FBI Director Christopher Wray reaffirmed Wednesday that Russia not only interfered in the 2016 U.S. presidential election but also is still trying to actively undermine American democracy.

In a campaign that came down to loyalty to President Donald Trump, U.S. Rep. Martha Roby, R-Ala., overwhelmingly defeated pro-Trump conservative Bobby Bright on Tuesday in a GOP primary runoff election for her seat in Congress. Roby captured 67 percent of the vote, after earning only 39 percent in a five-candidate primary field in June. Since no candidate earned a majority of the vote, it forced a runoff between the four-term incumbent and second-place finisher Bright. Roby is favored to win reelection in November against Democrat Tabitha Isner.

President Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani responded harshly Friday to FBI agent Peter Strzok’s congressional testimony by calling it a disgrace. “President Trump is being investigated by people who possess pathological hatred for him,” tweeted Giuliani, the former mayor of New York. 

A tension-filled House hearing for FBI agent Peter Strzok erupted into chaos along partisan lines Thursday. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., threatened to recess the meeting and hold Strzok in contempt if he did not answer questions from Republicans about anti-Trump text messages he sent during the 2016 presidential campaign. Republican and Democratic lawmakers yelled at each other as Democrats objected, but Goodlatte let the hearing proceed.

The Trump administration announced Thursday that all eligible young immigrant children had been reunited with their parents. But 46 children under 5 remained in government custody due to safety concerns or their parents’ being deported or imprisoned. “There remains a tremendous amount of hard work and similar obstacles facing our teams in reuniting the remaining families,” the departments of Homeland Security and Health and Human Services said in a joint statement. In June, U.S.

An Anchorage, Alaska, law firm representing a Christian women’s shelter is defending itself from a suit brought by the same liberal group suing the shelter. The case raises a question: Will lawyers come under fire for defending religious clients accused of discrimination?

President Donald Trump headed to Europe Tuesday for a seven-day trip that will conclude with a one-on-one meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. First on the agenda is a two-day NATO summit in Brussels. At last year’s summit, Trump rebuked allies for leaving the United States to cover more than 71 percent of NATO’s defense costs. Only four countries had met the goal of spending 2 percent of their gross domestic product on defense.