As Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) faced backlash over her recent comments about “public hanging” and voter suppression on Tuesday, a 2014 Facebook photo of her wearing a Confederate hat was surfaced by Politico.

After a judge ordered in an initial ruling that the White House must restore CNN reporter Jim Acosta’s press pass, the White House said it would “temporarily” do so but maintained that Acosta does not have a right to access the White House.

The White House also called for “decorum” during press conferences.

After Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) declined to bring a bill aimed at protecting special counsel Robert Mueller to the Senate floor for a vote, Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) threatened to oppose all judicial nominees.

The Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel on Wednesday released a memo arguing that President Trump’s decision to appoint Matthew Whitaker as acting attorney general did not violate the Constitution.

Sen. Bill Nelson’s (D-FL) Senate campaign and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee filed a lawsuit in federal court Tuesday seeking to extend the Thursday deadline for county election officials statewide to complete a machine recount.

Following a report that a National Security Council official was fired in part due to clashes with Melania Trump’s team, the first lady’s spokeswoman issued a blunt, scathing statement that all but confirmed that Melania Trump pushed the official out.

The lawyers who represented former Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos throughout the special counsel probe said in a court filing Tuesday that their client has retained new counsel and that they are seeking to withdraw from the case.

Republican Gov. Rick Scott on Tuesday temporarily withdrew his lawsuit seeking to impound voting machines in Palm Beach County after the completion of the recount in the Florida Senate race, according to a report from West Palm Beach television station WPTV.

Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) on Friday joined renewed calls to pass legislation in Congress to protect special counsel Robert Mueller and his investigation now that President Trump has appointed Matthew Whitaker as acting attorney general.

Republicans in the Wisconsin state legislature, where the GOP has a majority in both houses, are apparently considering ways to limit the governor’s authority before newly elected Democrat Tony Evers takes office.

This has happened before.