Joe Kennedy introduces resolution rejecting Trump’s transgender military ban
Rep. Joe Kennedy (D-Mass.) introduced a House resolution Monday challenging President Trump's ban on transgender people serving in the military.“No one willing to serve in our armed services and...
View ArticleOcasio-Cortez swipes back at Trump over Green New Deal
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) fired back at President Trump Monday evening after the White House and Trump himself criticized the rollout of the freshman lawmaker's Green New Deal...
View ArticleTlaib: ‘People hear you differently’ when you’re a woman of color and a...
Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib (Mich.) said in a tweet on Tuesday that the "hardest part of serving in Congress" as a woman of color and one of the first Muslim women to serve is that "people hear you...
View ArticleMcCarthy says Dems gave into Trump on border wall
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Tuesday said Democrats gave into President Trump’s request for a wall.“You have to remember where [Speaker] Nancy Pelosi [(D-Calif.)] was — she who...
View ArticleOcasio-Cortez leads immigration rally outside White House
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday used a pro-immigration rally outside the White House to call for permanent residence for people in the U.S. with temporary protected status (TPS)....
View ArticleBad weather stops Pelosi, lawmakers from attending Dingell funeral service
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and other lawmakers were stopped from attending former Rep. John Dingell's (D-Mich.) funeral service Tuesday by inclement weather.Two military planes...
View ArticleTrump calls on Omar to resign over remarks condemned as anti-Semitic
President Trump on Tuesday called on Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) to resign or be barred from serving on congressional committees as punishment for her remarks on Israel that were criticized as...
View ArticleOcasio-Cortez moves sticky notes from supporters to inside office
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said Tuesday that her staff was told to take down sticky notes that her supporters had placed on the plaque outside her office.Ocasio-Cortez wrote on Twitter that...
View ArticleBiden eulogizes Dingell: 'Dignity was how John walked. Dignity was how...
Former Vice President Joe Biden eulogized former Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) at his funeral Tuesday, focusing on how important dignity was to Dingell's life.“I can sum it up in one word why I cared so...
View ArticleHouse Judiciary chairman hires top lawyers for Trump probes
Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee are beefing up their legal team by hiring two top attorneys to help the panel with its oversight of the Trump administration.Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.)...
View ArticleOcasio-Cortez on Omar: Unlike Trump, she 'demonstrated a capacity'...
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Thursday defended her fellow freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), comparing her response to recent controversy to President Trump's by saying "unlike this...
View ArticleZeldin slams Omar for 'lack of empathy' in her apology
Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.) on Tuesday said the “lack of empathy” in Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-Minn.) apology over what both parties have condemned as anti-Semitic tweets is "greatly concerning."Omar released...
View ArticleRep. Steve King pushes GOP to reinstate his committee assignments
Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) is pushing House GOP leaders to reinstate his committee assignments that he lost last month after questioning why the terms "white supremacist" and "white nationalist" had...
View ArticleFeminine hygiene products to be available to House lawmakers using...
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), the chairwoman of the Committee on House Administration, said Monday that lawmakers will be able to use congressional funds to purchase feminine hygiene products after...
View ArticleGOP lawmaker: Border deal is 'worse than we had before the shutdown'
A GOP lawmaker on Wednesday criticized the funding deal reached by negotiators this week to avert another possible shutdown, but acknowledged it was likely final."It's the deal that we have, and...
View ArticleHouse GOP leaders won't commit to backing border deal
The two top House GOP leaders on Wednesday refused to be pinned down on whether they will back a border security deal that would prevent a new shutdown from starting Saturday.“I want to make sure we...
View ArticleMost Americans in new poll support Democratic investigations of Trump...
A majority of the Americans polled in a new survey supports congressional investigations into the Trump administration.Sixty percent of respondents said they support “Democrats in Congress conducting...
View ArticleBorder deal forged by first two women to lead appropriations panel
The bipartisan deal to keep the federal government open and avert a government shutdown this week was forged in part by the first all-woman leadership duo in charge of the House Appropriations...
View ArticlePence on push to remove Omar from committee: Steve King saw ‘consequences’
Vice President Pence doubled down on his criticism of Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-Minn.) recent statements about Israel, saying she should be removed from the House Foreign Affairs Committee.“I think it was...
View ArticleOmar, Trump envoy Elliott Abrams clash in fiery exchange
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) engaged in a testy back and forth on Wednesday with special envoy to Venezuela Elliott Abrams, accusing the diplomat of being a liar and pressing him on his involvement in the...
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