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Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Christopher Wray is expected to face a wide range of questions from GOP lawmakers on the House Judiciary panel who argue his agency has been weaponized against political opponents. Wray was nominated by former President Trump.

Republicans want answers from FBI Director Wray in their push for Biden probes

Wray will field questions from GOP Chairman Jim Jordan and other Judiciary Republicans who accuse the agency of "weaponizing" its power for political reasons.

A customer walks by a "Now Hiring" sign posted in front of a store in Novato, Calif., on April 7, 2023. The labor market remains red hot. That's great for workers, but it's bound to reinforce concerns about high inflation.

The U.S. added 339,000 jobs in May. It's a stunningly strong number

Employers added a whopping 339,000 jobs in May, far above expectations, according to a report from the Labor Department on Friday. The unemployment rate rose to 3.7%, from 3.4% in April.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer shows a "My Body My Decision" shirt at the 14th District Democratic headquarters in Detroit on Nov. 8.

What we know (and don't know) about how abortion affected the midterms

What can polls tell us? (Not a lot.) Why did ballot measures favor abortion rights while abortion rights opponents won handily? (It's complicated.) And more lessons from the midterms.

Iranian visual artist Shirin Neshat on how exile is a driving force in her work

Iranian artist Shirin Neshat is known for her images of women that pose probing questions about the female body within Islam and Iranian culture. This hour, she reflects on her life and work in exile.

The Justice Department motion for continued pretrial detention of Jack Teixeira is photographed Thursday.

Prosecutors say suspected leaker of Pentagon documents had a weapons cache

Federal prosecutors urged that the defendant, Jack Teixeira, remain in jail pending trial. Teixeira, an Air National guardsman, is accused of illegally sharing Pentagon secrets on a gaming site.

A man takes a photo of a building that collapsed after an earthquake shook Machala, Ecuador, on Saturday.

A strong earthquake has killed at least 15 in Ecuador and 1 in Peru

The U.S. Geological Survey reported a 6.8 magnitude earthquake centered just off the Pacific Coast, about 50 miles south of Guayaquil, Ecuador's second-largest city.

Olga and Nikolay Grinik with their son, Kirill (left), and daughter, Miroslava (right), in Avdiivka, in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region, in July 2018. The family lived about 50 yards away from a Ukrainian front-line military position in old Avdiivka. They owned the only horse in town, Lastochka (Swallow), and made extra money giving cart rides to children in downtown Avdiivka.

The Ukraine war isn't new. These intimate photos show 3 families enduring it for years

A photographer and writer follow Ukrainian families whose lives have been upended by conflict since 2014. Their stories show an enduring will to live, even as war rages on around them.

Trees surround Crawford Lake in Milton, Ontario., on Monday, July 10, 2023. A team of scientists is recommending the start of a new geological epoch defined by how humans have impacted the Earth should be marked at the pristine Crawford Lake outside Toronto in Canada.

Scientists say new epoch marked by human impact — the Anthropocene — began in 1950s

The Anthropocene Working Group is proposing a small but deep lake outside of Toronto, Canada — Crawford Lake — to place a historic marker.

President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, seen here speaking at the U.S. Capitol on March 17, agreed to a deal that would raise the debt ceiling.

Biden and McCarthy reach a deal to avoid default. Here's what's in it

While the bill raises the debt ceiling, it also affects a wide range of people by limiting spending and changing guidelines around food stamps and student loans.

Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm is working hard to convince more Americans to embrace electric cars — and she knows this means the country's charging infrastructure needs to improve, fast.

Electric cars have a road trip problem, even for the secretary of energy

A road trip I took with Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm confirmed one thing: The U.S. is wrestling with an inadequate charging network (unless you're a Tesla driver).

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy disembarks upon his arrival at Hiroshima Airport in Japan on the second day of the G-7 Summit Leaders' Meeting on May 20, 2023.

Zelenskyy arrives at G-7 summit in Japan as leaders ramp up pressure on Russia

On his arrival, Zelenskyy wrote on Telegram: "Japan. G7. Important meetings with partners and friends of Ukraine. Security and increased cooperation for our victory. Today, peace will be closer."

U.S. Marshals prepare to take Theodore Kaczynski down the steps at the federal courthouse to a waiting vehicle on June 21, 1996, in Helena, Mont. A spokesperson for the Bureau of Prisons told The Associated Press on Saturday that Kaczynski, known as the "Unabomber," has died in federal prison.

Ted Kaczynski, known as the 'Unabomber,' has died in prison at age 81

Kaczynski, the Harvard-educated mathematician who retreated to a dingy shack in the Montana wilderness and ran a 17-year bombing campaign that killed three people and injured 23 others, died Saturday.

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