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  • (L-R): US Senate candidate from Maine Graham Platner; US Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA).
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    Fetterman calls Platner a ‘creep’ after reports of extramarital sexting
  • Rep. Tom Kean, R-N.J., listens during a Subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs about Belarus on Capitol Hill, Dec. 5, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, file)
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    This GOP congressman is running unopposed in Tuesday’s primary. He’s been missing from Washington for nearly three months
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  • The Republican congressman from New Jersey is running unopposed in a primary election<strong> </strong>Tuesday, but he hasn’t been seen for months after posting on social media he was dealing with a "personal medical issue." CNN's Manu Raju explains why House Republicans are growing increasingly concerned about Kean's absence.
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  • US Rep. Jimmy Gomez of California in May 2025 in Washington, DC.
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    Exclusive: House Ethics Committee investigating Rep. Jimmy Gomez over sexual misconduct allegations, sources say
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    More than a dozen congressional staffers tell CNN they faced harassment on the Hill and why most stayed silent
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  • Bill Pulte sits on the day of a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on February 27, 2025.
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  • Former US Attorney General Pam Bondi arrives to testify at a closed-door interview with the House Oversight Committee on Capitol Hill on May 29, in Washington, DC.
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    Bondi defends DOJ’s handling of Epstein files but says Blanche was in charge
  • Rep. Mike Flood, R-Neb., leaves the House Republican Conference caucus meeting at the Capitol Hill Club in Washington on Wednesday, May 13, 2026.
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    ‘Slush fund for crooks’: GOP lawmaker faces criticism over ‘anti-weaponization’ fund, Epstein files and Trump at town hall
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  • President Donald Trump walks as he arrives at Morristown Airport in New Jersey, on May 22.
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    Targets of Trump’s retribution slam ‘slush fund,’ saying they’re the real victims of weaponized DOJ
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  • From left to right, Frederic Fekkai, Philip Levine and Patrick Demarchelier
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    Here is who Epstein’s longtime assistant accused of sexual abuse
  • Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche arrives at the US Capitol, May 21, 2026 in Washington, DC.
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    Republicans revolt over Trump’s $1.8 billion ‘anti-weaponization’ fund
  • A view of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on May 21.
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    GOP leaders abruptly cancel House vote on Iran war powers, shielding Trump from rebuke
  • Jeffrey Epstein's former assistant Sarah Kellen arrives to testify at a closed-door interview with the House Oversight Committee on Capitol Hill on May 21 in Washington, DC.
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    Epstein’s longtime assistant accused three previously unknown abusers connected to him, Oversight chair says
  • Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, in December 2025.
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    One GOP congressman is vowing to end Trump’s $1.8 billion compensation fund for allies
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    Video Ohio’s Sherrod Brown tries to flip a red seat and hand Democrats the Senate majority 8:23
  • Sherrod Brown leaves the stage after speaking at a primary election night event in Cleveland, Ohio, on May 5, 2026.
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    Comeback kid or ‘political cicada’? Sherrod Brown tries to find his way back to the Senate
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  • A view from the top of the Washington Monument shows construction crews as they continue site preparation for a planned White House ballroom on May 2, 2026.
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    Senate referee rules against some Trump ballroom funding, Democrats say
  • Republican Rep. Kat Cammack, left, and Democratic Rep. Emilia Sykes
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    ‘Creeps need not apply’: How a team of bipartisan women plan to change Capitol Hill’s culture of harassment
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