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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., responds

Trump cancels meeting after Pelosi 'cover-up' claim

More Democrats are calling -- and more loudly -- for impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump after his latest defiance of Congress by blocking his former White House lawyer from testifying.

Nation Judge refuses to block Trump bank subpoenas
A federal judge in New York refused Wednesday to block congressional subpoenas seeking financial records from two banks that did ...
Nation Avenatti charged with defrauding Stormy Daniels
Michael Avenatti, the attorney who rocketed to fame through his representation of porn star Stormy Daniels in her battles with ...
World Last days of May? Leader in peril as Brexit offer slammed
LONDON — British Prime Minister Theresa May faced a chorus of calls Wednesday to rip up her tattered Brexit blueprint ...
Nation 20 for 2020: What to know about the Democratic candidates
Read quick snapshots of the Democratic and Republican presidential candidates who have announced so far.
Politics 1600: In epic tantrum, Trump takes own agenda hostage
Amid investigations, the president said he's not willing to talk now with Democrats about rebuilding the nation's infrastructure or lowering prescription drug prices, two of his 2016 campaign promises.
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Region/State Assembly OKs bill on Trump's NY tax returns
ALBANY — The State Assembly approved a bill Wednesday opening the door for Congress to get President Donald Trump’s New ...
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Dan Janison Janison: Fear stalks both parties on impeachment
Regardless of whether it should even have been an issue, Attorney General William Barr on Wednesday apparently caved in to ...
Nation 6 key excerpts from the Mueller report
Here are a half-dozen noteworthy excerpts from special counsel Robert Mueller's report.
Nation Democrats seek to make it easier to vote in party primaries
ALBANY — Progressives who were blocked from voting for Sen. Bernie Sanders in New York’s presidential primary in 2016 for ...
Business Horse trainer to pay up $1.6M in back wages, fines
Preakness Stakes-winning horse trainer Chad C. Brown and his company have agreed to pay $1.6 million in back wages, damages ...
Nation Probe on racist pic in yearbook inconclusive
NORFOLK, Va. — An investigation ordered up by a Virginia medical school failed to determine whether Gov. Ralph Northam is ...
Politics 1600: Impeachment fever grips more House Democrats
Climbing the stonewalls Democrats fed up with the stonewalling of their investigations by President Donald Trump's administration are turning up ...