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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., passes reporters as he and other top congressional leaders head to a classified briefing on Iran after members of both parties asked for more information on the White House's claims of rising threats in the Middle East, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, May 16, 2019. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)
May 17, 2019, 4:34 am
Congressional leaders briefed on classified Iran threat
Move comes after criticism over lack of information from White House about Gulf buildup; lawmakers tight-lipped but full House and Senate to be briefed next week
By AP
US President Donald Trump shakes hands with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as they attend the 38th Annual National Peace Officers’ Memorial Service on May 15, 2019, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP)
May 16, 2019, 6:14 am
Trump’s Iran moves trigger warnings, demands from Congress
Top leaders in Congress to receive a classified briefing from administration Thursday; Pelosi: Trump has ‘no business’ moving toward confrontation without approval from lawmakers
By LISA MASCARO and SUSANNAH GEORGE
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks prior to a meeting with Colombian President Ivan Duque Marquez at the US Capitol in Washington on February 13, 2019. (Saul Loeb/AFP)
May 14, 2019, 5:50 am
Pelosi slams Trump, Republicans for trying to ‘smear’ Tlaib, calls for apology
House speaker says attacks against Michigan Democrat are ‘outrageous, gross misrepresentations’ of her comment on the Holocaust
By Eric Cortellessa
Attorney General William Barr is sworn in to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 1, 2019. (Andrew Harnik/AP)
May 9, 2019, 8:15 am
US House panel votes attorney general in contempt, escalating Trump dispute
Move comes after president invokes executive privilege to block lawmakers from full Mueller report on Russian interference in the 2016 election
By MARY CLARE JALONICK, LISA MASCARO and Jonathan Lemire
President Donald Trump speaks as he welcomes 2018 NASCAR Cup Series Champion Joey Logano to the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, April 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
May 2, 2019, 12:54 am
Trump decries rise in anti-Semitism, in proclamation for Jewish Heritage Month
US president references the Pittsburgh and Poway shootings as he calls on Americans to learn tolerance from tragedies of Jewish people
By JTA
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, Democrat from California, evades reporters as he rushes to a vote during a committee hearing on Russia, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 28, 2019. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)
April 24, 2019, 8:10 am
Adam Schiff isn’t closing the book on the Trump-Russia investigation
Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee suspects US president is still susceptible to foreign influence
By Ron Kampeas
US President Donald Trump, joined by the Easter Bunny, speaks from the Truman Balcony of the White House in Washington on April 22, 2019, during the annual White House Easter Egg Roll. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
April 22, 2019, 11:57 pm
Trump: Congress ‘can’t impeach’ me
Defiantly insisting that he did nothing wrong, president says he is not worried at all about prospect of Congress pursuing action against him
By Sebastian Smith
US Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-NY, chair of the House Judiciary Committee, speaks during a news conference, Thursday, April 18, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
April 20, 2019, 2:31 pm
Democrats subpoena full Mueller report amid calls for impeachment
But Pelosi has resisted calls to launch proceedings to oust Tump, insisting on a methodical, step-by-step approach to the House’s oversight
By LISA MASCARO
Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota talks with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi during a rally with fellow Democrats before voting on H.R. 1, or the People Act, on the East Steps of the US Capitol, March 8, 2019 in Washington. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP)
April 17, 2019, 4:59 pm
Pelosi defends Omar: ‘No taint’ of anti-Semitism in Democratic Party
Amid feud between US president and freshman congresswomen Ilhan Omar, the top elected Democrat accuses Trump of exploiting the issue because he’s ‘out of ideas’
By TOI staff and Agencies
In this March 6, 2019, file photo, Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., sits with fellow Democrats on the House Education and Labor Committee during a bill markup, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
April 17, 2019, 8:30 am
Omar raises $830k for reelection amid Trump backlash
Minnesota Democrat draws many out-of-state contributions, according to finance reports filed same week president said she is disrespectful to Israel and US
By AP
Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the U.S. House of representatives meets in London with Labour Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn, far right, on Sunday, April 14, 2019. (Twitter)
April 15, 2019, 6:30 pm
Pelosi meets Corbyn and Labour rebels, highlights anti-Semitism on left
London visit by US Speaker of the House comes amid controversy within her own party over remarks by freshman congresswoman Ilhan Omar
By JTA
President Donald Trump, left, and Ilhan Omar, right. (Evan Vucci/Susan Walsh/AP)
April 15, 2019, 5:55 pm
‘It has to stop’: Ilhan Omar says Trump encourages violence, hate
US congresswoman, who has come under fire for her comments on Israel, says president’s incendiary tweets are endangering lives
By AP
In this March 6, 2019, file photo, Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., sits with fellow Democrats on the House Education and Labor Committee during a bill markup, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
April 15, 2019, 6:28 am
Omar says she’s received death threats since Trump tweet
House Speaker Pelosi says she has taken steps to ensure the safety of the Minnesota Democrat and calls on US president to delete the video
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE
US Rep Ilhan Omar speaks to support LGBTQ and allied high school students from across the state of Minnesota who marched to the State Capitol steps Thursday, March 21, 2019 in St. Paul, Minnesota. (AP/Jim Mone)
April 14, 2019, 12:42 am
Democrats back Omar after Trump tweets edited video of 9/11 remarks
Top lawmakers accuse president of amping up Islamaphobic sentiment against Muslim congresswoman by sharing clip of her referring to 2001 attacks as ‘some people did something’
By AP
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi speaks during the AIPAC annual meeting in Washington, DC, March 26, 2019. (Jim Watson/AFP)
March 26, 2019, 3:38 pm
Without mentioning Omar, Pelosi at AIPAC decries ‘myth of dual loyalty’
Support for Israel remains ‘relentlessly bipartisan,’ says House speaker, a day after Pence tells confab Democratic Party ‘co-opted’ by anti-Semites
By Eric Cortellessa
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