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Bernie's Health Plan Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Bernie Sanders’ Medicare numbers don’t work

By Peter Morici

FILE - In this April 1, 2019 file photo, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks a 2020 Democratic presidential candidates event, at the Warner Theater, in Washington. Some top Democrats vying for the White House in 2020 are clamoring for impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump, but some congressional leaders _ who would have to manage such efforts _ are far more wary. On the same day that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi urged rank-and-file Democrats to proceed with relative caution after the release of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report, Warren doubled down on her impeachment calls. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Tension emerges between Congress, 2020 Dems on impeachment

By WILL WEISSERT - Associated Press

Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, leaves a Republican lunch meeting and heads to the chamber where he voted to reject President Donald Trump's declaration of a national emergency at the southwest border, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, March 14, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Mike Lee: Congress has given executive branch too much power; Donald Trump has taken advantage of it

By Bailey Vogt - The Washington Times

"I do believe that impeachment is one of the most divisive paths that we could go down to in our country, but if the fact-finding takes us there we have no choice, but we are not there yet," said House Speak Nancy Pelosi. (Associated Press)

Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris, other presidential hopefuls aim to sway Nancy Pelosi on impeachment

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump, right, with first lady Melania Trump, center, and daughter Tiffany Trump, left, arrive for Easter services at Episcopal Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea, Sunday, April 21, 2019, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

AP FACT CHECK: Trump, AG spread untruths on Mueller report

By HOPE YEN and CALVIN WOODWARD - Associated Press

House Oversight and Reform Committee Chair Elijah Cummings, D-Md., leads a meeting to call for subpoenas after a career official in the White House security office says dozens of people in President Donald Trump's administration were granted security clearances despite "disqualifying issues" in their backgrounds, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 2, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Trump Organization sues Elijah Cummings to block recent subpoena

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrive for the annual White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, April 22, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Dem leaders stress more Trump probes, downplay impeachment

By LAURIE KELLMAN - Associated Press

Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, speaks at the Heartland Forum held on the campus of Buena Vista University in Storm Lake, Iowa, Saturday, March 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

Presidential hopeful Tim Ryan says it’s too soon to talk impeachment

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

U.S. Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., chair of the House Judiciary Committee, speaks during a news conference, Thursday, April 18, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

House subpoenas full Mueller report

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., talks about his presidential campaign during a speech to about 100 people on Friday, April 19, 2019, at the Douglas County Democratic headquarters in Minden, Nev. Booker became the first candidate running for president in 2020 to make a campaign stop in a rural part of the early caucus state. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner)

Booker first 2020 presidential hopeful to visit rural Nevada

By SCOTT SONNER - Associated Press

In this June 24, 2008, photo, a customer demonstrates how to smoke a marijuana joint in a coffee shop in Amsterdam, Netherlands. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) **FILE**

Marijuana bill seeks protections for public housing residents in legal-pot states

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

The Capitol is seen in Washington, Friday, April 19, 2019, the day after Attorney General William Barr released a redacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election. The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., issued a subpoena Friday for the Mueller report as Congress escalates its investigation of President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The Latest: Democrats increase pressure for Mueller report

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U.S. Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., chair of the House Judiciary Committee, speaks during a news conference, Thursday, April 18, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Mueller drops obstruction dilemma on Congress

By LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

Attorney General William Barr leaves his home in McLean, Va., on Wednesday morning, April 17, 2019. Special counsel Robert Mueller's redacted report on Russian interference in the 2016 election is expected to be released publicly on Thursday and has said he is redacting four types of information from the report. Congressional Democrats are demanding to see the whole document and its evidence. (AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz)

The Latest: Report shows Trump trying to shut down probe

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Attorney General William Barr speaks about the release of a redacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller's report during a news conference, Thursday, April 18, 2019, at the Department of Justice in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

AP FACT CHECK: Skewed Trump, Barr claims on Mueller report

By HOPE YEN - Associated Press

Rep. David Scott's challenger Michael Owens said that the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's policy on not doing business with challengers has resulted in more calls from consultants. (Associated Press)

DCCC’s incumbent protection policy may have backfired

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., center, speaks as she stands next to Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y., left, and Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., right, following their meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer demand Robert Mueller speak out

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - This undated file photo shows the Los Alamos National laboratory in Los Alamos, N.M. Consultants are warning that every option considered by the U.S. government to ramp up production of the plutonium cores that trigger nuclear warheads will have cost and scheduling risks. The findings are part of a study done by the Institute of Defense Analyses that was delivered to Congress on Tuesday, April 17, 2019. The National Nuclear Security Administration has proposed splitting the work between Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico and the Savanna River Site in South Carolina. (The Albuquerque Journal via AP, File)

Study: US plutonium plan comes with budget, scheduling risks

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 5, 2019, file photo, President Donald Trump visits a new section of the border wall with Mexico in Calexico, Calif. When Trump insisted last year that the border was in crisis, his warnings landed with a thud. Now, as the situation at the border has deteriorated to a level of alarm, Trump is again being met with skepticism, even as members on both sides of the aisle agree that there is a legitimate humanitarian emergency, with federal authorities and non-profits unable to cope with the influx of tens of thousands of Central American families seeking refuge in the U.S. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

President who cried wolf? Real border alarms now seem hollow

By JILL COLVIN - Associated Press

Attorney General William Barr leaves his home in McLean, Va., on Wednesday morning, April 17, 2019. Special counsel Robert Mueller's redacted report on Russian interference in the 2016 election is expected to be released publicly on Thursday and has said he is redacting four types of information from the report. Congressional Democrats are demanding to see the whole document and its evidence. (AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz)

William Barr to give Thursday press conference on Mueller report

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times