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Gabriella Muñoz

gmunoz@washingtontimes.com

Gabriella Muñoz was a political reporter for the Washington Times.

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other liberal freshmen "took offense because I addressed, at the request of my members, an offensive tweet that came out of one of our member's offices that referenced our Blue Dogs and our New Dems essentially as segregationists." (Associated Press)

Nancy Pelosi tells AOC, other Democrats to control attacks

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi brushed aside questions Thursday about her feud with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, saying the freshman lawmaker's "offense" was misplaced and warning fellow Democrats to control their attacks on one another.

July 11, 2019
Sept. 11 first responders John Feal, front left, Ret. Lt. Michael O'Connell, front right, and other first responders leave the office of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, following their meeting at McConnell's office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

House to vote on 9/11 victims fund

The House will vote Friday on a bill to renew a program aimed at compensating first responders still suffering effects from the 2001 terrorist attacks, a top Democrat said Tuesday.

July 9, 2019
An Amazon warehouse in Minnesota is shown in this July 8, 2019 photo. (AP Photo/Jim Mone) **FILE**

Democrats launch probe into fake Amazon reviews

Top lawmakers on the House Energy and Commerce Committee launched a probe Monday into fake reviews on Amazon, saying people are committing fraud by fooling consumers over the merits of a product.

July 9, 2019
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., rallies with people protesting for higher minimum wage outside of McDonald's, Friday, June 14, 2019, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Kamala Harris defended by Democrats

Much of 2020 Democratic presidential field closed ranks around fellow candidate Kamala D. Harris this week, denouncing a now-deleted tweet from Donald Trump Jr. as a racist attack on the California senator.

June 30, 2019
In this file photo, Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., a member of the House Judiciary Committee, walks past the House Oversight hearing with Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House committee to probe Matt Gaetz for Cohen accusations

The House Ethics Committee said Friday it has created a subcommittee to investigate Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz over accusations that he threatened and intimidated former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen ahead of a committee hearing in February.

June 28, 2019
In this Jan. 25, 2019, file photo, a migrant sits with his children as they wait to hear if their number is called to apply for asylum in the United States, at the border in Tijuana, Mexico. Migrants who are being forced to wait in Mexico while they try to win asylum in the U.S. complain they are being subjected to violence in border cities. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) **FILE**

Congress passes Trump’s border crisis funding bill

Congress on Thursday approved $4.6 billion in emergency aid to deal with the border crisis, giving President Trump a symbolic victory on immigration and money to improve conditions for migrant children and families crowding the border.

June 27, 2019
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., departs after her weekly media availability on Capitol Hill, Thursday, June 27, 2019 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Pelosi blinks: House to pass Trump border bill

House Democrats blinked in the border crisis showdown Thursday, with members saying they were backing down on their partisan bill and would vote to approve the Senate's bipartisan $4.6 billion version that gives President Trump most of what he wanted.

June 27, 2019