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France's Brianna Vide competes against China's Chui Yee Yu during the women's foil wheelchair fencing Category A Repechage Round 4 at the 2024 Paralympics, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)

Paralympics 2024: How does wheelchair fencing work?

By Tom Nouvian - Associated Press

Demonstrators clash with police near the Israeli Consulate during the Democratic National Convention Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Protesters confront police outside Israeli consulate on 2nd night of Democratic convention

By Sophia Tareen, Joey Cappelletti and Lea Skene - Associated Press

FILE - Egypt's Nada Hafez competes with United States' Elizabeth Tartakovsky in the women's individual Sabre round of 32 competition during the 2024 Summer Olympics at the Grand Palais, Monday, July 29, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

Competing for two: Pregnant Olympians push the boundaries of possibility in Paris

By Jocelyn Noveck - Associated Press

United States' fencers Lee Kiefer, Lauren Scruggs, Jaqueline Dubrovich and Maia mei Weintraub celebrate after winning the women's team foil final match against Italy during the 2024 Summer Olympics at the Grand Palais, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Kiefer grabs her third Olympic gold as U.S. wins a team fencing event for the first time

By James Ellingworth - Associated Press

Olga Kharlan of Ukraine reacts after defeating Cyrielle Rioux of France during the women's FIE fencing sabre grand prix competition in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, April 29, 2023. Ukraine has signaled it will no longer bar its athletes from competing against Russians who are taking part in sporting events as “neutral athletes." That would be a significant easing of its boycott policy a year before the Paris Olympics. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

Ukraine eases its sports boycott policy to compete against some Russians ahead of Olympics

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South Korea gold medalists celebrate on the podium of the men's Sabre team medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, July 28, 2021, in Chiba, Japan. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Tough training pays off for South Korea with fencing gold

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A worker with the U.S. Capitol Police takes down signs that read "Area Closed" on fencing surrounding the U.S. Capitol Building erected following the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol, Friday, July 9, 2021, in Washington. The fencing will be taken down soon. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Capitol fencing coming down six months after Jan. 6 riot

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 6, 2021, file photo, people shelter in the House chamber as rioters try to break into the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

House narrowly approves $1.9B to fortify U.S. Capitol after riot

By Lisa Mascaro and Mary Clare Jalonick - Associated Press

The U.S. Capitol is seen behind security fencing after a car that crashed into a barrier on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, April 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Deadly breach could delay decisions about Capitol fencing

By MARY CLARE JALONICK - Associated Press

The U.S. Capitol is shown behind security fencing, Sunday, March 21, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alan Fram) **FILE**

Senators unveil bipartisan bill to ban permanent fencing at the U.S. Capitol

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

The U.S. Capitol is seen behind the metal security fencing around the U.S. Capitol, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021. U.S. Capitol Police officials told congressional leaders the razor-wire topped fencing around the Capitol should remain in place for several more months as law enforcement continues to track threats against lawmakers, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Thursday. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Plan to erect permanent Capitol fence lambasted

By Emily Zantow - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 19, 2021 photo, riot fencing and razor wire reinforce the security zone on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Capitol Police say they are stepping up security at Washington-area transportation hubs and taking other steps to bolster travel security for lawmakers. The moves come as Congress continues to react to this month's deadly assault on the Capitol. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Ron Johnson: Capitol fencing sends signal that Trump voters are ‘all insurrectionists’

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Venezuela's 2012 Olympic champion in fencing, Ruben Limardo Gascon, cycles with a food delivery to clients in Lodz, Poland, Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020. Limardo Gascon needs the delivery job to support his family as he lives and trains in Poland and plans to win a medal at upcoming Tokyo Olympics. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Venezuelan Olympian delivers food to support family

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA and CZAREK SOKOLOWSKI - Associated Press

Acting Homeland Secretary Chad Wolf walks in front of a new section of the border wall after giving a speech Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, in McAllen, Texas. (Joel Martinez/The Monitor via AP)

DHS marks nearly 400 miles of border wall

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this Dec. 10, 2018, file photo, people look on from the Mexican side, left, as U.S. Border Patrol agents on the other side of the U.S. border wall in San Diego prepare for the arrival of hundreds of pro-migration protestors, seen from Tijuana, Mexico. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File) **FILE**

A look at the state of the wall on the US-Mexico border

By ASTRID GALVAN - Associated Press

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., right, talks with President Donald Trump, second from right, as Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar, second from left, and Vice President Mike Pence, left, follow as they walks down the steps of the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, March 14, 2019, following a lunch. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Senate votes to overturn Trump’s border wall emergency

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks during an event in the Rose Garden at the White House to declare a national emergency in order to build a wall along the southern border, Friday, Feb. 15, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

AP FACT CHECK: Trump spins fiction about diversity visas

By CALVIN WOODWARD and HOPE YEN - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks during an event in the Rose Garden at the White House to declare a national emergency in order to build a wall along the southern border, Friday, Feb. 15, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s skewed picture of border perils

By CALVIN WOODWARD and HOPE YEN - Associated Press

"It's technology, it's manpower, it's fortifying the ports of entry along with the judges and some other things," said Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, Mississippi Democrat and chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee. (Associated Press)

House Dems to lay out border battle demands: No new walls, more security manpower

By David Sherfinski and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

This March 30, 2017, photo shows a portion of the new steel border fence that stretches along the US-Mexico border in Sunland Park, N.M. The Trump administration has proposed spending $18 billion over 10 years to significantly extend the border wall with Mexico. The plan provides one of the most detailed blueprints of how the president hopes to carry out a signature campaign pledge. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) **FILE**

Border agents: Steel fence not impenetrable but still needed

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times