Ocasio-Cortez says 'no question' Trump is a racist
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said Sunday that there is "no question" that President Trump is a racist. The newly elected congresswoman made the comments in an interview on CBS's "60 Minutes,"...
View ArticleFormer reps Mia Love, Luis Gutiérrez join CNN as commentators
Former Reps. Mia Love (R-Utah) and Luis Gutiérrez (D-Ill.) have joined CNN as political commentators after leaving Congress this year.The two former members of the House made their debuts Monday...
View ArticleMuslim, black congresswomen pose for photo together: 'Representation...
Democratic Reps. Ilhan Omar (Minn.) and Ayanna Pressley (Mass.) posed for a photo together and shared the picture with a tweet saying “representation matters” in Congress.Omar is one of the first two...
View ArticleRepublicans question progress on probe of DOJ, FBI actions during 2016
The top Republicans on the House Judiciary and Oversight committees are demanding an update from the U.S. attorney who is examining conservative allegations of surveillance abuse at the FBI and the...
View ArticleGOP rep unveils resolution seeking congressional term limits
Rep. Trey Hollingsworth (R-Ind.) reintroduced a resolution that would amend the Constitution to impose term limits on Congressional lawmakers.The measure would restrict lawmakers from serving more than...
View ArticleEx-GOP Rep. Ryan Costello joins group pushing carbon tax
Former GOP Rep. Ryan Costello (Pa.) is signing on to work for a group pushing a business-backed proposal to fight climate change with a carbon tax.Costello, less than a week out of the House, announced...
View ArticleDemocrats demand air time to counter Trump's border speech
Democratic leaders are demanding "equal airtime" for a response to President Trump's address planned for Tuesday night.“Now that the television networks have decided to air the President’s address,...
View ArticleHouse Armed Services chairman: Trump is ‘acting like drunken sailor’ on Syria...
The new chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, Adam Smith (D-Wash.), said Monday that President Trump is acting like a "drunken sailor" with regards to his decisions surrounding a troop...
View ArticleScalise: Ocasio-Cortez 'shouldn't condone' supporters who...
Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) on Monday night said that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) "shouldn't condone" her supporters who brought up the 2017 shooting that seriously injured the minority whip...
View ArticleTop Dem: ‘I expect the president to lie to the American people’ in primetime...
Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) says he expects President Trump "to lie to the American people" during a primetime address on Tuesday about the partial government shutdown and situation at the southern...
View ArticleSchumer, Pelosi to deliver joint response to Trump speech
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer (N.Y.) will deliver a joint response on Tuesday night to President Trump's prime-time Oval Office address on the...
View ArticleHoyer: IRS distributing refunds during shutdown is illegal
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) claimed Tuesday that the Trump administration lacks the legal authority to distribute tax refunds during the government shutdown, as the White House says it...
View ArticleHouse Armed Services chairman: Trump's border wall obsession rooted in...
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith (D-Wash.) blasted President Trump's insistence on building a border wall, saying that his talk of an immigration crisis at the southern border is...
View ArticleHoyer: Trump lacks authority to declare border emergency
The second-ranking House Democrat said Tuesday that President Trump lacks the power to declare a border emergency — and free up billions of dollars for his promised wall — without the input of...
View ArticleTlaib says she's sorry her 'motherf---er' comment was a...
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) said Tuesday she is sorry that her "impeach the motherf---er" comment about President Trump last week was a "distraction," but added that she will not apologize for the...
View ArticleNative American lawmaker: Haven't heard back from GOP rep who called...
Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) says Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) still has not responded to her offer to educate him on why his use of "Sacagawea" to describe Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), who claims Native...
View ArticleHouse committee chiefs press Mnuchin for answers on sanctions relief for...
A group of Democrats leading seven powerful House committees are calling on the Trump administration to delay its decision to ease sanctions on businesses linked to a prominent Russian oligarch, while...
View ArticleFreshman Dem lawmaker says Trump brought dishonor to his office with shutdown
Massachusetts Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D) took aim at President Trump on the House floor Tuesday afternoon as a partial government shutdown continued into its 18th day, accusing the president of bringing...
View ArticleOcasio-Cortez: Immigrants coming to US ‘acting more in American tradition’...
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday said immigrants seeking to enter the U.S. "are acting more in an American tradition" than President Trump, shortly after the president delivered a...
View Article116th Congress breaks records for women, minority lawmakers
The 116th Congress is making history with a record number of women and many lawmakers breaking racial and religious barriers.The numbers of African-American, Hispanic and Asian-American lawmakers are...
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