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Seth McLaughlin

Seth McLaughlin, a reporter on the Politics Desk, can be reached at smclaughlin@washingtontimes.com. Follow him on Twitter: @SethMcLaughlin1

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Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., left, and Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., finish a news conference after making speeches on the Senate floor calling for a resolution to back the U.S. intelligence community findings that Russia interfered in the 2016 election and calling for other responses to the meddling, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 19, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senators plan to resurrect resolution backing intelligence community on Russia

Members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said Friday they plan to revive a non-binding resolution that failed to pass this week and that would have put the chamber on record as supporting the intelligence community and its findings that Russian interfered in the 2016 election. Published July 20, 2018

In this July 16, 2018, photo, U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, shake hands at the beginning of a meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland. Trump and Putin may have reached several historic agreements at their summit in Finland this week. Or, they may not have. Three days later no one is quite sure. With no details emerging from the leaders’ one-on-one discussion on Monday other than the vague outline they offered themselves, officials, lawmakers and the public in the United States in particular are wondering what, if anything, was actually agreed to. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Donald Trump invites Vladimir Putin to Washington in the fall

President Trump is inviting Russian President Vladimir Putin to visit Washington, the White House said Thursday, brushing aside the furor over Moscow's meddling in the 2016 presidential election and catching many officials off guard, including the president's director of national intelligence. Published July 19, 2018

The Capitol building in Washington, D.C. (Associated Press)

House expresses support for ICE, denounces calls to abolish agency

The GOP-controlled House passed a resolution Wednesday putting the chamber on record in supporting the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, which, they say, has become a scapegoat for the left wing of the Democratic Party. Published July 18, 2018

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., talks to reporters during her weekly news conference, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 7, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Nancy Pelosi: Donald Trump acted ‘afraid’ in Putin meeting

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Monday that President Trump looked "afraid" in his high-profile meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin and questioned why the Republican didn't directly broach the subject of Russia's meddling in the 2016 election. Published July 16, 2018

In this Jan. 30, 2018, file photo, Wisconsin Republican Senate candidate Kevin Nicholson speaks with reporters in Madison, Wis. Nicholson's opponent in the Aug. 14, 2018, primary is state Sen. Leah Vukmir. Nicholson submitted his nomination papers to get on the ballot with the state Elections Commission on Tuesday, May 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer, File)

Kevin Nicholson, GOP Senate candidate, promotes #WalkAway movement

GOP Senate candidate Kevin Nicholson is holding up his political split with his parents over their ideological differences in Wisconsin as a way to urge others born into Democratic families to join the #walkaway movement and abandon "the intolerance of a political philosophy that stands on the false platform of tolerance." Published July 16, 2018