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Baltimore native Nancy Pelosi, first woman to serve as US House speaker, to retire from Congress
Nancy Pelosi, a Baltimore native and the first female House speaker, announced she will not seek re-election in 2026.
Supreme Court declines appeal of Md. man suspected of plotting attacks
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear the appeal of a Silver Spring man who said his conviction for gun possession while illegally using or addicted to a controlled substance should be overturned.
House passes $3.5T Biden blueprint after deal with moderates
Striking a deal with moderates, House Democratic leaders muscled President Joe Biden’s multitrillion-dollar budget blueprint over a key hurdle.
Congressional panel to ‘seek the truth’ on Capitol attack
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made it official that she is creating a special committee to investigate the attack on the Capitol, saying it is "imperative that we seek the truth.”
Pelosi demands impeachment trial info before sending charges
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi insisted on Thursday that before she will send the Republican Senate the articles of impeachment her Democratic chamber approved against President Donald Trump, GOP leaders must provide more detail about how they will handle the expected trial.
Trial-ready: Pelosi faces choice on impeachment prosecutors
There's a campaign going on in Washington that even the most garrulous members of Congress aren't eager to talk about: to be part of a team of uncertain size, with a risky mission, to be named by a leader who isn't talking about what she's looking for or when she'll decide.
Democrats push impeachment rules package through House
WASHINGTON — Democrats pushed a package of ground rules for their impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump through a sharply divided House Thursday, the chamber’s first formal vote in a fight that […]
Trump lashes out in anger as Democrats warn of legal action
WASHINGTON — Unleashing unconcealed fury about Democrats and the press, President Donald Trump railed Wednesday against the investigation into his dealings with Ukraine, hours after House Democratic leaders warned the […]
Pelosi orders impeachment probe: ‘No one is above the law’
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi launched a formal impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump on Tuesday, acquiescing to mounting pressure from fellow Democrats and plunging a deeply divided nation […]
Pelosi promises methodical action on ‘constitutional crisis’
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday the country faces a “constitutional crisis” over President Donald Trump‘s resistance to congressional investigation and promised a methodical, if lengthy, effort to […]
Trump invokes ‘privilege’ over the full Mueller report
WASHINGTON — The White House invoked executive privilege Wednesday, claiming the right to block lawmakers from the full report from special counsel Robert Mueller on his Trump-Russia probe and escalating […]
Dems rebuff Trump invite, thwarting effort to bypass Pelosi
The White House ran quickly into the limits of trying to bypass Speaker Nancy Pelosi in shutdown negotiations when rank-and-file House Democrats declined an invitation to lunch Tuesday with President Donald Trump.
