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President Trump stormed out of yet another meeting with Democratic leadership today. Plus: What does it mean that more and more Democrats are publicly supporting an impeachment inquiry?
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It’s Wednesday, May 22.

‣ President Donald Trump stormed out of an infrastructure meeting with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer today, after Pelosi accused him of a “cover-up” related to the administration’s stonewalling of congressional investigations. (“I don’t do cover-ups,” the president said to reporters after the meeting.)

‣ The New York state legislature passed a bill that to any one of three congressional committees.

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