7:20 p.m. The Senate adjourned. 7:02 p.m. Senator Merkley spoke on climate change. 6:12 p.m Senators Whitehouse and Reed spoke on climate change. 6:10 p.m. ML McConnell laid out the schedule

The Senate convened for the last pro forma session of the recess at 2:10 p.m, Senator Blackburn presided and no business was conducted.

WASHINGTON – Dan Freedman of Hearst Newspapers and Sam Brodey of MinnPost are co-winners of the 2018 David Lynch Memorial Regional Reporting Award.   They won the prize for stories