Author: Hope Yen
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Pelosi holds open option of another term as House Dem leader
WASHINGTON • With control of the House still hanging in the balance, Speaker Nancy Pelosi stayed mum Sunday on her future plans but said congressional colleagues are urging her to seek another term as Democratic leader following a strong showing in the midterm elections. Appearing in Sunday news shows, Pelosi said Democrats are “still alive”…
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AP FACT CHECK: The Democratic debates and Trump counterpunch
WASHINGTON — In his typically boastful rally this past week, Donald Trump placed himself too high in the pantheon of presidents when it comes to getting his judicial picks on federal courts. He’s been having a good run on that front but he’s not where he said he is — ranking right under George Washington,…
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AP FACT CHECK: Off notes from Democrats on climate, economy
WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential contenders struck off notes on the science of global warming and the state of the economy in their Detroit debate Tuesday night. As much as scientists see the need for action on climate change, they don’t lay out a looming point of no return , as Pete Buttigieg and Beto O’Rourke…
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Mueller: Fact check
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump falsely claimed exoneration from Robert Mueller on Wednesday even as the former special counsel told Congress he offered no such vindication. Mueller spoke as few words as possible through the hours of hearings . But much of what he did say was bent by Trump and partisans on both…
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Justice Dept. probing development of Boeing jets
WASHINGTON • U.S. prosecutors are looking into the development of Boeing’s 737 Max jets, a person briefed on the matter revealed Monday, the same day French aviation investigators concluded there were “clear similarities” in the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines MAX 8 last week and a Lion Air jet in October. The Justice Department probe…
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AP FACT CHECK: Emergency declarations are not everyday steps, despite Trump statement
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s plan to declare a national emergency to free up money for his border wall would be an extraordinary step, despite his statement that predecessors liberally used such power. The White House said Thursday that Trump plans to go ahead with the declaration as part of his effort to direct money…
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Separating fact vs. fiction in Trump’s State of the Union
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump likes to describe the state of the union as he wants it to be, not how it really is. In day-to-day comments, he routinely inflates the magnitude of what he’s done, grandly claiming, for example, that he’s “created the greatest economic success in the history of our country.” Or he’ll…
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White House digs in on border wall demand
WASHINGTON • The White House on Sunday pushed the federal government closer to the brink of a partial shutdown later this week, digging in on its demand for $5 billion to build a border wall as congressional Democrats stood firm against it. “We will do whatever is necessary to build the border wall to stop…
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Top House Dems raise prospect of impeachment, jail for Trump
WASHINGTON— Top House Democrats on Sunday raised the prospect of impeachment or almost-certain prison time for President Donald Trump if it’s proved that he directed illegal hush-money payments to women, adding to the legal pressure on the president over the Russia investigation and other scandals. “There’s a very real prospect that on the day Donald…
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Aide Conway says she was a sexual assault victim
WASHINGTON • White House counselor Kellyanne Conway said she was once a victim of sexual assault Sunday, but said women’s shared outrage over such misconduct shouldn’t affect Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination. Conway made the comments on CNN’s “State of the Union” while defending Kavanaugh against sexual misconduct allegations. She argued that his opponents…