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Fired Arizona Senate staffer gets $350,000 and her job back

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No deal yet, but Walz, lawmakers agree to work on insulin

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks with the media after the Senate Policy Luncheon in Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) **FILE**

Rebuke of Donald Trump’s Syria pullout hits rocky road in Senate

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., speaks with reporters after a meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Senate rejects attempt to revive Obama climate change policy

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this Oct. 8, 2018, file photo, Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh stands before a ceremonial swearing-in in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Justin Walker, former Kavanaugh clerk, moves closer to federal judgeship

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks with the media after the Senate Policy Luncheon in Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

McConnell gives Senate GOP lesson on impeachment trial rules

By ANDREW TAYLOR - Associated Press

In this Nov. 6, 2018, file photo, Amy McGrath speaks to supporters in Richmond, Ky. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston, File)

McGrath fundraising tops $10 million in Senate race

By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press

Brian Hook, U.S. special representative for Iran, pauses in front of a Surface to Air Missile (Sayyad 2C) at the Iranian Materiel Display (IMD) at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

Iran envoy Brian Hook says Syria troop pullout will not empower Tehran

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., walks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Golf buddies no more? Trump, Graham swing apart over Syria

By LAURIE KELLMAN and JONATHAN LEMIRE - Associated Press

Anti-abortion group opposes Kansas Supreme Court candidates

By JOHN HANNA - Associated Press

Louisiana Senate race could involve rare three-person runoff

By MELINDA DESLATTE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 22, 2018, file photo, former CIA operative Valerie Plame is interviewed on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. New Mexico candidates in open races for the U.S. House and Senate are collecting campaign cash at a rapid pace even as many Democratic contenders forgo contributions from corporate political committees. Plame said Monday, Oct. 14, 2019, in a statement that her campaign raised about $447,000 in contributions from July through September as she runs for a northern New Mexico congressional seat. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

New Mexico candidates for Congress highlight cash flow

By MORGAN LEE - Associated Press

This 1865-1880 photo made available by the Library of Congress shows a damaged glass negative of President Andrew Johnson. Johnson, a Democrat, became vice president under Republican Abraham Lincoln on a unity ticket elected amid the Civil War in 1864. He became president after Lincoln’s assassination in April 1865. (Brady-Handy photograph collection/Library of Congress via AP)

Andrew Johnson back in spotlight for 1868 impeachment brush

By DAVID CRARY - Associated Press

In this Jan. 29, 2019, photo, Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr, R-N.C., speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) **FILE**

Retiring Republicans show no signs, yet, of fleeing Trump

By ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y. attends a news conference of the Senate Democratic Leadership, Tuesday Sept. 24, 2019, after their policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Senate Democrats to force votes to reverse Trump agenda

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

McGrath US Senate campaign raises nearly $11 million

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In this Oct. 12, 2018, photo, Democratic congressional candidate Amy McGrath speaks during a campaign event in Owingsville, Ky. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Amy McGrath raises $10.7 million for bid to oust Mitch McConnell in Kentucky

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh gestures while speaking on the third day of his Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing, Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington, to replace retired Justice Anthony Kennedy. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Senators push for prosecution of Justice Kavanaugh accusers

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

U.S. Sen. Doug Jones addresses the House impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump during a Sept.30, 2019 town hall on the campus of Wallace State Community College in Hanceville, Ala. The prospect of an impeachment vote in the Senate is potentially complicating an already tough election fight for the red state Democrat. “If,” he said, repeating the word to emphasize the uncertainty. “If it comes over to the Senate, then I will vote my conscience based on the evidence and not the politics of anything.” (AP Photo/Kim Chandler)

Alabama Democratic Sen. Jones in a bind on impeachment

By KIM CHANDLER - Associated Press

Ole Miss faculty seek info from trustees on leader’s hiring

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