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Democrats say the State Department watchdog used a closed-door briefing on Wednesday to give them "conspiracy theories" tied to Ukraine, former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch and former Vice President MORE.  "It's essentially a packet of propaganda and disinformation and spreading conspiracy theories. Those conspiracy theories have been widely debunked and discredited," Rep.

MORE, demanding that the reporter ask a question to Finnish President Sauli Niinistö.  "Listen, are you ready? We have the president of Finland, ask him a question," Trump shot back to Reuters White House correspondent Jeff Mason. "Did you hear me? Ask him a question." The exchange came toward the end of a combative press conference that was unusually heated even by Trump standards.

House Republicans are expressing frustration with how the White House is handling the Democratic charge on impeachment.  They say the administration has suffered from an ineffective, inconsistent message with some going as far as questioning whether the White House has a plan at all for taking on the Democrats. “Who knows what playbook they are on,” one GOP lawmaker told The Hill.

The Nevada GOP posted a video of Trump supporters flocking the presidential candidate, holding signs and shouting, “Stop the impeachment” and “don’t impeach,” as she scurried along, dragging her luggage across the airport. One individual can be heard referring to her as “Pocahontas.” “Nevadans greeted @realDonaldTrump and undo the 2016 election,” the Nevada GOP wrote: Warren has openly expressed support for the Democrats’ partisan impeachment inquiry, declaring last week, “The House must impeach.

On Wednesday, the New York Times (NYT) revealed: However, the Intelligence Community Whistleblower Protection Act (ICWPA) of 1998 explicitly requires an official concerned about wrongdoing within the government to go to the IC inspector general before the congressional panels in charge of oversight of the intelligence community. Under a

Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) said in a statement: Rep. Elise Stefanik (NY), another Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, confirmed Schiff kept the information from Republicans and called upon him to step down. She tweeted: Fred Fleitz, former CIA analyst and chief of staff to the National Security Council, said Schiff broke committee rules in hiding that information from Republicans. “Under @HouseIntelComm rules, any classified info brought to the committee from outside sources MUST BE SHARED WITH BOTH SIDES.

Sanders’ Senior Advisor Jeff Weaver said in an emailed statement that Sanders, 78, “experienced some chest discomfort” during a campaign event on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Bernie Sanders’ campaign said Wednesday that the Democratic presidential candidate had a heart procedure for a blocked artery and was canceling events and appearances ‘‘until further notice.’’ The 78-year-old Sanders experienced chest discomfort during an event Tuesday and sought medical evaluation, according to a campaign statement.

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