Cheney blasts court decision to place grizzly bears back on endangered...
House Republican Conference Chairwoman Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) blasted a U.S. District Court ruling that restored Endangered Species Act protections for grizzly bears, arguing the decision was based on...
View ArticleTexas GOP Rep. Conaway won't seek reelection: report
Rep. Mike Conaway (R-Texas) is reportedly planning to retire at the end of his term.Conaway — who was first elected to the lower chamber in 2004 — is currently the top Republican on the House...
View ArticleDemocrats warn of Trump trap
House Democrats up in arms over President Trump’s attacks on minority lawmakers are sounding a warning to their own party heading into the 2020 elections: Don’t take the bait.While Democrats have...
View ArticleOcasio-Cortez pushes back on McConnell's claim of 'modern-day...
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) blasted Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday for comparing attacks against him to “modern-day McCarthyism.”“McCarthyism is the practice of...
View ArticleOcasio-Cortez blasts NYT editor for suggesting Tlaib, Omar aren't...
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday criticized a New York Times editor’s tweet suggesting Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) and Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) did not represent the Midwest.Jonathan...
View ArticleDemocratic lawmakers support Bustos after DCCC resignations
Several Democratic lawmakers came out in support of Rep. Cheri Bustos (D-Ill.), the chairwoman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), after outrage over a lack of diversity at the...
View ArticlePressley calls on Meadows to 'do the right thing' over '4...
Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) on Wednesday called on GOP Rep. Mark Meadows (N.C.) to “finally do the right thing” after a gun shop put up a billboard in his district calling Pressley and other...
View ArticleOcasio-Cortez says marginalized communities 'have no choice but to...
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said this week during an appearance on Ebro in the Morning that marginalized communities have "no choice but to riot.""Once you have a group that is marginalized...
View ArticleTexas GOP lawmaker Conaway announces retirement
Rep. Mike Conaway (R-Texas) said Wednesday that he plans to retire at the end of his term during a press conference in Midland, Texas.“This chapter in our lives has been more fulfilling than I could...
View ArticleCastro argues for impeachment: We'll tell voters 'Moscow...
Presidential candidate Julián Castro argued fiercely during Wednesday’s primary debate for congressional Democrats to begin impeachment proceedings against President Trump, saying it would play in...
View ArticleRepublican congressman hopes Trump crowd will avoid 'send her back'...
A Republican congressman who represents a Cincinnati-area district said he hopes the crowd at President Trump's rally Thursday night in Ohio avoids the "send her back" chants recently heard at a...
View ArticleDeutch joins impeachment effort he says has 'already begun'
A senior member of the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday joined the growing list of Democrats backing the effort to impeach President Trump.Rep. Ted Deutch, a five-term Florida Democrat, cited the...
View ArticlePelosi hits back at Trump's attacks on Cummings, calls Kushner a...
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday fiercely defended Rep. Elijah Cummings in the wake of President Trump's attacks on the Maryland Democrat and the Baltimore-area district he...
View ArticleAfter 'send her back' chants, Pelosi and Omar visit Africa together
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) Thursday posted a picture of herself alongside House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on their current trip to Africa.In the tweet, Omar joked about people who have chanted...
View ArticleBurglary reported at Cummings's Baltimore home
Rep. Elijah Cummings’s (D-Md.) Baltimore home was reportedly broken into in the early hours of Saturday morning, just hours before President Trump tweeted attacks against the congressman and his...
View ArticleBipartisan resolution aims to protect lawmakers amid heightened threats of...
An unlikely pair of House lawmakers joined forces this week to introduce a resolution to bolster the security of Congress members, who face heightened threats of violence in an era of supercharged...
View ArticleWill Hurd, only black Republican in House, retiring
Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas), the only African American Republican in the House of Representatives, announced Thursday night that he will not seek reelection in 2020. "I have made the decision to not seek...
View ArticleCummings releases statement on attempted break-in after Trump attacks
Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) released a statement Friday morning following news reports Thursday his Baltimore house had been broken into. In a brief statement, the Maryland congressman confirmed that...
View ArticleWoman who threw drink at Matt Gaetz pleads guilty
A woman reportedly pleaded guilty on Thursday to assault after she threw a drink at GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz (Fla.) at a town hall event in June.Amanda Kondrat’yev, 35, pleaded guilty in Pensacola, Fla.,...
View ArticlePelosi defends Trump oversight as Democrats' calls for impeachment grow
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Friday defended her methodical approach to investigating President Trump as calls for his impeachment inched up toward the edge of majority support among the...
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