Ocasio-Cortez calls for '9/11-style commission' to investigate...
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Saturday called for a "9/11-style commission" to investigate the effects of the Trump administration policy that led to family separations at the southern...
View ArticleCummings: 'No doubt about it' Trump is a racist
House Oversight Committee Chair Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) said Sunday there was “no doubt” President Trump was a racist amid fallout over Trump's tweets attacking four congresswomen of color.“No doubt...
View ArticleLouisiana police officer suggests Ocasio-Cortez 'needs a round' in...
A Louisiana police officer last week appeared to suggest that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y) needed to be shot in a since-deleted Facebook post. Charlie Rispoli, who has been a member of the...
View ArticleTwo Democrats vow to press forward on Trump impeachment
House Democratic leaders were successful Wednesday in staving off a bid to impeach President Trump, but the effort is far from dead. A handful of Democrats added their names last week to the long list...
View ArticleIllinois GOP group shares, then deletes meme labeling minority congresswomen...
The Illinois Republican County Chairmen’s Association (IRCCA) shared and later apparently deleted a movie poster-style meme labeling four Democratic minority congresswomen the “Jihad Squad.” The post...
View ArticleNadler has privately voiced support for impeachment inquiry against Trump:...
Aides to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) say the congressman has privately voiced support for impeachment proceedings against President Trump, the Washington Post reported...
View ArticleRep. Haaland says Trump's 'go back' remarks 'perplexing...
Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) said President Trump's tweet telling four progressive lawmakers to "go back" to the countries where they came from is "perplexing and wrongheaded" to Native Americans like...
View ArticleSchiff: US 'not ready' to battle foreign election interference in 2020
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said tech companies and government entities are “not ready” to combat election interference in 2020 on Vox’s podcast “Recode Decode with...
View ArticleContested NC House race in dead heat: internal poll
Democrat Dan McCready and North Carolina Republican state Sen. Dan Bishop are neck and neck in their race to represent the state’s contested 9th Congressional District, according to an internal poll...
View ArticlePelosi, Mnuchin reach 'near-final agreement' on budget, debt ceiling
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin have reached a "near-final agreement" on a two-year budget deal, according to a source close to the talks. The emerging deal...
View ArticleGOP group defends Mueller ahead of testimony
A Republican group defended former special counsel Robert Mueller ahead of his congressional testimony in a new ad released Monday.Republicans for the Rule of Law is airing the ad on Sinclair stations...
View ArticleTlaib: I'm not going anywhere 'until I impeach this president'
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) said Monday she's “not going nowhere, not until I impeach this president,” amid ongoing attacks from President Trump on herself and three other progressive freshman...
View ArticleTrump claims 'no racial tension' caused by attacks on Democratic...
President Trump on Monday insisted “there is no racial tension” with the black community caused by his sustained attacks on four minority Democratic lawmakers, which have been widely condemned as...
View ArticleDemocratic lawmaker: 'I love America even though at times she...
Rep. Brenda Lawrence (D-Mich.) on Monday said she loves the U.S. even though she has experienced injustices as a black woman. "I love America. I love her with every ounce of this brown skin that God...
View ArticleLouisiana police officer placed on leave after saying Ocasio-Cortez...
The Louisiana police officer who suggested Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) needed to be shot in a Facebook post has reportedly been placed on administrative leave. The Gretna Police Department...
View ArticlePelosi aide: Major bill to lower drug prices coming in September
A top aide to Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Monday that House Democrats will unveil their long-awaited bill to lower drug prices in September. Wendell Primus, Pelosi's top health care adviser,...
View ArticleTrump, Democrats clinch two-year budget deal
President Trump and Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) reached a two-year budget deal Monday that also suspends the debt ceiling through July 2021, capping days of furious negotiations.The agreement,...
View ArticleHouse Oversight schedules Thursday vote to hold Kellyanne Conway in contempt
The House Oversight and Reform Committee on Monday officially scheduled a vote for later in the week to hold White House counselor Kellyanne Conway in contempt of Congress after she failed to comply...
View ArticleLouisiana police officer fired after saying on Facebook that Ocasio-Cortez...
The Louisiana police officer who suggested in a Facebook post that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) needed to be shot has been fired. Gretna Police Department Chief Arthur Lawson announced the...
View ArticleMueller testimony could be frustrating for both parties
Robert Mueller’s testimony before Congress on Wednesday threatens to disappoint and even frustrate lawmakers of both parties, who’ve been anxiously waiting to hear the former special counsel elucidate...
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