Good Tuesday morning. Here are some of the stories making news in Washington and politics today.

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• A manager in the White House’s Personnel Security Office said senior administration officials granted security clearances to at least 25 people whose applications had been denied by career employees. We don’t know who the people are yet, but we do know the applications were originally rejected for reasons including foreign influence and conflicts of interest.

• Hours after a House panel released her deposition, the White House whistle-blower, Tricia Newbold, did something unexpected: She went back to work.

• A second woman has accused Joe Biden of touching her in a way that made her feel uncomfortable, intensifying the scrutiny of the former vice president’s physical interactions with women as he prepares for a likely presidential bid.