Judiciary issues blitz of subpoenas for Kushner, Sessions, Trump associates
The House Judiciary Committee voted along party lines Thursday to authorize subpoenas for documents and testimony from a dozen current and former Trump administration officials and associates related...
View ArticlePelosi: House will vote next week to hold Barr and Ross in criminal contempt...
The House will vote next week to hold a pair of top administration officials in criminal contempt of Congress for withholding information related to the census, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)...
View ArticleTrump economic adviser praises Ocasio-Cortez for exchange with Fed chairman
President Trump's top economic adviser on Thursday gave Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) "high marks" for her line of questioning during a hearing a day earlier with Federal Reserve Chairman...
View ArticleMcCarthy pins ICE raids on Pelosi inaction
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) partially blamed Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) for the reported impending deportation raids, saying that the Speaker has not taken enough action to...
View ArticleKansas Republican suggests Kobach candidacy threatens Senate GOP majority
Rep. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) on Thursday suggested that former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach's candidacy for an open Senate seat risks the party's majority in the upper chamber.“The last thing...
View ArticleDemocratic lawmaker unloads on Ocasio-Cortez, chief of staff for 'using...
Rep. Wm. Lacy Clay (D-Mo.) unloaded on Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday for "using the race card” after Ocasio-Cortez accused Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) of being racially...
View ArticleHouse Democrat's bill would require electric car chargers at all...
Rep. Mike Levin (D-Calif.) introduced legislation Wednesday that would mandate electric car chargers at all national parks.Transportation is the single largest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions,...
View ArticleBipartisan group of lawmakers invites colleagues to tour DC's Holocaust...
A bipartisan group of lawmakers invited colleagues to an after-hours tour of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s permanent exhibition next week. Members of Congress were invited to the July 16 tour in...
View ArticleKentucky Democrat says primary challenge to McGrath 'might be helpful'
Rep. John Yarmuth, the lone Democrat representing Kentucky in Congress, said it "might be helpful" for Senate candidate Amy McGrath (D) to have a primary challenger after she initially said in a recent...
View ArticleDemocrats rush to support Pelosi amid fight with Ocasio-Cortez
A growing number of progressive House Democrats, frustrated with an ongoing spat between Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D), are taking the freshman New Yorker to...
View ArticleEthics complaint filed against top House Ethics Republican
The top Republican on the House Ethics Committee was hit with an ethics complaint this week concerning what may be almost 20 impermissible reimbursements from his campaign account to some of his House...
View ArticlePelosi says debt limit should be dealt with in next few weeks
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Thursday Congress should act on a budget caps deal to raise the debt limit in the next few weeks.Lawmakers had long expected that they wouldn't need to act on...
View ArticleHouse Democrats request briefing on Epstein, Acosta
House Democrats on Thursday called on the Department of Justice for a briefing on Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta’s role in securing a plea deal for billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein.In a letter...
View ArticleThe Memo: Raids to open new phase in Trump immigration war
President Trump backed down on a census citizenship question on Thursday, but his hard-line policies on immigration are about to enter a new phase.Deportation raids in major cities are set to begin on...
View ArticleLive coverage: House Oversight examines Trump family separation policy
The House Oversight and Reform Committee is holding hearings Friday on alleged abuses committed against migrant minors in the aftermath of the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" policy, which...
View ArticleHouse report: Trump administration separated at least 18 immigrant infants...
At least 18 migrant infants and toddlers under the age of 2 were separated from their parents at the southern border as part of the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy, including nine...
View ArticleTrump: Ocasio-Cortez being 'very disrespectful' to Pelosi
President Trump on Friday criticized Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) amid a dispute between the freshman congresswoman and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.). The president came to Pelosi's...
View ArticleAOC in impassioned testimony: Children were separated from parents 'in...
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) delivered an impassioned plea for immigration policy change before the House Oversight and Reform Committee Friday, defending claims that migrants at the...
View ArticleTlaib gives emotional testimony at hearing on migrant detention conditions
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) gave heartfelt and at times emotional testimony during a congressional hearing Friday about the visit she and other Democratic lawmakers paid to a border detention facility...
View ArticleMnuchin warns US could hit debt ceiling in early September
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is warning that the United States could run out of money in early September unless Congress votes to raise the debt ceiling before leaving for the August recess....
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