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State Department Inspector General Steve Linick is pictured here in October 2019 leaving a meeting at the Capitol. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption toggle caption J. Scott Applewhite/AP State Department Inspector General Steve Linick is pictured here in October 2019 leaving a meeting at the Capitol. J. Scott Applewhite/AP Congressional Democrats announced Saturday they're requesting…

The top Democrats on the House and Senate foreign affairs committees launched an investigation Saturday into President Trump's Friday night firing of State Department Inspector General (IG) Steve Linick.Rep. Eliot Engel, the chair of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Sen. Bob Menendez, the lead Democrat on the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, wrote letters to the…

May 15, 2020 | 9:52pm Enlarge Image US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi walks from the House floor to her office today. MICHAEL REYNOLDS/EPA-EFE/Shutter House Democrats passed a $3 trillion coronavirus relief bill on Friday night despite Senate Republicans and President Trump declaring the so-called Heroes Act dead on arrival. Republican House Minority Leader…

U.S. Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks at her weekly press conference.Michael Brochstein | Barcroft Media | Getty ImagesHouse Democrats on Friday passed a $3 trillion coronavirus relief package, unprecedented spending Senate Republicans have pledged to block as the major parties struggle to find a path forward on the pandemic response.The chamber also approved voting by…

House Democrats pushed through their $3 trillion coronavirus spending bill Friday night, despite pushback from liberals and moderates within their ranks as well from Republicans. The massive package, which checked off a long wish list of Democratic Party priorities, passed on a 208-199 vote, with 14 Democrats voting against it. If 17 Democrats broke rank,…