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Capitol Hill Police officers scan the area on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 14, 2017, after House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of La. was shot during during a congressional baseball practice in Alexandria Va. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Iran sanctions backed in bipartisan Senate vote

Moving to reassert congressional power over U.S.-Iran relations, the Senate voted Thursday to impose new sanctions on the Tehran regime, expanding penalties for terrorism and piling on more punishment for the government's apparent ongoing push for ballistic missiles.

June 15, 2017
Corey Stewart, a tough-talking supporter of President Trump, barely lost the Virginia Republican gubernatorial primary despite polls showing him far behind. (Associated Press/File)

Corey Stewart surprises pollsters who miss Trump voters

Pollsters had major trouble spotting the surge of support for Corey Stewart in Virginia's Republican governor's primary this week, suggesting they still can't figure out how to successfully survey Trump supporters.

June 15, 2017
Russian President Vladimir Putin was denounced for aggressions including the annexation of Crimea, intervention in the Syrian civil war, meddling in Ukraine and threatening NATO countries. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Senate sanctions bill targets Russia, presidential powers

Senators voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to write stiff sanctions against Russia into law and to give Congress a say should President Trump try to lift them, making a bipartisan strike against the government of President Vladimir Putin.

June 14, 2017
Officers who were part of House Majority Whip Steve Scalise's security detail were hailed as heroes, taking on a man with a rifle while armed only with handguns and averting what those on the field said would have been a certain massacre. (Associated Press)

Capitol Police guns saved lives at ballpark

The rifle shots came from the fence over the third base line, shattering the June morning, wounding one congressman and several staffers, and terrifying the two dozen lawmakers and staffers who were also on the field.

June 14, 2017
President Donald Trump speaks in the Diplomatic Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, June 14, 2017, about the shooting in Alexandria, Va. where House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of La., and others, where shot during a Congressional baseball practice. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Donald Trump resets clock on extreme vetting travel ban procedures

President Trump reset the clock on his extreme vetting policies Wednesday, saying that he'll follow through on his full 90-day halt to admissions from six majority-Muslim countries and a 120-day pause in refugee admissions once courts lift their blockades.

June 14, 2017
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan of Wis., speaks with reporters during his weekly news conference on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Thursday, June 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) ** FILE **

Paul Ryan: ‘We are united’

House Speaker Paul D. Ryan declared Congress 'united' Wednesday in the wake of the vicious morning attack on Republicans practicing baseball, saying lawmakers.

June 14, 2017
Alexandria, Va. Police and other first responders block East Monroe Ave. in Alexandria, Va., Wednesday, June 14, 2017, after a shooting involving House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of La, at a congressional baseball practice. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Congress somber after Scalise shooting

Much of Congress's business shut down Wednesday morning after a senior House lawmaker, an aide and two U.S. Capitol Police officers were shot at a baseball practice earlier in the day in Alexandria.

June 14, 2017

Thomas Homan, ICE chief, says illegal immigrants should live in fear

Illegal immigrants should be living in fear of being deported, the chief of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Tuesday, pushing back against a growing sentiment among Democrats on Capitol Hill and activists across the country who have complained about agents enforcing the laws on the books.

June 13, 2017
In this Saturday, May 20, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump holds a sword and sways with traditional dancers during a welcome ceremony at Murabba Palace, in Riyadh. Trump and his entourage were treated to a traditional all-male Saudi sword dance. Standing shoulder-to-shoulder with the Saudi king, Trump swayed side to side and briefly joined the groove. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Senate preserves Trump arms deal with Saudi Arabia

Senators narrowly avoided a serious foreign policy rebuke to President Trump on Tuesday, rejecting an effort to cancel his sale of precision-guidance systems to Saudi Arabia to make that Middle East nation's missiles more accurate.

June 13, 2017