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'Seen, Heard & Whispered': The conversations happening in Washington's power corridors

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Articles by Stephen Dinan

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., speaks at a news conference to discuss Paid Family Leave legislation, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Senate approves bill to rein in anti-Israel boycotts

Senators approved legislation Tuesday to protect states and localities that refuse to do business with organizations that boycott Israel, in a vote that served as a reminder of the close ties between the Middle East nation and America's elected officials.

February 5, 2019
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and U.S. President Donald Trump give a joint news conference at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, on Monday, July 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Feds: No impact from foreign meddling in 2018 election

Foreign governments did not sway the 2018 elections, the Justice and Homeland Security departments announced Tuesday, saying the vote came off without any evidence of the kinds of breaches that tainted the 2016 presidential vote.

February 5, 2019
The Federation for American Immigration Reform calculated that one out of every 35 illegal immigrants in Arizona was in state prison or jail in 2016, the highest rate of any of the states its researchers studied. Other studies came to different conclusions. (Associated Press)

Study finds high rates of prison, jail for illegals

Nearly 3 percent of illegal immigrants in Arizona end up in state prison or jail during the course of a year -- four times the rate of U.S. citizens and legal residents, according to a study that uses federal reimbursements for prisons and jails to try to calculate one of the most important yet elusive statistics in the immigration debate.

February 5, 2019
U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez is interviewed outside Newark Liberty International Airport after attending a news conference to address the partial government shutdown, which is keeping airport employees working without pay, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Bob Menendez calls for Trump National Golf Clubs FBI probe

A New Jersey senator on Monday demanded that federal investigators launch a probe into President Trump's golf course properties for hiring immigrants living in the U.S. illegally -- and said they should be allowed to stay in the U.S. to act as witnesses.

February 4, 2019
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam prepares to address a news conference at the Capitol in Richmond, Va., Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019. Northam made a statement and answered questions about the late term abortion bill that was killed in committee. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Ralph Northam now says racist photo isn’t him, won’t resign

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam said that while he has darkened his skin before to imitate a black man, he doesn't think he is in the photo that appears on his 1984 medical school yearbook page showing someone in blackface and another person in a KKK costume.

February 2, 2019
In this Jan. 14, 2019, file photo, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam speaks to a crowd during a Women's Rights rally at the Capitol in Richmond, Va. A push by Virginia Democrats to loosen restrictions on late-term abortions is erupting into a fierce partisan clash due to a lawmaker's comments about late-term abortion. Gov. Ralph Northam added gas to the fire Wednesday, Jan. 30, by describing a hypothetical situation where an infant who is severely deformed or unable to survive after birth could be left to die. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File) **FILE**

Gov. Northam tells state Dems he won’t resign

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has told state Democratic Party leaders Saturday morning he will not be resigning, defying his own supporters who had said an offensive photo in his 1984 yearbook has cost him the trust of his voters.

February 2, 2019