Duncan Hunter's lawyers ask court to exclude evidence of alleged affairs
Attorneys for Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.), who has been indicted for campaign finance violations, asked the court to exclude allegations that he misused campaign funds during extramarital affairs,...
View ArticleRepeat of border aid battle expected with Homeland Security bill
Just days after an internal revolt endangered passage of a border aid bill, House Democrats are set to replay the fight over the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) appropriations bill."You don't...
View ArticleMcGahn subpoena fight to test limits of executive 'immunity'
The impending court battle over a congressional subpoena for President Trump’s former White House counsel Don McGahn is about to test the concept of “immunity” for top presidential advisers, which has...
View ArticleOcasio-Cortez takes aim at GOP over 'classism'
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) took aim at the GOP on Sunday in a string of tweets accusing the party of "classism" for some Republicans' views of people with working-class jobs."As always, I‘m...
View ArticleHolocaust survivor who offered to tour Auschwitz with Ocasio-Cortez calls for...
A Holocaust survivor who offered to tour Auschwitz with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said she should be removed from Congress for spreading “anti-Semitism, hatred and stupidity.”Edward...
View ArticleCummings announces expansion of Oversight panel's White House personal...
The head of the House Oversight and Reform Committee is expanding its investigation into whether White House officials used personal email accounts to conduct official business, while also blasting the...
View ArticleJudge says Duncan Hunter's personal relationships can be evidence in...
A federal judge on Monday rejected a request by Rep. Duncan Hunter's lawyers to block evidence that allegedly shows the California Republican spent campaign money on personal matters that included...
View ArticleGohmert calls Mueller an 'anal opening' ahead of testimony
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) called former special counsel Robert Mueller an "anal opening" ahead of the former FBI chief's public testimony before Congress.“He’s done some irreparable damage to some...
View ArticleTop GOP lawmakers allege House Democrats are less effective
House Republicans accused the Democratic majority of making the lower chamber less productive than when it was under GOP control, arguing more bipartisan bills were passed and more legislation was...
View ArticleDemocratic lawmakers pay tense visit to Texas migrant facility
Democratic members of Congress visiting a Clint, Texas, Border Patrol station to denounce mistreatment of migrants were greeted with harsh words and insults from Trump supporters as well tense...
View ArticleOcasio-Cortez says 'humane' shelters have space following visits to...
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said Monday the "humane" shelters where families wouldn't be separated have space to take in more migrants, despite arguments that defend overcrowding at U.S....
View ArticleBorder aid fallout tests Pelosi-Schumer relationship
Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) relationship with Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) is being put to the test in the aftermath of an emergency border supplemental spending bill that...
View ArticleJoaquin Castro tweets photos, video taken inside migrant detention center
Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) on Monday tweeted photos and video taken inside a migrant detention center, saying Americans need to see what is taking place at the facilities along the U.S.-Mexico...
View ArticleDemocratic rep says border agents need retraining after seeing...
Rep. Norma Torres (D-Calif.) on Tuesday slammed migrant detention centers for “inhumane conditions,” and called for border agents to be retrained.Torres, who toured three border facilities in Texas on...
View ArticleHouse Democrats slam White House's 'complete refusal' to turn...
House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) and Environment Subcommittee Chairman Harley Rouda (D-Calif.) wrote a letter decrying the White House's "complete refusal" to turn...
View ArticleHouse Democrats sue Treasury to turn over Trump tax returns
The House Ways and Means Committee on Tuesday filed its long-expected lawsuit over the Trump administration's refusal to turn over the president's tax returns, kicking off what could be a lengthy legal...
View ArticleDC-area Democrat calls for Trump to personally pay for any infrastructure...
A House Democrat who represents part of the Washington-area suburbs in Northern Virginia is calling on President Trump to personally reimburse local governments for any damage to roads and bridges...
View Article2020 candidate Tim Ryan questions Trump administration about planned July 4...
Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio), who is running for president, wrote a letter on Tuesday questioning Trump administration officials about how much the president's planned Fourth of July "Salute to America"...
View ArticleHouse Democrats to hold hearing next week on treatment of migrant children
The House Oversight and Reform Committee has scheduled a hearing next week to hear testimony from Trump administration officials about the separation and treatment of immigrant children at the southern...
View ArticlePelosi presses Trump to make changes to treatment of migrants at border
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is calling on President Trump to adopt the changes to migrant detention policies that House Democrats proposed in their version of a border funding bill but were...
View Article