Ocasio-Cortez eyeing Jeffries as 2020 target: report
Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is thinking of taking on Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) by recruiting a primary challenger to run against him in 2020, according to a new report from...
View ArticleIlhan Omar: Every day Trump gets closer to being impeached
Rep.-elect Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) on Tuesday said that she believes President Trump gets "closer to being impeached" every day."We know that this president, this administration, every day has gone a...
View ArticleMazie Hirono: ‘Walls are closing in’ on Trump
Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) on Monday said that she believes the "walls are closing in" on President Trump in terms of his legal woes."The president is always on the attack, especially when the walls...
View ArticleIncoming Dem Ayanna Pressley to work in her hero Shirley Chisholm's old...
Rep.-elect Ayanna Pressley (D), who became the first black woman to ever be elected to Congress from Massachusetts last month, says after she's sworn in she will work out of an office once occupied by...
View ArticleSchiff calls on Flynn to testify before House Intelligence Committee
The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee called on Michael Flynn to testify after the former national security adviser asked a federal judge to postpone his sentencing until he fully...
View ArticleIsrael boycott fight roils Democrats in year-end spending debate
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is scrambling at the eleventh hour to include controversial language in a year-end spending bill prohibiting U.S. companies from joining boycotts of Israel launched by...
View ArticleREAD: Transcript of Comey's interview with House Republicans
Former FBI Director James Comey returned to Capitol Hill on Monday for a final grilling with GOP lawmakers before Democrats take control of the House.Republicans pressed Comey on a series of matters,...
View ArticleShort-term spending bill plan gains steam ahead of shutdown deadline
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill looking to avert a partial government shutdown starting Saturday are warming to the possibility of passing a short-term, stopgap spending measure.“I think one’s looming on the...
View ArticleComey defends FBI actions on Flynn in House interview
Former FBI Director James Comey in his final interview with House Republicans this week defended the bureau’s contacts with former national security adviser Michael Flynn. Republicans on the House...
View ArticleRyan focuses on legacy as talk of shutdown dominates capital
Days away from relinquishing his Speaker’s gavel, Paul Ryan is in full legacy mode.The Wisconsin Republican on Tuesday rolled out a flattering six-part video series touting how he shepherded tax reform...
View Article‘Our complex problems are solvable,’ Ryan to say in farewell
Outgoing Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) on Wednesday is set to give his farewell address, in which he is expected to say that while the nation's problems are "complex," they are "solvable."“That is to say,...
View ArticleGOP rep: Flynn's service 'doesn’t exonerate him from any times when...
Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) said Wednesday that President Trump's former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, should not be given a pass in court because of his military and government service."I...
View ArticleSchiff: If Cohen deserves jail time so does Trump
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) argued Tuesday that if President Trump's former longtime lawyer Michael Cohen deserves jail time for campaign finance law violations, the president should not be precluded...
View ArticleCummings sends 51 letters to White House, others requesting compliance with...
Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) on Tuesday issued 51 letters to the heads of various government agencies and White House and Trump Organization officials seeking documents on a series of congressional...
View ArticleHoyer: Stopgap spending bill is ‘failure’ of Congress to do its job
The second-ranking House Democrat bashed President Trump and GOP leaders on Wednesday for their plans to punt a spending debate into next year, calling it a “failure” of Washington’s policymakers to...
View ArticleHoyer: Ryan’s legacy a mix of decency and debt
House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said Wednesday that the legacy of departing Speaker Paul Ryan, who's making the rounds touting his leadership, will be irrevocably tied to the skyrocketing...
View ArticleFrequent Trump critic Ted Lieu applauds troop pullout from Syria
Democratic Rep. Ted Lieu (Calif.), a frequent critic of President Trump, applauded the president's decision on Wednesday to withdraw U.S. forces from Syria."I applaud the decision by @realDonaldTrump...
View ArticleHouse climate change panel unlikely to have subpoena power
The climate change committee that House Democrats are planning to establish in the next Congress is unlikely to have the subpoena power afforded to most other congressional panels.Rep. Steny Hoyer...
View ArticlePelosi draws link between Flynn, Trump decision on Syria
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Wednesday criticized President Trump's decision to pull U.S. troops out of Syria, and raised concerns that the timing of the announcement coincided with...
View ArticleLynch testimony marks final interview of GOP-led probe
House Republicans on Wednesday grilled former Attorney General Loretta Lynch about her decision-making during the 2016 presidential election -- a deposition that marked the final witness interview in...
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