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Senate’s August Recess Cut, Keeping Democrats Off Campaign Trail

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) speaks at the weekly Republican luncheon news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 5, 2018. The Senate’s four-week August recess will be shortened to just one week, a change that could limit home-state appearances by Democrats facing tough re-election fights. (Tom Brenner/The New York Times)