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With Saudi-PGA deal, once-shunned crown prince makes …

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, left, meets with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Jeddah, Wednesday, June 7, 2023. Blinken arrived in Saudi Arabia Tuesday on a trip to strengthen strained ties with the long-time ally as the oil-rich kingdom forges closer (Amer Hilabi/Pool Photo via AP)

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In Fargo, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum jumps into crowded …

North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum speaks as he kicks off his campaign for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, Wednesday, June 7, 2023 in Fargo, N.D. Burgum, 66, joins a long list of contenders hoping to dent former President Donald Trump’s early lead in the race. The governor of the nation's fourth-least populous state announced his candidacy in The Wall Street Journal. (AP Photo/Mark Vancleave)

Why Republicans are clashing with the FBI over a confidential …

FILE - FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies before the House Appropriations subcommittee Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies budget hearing for Fiscal Year 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 27, 2023. The years-long feud between congressional Republicans and the FBI is reaching a new level of rancor. Lawmakers are preparing a resolution to hold FBI director Christopher Wray in contempt of Congress. House Oversight Committee chairman James Comer has scheduled a vote on the contempt resolution for Thursday. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Ex-Trump aide testifies before federal grand jury in Florida …

Former President Donald Trump visits with campaign volunteers at the Grimes Community Complex Park, Thursday, June 1, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Owner of funeral homes accused of spraying insecticide …

FILE - Peter Moloney, of Moloney Family Funeral Homes in Lake Ronkonkoma, N.Y., rides his Harley Davidson hearse from the Tombstone Hearse Co. of Alum Bank, Pa., in New York, May 24, 2007. Maloney was arrested Wednesday, June 7, 2023, on charges that he sprayed wasp killer at police officers and assaulted journalists — including an Associated Press photographer — during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, authorities said. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Missouri prosecutor Wesley Bell vies for GOP Sen. Hawley’s …

FILE - Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., walks at the Capitol in Washington, Nov. 16, 2022. St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell announced Wednesday, June 7, 2023 he is running for Sen. Hawley's seat. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Andrew Young was at Martin Luther King’s side throughout …

FILE - Tear gas fumes fill the air as state troopers, ordered by Gov. George Wallace, break up a demonstration march in Selma, Ala., on what is known as Bloody Sunday on March 7, 1965. Andrew Young, one of the last surviving members of Martin Luther King Jr.'s inner circle, recalled the journey to the signing of the Voting Rights Act as an arduous one, often marked by violence and bloodshed. (AP Photo)

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Young lawyer who helped write voting rights bill …

FILE - In this Aug. 6, 1965, photo, President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 on Aug. 6, 1965, in a ceremony in the President's Room at the U.S. Capitol Washington. Surrounding the president from left directly above his right hand, Vice President Hubert Humphrey; House Speaker John McCormack; Rep. Emanuel Celler, D-N.Y.; first daughter Luci Johnson; and Sen. Everett Dirksen, R-Ill. Behind Humphrey is House Majority Leader Carl Albert of Oklahoma; and behind Celler is Sen. Carl Hayden, D-Ariz. (AP Photo)

Voting activist killed during Freedom Summer in Mississippi …

FILE - In this image provided by the FBI civil rights workers, from left, Michael Schwerner, 24, of New York, James Cheney, 21, from Mississippi, and Andrew Goodman, 20, of New York, who disappeared near Philadelphia, Miss., June 21, 1964. Stephen Schwerner doesn't remember how he learned that his younger brother Michael, nicknamed Mickey, was missing in Mississippi along with colleagues Andrew Goodman and James Chaney. What he remembers is that as soon as the family heard the news, they were certain of their fate: "We were sure they were killed," he says. It was the summer of 1964, an era marked by murders, beatings, disappearances and church bombings amid the struggle for voting rights and the fight against segregation. (AP Photo/FBI, File)

Voting rights marcher recalls being clubbed, hearing …

Civil Rights foot soldier Della Simpson Maynor mimics the defensive position she took while being clubbed by police on Feb. 18, 1965, the night activist Jimmie Lee Jackson was fatally wounded, while seated near the scene of the confrontation in Zion Church in Marion, Ala, on May 19, 2023. The 14-year-old Maynor was part of a group planning to march to the Perry County jail where James Orange, a local SCLC field secretary was being held for registering voters. Maynor also heard the gunshots that killed Jackson during the struggle. (AP Photo/Julie Bennett)

LBJ’s daughter Luci watched him sign voting rights …

FILE - President Lyndon B. Johnson holds the signed document of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 as he talks with Sen. Everett Dirksen, R-Ill., in the President's Room at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, on Aug. 6, 1965, as House Speaker John McCormack, right, Vice President Hubert Humphrey, second from left, and Sen. Mike Mansfield listen. Lucy Baines Johnson said in a recent interview personal relationships and events in her father's life influenced his thinking on civil rights and voting rights, as well as many of the social programs he helped established. (AP Photo)

Christie goes after Trump in presidential campaign …

Republican Presidential candidate former, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie smiles during a gathering, Tuesday, June 6, 2023, in Manchester, N.H. Christie filed paperwork Tuesday formally launching his bid for the Republican nomination for president after casting himself as the only candidate willing to directly take on former President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Florida grand jury involved in Trump documents probe …

Former President Donald Trump visits with campaign volunteers at the Grimes Community Complex Park, Thursday, June 1, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Drug treatment, wildfire response and new jobs: Oregon …

Democratic Sen. Michael Dembrow speaks during a press conference and rally against the Republican Senate walkout at the Oregon State Capitol in Salem, Ore., Tuesday, June 6, 2023. Oregon Democratic lawmakers got on the state Capitol steps Tuesday and implored Republican senators, who have been boycotting the Senate for over a month, to return and vote on bills, saying lives are literally at stake. (AP Photo/Amanda Loman)