blinken (right) participate in a virtual bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, February 23, 2021. Pool Photo by Pete Marovich/UPI - Permalink
Former U.S. Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund, right, hugs Capitol Police Captain Carneysha Mendoza, left, before they testify before a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs & Senate Rules and Administration joint hearing on Capitol Hill, Washington, Tuesday, February 23, 2021, to examine the January 6th attack on the Capitol. Pool Photo by Andrew Harnik/UPI - Permalink
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris during a meeting with a bipartisan group of House and Senate members on U.S. supply chains, in the Oval Office, at the White House in Washington, DC on Wednesday, February 24, 2021. Pool Photo by Doug Mills/UPI - Permalink
The Trump Plaza hotel and casino falls to the ground when it is demolished in Atlantic City, New Jersey on Wednesday, February 17, 2021. The former president's Trump Plaza casino was demolished after shuttering its doors to the public in 2014 amid a wave of bankruptcies and financial hardships for all establishments along the city's iconic boardwalk. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI - Permalink
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) gives an elbow bump to Attorney General nominee Merrick Garland (R) as they arrive for Garland's confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on Monday, February 22, 2021. Pool Photo by Drew Angerer/UPI - Permalink
President Joe Biden holds up a semiconductor as he delivers remarks before signing an Executive Order on the economy in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, DC on Wednesday, February 24, 2021. Pool Photo by Doug Mills/UPI - Permalink
Snow covers the Jewish cemetery on the Mt. of Olives with a view of the Dome of the Rock in the Al Aqsa Mosque Compound in the Old City of Jerusalem , on Thursday, February 18, 2021. Photo by Debbie Hill/UPI - Permalink
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris attend a meeting with a bipartisan group of House and Senate members on U.S. supply chains in the Oval Office on Wednesday, Febuary 24, 2021 in Washington, DC. Pool Photo by Doug Mills/UPI - Permalink
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-CA speaks during her weekly news conference Thursday, February 18, 2021. Pelosi's plan to create a 9-11 style commission to investigate the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection is facing skepticism and opposition from Republicans. Photo by Ken Cedeno/UPI - Permalink
Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi addresses attendees at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) 2021 hosted by the American Conservative Union at the Hyatt Regency Orlando in Orlando, Florida on Friday, February 26,2021. Photo by Joe Marino/UPI - Permalink
NASA's Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image using its Left Mastcam-Z camera. Mastcam-Z is a pair of cameras located high on the rover's mast. This image was acquired on February 24, 2021 (Sol 3) at the local mean solar time of 15:52:00. A key objective for Perseverance's mission on Mars is astrobiology, including the search for signs of ancient microbial life. The rover will characterize the planet's geology and past climate, paving the way for human exploration of the Red Planet and be the first mission to collect and cache Martian rock and regolith. NASA/UPI - Permalink
Judge Merrick Garland is sworn-in before testifying before his Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on his nomination to be U.S. Attorney General on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on February 22, 2021. Photo by Drew Angerer/UPI - Permalink
Capitol Police Capt. Carneysha Mendoza speaks at a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs & Senate Rules and Administration joint hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, February 23, 2021, to examine the January 6th attack on the Capitol. Pool Photo by Andrew Harnik/UPI - Permalink
A small group of people perform a dance with Chinese paper fans under the FDR drive with a view of the Manhattan Bridge in New York City on Monday, February 22, 2021. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI - Permalink
Senator Ted Cruz (TX) addresses attendees at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) 2021 hosted by the American Conservative Union at the Hyatt Regency Orlando in Orlando, Florida on Friday, February 26,2021. Photo by Joe Marino/UPI - Permalink
The Trump Plaza hotel and casino falls to the ground when it is demolished in Atlantic City, New Jersey on Wednesday, February 17, 2021. The former president's Trump Plaza casino was demolished after shuttering its doors to the public in 2014 amid a wave of bankruptcies and financial hardships for all establishments along the city's iconic boardwalk. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI - Permalink
Folders with COVID vaccine plans for various states are stacked on a table as Xavier Becerra, President Joe Biden's nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services, testifies during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee at the U.S. Capitol in Washington DC, on Tuesday, February 23, 2021. Photo by Leigh Vogel/UPI - Permalink
Judge Merrick Garland is sworn-in before testifying before his Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on his nomination to be U.S. Attorney General, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on February 22, 2021. Photo by Drew Angerer/UPI - Permalink
Palestinians wait to receive the Pfizer-Biotech coronavirus vaccine at the Qalandiya Checkpoint, on Tuesday, February 23, 2021. Israel's Ministry of Health approved the vaccination at the Qalandiya Checkpoint between Jerusalem and Ramallah for Palestinians who work in Israel or have an Israeli ID. Photo by Debbie Hill/UPI - Permalink
