House Dems sue Trump over national emergency declaration
The Democratic-controlled House on Friday filed a lawsuit against President Trump alleging his declaration of a national emergency to build a border wall is unconstitutional, a move that shifts the...
View ArticleCandace Owens to testify in congressional hearing on hate crimes and white...
Candace Owens, a popular African-American conservative activist, will testify before the House Judiciary Committee next week during a hearing on hate crimes and white nationalism.Owens, communications...
View ArticleDem Reps say they were denied access to immigrant detention center
Florida Democratic Congresswomen Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Donna Shalala and Debbie Mucarsel-Powell said they were denied access to a facility holding unaccompanied immigrant children. The members of...
View ArticleFive things to watch in Trump tax-return fight
House Democrats this week formally requested President Trump's tax returns from the IRS, kicking off a new battle with the administration.House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal (D-Mass.)...
View ArticleTrump says Ilhan Omar 'doesn't like Israel'
President Trump blasted Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar on Saturday and claimed the Minnesota lawmaker "doesn’t like Israel" one day after a New York man was arrested and charged with threatening to kill...
View ArticlePelosi to receive JFK award
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) will receive the 2019 Profile in Courage Award from the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, the organization announced Sunday.In a press release, the JFK Library...
View ArticleTop Dem on push for Trump's tax returns: 'This is not political'
Rep. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), the No. 4 House Democrat, said Sunday that Democratic efforts to obtain President Trump's tax returns are "not political," pushing back on criticism from Republicans and...
View ArticleBattle begins over Trump tax returns
The battle over President Trump’s tax returns heated up Sunday as Trump's allies took to the Sunday show circuit to dismiss Democratic efforts to obtain the president’s taxes.While Democrats are going...
View ArticleOcasio-Cortez links threats against Omar to Pirro's comments about hijab
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) late Saturday linked Fox News host Jeanine Pirro's remarks about Rep. Ilhan Omar's hijab to threats against the Minnesota Democrat."Understand when Jeanine Pirro...
View ArticlePelosi guarantees Democrats will hold House in 2020
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is guaranteeing Democrats will keep control of the House in the 2020 elections.Pelosi said in an interview with The Washington Post published Sunday that she will secure...
View ArticleNunes says he will soon send 8 criminal referrals to Barr
Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, said Sunday that he is preparing to send eight criminal referrals to Attorney General William Barr."We couldn't...
View ArticlePelosi: Dems need to unite around 'boldest common denominator'
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), who has had to balance the goals of progressives and members of her party who won districts that President Trump carried, said in a new interview that Democrats should...
View ArticleHouse Judiciary chair calls on Mueller to testify before committee
Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, said on Monday that special counsel Robert Mueller should testify in front of the committee.Nadler's call for Mueller to...
View ArticleOmar: 'Stephen Miller is a white nationalist'
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) said Monday that White House senior adviser Stephen Miller is a white nationalist and called it an "outrage" that he has influence in the Trump administration."Stephen Miller...
View ArticleTrump administration threatens veto of net neutrality bill
The White House on Monday threatened to veto House Democrats’ bill to reinstate net neutrality rules as the legislation heads toward a vote.The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) said in a release...
View ArticleTrump calls Judiciary chairman 'Fat Jerry': report
President Trump reportedly referred to Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) as "fat Jerry" in a recent meeting with a group of House Republicans at the White House.The Washington Post reported Monday that...
View ArticleAppropriations chair to criticize Barr for cherry-picking from Mueller report
Rep. Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.), the chairwoman of the House Appropriations Committee, plans to criticize Attorney General Barr for his "unacceptable handling" of special counsel Robert Mueller's report when...
View ArticleSpeaker in waiting? Rapid rise of Hakeem Jeffries fuels talk
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is a study in contrasts.The unflappable head of the House Democratic Caucus has emerged as a fiercely disciplined party spin doctor, proficient in promoting the Democrats’...
View ArticleLive coverage: Barr faces House panel amid questions over Mueller report
Attorney General William Barr on Tuesday is set to testify before a House subcommittee on the Justice Department’s fiscal 2020 budget proposal amid growing calls for him to release special counsel...
View ArticleTrump tweets quote condemning Omar calling Miller a 'white...
President Trump on Tuesday hit back at Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) after the congresswoman called his senior adviser Stephen Miller a "white nationalist," sharing a quote from a Fox Business Network...
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