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House Democrats are ramping up pressure on Republicans to investigate allegations of voter fraud in North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District, one of the last midterm races that’s still undecided. Rep. MORE (R-S.C.) to hold an emergency hearing to probe voting “irregularities” identified by the local board of elections. With less than a month remaining in the 115th Congress, GOP leaders are not expected to comply with Connolly’s request.

The race for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination is expected to be crowded, but would-be candidates are quickly falling to the side as some determine they either don’t see a lane for their candidacies or that they don’t have the money, desire or stomach for the fight. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo ruled out a run late last month, while former Massachusetts Gov.

A son’s grief for his father was the emotional core of former President George H.W. Bush’s memorial service in Washington on Wednesday — but the polarized politics of the moment never vanished from view. Even as former President George W.

The GOP leadership let the House immigration reform die in June by allowing a critical bloc of GOP legislators to split their votes between two rival reform bills, said Rep. Bob Goodlatte, the retiring chairman of the House committee on the judiciary. “The strategy of having two options really let people have an off-ramp — they could vote for the more conservative bill and against the other, or vote for the second bill and not the first,” Goodlatte said, adding: Goodlatte’s statement matches the June statement by Rep.

Leading up to its release, resisters were giddy over the idea the man who led a “Lock her up!” chant on the campaign trail would find himself behind bars.

Leading up to its release, resisters were giddy over the idea the man who led a “Lock her up!” chant on the campaign trail would find himself behind bars.

The video posted on Twitter shows Hatch eating bacon, with a soundtrack that suggests the pleasure of dining on that pork favorite. The thread accompanying the tweet shows his followers appreciated his response and taunted PETA for its posting. As Breitbart News reported, PETA wants to end what it calls “speciesism,” or using animal names in sayings such as “beat a dead horse” or “take the bull by the horns.” “Words matter, and as our understanding of social justice evolves, our

Prosecutors for special counsel Robert Mueller described Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn as a key cooperator who helped the Justice Department with several investigations.

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Prosecutors for special counsel Robert Mueller described Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn as a key cooperator who helped the Justice Department with several investigations.