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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton listens to question from Jeffrey Goldberg, editor in chief of The Atlantic, during The Atlantic Festival, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Hillary Clinton lost security clearance

Hillary Clinton has given up her security clearance in the wake of the scandal over her handling of secret information on her email server, the Senate Judiciary Committee revealed Friday.

October 12, 2018
First lady Melania Trump weighed in on Supreme Court Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh, the treatment of men under the #MeToo Movement and her own abuse at the hands of the internet. (Associated Press Photographs)

First ladies step deeply into political moment

The country's former first ladies are showing there are second acts in political life after the White House. From Hillary Clinton abetting the anti-Trump resistance to Michelle Obama's warning that men should indeed be on edge amid the MeToo movement, the former White House sidekicks are stepping deeply into the political moment.

October 11, 2018
In this file photo, then-White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting on cybersecurity in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Jan. 31, 2017. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Stephen Bannon pushed adding citizenship to census, feds admit

Then-Trump political adviser Stephen K. Bannon was instrumental in pushing the Census Bureau to ask about citizenship on the full 2020 count, the government admitted in court papers Thursday, further complicating the administration's defense of the controversial question.

October 11, 2018
Rep. Conor Lamb, Pennsylvania Democrat, is now given the edge in his battle to win a new seat, part of the court-drawn maps the state is using in November, where he faces Rep. Keith Rothfus. It's the only race in the country to pit two incumbents against each other. (Associated Press)

Pennsylvania redistricting boosts Democrats’ bid for House control

There's little good news for Republicans when it comes to the battle for control of the U.S. House, save for one district in southwestern Pennsylvania that every prognosticator says is a virtual lock to flip to the GOP next month. The tradeoff for that, however, is six or seven other Pennsylvania seats that Democrats have designs on -- all because of a major court-ordered redraw earlier this year of the state's congressional maps.

October 10, 2018
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., speaks during an interview at The Associated Press in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Mitch McConnell predicts ‘record’ turnout in election

Republicans are ready to turn out in "record" numbers, joining an already electrified Democratic electorate to produce what's likely to be a surge of voters, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell predicted Wednesday.

October 10, 2018
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, heads to the Senate floor for the vote on the confirmation vote of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, on Capitol Hill, Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Susan Collins Kavanaugh vote angers liberal activists

As the Senate emptied Saturday, the tension of Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh's confirmation finally lessening, Sen. Susan M. Collins went desk to desk picking up discarded copies of the Congressional Record from the day before.

October 7, 2018
Sen. Lindsey Graham,South Carolina Republican, lashed out at Democrats as he defended Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. (Associated Press/File)

Brett Kavanaugh process bad sign for next nominee

Republicans powered Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh through the Senate this weekend, but not before lawmakers said they had hit "rock bottom" with the poisonous atmosphere pervading the Capitol, leaving all sides fearful about what happens the next time they are asked to confirm a Supreme Court nominee.

October 7, 2018
Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, speaks with reporters just after a deeply divided Senate pushed Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination past a key procedural hurdle, setting up a likely final showdown vote for Saturday, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Oct. 5, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Murkowski hopes Kavanaugh will rebuild public confidence

Sen. Lisa Murkowski defended her opposition Saturday to incoming Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, saying she hoped he would find a way to get past the nastiness of recent weeks and push the high court toward more collegiality.

October 6, 2018
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)

Brett Kavanaugh confirmed to U.S. Supreme Court

Senators confirmed Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court Saturday in a vote lacking in drama but freighted with meaning, bringing to a close what senators called the nastiest confirmation battle in modern political history.

October 6, 2018
Christine Blasey Ford and her attorneys Debra Katz, foreground left, and Michael Bromwich, foreground right, take a break during testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018 in Washington. (Win McNamee/Pool Photo via AP)

Blasey Ford lawyers defend their handling of Kavanaugh accuser

Christine Blasey Ford wanted to speak to senators themselves in a closed-door session in California, not to Judiciary Committee investigators, her lawyers said Friday, pushing back on GOP claims that Brett Kavanaugh's chief accuser had been led astray.

October 6, 2018