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U.S. military families are expressing far deeper dissatisfaction with their housing conditions than their private landlords claim, according to a granular survey of tenants at more than 100 bases across the country that was recently presented to Congress.
The U.S. Treasury will not introduce a redesigned $20 bill picturing escaped slave and abolitionist Harriet Tubman next year as planned, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Wednesday.
The House Oversight Committee reached an agreement with Trump's lawyers to expedite the appeal hearing for his financial records.
The U.S. census should include questions about criminal records to help policymakers get former convicts back into the workforce, a Republican lawmaker said on Wednesday.
House Majority Leader Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) said House Democrats are prepared to up the ante on Trump.
Trump suffered his second loss in court this week as a judge ruled that the president can’t block a House subpoena of Deutsche Bank for his financial records.
Judge Ramos ruled:
Ramos: "These subpoenas are all in service of facially legitimate investigative purposes."
President Trump is costing the U.S. taxpayer $102 million plus for his golf outings, and because he refused to divest himself of his business interests like all other presidents have done, he is making money off of his outrageous expenditures.
The Trump White House is claiming that this refusal to deal and negotiate with Democrats does not extend to the must-pass debt ceiling and funding bills.
Rep. Dan Kildee (D-MI) called Trump a pathetic man baby after the president refused to do his job because Democrats are investigating him.
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday President Donald Trump was engaged in obstruction of justice and a cover-up which could be an impeachable offense.
Ben Carson doubled down on humiliation and claimed that Rep. Katie Porter is really the one who doesn't know what she is doing.
Trump ran out of his infrastructure meeting with Democrats after 3 minutes because Nancy Pelosi hurt his feelings.
Afterward, at a press conference with Senate Democratic Leader Schumer, Pelosi told reporters Trump may have lacked the confidence to work with Democrats on infrastructure. She said she prays for Trump.
Schumer said watching what happened at the meeting between the president and Democratic lawmakers "would make your jaw drop." He said that when Trump was asked how he would pay for an infrastructure plan, "he had to run away."
Speaker Pelosi responded to Trump’s outburst on national television by telling the country that Trump wasn’t up to the challenge of an infrastructure deal.
Pelosi said, “For some reason, maybe it was lack of confidence on his part, that he really couldn’t match the greatness of the challenge that we have, wasn’t really respectful of the reason — of the congress and the white house working together. He just took a pass. And it just makes me wonder why he did that. In any event, I pray for the President Of The United States. And I pray for the United States of America.”
The president is stonewalling multiple congressional investigations by ignoring subpoenas, refusing to allow current and former advisers to testify, and not handing over documents, steps that have aggravated a confrontation with Congress.
Trump responded to Pelosi accusing him of a cover-up by going on national television and melting down in front of the world.
This article is one of several profiles of women running for the democratic presidential nomination.
Throughout her career, Elizabeth Warren blended a life of experiences that many of us can relate to with the benefits of an education most people can only dream about. That is what makes her the people’s wonk.
Speaking to reporters after a meeting of House Democrats on Capitol Hill, Pelosi said: "No one is above the law, including the president of the United States. And we believe that the president of the United States is engaged in a cover-up."
Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin testified to the House today that he has not talked to the president or the White House about hiding Trump's tax returns.
By a margin of 56%-33%, voters oppose the anti-choice laws being passed in red states like Alabama and Georgia.