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Environmental activists protest in front of the White House after President Donald Trump announced he is withdrawing the United States from the Paris climate accord in June. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

League of Conservation Voters’ Political Arm Shows Some Midterm Muscle

By Emily Kopp
Posted November 1, 2018 at 8:45am
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., said he has received assurances from the White House that “the president intends on keeping his campaign promise” to legalize medical marijuana at the national level. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Rohrabacher Says Trump Will Liberalize Marijuana Policy After Midterms

By Griffin Connolly
Posted October 12, 2018 at 8:15am
U.S. and Chinese flags on a table where military leaders from the two countries met in 2014. Four year later, the economic giants are in the midst of a bitter trade dispute. Depsite President Trump’s tariff's little progress has been made, an official said Friday. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. Mikki L. Sprenkle)

Despite New Tariffs, China Still Not Budging on Trade Tactics, White House Says

By John T. Bennett
Posted September 21, 2018 at 1:57pm
Hurricane Florence rainfall predictions as the storm heads for the Carolinas and Virginia, according to the National Hurricane Center. (NOAA)

Trump Again Defends Puerto Rico Response as Hurricane Florence Nears

By John T. Bennett
Posted September 12, 2018 at 8:13am
Dozens of House Republicans are running for committee chairmanships that will be open in the next Congress, hoping to obtain gavels like the one pictured. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo.)

Here Are All the Republicans Jockeying for Committee Leadership Positions (So Far)

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted August 29, 2018 at 9:28am
 Space Force was on the mind of Vice President Mike Pence, seen here in the Rotunda last year. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

3 Takeaways From the Pence ‘Space Force’ Sales Pitch

By John T. Bennett
Posted August 9, 2018 at 12:35pm
Space, Science and Competitiveness Subcommittee Chairman Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and ranking member Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., revealed differing visions for NASA’s science mission at a Wednesday hearing. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

As Trump Looks to Outer Space, Senate Dems Put In a Word for Earth

By Maria Mendez
Posted August 1, 2018 at 6:42pm
Then-FBI Director Robert Mueller testifies during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing in February 2011. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Trump Tells Sessions to End Mueller’s Russia Investigation

By John T. Bennett
Posted August 1, 2018 at 9:56am
Sen. Richard J. Durbin has new legislation designed to curtail flavored e-cigs. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Durbin Back on the Warpath Against E-Cigarette ‘Candy-Flavored Poisons’

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted July 30, 2018 at 1:37pm
 Rep. Erik Paulsen, R-Minn., led a bipartisan group of lawmakers in sending a letter to federal agencies about testing on dogs, cats and primates. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Bipartisan Group Wants Labs to Disclose Where Research Animals End Up

By Eric Garcia
Posted July 27, 2018 at 7:39am