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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., center, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., right, and other congressional leaders, react to a failed meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House on infrastructure, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, May 22, 2019. From left are House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chair Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., Pelosi, House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn,...

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Trump stalks out on Democrats, demands end of investigations

by Lisa Mascaro Associated Press, and Mary Clare Jalonick Associated PressMay 22, 2019

Former CIA Director John Brennan, left, and Wendy Sherman, right, a former State Department official and top negotiator of the Iran nuclear deal, arrive to meet with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., about the situation in Iran, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday.

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White House: Goal is deterring Iran

by Lisa Mascaro Associated Press, and Susannah George Associated PressMay 22, 2019

Ranking Member Rep. Doug Collins, R-Ga., right, listens as Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., left, speaks at a House Judiciary Committee hearing without former White House Counsel Don McGahn, who was a key figure in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 21, 2019. President Donald Trump directed McGahn to defy a congressional subpoena to testify but the committee's chairman, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., has...

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Impeachment chorus swells at no-show McGahn

by Mary Clare Jalonick Associated Press, and Lisa Mascaro Associated PressMay 22, 2019

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., meets with reporters at her weekly news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, May 16, 2019. Pelosi says the U.S. must avoid war with Iran, and she says the White House has "no business" moving toward a Middle East confrontation without approval from Congress. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Dems play long game vs. Trump

by Lisa Mascaro Associated Press, and Mary Clare Jalonick Associated PressMay 17, 2019

President Donald Trump and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., attend the 38th Annual National Peace Officers’ Memorial Service at the Capitol, Wednesday, in Washington.

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Trump’s Iran maneuvers trigger alarm in Congress

by Lisa Mascaro Associated Press, and Susannah George Associated PressMay 16, 2019

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., meets with reporters the day after the Democrat-controlled House Judiciary Committee voted to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress, escalating the legal battle with the Trump administration over access to special counsel Robert Mueller's report, at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 9, 2019. Pelosi agreed with Nadler's assertion Wednesday that the Trump administration's refusal to provide the...

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High stakes in government showdown

by Lisa Mascaro Associated Press, and Mark Sherman Associated PressMay 9, 2019

FILE - In this May 1, 2019, file photo, Attorney General William Barr is sworn in to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. The House Judiciary Committee is moving ahead with a vote to hold Barr in contempt of Congress despite last-minute negotiations with the Justice Department over access to the full, unredacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

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House panel votes Barr in contempt, escalating WH dispute

by Mary Clare Jalonick Associated Press, Lisa Mascaro Associated Press, and Jonathan Lemire Associated PressMay 8, 2019

FILE - In this Sept. 6, 2018 file photo, White House counsel Don McGahn listens as President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Ex-White House lawyer defies House subpoena

by Mary Clare Jalonick Associated Press, and Lisa Mascaro Associated PressMay 7, 2019

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., pauses as he speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, April 30, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Trump presses resistance to Democrats’ demands

by Lisa Mascaro Associated Press, and Mary Clare Jalonick Associated PressApril 30, 2019

U.S. Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., chair of the House Judiciary Committee, speaks during a news conference, Thursday, April 18, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

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Democrats subpoena Mueller report

by Lisa Mascaro Associated PressApril 20, 2019