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January 8, 2019

Border crisis intensifies amid shutdown standoff, fueling Trump’s wall demands

President Trump is expected to use Tuesday evening’s Oval Office address to tout statistics showing a dramatic influx of families, drugs and criminals crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, as he makes the case that the situation is a humanitarian and national security crisis necessitating an effective physical barrier.

January 4, 2019

Pelosi downplays Rashida Tlaib's profanity-laced vow to impeach Trump, as Republicans fume

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday downplayed freshman Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s profanity-laced vow to impeach President Trump, as Republicans strongly condemned the language -- and the defiant Democrat offered no apologies. 

January 4, 2019

Chair of Democrats' new climate-change committee invested in big polluters

Florida Democratic Rep. Kathy Castor, whom House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tapped to chair the newly restored House "climate crisis" committee, owned investments worth tens of thousands of dollars over several years in two top polluters, federal disclosure records reveal.

January 3, 2019

15 Democrats defect on speaker vote to oppose Pelosi

While Nancy Pelosi reclaimed the speaker’s gavel Thursday, more than a dozen Democrats defected and chose not to support her.

January 3, 2019

Democrats' new House majority will hold hearings on ‘Medicare-for-all’ legislation

House Democrats – with the backing of newly installed Speaker Nancy Pelosi – plan to hold hearings this year on Medicare-for-all legislation that has quickly picked up support within the party.

January 3, 2019

Pelosi claims gavel vowing focus on gun legislation, Dreamers, 'checks and balances'

Speaker Nancy Pelosi, reclaiming the gavel on Thursday, described her party's majority in the House of Representatives as part of a "new dawn" -- and outlined an agenda that includes expanded gun background checks, protections for some illegal immigrants, and a check on the Trump administration's power. 

January 3, 2019

Pelosi elected speaker despite defections, as Democrats reclaim House majority

Nancy Pelosi on Thursday recaptured the speaker’s gavel as her party returned to power in the House of Representatives, overcoming more than a dozen defections from rebellious Democrats. 

January 3, 2019

Nancy Pelosi invites Grateful Dead drummer, Tony Bennett, other special guests to watch House Speaker vote

Rep. Nancy Pelosi of California invited a few celebrities to attend as fellow lawmakers voted to give her the House Speaker gavel again.