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Protesters called on Rep. Tony Cardenas, D-Calif., to resign amid allegations of sexually abusing a teenage girl in 2007. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Cárdenas, Member of Democratic Leadership, Denies Allegations of Child Sex Abuse

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted May 4, 2018 at 5:00am
Don Blankenship, right, who is running for the Republican nomination for Senate in West Virginia, talks with James Pendry after a town hall meeting at Macado’s restaurant in Bluefield, W.Va., on Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Blankenship Insists Ad That Attacks McConnell’s ‘China Family’ Is Not Racist

By Simone Pathé
Posted May 3, 2018 at 9:56pm
Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and his chief of staff Jonathan Burks, right, were involved in the initial decision to request House Chaplain Patrick J. Conroy’s resignation. Ryan is now accepting Conroy’s decision to rescind that resignation. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Ryan Accepts Conroy Letter Rescinding His Resignation, Allows Him to Remain House Chaplain

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted May 3, 2018 at 6:10pm
House Chaplain Patrick Conroy has said he will rescind his resignation and is daring Speaker Paul D. Ryan to fire him. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

House Chaplain Retracts Resignation, Dares Speaker to Try to Fire Him

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted May 3, 2018 at 4:21pm
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., seen here at the United States Naval Academy in 2017, is making what may be his final argument about America’s role in the world. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

McCain, in His Own Words, Is Prepared for What’s Ahead

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted May 3, 2018 at 3:25pm
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At the Races: The Ugliest Primaries Are Almost Over

By Bridget Bowman and Simone Pathé
Posted May 3, 2018 at 3:09pm
Rep. Tom Garrett, R-Va., has attracted a competitive field of Democratic challengers; one of them, Roger Dean “RD” Huffstetler, dropped out of the race Thursday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Top-Spending Virginia Democrat Drops From Race to Unseat Rep. Tom Garrett

By Griffin Connolly
Posted May 3, 2018 at 1:40pm
Rep. Blake Farenthold, R-Texas, resigned in April amid a sexual harassment scandal. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Farenthold Says He Won’t Pay for His Replacement Special Election

By Robin Opsahl
Posted May 3, 2018 at 12:22pm
Two candidates touted Rep. Lois Frankel, D-Fla., in their campaigns even though she endorsed their opponents. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Crowded Fields Complicate Progressive Caucus Endorsements

By Bridget Bowman
Posted May 3, 2018 at 12:08pm
Rep. Trey Hollingsworth, R-Ind., won a five-way primary in 2016 by spending lots of his own money. This year, he doesn’t even have a viable primary challenger. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Hollingsworth Won‘t Face Primary — Accused of Buying 2016 Seat

By Simone Pathé
Posted May 3, 2018 at 11:49am