Rashida Tlaib and Detroit police get in Twitter spat over 'facial...
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) and the Detroit Police Department on Tuesday clashed on Twitter over law enforcement’s use of facial recognition technology, with Tlaib calling the tool “bulls**t.”The...
View ArticleOcasio-Cortez blasts Electoral College as a 'scam'
First-term Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is calling for the U.S. to abolish the Electoral College, saying that the voting system is a "scam" that negatively impacts minorities. Ocasio-Cortez...
View ArticleTlaib says Trump's attacks meant to distract from US Steel layoffs
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) on Tuesday hit back against President Trump’s latest attacks on her, tweeting that the president’s focus should be on issues like recently announced layoffs at U.S....
View ArticleMoulton, Stewart pen op-ed backing three-digit suicide prevention hotline
Reps. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.), a 2020 presidential candidate, and Chris Stewart (R-Utah) penned an op-ed in The Washington Post Tuesday urging Congress to support efforts to implement a three-digit...
View ArticleLawmakers urge DNC to name Asian American debate moderator
Members of Congress on Tuesday called on the Democratic National Committee to ensure that at least one of the party's presidential debates features an Asian American-Pacific Islander moderator.In a...
View ArticleSecond Democrat representing Trump district backs impeachment
Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-Ill.) on Tuesday announced support for an impeachment inquiry, becoming the second House Democrat representing a district carried by President Trump in 2016 to back the...
View ArticleTrump ramps up attacks on Tlaib
President Trump on Wednesday ramped up his criticism of Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) a day after he was criticized for calling Jewish people who vote for Democrats disloyal.Trump has repeatedly made...
View ArticleMaher hits back at Tlaib: Does she 'want to boycott 93 percent of her...
Comedian Bill Maher on Tuesday denounced Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) after she suggested people boycott his HBO show over his vehement criticism of the international movement to boycott Israel. "Some...
View ArticleJewish Democratic congresswoman and veteran blasts Trump's...
A Jewish House Democrat who served in the Navy blasted President Trump on Wednesday for accusing Jewish Americans of "great disloyalty" if they vote for Democrats and accused him of engaging in...
View ArticlePelosi speaks with Israeli president after Trump controversy
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) spoke with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Wednesday as the relationship between Washington and Jerusalem was thrust into the spotlight this week.The phone call came...
View ArticleFarmers say Trump broke promise on ethanol with waivers to refineries
Iowa farmers are pushing back after President Trump reneged on a promise to review a national program that gives waivers to small refineries that don’t add ethanol to their gasoline. The president had...
View ArticleJewish Democrats decry Trump's 'loyalty' remarks
President Trump has adopted a curious strategy for courting Jewish Democrats to the Republican side: He's attacking them.Over the past 48 hours, Trump has suggested Jewish Americans are ill informed on...
View ArticleDemocrats press FBI, DHS on response to white supremacist violence
House Democrats on Thursday pressed the FBI and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to beef up their strategies to combat the threat of violence motivated by white supremacist extremism after the...
View ArticleHouse Democrat presses Pompeo over price of Trump's scrapped Denmark trip
Rep. Dan Kildee (D-Mich.) on Thursday wrote to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to request a breakdown of the money the State Department spent preparing for President Trump’s canceled trip to...
View ArticleNadler asks other House chairs to provide records that would help panel in...
House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) is asking four other top committee leaders to share any documents or materials they think could be related to his committee’s investigation into...
View ArticleTrump to return to North Carolina to stump for special election candidate
President Trump on Thursday evening tweeted a forthcoming rally in North Carolina in support of Republican congressional candidate Dan Bishop.Trump did not specify the date of his appearance, but...
View ArticlePelosi says Dems 'have to be ready to throw a punch — for the...
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) previewed a tough presidential race in 2020 and said Democrats must be ready to respond to conservative attacks on their record. “This is going to be a tough election,...
View ArticleSteve King defends remarks on rape, incest
Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) on Friday defended his recent remarks calling to ban abortions even in cases of rape and incest, but acknowledged they could have been delivered in a "little softer way."King...
View ArticlePelosi asks Democrats for 'leverage' on impeachment
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Friday suggested that House Democrats should refrain from pushing for President Trump's impeachment, warning that a premature effort to oust the president could...
View ArticleRepublicans suffer whiplash from Trump's erratic week
Congressional Republicans are confused and suffering from whiplash after President Trump this week flip-flopped on guns and taxes, created a diplomatic row with a European ally, ordered U.S. firms to...
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