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WATCH: Trump to address infrastructure, health care in Ohio

By Jill Colvin, Associated Press

The White House has yet to detail specifics of the plan, which it hopes to achieve largely through public-private partnerships.

Intel officials won’t publicly discuss private conversations with Trump

By Associated Press

The testimony comes the day before fired FBI director James Comey is scheduled to testify before Congress.

WATCH: Rosenstein, McCabe and Coats testify at Senate Intel hearing

By Associated Press

High-level Justice Department and FBI officials will testify before Congress today at 10 a.m. ET as part of a review of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act that comes on the heels of continued scrutiny about the relationship between the Trump…

Trump to nominate Christopher Wray as next FBI director

By Associated Press

The announcement on social media came ahead of fired FBI director James Comey's much-anticipated testimony before Congress about the relationship between the Trump administration and Russia.

The 5 big hurdles on the GOP calendar

By Lisa Desjardins

Four-plus months into President Donald Trump’s first term, the calendar the GOP envisioned when it took over the full reins of government has not materialized. From health care to the debt ceiling, here are some of the the jams ahead.

Is the GOP’s ambitious to-do list running out of time?

By PBS News Hour

Members of Congress are back in Washington, ready to return to their legislative to-do lists. Republican and Democratic leaders in the Senate are diving right back into the debate over health care -- maybe the biggest item on the GOP…

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Michael Flynn turns over documents to panel as part of Russia investigation

By Mary Clare Jalonick, Deb Riechmann and Chad Day, Associated Press

Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn turned over about 600 pages of documents to the Senate intelligence committee as part of its investigation into Russia's meddling in the 2016 presidential election, according to a congressional aide.

Siding against ally Qatar, President Trump injects U.S. into Arab crisis

By Josh Lederman, Associated Press

President Donald Trump injected the U.S. into a volatile crisis among America's Mideast allies, siding with Saudi Arabia and other countries against Qatar in a dispute that threatens to disrupt efforts to defeat the Islamic State group and counter Iran.

Senate approves bill to make firing Veterans Affairs employees easier

By Hope Yen, Associated Press

The bipartisan measure passed by voice vote. It comes more than three years after a 2014 scandal at the Phoenix VA medical center, where some veterans died while waiting months for appointments.