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Sen. Doug Jones, D-Ala., speaks on a panel at the Center for American Progress’ ‘Ideas’ conference May 15. (Sarah Silbiger/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Jones Wants Meeting With Kavanaugh After Hearing

By Eric Garcia
Posted August 6, 2018 at 8:31am
President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un participate in a June 11 signing ceremony in Singapore. While Trump wants to reduce the presence of U.S. troops in South Korea, the NDAA conference report would limit how easily he could bring home all but a fraction of American troops stationed on the peninsula. (Evan Vucci/AP file photo)

GOP Congress Tries to Rein In Trump on Foreign Policy

By John M. Donnelly
Posted August 6, 2018 at 5:05am
Ousting House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi “would not be the smart thing to do,” a former spokesman says. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Democratic Aides on Hill Sour on Pelosi, Survey Finds

By Shawn Zeller
Posted August 6, 2018 at 5:04am
Hundreds of women crowd the atrium of the Hart Senate Office Building to protest President Trump's immigration policy on June 28. On Monday, he called for $3.4 billion more for his southern border wall than GOP and Democratic senators are proposing. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Abolishing ICE Doesn’t Have to Mean Firing Federal Workers, Advocate Says

By Shawn Zeller
Posted August 4, 2018 at 9:00am
A protester is seen Tuesday outside the U.S. District Court in Alexandria where President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, is standing trial for tax evasion and bank fraud. (Sarah Silbiger/CQ Roll Call)

3 Takeaways After First Week of Manafort Trial

By Griffin Connolly
Posted August 3, 2018 at 5:46pm
Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort leaves the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse after a court hearing in November. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Foreign Influence Peddlers Show Face in Wake of Manafort Woes

By Stephanie Akin and Randy Leonard
Posted August 3, 2018 at 5:24pm
Aides attend a news conference with Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman in Dirksen Building on August 2, 2018, with boxes representing roughly 1 million pages of documents to be submitted to the committee on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

White House Slams Schumer, Feinstein for ‘Disingenuously’ Demanding Kavanaugh Docs

By John T. Bennett
Posted August 3, 2018 at 4:58pm
Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., is one of the more outspoken GOP lawmakers questioning President Donald Trump's foreign policy. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

A GOP Congress Tries to Limit Its Republican President on Foreign Policy: Podcast

By John M. Donnelly, Patrick B. Pexton and Rachel Oswald
Posted August 3, 2018 at 4:46pm
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., jokes with Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, as he walks down the Senate steps after the last vote of the week in the Senate on Wednesday. Risch was posing for a photo with interns on the steps. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the Week: Senate Summer Session Commences, and Breaks

By Bill Clark
Posted August 3, 2018 at 12:15pm
Rep. Diane Black, R-Tenn., talks with reporters outside a meeting of the House Republican Conference in the Capitol last year. She will not be Tennessee’s next governor after losing her primary Thursday night. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

After Public Praise for Diane Black, Trump Embraces Bill Lee

By John T. Bennett
Posted August 3, 2018 at 12:15pm