Nancy Pelosi

Does anyone think Trump would ever leave the White House of his own accord, no matter what the results of the election? Vox interviewed Amherst College law professor Lawrence Douglas, who wrote a book called Will He Go? Trump and the Looming Election Meltdown in 2020. I’m not trying to…

Jeanine Santucci USA TODAYPublished 6:37 AM EDT Jun 11, 2020WASHINGTON – As government and industry leaders across the country are moving away from associations with the Confederacy, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has called for the removal of 11 Confederate statues from the U.S. Capitol Building."The statues in the Capitol…

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Republicans blocked a Democratic resolution on Tuesday that would have condemned President Donald Trump for the use of gas and rubber bullets against peaceful protesters near the White House. Protests have swept U.S. cities, including Washington, D.C., since the May 25 killing of George Floyd,…

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Tuesday that decisions would be made “in just a short period of time” on legislation to address racial profiling and actions by police, amid days of mass protests in the United States. She said lawmakers were discussing different…

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday accused Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg of pandering to President Donald Trump by criticizing Twitter's fact-check of Trump's false claims. "Facebook, all of them, they're all about making money," Pelosi said. "Their business model is to make money at the expense of the truth and the…

Speaking to reporters Thursday, the California Democrat blasted Republicans — at the urging of Trump — for “abandoning their commitment" to national security. "This has always been bipartisan," Pelosi said at a press conference. "All of the sudden, commitment to national security disappeared by a tweet, the twinkle of a…

President Donald Trump on Wednesday issued a rare veto threat, promising to reject a renewal of his surveillance authorities if approved by the House of Representatives.Had Pelosi agreed to a simple up-or-down vote on the Senate amendment, it likely would have passed easily, and reauthorization of the broad surveillance authorities,…

In a press conference Wednesday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called on President Trump to “stop making excuses. Take responsibility” for his response to the coronavirus pandemic.Video TranscriptNANCY PELOSI: So we've got to stop this vicious thing because it's taking from our children, our parents, our grandparents, whatever, and everybody in…