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Christopher Wray, President Trump's nominee to head the FBI, faced questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. Wray pledged to lawmakers that he would be an independent leader of the FBI.

President Trump will arrive in Paris on Thursday for talks with President Emmanuel Macron, and he will be guest of honor at France's Bastille Day celebrations on Friday.

What forms are required to gain a high-access security clearance? Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and other officials have been able to "update" them with new information about meetings with foreigners, which recently set in motion the chain of events that revealed Russia's offer of support to the Trump campaign.

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell warned his GOP colleagues they may have to work with Democrats if they can't pass their own health care bill. NPR takes a look at what Democrats would want if that happened.