Steve King addresses white nationalist controversy in town hall
Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) addressed his comments regarding white nationalism Saturday in his first town hall in Iowa since his controversial interview with The New York Times was published earlier this...
View ArticleNorth Carolina congressman Walter Jones in hospice, wife says
Rep. Walter Jones (R-N.C.) is in hospice care, his wife Joe Anne Jones told NBC affiliate WITN Saturday.His “health has declined after sustaining a broken hip last week” Jones' office said in a...
View ArticleSchiff: I think Stone is going to need a much better defense
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said Sunday that Roger Stone will "need a much better defense" against charges he faces in special counsel Robert...
View ArticleMcCarthy: Trump is 'only one who has been reasonable' in shutdown...
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said on Sunday that President Trump "is the only one who has been reasonable" in negotiations over the partial government shutdown, which ended...
View ArticleTop Dem: Impeachment of Trump 'certainly not appropriate right now'
House Democratic Caucus Chairman Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.) said Sunday that it is "certainly not appropriate right now" to bring articles of impeachment against President Trump.Jeffries added during an...
View ArticleHispanic lawmaker, combat veteran responds to Brokaw: ‘I assimilated pretty...
Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), a Hispanic lawmaker and Iraq War veteran, responded to Tom Brokaw of NBC News after the broadcast journalist said Hispanics should “work harder at assimilation.”“I...
View ArticleOcasio-Cortez: If Trump was gone tomorrow, it wouldn't change...
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) made a surprise appearance at the Sundance Film Festival over the weekend by telecast, saying that even if President Trump left office, it would not change the...
View ArticleTop Dem to fellow lawmakers: 'Ignore the president' on wall
Rep. Dan Kildee (D-Mich.) on Monday shared his advice to lawmakers on both sides of the aisle seeking to hammer out a deal to keep the government open: "Ignore the president" on the issue of the border...
View ArticleTed Lieu endorses Kamala Harris for president: 'She embraces the...
Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) on Monday endorsed Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) for president in the 2020 election, saying she "embraces the future.""Known Kamala for many years & worked together on...
View ArticleLawmakers tasked with reaching border deal to meet Wednesday
A bipartisan, bicameral committee tasked with hashing out an agreement on Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding will meet for the first time this week. Lawmakers will meet at 1:30 p.m. on...
View ArticleLawmakers reintroduce bill to make animal cruelty a felony
A bipartisan pair of lawmakers is pushing to make animal cruelty a nationwide felony.Rep. Ted Deutch (D-Fla.) and Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.) last week introduced the Preventing Animal Cruelty and...
View ArticleTrump to deliver State of the Union on Feb. 5
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) in a letter Monday said President Trump could give his annual State of the Union address in the House chamber on Feb. 5, shortly after lawmakers and the White House...
View ArticleCohen to testify to House Intel behind closed doors
President Trump's former personal attorney Michael Cohen has agreed to testify before the House Intelligence Committee behind closed doors in February, according to Chairman Adam Schiff...
View ArticleLawmakers push to end shutdowns — for good
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are exploring legislative options that would prevent a repeat of the record 35-day shutdown, and their proposed solutions are drawing interest and support from top...
View ArticleDem duo poses test for Trump, GOP
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has emerged as the senior partner in her relationship with Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer (N.Y.), and he appears happy to defer to her in the interest of...
View ArticleOcasio-Cortez criticizes 'broken mentality' in responding to talk...
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) criticized a "broken mentality" in politics on Tuesday in which public office is seen as something that people wait in line for, in a response to The Hill's...
View ArticleDemocratic rep announces she has cancer while defending ObamaCare
A Democratic congresswoman announced her cancer diagnosis Tuesday during a hearing focused on ObamaCare's protections for people with pre-existing conditions. Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Wis.), 67, said in a...
View ArticleDem leaders defend freshmen Tlaib, Omar
House Democratic leaders on Tuesday defended progressive freshman Reps. Rashida Tlaib (Mich.) and Ilhan Omar (Minn.) against GOP accusations of anti-Semitism for their views toward Israel.The two...
View ArticleLeader of top Scottish political party slams critics of Ocasio-Cortez
The leader of Scotland's largest political party praised Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday while taking aim at the lawmaker's critics in the Democratic Party.Nicola Sturgeon, leader of...
View ArticleBipartisan bill would withhold pay for president, lawmakers during shutdowns
A group of House lawmakers on Tuesday introduced a bipartisan bill that would withhold pay from the president, vice president and members of Congress during a government shutdown.Rep. Jared Golden...
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