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Why Pelosi is confident as she confronts Trump on impeachment inquiry

WASHINGTON - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and President Donald Trump have been at odds virtually since he took office.

They squared off in the Oval Office over shutting down the government. She insulted his "manhood," and he dubbed her "Nervous Nancy." He's trashed her home of San Francisco, and she dismissed him as unworthy of his office.

But their political rivalry - which at times included kitschy tweets and sarcastic memes that did little more than rile up both parties' bases - has spiraled into one of the gravest questions Congress can consider: impeachment of the president.

Pelosi begins what is expected to be a short sprint toward an impeachment vote - perhaps no longer than

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