Congressional leaders, White House officials fail to reach budget deal
Congressional leaders from both parties and senior White House officials emerged from a meeting in Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) Wednesday afternoon without a deal on raising spending caps and the...
View ArticleSecond ex-Senate staffer charged in aiding doxxing of GOP senators
A second ex-aide to Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) has been charged in connection with the leaking of Republican senators’ personal information during Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation...
View ArticleHouse Democrats close to finalizing border aid bill
House Democrats on Wednesday said they will move forward next week with funding legislation that addresses the surge of migrants at the southern border.Democratic lawmakers say they are close to an...
View ArticleGOP hopes dim on reclaiming House
The 2020 election is more than a year away, but some Republican lawmakers are pessimistic about their chances of winning back the House.President Trump’s approval ratings in key swing states are under...
View ArticleJoaquin Castro calls out MSNBC contributor for confusing him with twin...
Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) on Thursday called out an MSNBC contributor on-air for mistakingly attributing quotes to him instead of his twin brother Julián Castro, a Democratic presidential candidate...
View ArticleOversight Republicans: 'Hundreds' of migrants in caravans have...
Top GOP House Oversight and Reform Committee members asked acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan Thursday to release information on the criminal records of people traveling in so-called...
View ArticleMcConnell opposes push for lawmaker pay raise
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Thursday that he doesn't support a bipartisan effort in the House to give lawmakers a pay raise for the first time in a decade, dimming the chances...
View ArticlePelosi: Trump delay on Harriet Tubman $20 is 'an insult to the hopes of...
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) slammed the Trump administration over its decision to delay releasing an updated $20 bill featuring Harriet Tubman.“It is an insult to the hopes of millions that the...
View ArticleLawmakers spar at testy Mueller hearing
A House Judiciary Committee hearing turned heated on Thursday as Republicans accused Democrats of wasting time examining special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian election interference, with...
View ArticleHouse Democrats unveil bill to lift refugee cap
House Democrats on Thursday introduced legislation to increase the number of refugees allowed into the United States, taking a direct shot at the Trump administration's move to cut the figure...
View ArticleDemocratic lawmaker on Iran: 'We are provoking them, we are taunting...
Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) accused the Trump administration on Thursday of provoking Iran's government and attempting to draw the U.S. into war.In an interview with CNN's "New Day," Speier argued...
View ArticleBorder Patrol chief 'extremely offended' by Ocasio-Cortez's...
Border Patrol Chief Carla Provost said Thursday that she found recent remarks comparing detention facilities at the U.S.-Mexico border to concentration camps “offensive.”“I personally find them...
View ArticleParties unite to move Myanmar sanctions bill
Bipartisan lawmakers on the House Foreign Affairs Committee joined forces Thursday to advance legislation slapping new sanctions on Myanmar's military regime for its violent purge of ethnic...
View ArticleHicks repeatedly blocked by White House from answering Judiciary questions
The House Judiciary Committee has released a transcript of a closed-door interview with former Trump aide Hope Hicks, showing White House lawyers repeatedly blocking her from answering questions about...
View ArticleHicks tells lawmakers: 'I lived the Mueller report'
Testimony released Thursday by the panel showed former White House Communications Director Hope Hicks told the House Judiciary Committee that she “lived” special counsel Robert Mueller’s report.Asked...
View ArticleHope Hicks: Trump campaign felt 'relief' after WikiLeaks released...
Former White House communications director Hope Hicks told the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday that she and members of the Trump campaign were relieved to see Wikileaks release damaging information...
View ArticleHouse panel approves bills on tax extenders, expanding tax credits
The House Ways and Means Committee on Thursday advanced Democratic legislation to extend expired and expiring tax breaks and to expand tax credits that benefit workers and families.The committee passed...
View ArticleDarrell Issa eyes return to Congress
Former Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) is eyeing a return to Congress, as his nomination by President Trump to lead a U.S. trade agency stalls in the Senate.Issa, who left the House in early January after...
View ArticleDemocrats call for restraint, oversight as Trump reportedly calls back...
Democrats in the House and Senate urged restraint from the Trump administration after reports late Thursday indicated that President Trump had approved a military strike on Iranian forces before...
View ArticleNadler apologized after repeatedly calling Hope Hicks 'Ms....
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) repeatedly referred to longtime former Trump aide Hope Hicks as “Ms. Lewandowski” during a closed-door hearing this week.The 273-page...
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