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Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan, who is stepping aside, will be replaced Monday by Mark Esper, current secretary of the Army. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

The Pentagon has a leadership vacuum at the top as tensions with Iran rise

By Shawn Zeller and Andrew Clevenger
Posted June 21, 2019 at 3:37pm
Rep. Norma Torres, D-Calif., referred to some GOP colleagues as "sex starved males" on the House floor, setting off a brief spat. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Abortion threatens congressional impasse on funding

By Sandhya Raman, Shawn Zeller and Toula Vlahou
Posted June 14, 2019 at 1:07pm
Former Navy Secretary Raymond Mabus, Jr., urges Congress to address climate change. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Trump denies climate change as his Pentagon prepares for it

By Benjamin J. Hulac, Shawn Zeller and Toula Vlahou
Posted June 7, 2019 at 9:44am
Special counsel Robert Mueller is seen on a monitor in Russell Building making a statement at the Department of Justice on his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election on Wednesday, May 29, 2019. Kelly O’Donnell of NBC News listens in the background. CQ Roll Call reporter Todd Ruger discusses the special counsel’s first public statement in two years on the long-awaited Mueller report.. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Lawmakers on impeachment and F-35s to Turkey

By Patrick Kelley, Shawn Zeller and Todd Ruger
Posted May 31, 2019 at 2:18pm
Speaker Nancy Pelosi has cautioned her caucus that rushing into starting impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump could derail the party’s agenda in the House. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Here’s what House Democrats are saying about impeaching Trump

By Shawn Zeller, Simone Pathé and Toula Vlahou
Posted May 24, 2019 at 10:45am
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence (L) shakes hands with Carlos Vecchio (3rd L), a representative of Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido, outside the West Wing of the White House after a meeting January 29, 2019, in Washington, DC. The Trump Administration has imposed sanctions on Venezuelan state-owned oil company in order to put pressure on President Nicolas Maduro to give up his power and step down. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Lawmakers seek solutions in Venezuela, Iran

By Rachel Oswald, Shawn Zeller and Toula Vlahou
Posted May 17, 2019 at 3:04pm
U.S. and Chinese flags on a table during a meeting of military leaders in 2014. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi will meet on Saturday in Japan as the U.S. leader tries to revive trade talks and a tariff battle. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. Mikki L. Sprenkle/Released)

Higher tariffs on Chinese goods spark call for Congress to intervene

By Ellyn Ferguson, Shawn Zeller and Toula Vlahou
Posted May 10, 2019 at 7:20am
Former Vice President Joe Biden has been trashing the Republican tax cuts, but the jobs report throws a wrench in his plans, Winston writes. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Why Democrats haven’t passed a minimum wage bill

By Lindsey McPherson, Shawn Zeller and Toula Vlahou
Posted May 3, 2019 at 1:21pm
President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence arrive to the Capitol to attend the Senate Republican policy luncheons on Jan. 9, 2019. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

The GOP’s 2020 agenda, or lack thereof

By Jonathan Miller, Shawn Zeller and Toula Vlahou
Posted April 26, 2019 at 2:34pm
Pages of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s report on Russian interference in the 2016 election, which was printed out by House Judiciary staffers on Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Mueller report’s second act: congressional scrutiny

By Shawn Zeller and Todd Ruger
Posted April 18, 2019 at 5:46pm