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Rep. Jerrold Nadler, New York Democrat, is the incoming chairman of the Judiciary panel. (Associated Press/File)

Jerrold Nadler seeks Donald Trump associates’ documents

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler on Sunday said Democrats will request documents from dozens of people close to the White House, including Donald Trump Jr. and the Trump Organization's chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, though he downplayed talk of impeaching President Trump.

March 3, 2019
Sen. Rand Paul speaks during his meeting with Russian lawmakers in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Aug. 6, 2018. Paul said he invited Russian lawmakers to visit the United States to help foster inter-parliamentary contacts. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin) ** FILE **

Rand Paul to oppose Donald Trump border emergency declaration

Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky says he will back a resolution that blocks President Trump's declaration of an emergency at the southern U.S. border, giving it the votes needed to pass but not enough to turn back a presidential veto.

March 3, 2019
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., meets with reporters after the Democratic-controlled House approved a measure requiring federal background checks for all firearms sales and transfers, the first major gun control legislation considered by Congress in nearly 25 years, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019. After GOP leaders used a procedural measure called a "motion to recommit" to amend the Democratic gun-control bill, McCarthy says the Democratic majority is now threatening to end the tool. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Kevin McCarthy contradicts Donald Trump on Otto Warmbier

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy contradicted President Trump on Sunday by saying he thinks North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un knew what happened to Otto Warmbier, the U.S. student who died shortly after his release from detention in the Asian country.

March 3, 2019
White House Senior Adviser Jared Kushner is pictured at a conference on Peace and Security in the Middle East in Warsaw, Poland, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019. The Polish capital is host for a two-day international conference, co-organized by Poland and the United States. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

John Bolton backs Jared Kushner security clearance

White House National Security Adviser John Bolton said he's not worried about President Trump's senior adviser, Jared Kushner, having access to the nation's top secrets amid reports the president ignored red flags and ordered up a high-level security clearance for his son-in-law.

March 3, 2019
In this Feb. 8, 2019, photo, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., gestures during questioning of acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker on Capitol Hill in Washington. A key House committee has approved a bill to require background checks for all sales and transfers of firearms, a first by majority Democrats to tighten gun laws after eight years of Republican rule. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Jerrold Nadler says Democrats not ready for Trump impeachment effort

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler on Sunday said Democrats will do whatever it takes to reveal the results of special counsel Robert Mueller's probe and will request documents from dozens of people close to the White House this week, though he downplayed talk of impeaching President Trump.

March 3, 2019
President Donald Trump arrives at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019, from summit talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Hanoi. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Poll finds broad support for Trump’s big ideas on drug pricing

Nearly nine in 10 people think drug companies should disclose list prices in TV advertising and a solid majority says the U.S. should align Medicare costs with what other countries pay, according to a poll released Friday that finds broad support for President Trump's big ideas for making prescriptions cheaper.

March 1, 2019
President Donald Trump arrives at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019, from summit talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Hanoi. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

After North Korea talks fail, Donald Trump blows off steam over troubles at home

President Trump returned from a round-the-world summit with North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un by picking up Friday where he left off -- blasting the lengthy probe into his 2016 campaign and new claims from his former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, who used testimony before Congress to paint the president as a no-good cheat while Mr. Trump was in Vietnam.

March 1, 2019
U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal listens as her campaign volunteers speak during a primary night event for Jayapal in the 7th congressional district race, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018 at Optimism Brewing in Seattle. (AP Photo/seattlepi.com, Genna Martin)

House progressives unveil single-payer health bill

More than 100 House Democrats laid down an aggressive marker Wednesday for what "Medicare for all" means to them ahead of the 2020 campaign, filing a bill that would replace private insurance with a nationwide program that would cover all Americans.

February 27, 2019
Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., stops to speak to members of the media after attending the weekly GOP conference luncheon at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) ** FILE **

White House: Trump budget to boost military outside of spending caps

The acting director of the White House budget office said Monday that President Trump's 2020 budget blueprint will adhere to strict caps on discretionary spending and that Mr. Trump will instead seek additional money for the military through a special war fund not subject to the fiscal guardrails.

February 25, 2019
President Donald Trump waves while boarding Air Force One for a trip to Vietnam to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Monday, Feb. 25, 2019, in Andrews Air Force Base, Md. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Trump departs for North Korea summit in Vietnam

President Trump departed at lunchtime Monday for a major summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Vietnam, where he hopes to convince the shadowy leader to give up his nuclear ambitions and open his country to global development.

February 25, 2019
Venezuela's self-proclaimed interim president Juan Guaido, Colombia's President Ivan Duque and Vice President Mike Pence, pose for a photo after a meeting of the Lima Group concerning Venezuela at the Foreign Ministry in Bogota, Colombia, Monday, Feb. 25, 2019. Pence's appearance before the Lima Group comes two days after a U.S.-backed effort to deliver humanitarian across the border from Colombia ended in violence. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Mike Pence calls on nations to cut off Nicolas Maduro’s money

Vice President Mike Pence pressed Latin American allies Monday to isolate Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro financially, saying "it's time to do more" by freezing assets tied to the socialist leader and transferring his foreign holdings to the ownership of U.S.-backed interim President Juan Guaido.

February 25, 2019