President Trump returning to the White House last month.

The president’s allies have always said that his unpredictability is his superpower, and that it keeps his enemies guessing.

Senator John Cornyn of Texas, a four-term Republican Senator, is spending record sums to try to fend off a primary challenge from Ken Paxton, the state’s attorney general, who is beloved by the MAGA base.

Washington National Opera officials contend that exiting the Kennedy Center would also give it more control over programming decisions.

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. in May. By tradition, he releases his report about the state of the nation’s courts on the last day of the year.

The presidential walk of fame, the latest addition to the White House, seen at the White House on Wednesday.

Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, then known as H. Rap Brown, in 1967. At the time, he was chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.

A Transportation Security Administration checkpoint at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago last week on the first day of the government shutdown.

President Trump has been trying to remove Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve Board for months.

To keep the government open past Oct. 1, lawmakers in Congress have to agree on a spending bill.

“Squid Game,” with Lee Jung-jae, was shut out of this year’s Emmy nominations.

Justice Neil Gorsuch with former Justice Stephen Breyer at a memorial event for Antonin Scalia last year during a Federalist Society convention in Washington.

Gabe Evans during a campaign stop in Greeley, Colo., in October. He wound up winning his seat by less than one percentage point.