Lawmakers expect to hear this week the top official at the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine, who raised alarms about the White House holding back military aid while pressing for investigations into the president’s political rivals.
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House Speaker Pelosi calls Trump’s actions a ‘betrayal of national security’
Momentum for impeachment grew after reports that Trump may have pressured Ukraine’s president to investigate former vice president and potential 2020 campaign rival Joe Biden and his family.
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Majority of House Democrats backs impeachment
A tally by The Washington Post finds momentum to at least open an inquiry.
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Trump says plan to release detainees in ‘sanctuary cities’ still alive
The president’s tweet contradicts statements issued by the White House and Homeland Security saying the proposal wasn’t being considered anymore.
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Nancy Pelosi: ‘I’m not for impeachment’
In an interview with The Washington Post, the House Speaker also said Trump is unfit to be president.
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Donald Trump postpones Pelosi’s overseas travel, citing shutdown
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump told House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., Thursday that he was postponing an unannounced trip of hers to Afghanistan, Egypt and Belgium – which he called a “seven-day excursion” – because of the government shutdown. “In light of the 800,000 great American workers not receiving pay, I am sure that you […]
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Could the State of the Union be a shutdown casualty?
WASHINGTON (AP) — Shutdown pressure on President Donald Trump mounted Wednesday as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called on him to delay his State of the Union address and his own economists acknowledged the prolonged standoff was having a greater economic drag than previously thought. In a letter to Trump, Pelosi cited security concerns, noting that […]
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Nancy Pelosi says GOP is challenging the election of Jared Golden
The Democratic leader in the U.S. House said Thursday Republicans are challenging the seating of Maine’s newly elected congressman, Democrat Jared Golden of Lewiston. Talking with reporters, U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., cited three races where there may be objections filed about incoming lawmakers, especially one in North Carolina that appears to have involved cheating. […]
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New federal tax law is an abomination
Would someone kindly replace Nancy Pelosi as a spokesperson for Democrats? The House minority leader’s riff on the tax bill as “crumbs” for average Americans bombed on two fronts. One was her snide and preachy tone. The other was linking “crumbs” to $1,000-or-better bonuses that a few companies said they will distribute out of their […]
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Angry Democrats turn against leaders after House election losses
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Party divisions were on glaring display Wednesday as a special election loss in a wildly expensive Georgia House race left bitter lawmakers turning their anger on their own leaders. “We as Democrats have to come to terms with the fact that we lost again,” said Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass. “Personally I […]