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House Majority Whip Steve Scalise told House Republicans during a conference call Monday that he was continuing his recovery and inpatient rehabilitation after a June shooting and the date of his return to Congress was still to be determined.

Following Steve Bannon's ouster from the White House on Friday, questions have swirled about what President Donald Trump's former chief strategist will do next. His immediate return to Breitbart, the conservative news site he was running prior to joining Trump world, suggested he wasn't planning to go quietly into that good night. In search of understanding Bannon's next steps, I reached out to Josh Green, my friend and the author of "Devils' Bargain," the #1 New York Times bestselling book on Bannon and Trump. Josh is also a national correspondent at Bloomberg Businessweek and a CNN political analyst. Our conversation, conducted via email and lightly edited for flow, is below.

Sen. Jeff Flake blasted President Donald Trump's approach to free trade Monday, with the Arizona Republican saying he is "concerned that the party is going down a populist route."

Three new polls in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan -- a trio of states that Donald Trump turned from blue to red and, in so doing, won the White House -- paint a very ugly picture for the President. Majorities in all three states disapprove of how he is doing his job -- and the number of people who strongly disapprove far outweigh those who strongly approve.

President Donald Trump will outline the United States' path forward in Afghanistan in a speech Monday night -- but he's been speaking out on the Afghanistan War for years.

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson is expected to order a rare operational pause across the entire US Navy, a US defense official told CNN.

Sam Clovis, Donald Trump's pick to be chief scientist for the Department of Agriculture, has argued that homosexuality is a choice and that the sanctioning of same-sex marriage could lead to the legalization of pedophilia, a CNN KFile review of Clovis' writings, radio broadcasts, and speeches has found.

Another US Navy warship accident in Asian waters took place early Monday, the fourth this year.

At least 10 organizations have canceled fundraisers at Mar-a-Lago, President Trump's Florida resort.

The political world is watching Arizona this week as President Donald Trump tries to move past one controversy by wading into another -- visiting his core supporters in the state whose two senators are among his most vocal critics within the Republican Party.

A suite of new NBC News/Marist polls has found that majorities in three key states that helped tip the election for President Donald Trump now say they feel "embarrassed" by his conduct in office.

Secretary of Defense James Mattis confirmed Sunday that a decision has been made on a new US strategy in Afghanistan.

A higher number of US and Canadian diplomats and their families are believed to have been attacked by a mystery sonic weapon in Havana than was initially reported, CNN has learned from two senior US government officials.

President Trump will hit the road to talk tax reform. The White House may see a ripple effect from Steve Bannon's departure. And Democrats are energized but still worried about honing their message.

CNN contributor Bakari Sellers denounced last week's violence in Charlottesville on Sunday, calling it a "tragic day for the country."

Former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said Sunday that the removal of Confederate monuments and statues around the country is a matter of "public safety and homeland security."

On Friday, President Donald Trump gathered more than a dozen of his top advisers at Camp David to discuss the future of the American military strategy in Afghanistan.