Politics and Government

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The flags of the European Union in front of the EU Commission headquarters on August 31, 2023, in Brussels, Belgium. (Thierry Monasse via Getty Images)

Sailors on the USS Green Bay participate in a visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) drill with JS Osumi of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) as part of Exercise Iron Fist near Japan on March 4, 2023. (US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Matthew Cavenaile)

The US flag flies above a sign marking the US Department of Justice headquarters on January 20, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images)

President Joe Biden speaks about Ukraine aid in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 13, 2024. (Jim Watson via Getty Images)

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A Ukrainian soldier stands in front of railroad station destroyed by Russian shelling on March 15, 2024, in Kostiantynivka, Ukraine. (Photo by Serhii Mykhalchuk/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)

Dr. Claudine Gay, president of Harvard University, testifies before the House Education and Workforce Committee on December 5, 2023, in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch via Getty Images)

An armored police vehicle is parked outside the Legislative Council complex in Hong Kong, China, on March 19, 2024. (Vernon Yuen via Getty Images)

Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, speaks during the 2024 Munich Security Conference on February 17, 2024, in Munich, Germany. (Johannes Simon via Getty Images)

President Joe Biden speaks at the House Democrats Annual Issues Conference on February 8, 2024, in Leesburg, Virginia. (Official White House Photo by Oliver Contreras)