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Senate Veterans Affairs ranking member Jon Tester, D-Mont.., said the inspector general report highlights the fact that the VA needs to get its act together on the caregiver program. (Sarah Silbiger/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Veterans Affairs Watchdog Finds Significant Problems in VA Caregiver Program

By Lauren Clason
Posted August 20, 2018 at 5:04am
Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., is drafting legislation to respond to President Donald Trump's move to strip former CIA Director John Brennan of his security clearance. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Criticism of Trump Over Brennan’s Clearance Keeps Increasing

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted August 17, 2018 at 7:24pm
A protester is seen on July 31 outside the United States District Court in Alexandria, Va., where President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort is standing trial. (Sarah Silbiger/CQ Roll Call file photo)

3 Reasons Manafort Jurors Are Still Deliberating

By Griffin Connolly
Posted August 17, 2018 at 6:05pm
Jurors have deliberated for two days on the 18 bank fraud and tax evasion charges against former Donald Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, shown leaving a hearing on his bail last year. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Manafort Trial Likely to Go Into Next Week

By Griffin Connolly
Posted August 17, 2018 at 3:18pm
The media set up microphones on July 31 in front of the United States District Court in Alexandria, Va., where President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort was standing trial. (Sarah Silbiger/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Manafort Judge Says He’s Getting Death Threats

By Griffin Connolly
Posted August 17, 2018 at 2:43pm
Donald Trump, flanked from left by campaign manager Paul Manafort, and daughter Ivanka Trump, at the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Trump ‘Sad’ About Manafort, Won‘t Say Whether He‘ll Pardon Him

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted August 17, 2018 at 12:15pm
Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., says it’s “a problem” that the top three House Democratic leaders are in their late 70s. (Sarah Silbiger/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Rep. Jim Himes: Top 3 Democratic Leaders in Late 70s Is ‘A Problem’

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted August 17, 2018 at 11:24am
Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Bob Corker, R-Tenn., left, and ranking member Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., doubt the administration has the legal authority to impound funds in the way they are reportedly planning. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Lawmakers Wary of Potential Trump Cuts to Foreign Aid

By Rachel Oswald
Posted August 17, 2018 at 11:18am
President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron attend the traditional Bastille day military parade on the Champs-Elysees on July 14, 2017 in Paris (Thierry Chesnot/Getty Images file photo)

Trump Paris-Bound in November to Watch a Military Parade Instead

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted August 17, 2018 at 9:59am
The specific sexual misconduct allegation against Pennsylvania Republican House candidate Marty Nothstein is unclear, but stems from around 2000, when he won an Olympic gold medal in cycling. (MartyforPA.com/Screenshot)

Report: GOP Candidate for Dent’s Seat Faces Sexual Misconduct Allegation

By Bridget Bowman and Stephanie Akin
Posted August 17, 2018 at 9:56am