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After impeachment, will Republicans let it go � or keep going after the Bidens?

WASHINGTON _ Many Senate Republicans are hoping that after the impeachment trial is over, President Donald Trump will let it go.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Feb 5, 2020

Trump backs Juan Guaid� as 'true' president of Venezuela during State of the Union

WASHINGTON _ For the first 30 minutes of President Donald Trump's State of the Union speech, the House of Representatives was divided. Republicans shot out of their seats to offer applause. Democrats largely sat quietly.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Feb 4, 2020

With Iowa unresolved, 2020 candidates try to manufacture momentum in New Hampshire

NASHUA, N.H. _ Pete Buttigieg reiterated his declaration of victory. Bernie Sanders' campaign heralded their vote total. Joe Biden said he'd walk away with delegates. And Elizabeth Warren attempted to lump herself into a three-way race that excluded the former vice president.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Feb 4, 2020

He's not running in Iowa. But Bloomberg's longshot bid may hinge on the result.

WASHINGTON _ Michael Bloomberg isn't competing in the Iowa caucuses. Monday's outcome, however, could determine whether his unorthodox presidential campaign has a viable path to victory in the Democratic race.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jan 31, 2020

Disgraced members of Congress would lose their pensions for campaign crimes under this bill

WASHINGTON _ Members of the U.S. Congress convicted of criminal campaign finance violations could lose their pensions under a bill submitted Friday by Democratic Reps. Josh Harder of California and Max Rose of New York.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jan 31, 2020

Trump to push for paid family leave for all workers in State of the Union address

WASHINGTON _ President Donald Trump will push lawmakers to provide paid family leave to all workers in his upcoming State of the Union address to Congress, two White House officials said Friday.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jan 31, 2020

Talk about health care and drug prices � not impeachment, voters tell Democrats

WASHINGTON _ Democrats in swing districts are finding that issues such as health care, prescription drug costs and infrastructure are more on the minds of constituents than impeachment.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jan 31, 2020

Free-for-all over Jeffrey Epstein's estate gets more tangled

WASHINGTON _ Jeffrey Epstein is gone, but the fight over his estate _ involving lawyers, creditors, victims and the U.S. Virgin islands, to name a few _ is far from settled, and getting more complicated all the time.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jan 30, 2020

Pentagon eyes Guantanamo Bay military prison for cuts to personnel, infrastructure

WASHINGTON _ The number of U.S. service members deployed to the Guantanamo Bay prison may be cut as part of the Pentagon's worldwide look at where it can reallocate forces, U.S. Southern Command commander Navy Adm. Craig Faller said Thursday.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jan 30, 2020

Devin Nunes filed six lawsuits in 2019. Where are they now?

WASHINGTON _ Five of the six lawsuits California Republican Rep. Devin Nunes filed last year against media companies and his political adversaries are still unfolding in courts. He's suggested he's considering more cases.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jan 30, 2020