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By Robert Matson
Posted February 11, 2020 at 5:00am
A section of the border wall stretches through the Rio Grande Valley sector of the Texas border on Aug. 20, 2019. (Jinitzail Hernández/CQ Roll Call)

Trump touts more than 100 miles of new border wall during State of Union

By Camila DeChalus
Posted February 5, 2020 at 3:32pm
Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., is “expecting the worst” from President Donald Trump at Tuesday’s State of the Union address as the Senate impeachment vote looms. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

State of the Union: Democrats, Republicans brace for a hostile Trump

By Griffin Connolly
Posted February 3, 2020 at 5:36pm
Artists Art Lien, left, and William J. Hennessy Jr. sketch scenes from the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump in the Capitol on Thursday. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

View from the gallery: Impeachment trial end in sight, senators fight common cold

By Todd Ruger and Katherine Tully-McManus
Posted January 30, 2020 at 10:22pm
Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., called the practice of targeting U.S. citizens and residents at the border "absolutely unacceptable." (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

U.S. border officers ordered to vet Iranian American travelers, memo shows

By Tanvi Misra
Posted January 30, 2020 at 5:37pm
Lev Parnas, a Rudy Giuliani associate with ties to Ukraine, right, and his attorney Joseph Bondy, walk through a Senate office building Wednesday. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Senate’s electronic-device ban bars Parnas from chamber

By Graham MacGillivray and Jinitzail Hernández
Posted January 29, 2020 at 6:16pm
A fidget spinner belonging to Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., is displayed in his Capitol Hill office on Friday, Jan. 24, 2020. The toy was one of many that the senator handed out to his colleagues on Thursday ahead of the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. (Courtesy/ Richard Burr)

Burr is giving senators fidget spinners to stay busy during trial

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted January 23, 2020 at 12:02pm
Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., has depleted and terminated his legal expense trust. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Campus Notebook: Sen. Bob Menendez spent over $5 million in legal fees associated with corruption scandal

By Chris Marquette
Posted January 17, 2020 at 3:13pm
Former Oregon Sen. Bob Packwood was arrested in 1988 after barricading himself inside his office, locking one door and blocking another with a chair in an attempt to prevent a quorum so that Republicans could stall debate on campaign finance legislation. The sergeant-at-arms escorted Packwood to the Senate chamber, and he was physically carried onto the floor. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Do chatty senators really face jail time during impeachment?

By Katherine Tully-McManus
Posted January 16, 2020 at 3:03pm
Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., talks with reporters in the Capitol after the Senate Policy luncheons on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Impeachment trial security crackdown will limit Capitol press access

By Katherine Tully-McManus
Posted January 14, 2020 at 4:35pm