Biden's challenge: Satisfying the left
Joe Biden will need to navigate a gantlet of tricky progressive policy issues when he enters the race for president.The Green New Deal. Medicare for All. Expanding the Supreme Court. Reparations.All of...
View ArticleSteve King asked if white society is superior: 'I don't have an...
Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) on Tuesday refused to say whether he thinks white societies are superior to others when questioned by a woman during a town hall event in his state.The Iowa Republican, who has...
View ArticleHouse Dems haul in record donations for February
The campaign arm of House Democrats said it raised $11.6 million last month, more than in any previous February.The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) said $4.6 million of that total...
View ArticleClyburn: Trump and family 'greatest threats to democracy' in lifetime
House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.) on Tuesday called President Trump and his family "the greatest threats to democracy of my lifetime."Clyburn made the comments to NBC News in response to...
View ArticleDem lawmaker: Trump's language on immigrants 'same type of...
Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday said President Trump’s rhetoric against immigrants was “the same type of propaganda” used against Jews in the 1920s.Trump “demeans” immigrants and pushes...
View ArticleOmar slams U.S. war in Iraq on anniversary of invasion
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) issued a barrage of criticism about the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 on Wednesday, which marked the 16th anniversary of the start of one of America's longest-running...
View ArticleDershowitz: Nunes 'has no case at all' against Twitter
Attorney Alan Dershowitz on Wednesday said Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), who is suing Twitter, has "no case at all" against the social media company.Dershowitz added during an interview on Fox News's...
View ArticleOcasio-Cortez fires back at Jamie Dimon after CEO dismisses Green New Deal
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) responded Wednesday to Jamie Dimon after the JPMorgan Chase CEO criticized the Green New Deal backed by progressive Democrats.In a tweet, the freshman New York...
View ArticleDem apologizes to constituents for Omar's remarks
A freshman House Democrat apologized to his Jewish constituents during a district town hall this week for comments Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) made questioning U.S.-Israel policy that critics considered...
View ArticlePelosi: House vote on Trump veto could help court cases
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) argued Wednesday that a vote to override President Trump's veto of a resolution disapproving his emergency declaration at the border could help in legal cases, even if...
View ArticleFormer White House staffer Hope Hicks to cooperate with Dems' probe into...
Hope Hicks, a former White House communications director, will cooperate with the House Judiciary Committee and provide documents to the panel in its probe of President Trump and his...
View ArticleGOP lawmaker offers constitutional amendment capping Supreme Court seats at 9
Rep. Mark Green (R-Tenn.) introduced a constitutional amendment Thursday that would limit the number of Supreme Court seats to nine, as several Democratic presidential candidates express a willingness...
View ArticleOcasio-Cortez staff received risk assessment training from police due to...
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's (D-N.Y.) staff has reportedly been trained on performing risk assessments due to the amount of death threats the congresswoman has received. Aides to Ocasio-Cortez told...
View ArticleRoger Stone invokes Fifth Amendment in House Judiciary document request
Roger Stone is declining to cooperate with the House Judiciary Committee’s request for documents in its investigation into President Trump's administration, business and campaign, citing his Fifth...
View ArticleAssange lawyer says he's declined to cooperate with Nadler's...
The founder of WikiLeaks has declined to cooperate with the House Judiciary Committee’s sweeping documents request, which is part of a broad investigation into President Trump's administration,...
View ArticleCrenshaw to Trump: 'Stop talking about McCain'
Freshman GOP Rep. Dan Crenshaw (Texas) is calling on President Trump to stop his attacks on the late Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.). “Mr. President, seriously stop talking about Senator McCain,” Crenshaw,...
View ArticleCummings says Ivanka Trump not preserving all official communications
House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) said Thursday that White House aide Ivanka Trump has not complied with federal laws requiring her to preserve all official email...
View ArticleHouse to vote on measure opposing transgender military ban
The House will vote next week on a resolution expressing opposition to the Trump administration's policy banning most transgender people from serving in the military, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer...
View ArticleHouse Dems unveil measure to reject anti-Israel boycotts
Two House Democrats introduced a resolution on Thursday to condemn a global boycott campaign against Israel amid recent internal divisions in the Democratic Party over relations with the top U.S. ally....
View ArticleOcasio-Cortez compliments photographer for getting skin tone right
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Thursday complimented a photographer for capturing her skin tone in the correct shade for her Time magazine photo shoot.“This is a small-big thing, but shout...
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