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Rep. Elizabeth Esty, D-Conn., announced Monday that she would not run for re-election after much criticism over how she handled complaints against her former chief of staff who threatened to kill another staffer. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Esty Used Personal Email in Severance With Abusive Staffer

By Griffin Connolly
Posted April 4, 2018 at 11:08am
Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., redoubled his efforts this week to pass the National Parks Restoration Act to address the National Parks maintenance backlog. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Alexander Says National Parks Bill ‘Most Important’ In Decades

By Griffin Connolly
Posted April 4, 2018 at 10:34am
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg faces a grilling in Congress next week.  Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Three Members Who Could Question Zuckerberg Hold Facebook Shares

By Paul V. Fontelo
Posted April 4, 2018 at 10:00am
Republican challenger Javier Manjarres calls Democratic incumbent Rep. Ted Deutch a “shameful extremist.” (Javier Manjarres for Congress via Facebook)

GOP Challenger Accuses Deutch of ‘Exploiting’ Parkland Survivors

By Griffin Connolly
Posted April 4, 2018 at 9:56am
Sen.  Richard Burr, R-N.C., right, said he is open to some gun measures but thinks age restrictions should be left to states. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Burr Says States Should Determine Age Limits on Guns

By Eric Garcia
Posted April 4, 2018 at 9:12am
Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, conducts a news conference on border security legislation in the Capitol last year. President Donald Trump on Wednesday promised to take “strong action” later in the day on the issue. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Trump Vows ‘Strong Action’ Wednesday on Border Security

By John T. Bennett
Posted April 4, 2018 at 8:24am
A onetime aide to former Rep. Steve Stockman testified Tuesday that he realized the congressman was going to leave him holding the bag in a fraud scheme. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll file photo)

Ex-Aide Testifies Stockman Planned to Have Him ‘Take the Blame for Everything’

By Eric Garcia
Posted April 4, 2018 at 7:46am
Shane Warren is the chief international trade counsel for the Senate Finance Committee. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Meet the Staffer on the Front Lines of a Brewing Trade War

By Joe Williams
Posted April 4, 2018 at 5:00am
Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., right, blames Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for not including the House-passed sexual harassment legislation in the recent omnibus bill. Also pictured, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., and Rep. Bruce Poliquin, R-Maine. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Lawmakers Rekindle Efforts to End Harassment on Hill but Face Uncertain Future

By Katherine Tully-McManus
Posted April 4, 2018 at 5:00am
President Donald Trump speaks during a joint news conference Tuesday with Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid, Latvian President Raimonds Vejonis and Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite in the East Room of the White House. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump’s Idea for Military to Secure Border Is Complicated

By Andrew Clevenger, Dean DeChiaro and Todd Ruger
Posted April 3, 2018 at 11:23pm