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MORE’s report. Trump abruptly cut short a meeting with congressional leaders who were at the White House to discuss infrastructure, then walked out to the Rose Garden to air his grievances with them to reporters and television cameras. He vehemently rejected Speaker MORE’s (D-Calif.) claim that he is “engaged in a cover-up” and demanded that Democrats “get these phony investigations over with” because he said they cannot make laws and investigate him at the same time. “Let them play their games,” Trump said.

Speaker MORE (Calif.) seems to be winning the Democrats’ internal impeachment fight — for now. Facing a small surge in Democrats pushing this week to begin impeachment proceedings against MORE, Pelosi appears to have blunted the momentum, arguing for her favored focus on tough investigations and a string of court battles with the White House. To make the case, Pelosi on Wednesday convened a special, members-only meeting at which she recruited the leaders of top committees to address the caucus with a simple message: It’s too soon to impeach.

House Democrats are pursuing members of the president’s family and private family-owned businesses, demanding banking records and financial statements. As part of this partisan attack strategy, two committees in the U.S.

Federal prosecutors in New York City said Avenatti used a doctored document to divert about $300,000 that Daniels was supposed to get from a book deal, then used the money for personal and business expenses. Only half of that money was paid back, according to prosecutors. While Daniels isn’t named in the court filing, the details of the case make it clear that she is the client involved in the case. Shortly after the charges were announced, Avenatti took to social media to deny any wrongdoing. “No monies relating to Ms. Daniels were ever misappropriated or mishandled.

For months, the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency has touted the construction of a “new border wall system” at the southern border, citing that 38 miles as of March 21 have been built along the nearly 2,000-mile long border. In a statement provided to Breitbart News two months ago, a CBP spokesperson said the 38 miles of newly constructed wall system “provides new capability by replacing ineffective or dilapidated infrastructure, such as Normandy-style barriers designed only to stop vehicles, not people on foot.” CBP officials also said that the 38 miles of border wall system is part

Trump says he was happy to do a meeting on infrastructure with Democrats, but that Pelosi accusing him of a “cover-up” was absurd. “I don’t do cover-ups,” he said.

In a televised Fox News Channel town hall event Sunday, Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg defended his decision to appear on the network, days after Senator Elizabeth Warren spurned Fox as a ‘‘hate-for-profit racket.’’ During an hourlong conversation with moderator Chris Wallace, Buttigieg tried to distinguish between Fox News’ reporters and its opinion hosts.

NEW YORK — Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris is unveiling a pay inequity proposal that aims to close the gender pay gap by holding corporations accountable when men are paid more than women. Harris’ plan would require companies to disclose pay policies while applying for a mandatory ‘‘Equal Pay Certification’’ from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Companies that fail to achieve certification would be fined 1% of their profits for every 1% wage gap they allow to persist for work of equal value. The U.S.

Massachusetts voters officially have a 2020 US Senate primary on their hands. Shannon Liss-Riordan, a high-profile labor attorney, announced Monday she is running for the Senate, challenging Senator Edward J.