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House Speaker Pelosi urges Trump family 'intervention' with US president
House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she wished President Donald Trump’s family or staff would conduct an 'intervention' with him for the good of the US after he threw what she called a temper tantrum at a meeting a day earlier.
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Dogs well positioned in 2020 US presidential race
The couple's two dogs have their own Twitter account with nearly 70,000 followers.
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Trump sues banks in bid to block Congress subpoenas
The lawsuit is the latest step in Trump's fightback against the Democrats, and alleges that the subpoenas have "no legitimate or lawful purpose."
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Top aide says Democrats will 'never' see Trump tax returns
Trump is the first US president since Richard Nixon to refuse to divulge his tax information.
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Democrats launch sweeping probe targeting dozens in Trump orbit
With controversies swirling around Donald Trump, the powerful House Judiciary Committee's chairman sent strongly worded letters to family members of the president, including sons Don Jr and Eric, as well as political confidantes and related entities.
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US House passes bill rejecting Trump's border wall emergency
By a vote of 245-182, the House passed the resolution, setting up a vote in the Republican-controlled Senate where the resolution’s chances were slimmer, but seemed to be improving.
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Trump vows emergency declaration over wall
Conceding defeat in his earlier demand that Congress provide him with $5.7 billion in wall money, Trump agreed to sign a government-funding bill that lacks money for his wall.
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Trump says Democrat probes into him should 'never be allowed'
The US leader said that an expansion of the probe by the intelligence committee in the Democrat-led House of Representatives was unprecedented.
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Trump grounds House speaker, scraps Davos trip amid shutdown
The mess in the US capital already verged on the surreal as Congress feuds with the White House over how to end an impasse now in its fourth week, with thousands of federal workers left unpaid.
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As shutdown lingers, Pelosi pushes Trump to delay State of Union speech
Pelosi, speaking to reporters, suggested that if Trump would not agree to reschedule the speech until the government reopens, he could deliver it from the Oval Office instead, a setting that would lack the grandeur of a congressional address.
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Shutdown bites economy, US Coast Guard, as talks to end impasse stall
The longest such shutdown in US history dragged into its 25th day with neither US President Donald Trump nor Democratic congressional leaders showing signs of bending on the topic that triggered it - funding for a wall Trump promised to build along the border with Mexico.
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US House Democrats to test Republicans on Trump’s wall demand
In a countermove, the Trump administration said on Tuesday that even without a new shot of funding, the IRS would somehow make sure those refund checks get sent.
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Stop holding Americans 'hostage' over shutdown, Pelosi tells Trump
Top congressional Democrats on Tuesday accused President Donald Trump of holding Americans "hostage" by refusing to strike a deal to fund shuttered government agencies, and using fear mongering to justify his demand for his much-hyped border wall.
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US House passes bills to end shutdown, ignoring Trump veto threat
The new US House Democratic majority on Thursday approved two measures that would end a two-week partial government shutdown, but an impasse remains as the bills provide no money for President Donald Trump's border wall.
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Democrat Warren enters 2020 White House race
The move will help Warren raise funds and hire more staff early in the campaign cycle - an effort in which she already leads most other potential Democratic candidates.
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Trump says he is not concerned about being impeached, defends payments to women
Impeachment requires a simple majority to pass the House of Representatives, where Democrats will take control in January.
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Top Democrats say Trump may face impeachment, jail over hush money
US President Donald Trump could face impeachment and jail time if hush money payments reported by his former lawyer are proven to be campaign finance violations, Democratic lawmakers said on Sunday.
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Trump's potential next chief of staff pick leaving White House
Shortly after Ayers said he would not take on the role, Trump jumped online to tweet: "I am in the process of interviewing some really great people for the position of White House Chief of Staff."
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[CARTOON] Keep On Trumping
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Democrats seize US House but Trump averts 'blue wave'
Democrats will now be able to block legislation and light a fire under Donald Trump's feet with investigations of his opaque finances and Russian interference in the 2016 election.
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Democrats aim to restrain Trump after seizing US House
Donald Trump and his fellow Republicans expanded their control of the US Senate in Tuesday’s midterm elections, following a divisive campaign marked by fierce clashes over race and immigration.
