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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, and ranking member Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., are holding a hearing on Wednesday about foreign agents.

Foreign Agents Take Center Stage In Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing

12:54pm July 26, 2017

by Brian Naylor

As congressional scrutiny of Russian interference expands, the panel began looking Wednesday at the advocacy of foreign governments — though key witnesses did not appear as originally planned.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, and ranking member Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., on Capitol Hill on April 3, 2017.

Senators To Scrutinize Foreign Agents — But Not Trump Jr. Or Manafort

10:41am July 26, 2017

by Phil Ewing

The Senate Judiciary Committee plans to go ahead with a hearing about foreign influence in the United States, albeit without three of the star witnesses it wanted.

Sen. Chris Coons On Russia Investigation And Paul Manafort

9:40am July 26, 2017

by Geoff Bennett

Steve Inskeep talks with Sen. Chris Coons about the latest on the Senate Judiciary Committee's investigation into Russian election influence and negotiations with Paul Manafort.

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Earlier this year, Frankfurt, Germany-based Deutsche Bank paid a $425 million fine for its involvement in a money-laundering scheme with Russian clients.

Democrats Want To Probe Trump Ties To Deutsche Bank. GOP Says, No Thanks

7:36pm July 25, 2017

President Trump has a special relationship with Deutsche Bank. Democrats on the House Financial Services Committee wanted a probe of the German bank. Republicans said no. Here's the back story.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks at the U.S. Attorney's Office in Philadelphia on Friday.

Trump: 'Time Will Tell' If Sessions Remains Attorney General

6:37pm July 25, 2017

by Scott Neuman

The president was responding to questions regarding a newly published interview in The Wall Street Journal in which he says he's "very disappointed" with Sessions.

Words You'll Hear: 'Collusion'

10:05pm July 23, 2017

by Geoff Bennett

Donald Trump Jr. and former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort agreed to meet privately with members of the Senate Judiciary Committee this week. Michel Martin talks to NPR Politics' Geoff Bennett.

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Army Sgt. 1st Class Ikaika Erik Kang is accused of pledging allegiance to ISIS on July 8 in Honolulu. Images taken from an FBI video and provided by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Hawaii show him kissing an ISIS flag (left) and holding it to his forehead.

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U.S. Soldier In Hawaii Is Indicted On Charges Of Supporting ISIS

3:59pm July 22, 2017

by Bill Chappell

Army Sgt. 1st Class Ikaika Erik Kang is accused of sharing secret information and supplying gear, such as a GoPro drone, to undercover FBI agents he believed were affiliated with ISIS.

After Otto Warmbier's Death, U.S. Plans To Ban Travel To North Korea

11:08pm July 21, 2017

by Michele Kelemen

The move comes after the death of American Otto Warmbier, who spent a year and a half in a North Korean jail only to return home in a coma.

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Former CIA Director John Brennan appears before a House hearing in May. He told a public policy conference on Friday that Trump associates should have known better than to meet with a Russian lawyer last year.

"In Some Respects, We're A Nation in Crisis Right Now," Former CIA Director Says

10:00pm July 21, 2017

by Carrie Johnson

Two government veterans Friday unloaded on President Trump, his approach to Russia and his disparagement of the U.S. intelligence community. They spoke to the Aspen Security Forum.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions as he was sworn-in on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., in June. He testified that suggestions that he colluded with Russia to interfere in the U.S. presidential election was a "contemptible lie."

U.S. Intercepts Reportedly Contradict Attorney General On Russia Contacts

9:01pm July 21, 2017

The Washington Post reports that spy agencies intercepted conversations with Russia's U.S. ambassador suggesting he and Jeff Sessions discussed campaign matters during mid-2016 meetings.