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Lonnie Bunch, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, has curated an exhibition titled "American Aspirations" to mark the 250th Centennial of the U.S., which features objects from across the Smithsonian's collections to explore the ideals, ambitions, and contradictions that have shaped the United States.

The Justice Department is pursuing a range of election fraud investigations, from sweeping ballot seizures to one-off cases of non-citizens voting illegally, despite a lack of evidence of widespread fraud in the 2020 election.

The White House is preparing a government-wide nondisclosure agreement aimed at curtailing federal workers' sharing of "confidential government information" to media organizations, which has been met with criticism from federal employee unions.

Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito have expressed concern over the length of the Supreme Court's oral arguments, which have been averaging 90 minutes in the current term, and have suggested looking into shortening them.

Two teenagers who met online and exchanged radicalized ideology carried out an attack at the Islamic Center of San Diego, killing three men and injuring one, raising questions about parental liability and the potential for missed warning signs.

The NTSB has paused the public release of nearly all information related to its investigations after new technology allowed audio of plane crashes to be extracted from still images, prompting the release of the UPS flight 2976 cockpit voice recordings online.

Thousands of residents were evacuated in Orange County, California due to an overheated chemical tank at GKN Aerospace, but officials have since been able to reduce the pressure and temperature, allowing some residents to return home while others remain on standby.

Protesters and DHS agents clashed outside the Delaney Hall ICE detention center in New Jersey, which has been the site of a hunger and labor strike by detainees due to allegedly inhumane conditions, leading to arrests of lawmakers and calls for oversight.

Nasire Best, a 21-year-old man with a history of encounters with the Secret Service, was shot and killed by agents outside the White House after he opened fire at a checkpoint, injuring a bystander in the process.

Emmett Till's cousin and the great-great-great-grandson of the Jim Crow laws architect came together to share their friendship and inspire others to reach across racial lines.