Dem lawmaker: Trump may handle Hurricane Florence better than Puerto Rico...
Rep. Luis Gutiérrez (D-Ill.) took a swipe at President Trump on Thursday over his administration's preparation for Hurricane Florence and his handling of last year's Hurricane Maria, which devastated...
View ArticleHouse panel advances DHS cyber vulnerabilities bills
The House Homeland Security Committee on Thursday advanced a pair of bills addressing cyber vulnerabilities at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).Only minor amendments were offered for both...
View ArticleDems demand Sessions restore asylum for victims of violence
More than 100 House Democrats signed a letter this week urging Attorney General Jeff Sessions to reverse his decision to stop granting asylum to victims of gang violence and domestic abuse.Reps. Jim...
View ArticleCongress reaches deal to fund government through Dec. 7, preventing shutdown
The House and Senate on Thursday reached a deal to prevent a shutdown by passing a large package of spending bills this month along with a continuing resolution that would fun the rest of the...
View ArticleTop Dem: Trump claim about Puerto Rico death toll 'disgusting'
Rep. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), the chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), blasted President Trump on Thursday for claiming without evidence that Democrats inflated the death...
View ArticleDem introduces bill to create federal cybersecurity apprenticeship program
Rep. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) on Thursday unveiled legislation to create a Department of Labor grant program for apprenticeships in cybersecurity.The bipartisan bill, known as the “Cyber Ready Workforce...
View ArticleCongress sends first spending package to Trump in push to avert shutdown
The House passed a $147 billion "minibus" spending package Thursday and sent it to President Trump for a signature, taking initial steps to avert another possible government shutdown. The legislation,...
View ArticleRyan, lawmakers call on Catholic Church leaders to come clean
Catholic lawmakers on Thursday called on church leaders to come clean in the sex-abuse scandal rocking the Vatican.“This is very disturbing …” said Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), who like Minority Leader...
View ArticleGowdy: House Intel panel should release all transcripts from Russia probe
Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.), a member of the House Intelligence Committee, said this week that the GOP-controlled panel should release every interview transcript from its concluded Russia...
View ArticleJordan hits campaign trail amid bid for Speaker
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) is taking his Speaker’s bid to the campaign trail this weekend, fundraising for a pair of potentially vulnerable House Republicans more closely aligned with leadership than...
View ArticleGOP: The economy will shield us from blue wave
Bob Woodward’s new best-selling book portrays President Trump’s White House in a state of chaos. The president is under fire for claiming Democrats inflated the death toll from Hurricane Maria. And...
View ArticleNunes: Russia probe documents should be released before election
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) said Sunday that the transcripts and documents for witnesses in the GOP-controlled panel's now-concluded Russia investigation need to be...
View ArticleDem rep: Why shouldn’t Americans believe Trump is as corrupt as his friends?
Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) on Sunday argued that the evidence is stacked against President Trump after his former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, pleaded guilty and agreed to cooperate with...
View ArticleCongress prepares to punt biggest political battles until after midterms
Congress is preparing to do what it does best: punt.In a spending deal reached this past week, lawmakers agreed to postpone fights over funding President Trump’s border wall and reauthorizing the...
View ArticleDem lawmaker from Kavanaugh accuser's district: ‘I’m proud of my...
Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.) praised her constituent for speaking publicly about her sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.Christine Blasey Ford spoke to The Washington...
View ArticleTrump Jr., Dem congressman spar over Ellison's association with Farrakhan
Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) and Donald Trump Jr. on Sunday sparred over Rep. Keith Ellison's (D-Minn.) association with Louis Farrakhan. "Is it that he's black or that he's Muslim that makes you hate/fear...
View ArticleState Department: Allegations of racism 'disgusting and false'
The State Department is hitting back against allegations that its staff lacks diversity, saying the claims are "disgusting and false.""The assertion that [the State Department] is 'racist' is...
View ArticleIndicted GOP lawmaker to stay on ballot in New York this fall: report
Indicted Rep. Chris Collins (R) will stay on the ballot in his New York congressional district this fall, the Buffalo News reported Monday.Collins, who was arrested on insider trading charges this...
View ArticleJohn Dingell suffers heart attack, said to be ‘in good spirits’
Former Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.), 92, suffered a heart attack Monday morning but is “alert and in good spirits,” according to his wife, Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.). "It appears John Dingell had a...
View ArticleGowdy requests FEMA administrator’s travel records amid allegations
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) on Monday requested travel records from Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Brock Long, who has been...
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