Author: LAURIE KELLMAN, Associated Press
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GOP split over impeachment pushback as Democrats plow ahead
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WASHINGTON – The president’s lawyer insists the real story is a debunked conspiracy theory. A senior White House adviser blames the “deep state.” And a Republican congressman is pointing at Joe Biden’s son. As the Democrats drive an impeachment inquiry toward a potential vote by the end of the year, President Donald Trump’s allies are…
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Breakouts, burns and zingers: What to watch for in Dem debates
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Sixty seconds for answers, a television audience of millions and, for some candidates, a first chance to introduce themselves to voters. The back-to-back Democratic presidential debates beginning Wednesday are exercises in competitive sound bites featuring 20 candidates hoping to oust President Donald Trump in 2020. The hopefuls range widely in age, sex and backgrounds and…
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Cory Gardner and other GOP senators to watch on Trump’s emergency declaration
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WASHINGTON – The fight over President Donald Trump’s U.S.-Mexico border wall is heading to the GOP-controlled Senate, putting Republicans in the uncomfortable spot of deciding whether to back his declaration of a national emergency. Enough Republicans are chewing over whether to support Trump’s plan to create suspense about the vote and how the issue will…
