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Senate Intelligence Vice Chairman Mark Warner, here with Chairman Richard Burr, says he plans to introduce an amendment to the 2019 defense spending bill that would block the president from revoking security clearances. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Brennan Fracas Could Rip Through Senate’s Defense Spending Debate

By John M. Donnelly
Posted August 20, 2018 at 11:20am
Former Rep. Blake Farenthold, R-Texas, continues to attract controversy months after he resigned in disgrace amid a sexual harassment scandal. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Report: Farenthold Tried to Steer Contract to Businessman Who Later Got Him Lucrative Job

By Stephanie Akin
Posted August 20, 2018 at 11:20am
President Trump and his legal team are essentially daring former CIA Director John Brennan to sue the president over a terminated security clearance. (Photo By Chris Maddaloni/CQ Roll Call)

Trump Essentially Dares Brennan to Sue Over Stripped Clearance

By John T. Bennett
Posted August 20, 2018 at 11:07am
Veterans Affairs Chairman Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., speaks during a hearing of Veterans Affairs secretary nominee Robert Wilkie in front of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building Wednesday June 27, 2018. (Photo By Sarah Silbiger/CQ Roll Call)

Republicans Won’t Probe Influence of Trump Friends at Veterans Department

By Lauren Clason
Posted August 20, 2018 at 11:05am
Steve Bannon, former White House chief strategist to Donald Trump, warns that if Republicans don’t stop the blue wave, the president will face impeachment. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images file photo)

Steve Bannon’s Bleak Message for GOP: Blue Wave=Trump’s Impeachment

By Griffin Connolly
Posted August 20, 2018 at 10:02am
Rep. Alcee Hastings, D-Fla., shown here in May, entertained a crowd at a Democratic rally Sunday with jokes about President Donald Trump. (Sarah Silbiger/CQ Roll Call)

Hastings Jokes About Trump Drowning in the Potomac

By Stephanie Akin
Posted August 20, 2018 at 8:56am
President Donald Trump on Monday ramped up his attacks on Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Mueller Is ‘Looking for Trouble,’ Trump Says Cryptically

By John T. Bennett
Posted August 20, 2018 at 8:19am
Rep. Leonard Boswell, D-Iowa, talks with fairgoers at the Iowa Pork Producers Association pavilion at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa, in 2011. (Tom Williams/Roll Call file photo)

Longtime Ag Committee Member Boswell’s Funeral Services Set

By Stephanie Akin
Posted August 20, 2018 at 7:18am
DCCC Chairman Ben Ray Luján says the Democratic grass roots “are united around the goal of taking back the House.” (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

DCCC Raises $13.5 Million in July

By Bridget Bowman
Posted August 20, 2018 at 6:00am
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, left, actually had better attendance last week. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Road Ahead: Appropriations on Senate Floor, Russia Talk Away From It

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted August 20, 2018 at 5:05am