This high-resolution still image is part of a video taken by several cameras as NASA's Perseverance rover touched down on Mars on February 18, 2021. A camera aboard the descent stage captured this shot. A key objective for Perseverance's mission on Mars is astrobiology, including the search for signs of ancient microbial life. The rover will characterize the planet's geology and past climate, paving the way for human exploration of the Red Planet and be the first mission to collect and cache Martian rock and regolith (broken rock and dust). In cooperation with ESA (the European Space Agency), subsequent NASA missions would send spacecraft to Mars to collect these cached samples from the surface and return them to Earth for in-depth analysis. NASA/UPI - Permalink
Former U.S. Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund is sworn in before a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs & Senate Rules and Administration joint hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, February 23, 2021, to examine the January 6th attack on the Capitol. Pool Photo by Andrew Harnik/UPI - Permalink
United Nations Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield hugs her husband Lafayette Greenfield after Vice President Kamala Harris swore her in, during a ceremony in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC on Wednesday, February 24, 2021. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI - Permalink
The first photos taken by NASA's Perseverance Mars rover after landing on the Martian surface on February 18, 2021. A key objective for Perseverance's mission on Mars is astrobiology, including the search for signs of ancient microbial life. The rover will characterize the planet's geology and past climate, paving the way for human exploration of the Red Planet and be the first mission to collect and cache Martian rock and regolith. NASA/UPI - Permalink
House and Senate leadership participate in a moment of silence for the more than 500,000 American lives lost to COVID-19 at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, February 23, 2021. Congressional leaders held a candlelight ceremony to mark the more than half million U.S. deaths. Photo by Leigh Vogel/UPI - Permalink
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., holds her weekly press conference in Washington, DC on Thursday, February 25, 2021. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI - Permalink
United States Vice President Kamala Harris watches as Dr. Linval Matthews administers a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to Brenda Thompson during a visit to a COVID-19 vaccination facility in an effort to promote the administration's plan to promote vaccinations in areas hit hard by the virus, on Thursday, February 25, 2021 in Washington, DC. Photo by Chris Kleponis/UPI - Permalink
This is the first high-resolution, color image to be sent back by the Hazard Cameras (Hazcams) on the underside of NASA's Perseverance Mars rover after its landing on February 18, 2021. A key objective for Perseverance's mission on Mars is astrobiology, including the search for signs of ancient microbial life. The rover will characterize the planet's geology and past climate, paving the way for human exploration of the Red Planet and be the first mission to collect and cache Martian rock and regolith (broken rock and dust). In cooperation with ESA (the European Space Agency), subsequent NASA missions would send spacecraft to Mars to collect these cached samples from the surface and return them to Earth for in-depth analysis. NASA/UPI - Permalink
The Trump Plaza hotel and casino falls to the ground when it is demolished in Atlantic City, New Jersey on Wednesday, February 17, 2021. The former president's Trump Plaza casino was demolished after shuttering its doors to the public in 2014 amid a wave of bankruptcies and financial hardships for all establishments along the city's iconic boardwalk. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI - Permalink
President Joe Biden particpates in a virtual roundtable with Black essential workers, in the South Court Auditorium of the New Executive Building adjacent to the White House in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, February 23, 2021. Pool Photo by Pete Marovich/UPI - Permalink
Members of NASA's Perseverance rover team react in mission control after receiving confirmation the spacecraft successfully touched down on Mars, on Thursday, February 18, 2021, at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. A key objective for Perseverance's mission on Mars is astrobiology, including the search for signs of ancient microbial life. The rover will characterize the planet's geology and past climate, pave the way for human exploration of the Red Planet, and be the first mission to collect and cache Martian rock and regolith. NASA Photo by Bill Ingalls/UPI - Permalink
Perseverance flight director Magdy Bareh moves the final marble from the Perseverance Mars rover Earth launch jar to the Mars landing in a conference room of the Mission Support Area (MSA) on Thursday, February 18, 2021, at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. The Perseverance Mars rover team has been moving one marble a day since launch from jar to jar. A key objective for Perseverance's mission on Mars is astrobiology, including the search for signs of ancient microbial life. The rover will characterize the planet's geology and past climate, pave the way for human exploration of the Red Planet, and be the first mission to collect and cache Martian rock and regolith. NASA Photo by Bill Ingalls/UPI - Permalink
Senator Bernie Sanders, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, speaks during a U.S. Senate Budget Committee hearing regarding low wages at large corporations on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, February 25, 2021. Pool Photo by Stefani Reynolds/UPI - Permalink
