Pelosi says she will talk infrastructure with Trump next week
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Tuesday that she plans to meet with President Trump next week to discuss infrastructure legislation, seen as one of the few areas of potential bipartisan...
View ArticlePelosi: Dems may get to impeachment, but 'we're not there yet'
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Tuesday didn't rule out the possibility of impeaching President Trump while stressing that House Democrats should focus on pursuing their investigations.Pelosi...
View ArticleDem super PAC campaign urges Republicans to back impeachment
A Democratic group launched a campaign on Tuesday aimed at swaying Republicans to get on board with efforts to impeach President Trump, with a goal of "elevating" the voices of those within the GOP who...
View ArticleDemocrats face Catch-22 with Trump impeachment strategy
Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-Calif.) near-term effort to tamp down talk of impeaching President Trump could have the paradoxical effect of building support for that very step.Pelosi and Democratic leaders...
View ArticleNadler: Trying to block McGahn testimony would be 'obstruction'
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) responded Tuesday to reports that the White House would try to prevent former White House counsel Don McGahn from testifying before Congress...
View ArticleHouse asks judge to block Trump plan for border wall funds
The House on Tuesday evening asked a federal judge to block President Trump’s plan to use Defense Department funds to build his long-promised wall along the southern border. House lawyers filed a...
View ArticleDems charge ahead on immigration
Hispanic Democrats are charging ahead with plans to move a comprehensive immigration reform bill this year, bolstered by recently secured support from some of the party’s top brass.Leaders of the...
View ArticleSteve King says he can relate to suffering of Jesus
Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) on Tuesday said that the censure he faced earlier this year for controversial statements regarding white nationalism gave him a better understanding of the suffering of Jesus...
View ArticleTucker Carlson: Since immigrating to US, Omar has 'spent the rest of her...
Fox News host Tucker Carlson said Tuesday that Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) has “spent the rest of her life attacking” the U.S. after immigrating to the country from Somalia.Carlson's comments came as...
View ArticleCongress has questions for Google's 'Sensorvault'
Top members on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce are calling for answers from Google CEO Sundar Pichai on the tech giant’s “Sensorvault,” which holds the precise location information of...
View ArticleWhite House may invoke executive privilege to block McGahn testimony
President Trump is considering invoking executive privilege to prevent former White House counsel Don McGahn from testifying before Congress, a top adviser said Wednesday.“Executive privilege is on the...
View ArticleDOJ won't comply with Oversight subpoena over census question
The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday doubled down on its refusal to comply with a subpoena issued by the House Oversight and Reform Committee for an official’s testimony on the Trump...
View ArticleAmnesty International, lawmakers denounce Saudi executions:...
Amnesty International and several Democratic lawmakers sharply condemned Saudi Arabia's execution of dozens of dissidents this week, which included a student who planned to travel to the U.S. to study...
View ArticleNadler suggested fining Trump officials who refuse subpoenas: report
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) earlier this month reportedly suggested fining Trump administration officials who do not comply with congressional subpoenas.Bloomberg News...
View ArticleCummings alleges 'growing pattern of obstruction' over DOJ's...
House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) on Wednesday tore into the Department of Justice (DOJ) over the agency’s refusal to comply with his committee’s subpoena, alleging...
View ArticleBipartisan House panel leaders ask agencies for maternal mortality data
Bipartisan leaders on the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Wednesday sent letters to six federal agencies requesting summaries of their efforts to address maternal morbidity and mortality rates...
View ArticleButtigieg gets first congressional endorsement
Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg secured his first congressional endorsement on Wednesday from Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.).Beyer compared the South Bend, Ind., mayor to former President...
View ArticleTop Dem: Supreme Court has 'no role' in impeachment
The leading legal voice among House Democrats on Wednesday disputed President Trump's vow to take any impeachment effort to the Supreme Court. Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), a former constitutional law...
View ArticleWhite House denies Cummings's request for Stephen Miller to testify on...
The White House is denying a request from the House Oversight and Reform Committee for senior adviser Stephen Miller to testify before the panel, according to reports.Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), the...
View ArticleHoyer announces House votes on climate bill, disaster aid
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) on Thursday announced that lawmakers in the coming weeks will consider top items on the Democratic legislative agenda ranging from climate change to LGBT...
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