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'Seen, Heard & Whispered': The conversations happening in Washington's power corridors

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Articles by Stephen Dinan

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., talks to the media at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 2, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Nancy Pelosi jokes about jailing Trump officials

Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday that the House could start to arrest Trump administration officials she deems are obstructing Congress's investigations -- but quipped that they don't have the jail space to hold everyone.

May 8, 2019
Suanny Gomez, 24, from Honduras and seeking asylum in the United States, waits in a tent with her 5-year-old son, William, Tuesday, April 30, 2019, in Matamoros, Mexico. Gomez said she does not have money to pay a proposed fee for seeking asylum. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) ** FILE **

Donald Trump’s ‘Return to Mexico’ asylum policy vindicated by court

President Trump won a surprise victory before a usually antagonistic appeals court Tuesday when judges ruled he could continue his "Return to Mexico" policy that allows the government to make some illegal immigrants seeking asylum wait in Mexico while their cases are being heard.

May 7, 2019
In this Jan. 31, 2019, file photo President Donald Trump holds a meeting with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

New York Times reveals Donald Trump tax returns

President Trump reportedly lost more than a billion dollars over a 10-year period, a streak of bad investments that enabled him to avoid paying any taxes for almost all of that period.

May 7, 2019
In this Jan. 6, 2019, photo, New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks during an inauguration ceremony in New York. (Associated Press) **FILE**

N.Y., N.J. sue IRS over nonprofit donor information

New York and New Jersey sued the IRS Monday, arguing the agency is stonewalling attempts to peer behind the decision-making that led to new rules that shield some nonprofits from having to disclose their donors.

May 6, 2019
Former President Obama announced Organizing for America would be joining forces with the group run by his former attorney general, Eric H. Holder Jr., in a striking pre-2020 partnership. (associated press)

William Barr uses Eric Holder’s defense against Congress

As Attorney General William P. Barr works to fend off an aggressive Congress demanding more information, he has turned to a surprising source for justification: former Obama official Eric H. Holder Jr., who seven years ago found himself in much the same position.

May 5, 2019
House Judiciary Committee Chair Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., joined at right by Rep. Doug Collins, R-Georgia, the ranking member, waits to start a hearing on the Mueller report without witness Attorney General William Barr who refused to appear, escalating an already acrimonious battle between Democrats and the Justice Department, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 2, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

House Democrats soften demand for Mueller report

House Democrats backed off their blanket demand for the unredacted special counsel's report and all supporting evidence, instead signaling a willingness Friday to cooperate on asking the courts to referee.

May 3, 2019
Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, left, listens as President Donald Trump speaks during an expanded bilateral meeting with the Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**

Federal deficit nears $1 trillion — again

The federal government is on pace to run a deficit of $896 billion this year, the Congressional Budget Office said Thursday, projecting what would be the fifth worst tally in history.

May 2, 2019
Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan prepares for a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing on his agency's future funding, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 30, 2019. McAleenan, who is also the commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, was directed Monday by President Donald Trump to take additional measures to overhaul the asylum system, which he insists "is in crisis" and plagued by "rampant abuse." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Kevin McAleenan, DHS chief, refutes Trump pardon story

Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan testified to senators on Thursday that President Trump never asked him "to do anything unlawful," refuting reports that Mr. Trump had promised to pardon him if he blocked migrants from entering the U.S.

May 2, 2019
A photographer takes a photograph of a placard for Attorney General William Barr who is not expected to appear before a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

William Barr a no-show as Democrats vow retribution

With Attorney General William P. Barr's chair empty, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler lashed out Thursday at Trump administration for the growing clash, saying the government itself "is very much at stake."

May 2, 2019