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Tuesday

Representatives of Facebook, Google and Twitter are testifying on Capitol Hill on Tuesday about Russia's use of their platforms. Liam James Doyle/NPR hide caption

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George Papadopoulos, left, pleaded guilty earlier this month to lying to FBI agents about a series of meetings he took and planned while he was a foreign policy adviser to the Trump campaign. Costas Bej/Courtesy of The National Herald hide caption

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Special counsel Robert Mueller (left) arrives at the U.S. Capitol for closed meeting with members of the Senate Judiciary Committee on June 21 in Washington, D.C. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption

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After A Day Of Legal Shock And Awe, What's Next For The Mueller Investigation?

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Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort (right), leaves U.S. District Court after pleading not guilty to federal charges, including "conspiracy against the United States," on Monday in Washington, D.C. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption

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2016 Under Scrutiny: A Timeline Of Russia Connections

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Monday

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, with Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, testifies during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Congress's power to authorize the use of military force. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP hide caption

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Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., and Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., talk about their introduction of a new Authorization for the Use of Military Force against ISIS, al-Qaida and the Taliban during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on May 25, 2017. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption

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A Look At The Presence Of ISIS And Its Affiliated Groups In Africa

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Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl is escorted into the Ft. Bragg military courthouse for his sentencing hearing on Monday in Ft. Bragg, N.C. Sara D. Davis/Getty Images hide caption

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Manafort, Gates Indicted By Mueller Special Investigation

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Paul Manafort makes his way through television cameras as he walks from federal court in Washington, D.C., on Monday. President Trump's former campaign manager pleaded not guilty to charges in an indictment stemming from a special counsel's probe into the 2016 race and Russia's attempted interference in the election. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., left, President Trump, center, and House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., will have their relationships tested by the a legislative push on a tax overhaul this week. Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife Coretta Scott King lead a black voting rights march from Selma, Ala., to the state capital in Montgomery in 1965. William Lovelace/Getty Images hide caption

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Sunday

Senate Judiciary Committee member Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., holds up a copy of The Kremlin Playbook while delivering remarks with Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., at the conclusion of a May 8 subcommittee hearing on Russian interference in the 2016 election. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption

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Thursday

Twitter ended its advertising relationship with Russia Today and Sputnik on Thursday based on "the U.S. intelligence community's conclusion that both RT and Sputnik attempted to interfere with the election on behalf of the Russian government." NurPhoto via Getty Images hide caption

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A dog trained to find drugs and banknotes smells luggage at the Mulhouse airport in France on Oct. 10. Dogs trained to detect explosives are expected to be deployed at international airports as part of heightened screening measures for flights to the U.S. Sebastien Bozon/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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