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House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., talks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 8, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Jerrold Nadler appeals to marijuana activists to help pass bill ending prohibition

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Morgan Meyer, R-Dallas, chair of the House General Investigating Committee, speaks at the Texas State Capitol on Monday, Aug. 12, 2019, in Austin, Texas. A Texas House committee on Monday holds an investigation hearing into allegations Speaker Dennis Bonnen offered a hardline conservative activist media credentials in a exchange for supporting primary challenges against several Republican incumbents. (Nick Wagner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

Texas lawmakers ask state police to investigate GOP scandal

By JIM VERTUNO - Associated Press

People watch as the motorcade with President Donald Trump passes by, Friday, Aug. 9, 2019, as Trump heads to a fundraiser in Water Mill, N.Y. Trump is in the Hamptons to attend a pair of fundraisers before heading to his golf club in New Jersey for vacation. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Q&A: Are the Democrats starting impeachment, or not?

By MARY CLARE JALONICK - Associated Press

2 Democrats head to runoff for vacant Arkansas House seat

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In this May 17, 2013, file photo, Rep. Kenny Marchant, R-Texas speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Two Republican officials say eight-term Texas Rep. Kenny Marchant will announce his retirement. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) ** FILE **

Latest GOP retirement highlights party’s growing peril in TX

By ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 10, 2019, file photo, Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y., rides the escalator on Capitol Hill in Washington, as he heads to a briefing on election security. While House Democrats are haggling over whether to consider impeachment of President Donald Trump, Senate Democrats are focusing on a different angle of former special counsel Robert Mueller’s report _ securing future elections from foreign interference. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

AP Explains: Congress’ fight over election security bills

By MARY CLARE JALONICK - Associated Press

Former special counsel Robert Mueller testifies before the House Intelligence Committee hearing on his report on Russian election interference, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Wednesday, July 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Impeachment push stalls among voters: Quinnipiac poll

By Stephen Dinan and Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Jan. 4, 2019 file photo, Rep. Cheri Bustos, D-Ill., walks to a group photo with the women of the 116th Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington. A mass departure of top aides is shaking House Democrats’ campaign arm after Hispanic and black members of Congress complained that the staff lacked diversity. Illinois Rep. Cheri Bustos is chairwoman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. She’s issued a statement saying she’d ‘fallen short’ and would work to make the staff ‘truly inclusive.’ (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Top aides leave Dem campaign arm amid diversity complaints

By ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

In this Jan. 4, 2019 file photo, Rep. Cheri Bustos, D-Ill., walks to a group photo with the women of the 116th Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington. A mass departure of top aides is shaking House Democrats campaign arm after Hispanic and black members of Congress complained that the staff lacked diversity. Illinois Rep. Cheri Bustos is chairwoman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. Shes issued a statement saying shed fallen short and would work to make the staff truly inclusive. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Cheri Bustos’ DCCC in ‘complete chaos’ as top aides resign in diversity flap

By Alan Fram - Associated Press

Excerpts from recent South Dakota editorials

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

House Judiciary Committee Chairman, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., arrives to a hearing where former special counsel Robert Mueller, will testify before the House Judiciary Committee hearing on his report on Russian election interference, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Wednesday, July 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

What’s next for Democrats post-Mueller?

By Cal Thomas

Legislative leaders take command of campaign resources

By MORGAN LEE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 2, 2018, file photo, Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats listens during a daily press briefing at the White House in Washington. Coats is to resign in days, after a two-year tenure marked by President Donald Trump's clashes with intelligence officials, U.S. officials said on Sunday, July 28, 2019. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, FIle)

Trump says Coats is out as national intelligence director

By ZEKE MILLER and ERIC TUCKER and DEB RIECHMANN - Associated Press

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, July 26, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Impeachment unsettled as Democrats enter post-Mueller moment

By LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK - Associated Press

From left, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings, D-Md., and House Judiciary Committee Chair Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., hold a news conference after the back-to-back hearings with former special counsel Robert Mueller who testified about his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 24, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Correction: Trump-Russia Probe-What’s Next story

By MARY CLARE JALONICK - Associated Press

Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., walks out of the House Chamber, Tuesday, July 16, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) ** FILE **

Adam Schiff still not persuaded on Trump impeachment despite Mueller hearings

By Bailey Vogt - The Washington Times

FILE - In this May 12, 2016, file photo, Senate President John Alario, R-Westwego, asks questions during a meeting of the state's income forecasting panel in Baton Rouge, La. Alario, who has been a fixture in state politics for five decades, says he's leaving the Legislature at the end of this term. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte, File)

Louisiana’s legendary Senate president exiting Legislature

By MELINDA DESLATTE - Associated Press

In this May 3, 2019, file photo, White House chief economic adviser Larry Kudlow speaks with reporters outside the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

White House defends budget deal against conservatives’ objections

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this May 29, 2019, file photo, Special counsel Robert Mueller speaks at the Department of Justice in Washington, about the Russia investigation. House Republicans are pledging tough questioning of special counsel Robert Mueller when he testifies before Congress this week as Democrats plan to air evidence of wrongdoing by President Donald Trump in a potentially last-ditch bid to impeach him. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Mueller takes the TV stage; Democrats hope America tunes in

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and ERIC TUCKER - Associated Press

Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., speaks during a House Transportation Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 15, 2019, on the status of the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

House Democrats still not ready to pursue impeachment of Trump

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times