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“Nancy Pelosi today, on GStephanopoulos strongly called her out.

Members of the Obama administration also reportedly retaliated against whistleblowers, namely those linked to the federal government’s gun-walking scandal known as Operation Fast and Furious. Until Obama took power, the government had almost entirely reserved the Espionage Act for spies. Referring to the former presi

Speaking to her constituents at a town hall in her hometown of Detriot, Tlaib said Democrats are puzzled about how to arrest Cabinet secretaries, telling voters in a video captured by America Rising PAC that they could be taken into custody if Congress votes to hold them in contempt. “This is the first time we’ve ever had a situation like this,” said Tlaib. “So they’re trying to figure out, no joke, is it the D.C. police that goes and gets them? We don’t know.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Bernie Sanders remained hospitalized in Nevada on Thursday because of a blocked artery in his heart but will participate in the next Democratic presidential debate, according to his campaign. The 78-year-old Vermont senator was hospitalized in Las Vegas after he experienced chest discomfort during a campaign event Tuesday and sought medical evaluation.

Airport officials in Reno, Nev., are apologizing to Senator Elizabeth Warren after a group of demonstrators protesting her support of President Trump’s impeachment followed the Massachusetts Democrat as she walked through the airport to a waiting minivan. In a video posted to Twitter on Wednesday by the chairman of the Nevada Republican Party, a group of protesters can be seen holding signs and shouting as she entered a public area of the airport with a handful of staffers. The group, some shouting the ethnic slur “Pocahontas” and cries of “don’t impeach,” follo

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers heard testimony Thursday from the former special U.S. envoy to Ukraine who has become a central figure in the unfolding impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump. It’s the first in what is expected to be a series of interviews with officials inside and outside the State Department. Kurt Volker produced documents for the interview including copies of text messages and photos, according to a person who wasn’t authorized to speak on the record about the private session.

WASHINGTON — An Internal Revenue Service official has filed a whistle-blower complaint reporting that he was told at least one Treasury Department political appointee attempted to improperly interfere with the annual audit of the president or vice president’s tax returns, according to multiple people familiar with the document. Trump administration officials dismissed the whistle-blower’s complaint as flimsy because it is based on conversations with other government officials.

WASHINGTON - Energy Secretary Rick Perry is planning to step down from his post by the end of the year, according to four individuals briefed on his plans, making him one of roughly a dozen Cabinet members to leave their post during President Trump’s administration. Perry will likely return to the private sector, one of these individuals said.

MORE (D-Calif.) to lay out their agenda and progress on the impeachment inquiry. "The Do Nothing Democrats should be focused on building up our Country, not wasting everyone’s time and energy on BULLSHIT, which is what they have been doing ever since I got overwhelmingly elected in 2016, 223-306," Trump tweeted shortly after the conclusion of the press conference, misstating the 232 electoral votes his opponent got in 2016. "Get a better candidate this time, you’ll need it!" he added. Trump has been increasingly hostile on Twitter in recent days as Democrats zero in o

News that Sen. MORE (I-Vt.) had been hospitalized so that two stents could be inserted to prevent an arterial blockage has Democrats fretting once again about the age of their leading contenders for the White House.  Sanders, 78, was in “good spirits” after the procedure, according to his campaign. Later on Wednesday, he turned his operation into an opportunity to tout “Medicare for All,” tweeting that he was feeling fine and was fortunate to have “great doctors and nurses helping me to recover.  “None of us know when a medical emergency might affect us,” he said.