Meadows, Tlaib hug it out after fiery exchange over racism
Reps. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) hugged on the House floor Thursday, one day after clashing over allegations of racism during a fiery moment at Michael Cohen's House Oversight...
View ArticleMeadows on 2012 'birther' comments: 'There is not a racial...
Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) addressed accusations of racism on Thursday, one day after a heated exchange on the issue erupted during a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing featuring Michael...
View ArticleGOP leader: North Korea's Kim is not our friend
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Thursday blasted North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as someone who is not a "friend" of the United States, hours after President Trump defended Kim over...
View ArticleDHS extends immigration protection for four countries amid court battles
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is extending temporary protected status (TPS) for U.S. residents from Sudan, El Salvador, Haiti and Nicaragua, as President Trump's orders to reduce the...
View ArticlePelosi brushes off impeachment talk after Cohen testimony
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday dismissed talk of impeachment following the provocative testimony a day before from President Trump's former personal attorney."I'm not going into that, I'm...
View ArticleOcasio-Cortez fires back at WSJ editorial
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) took aim at The Wall Street Journal on Thursday after an op-ed writer asserted in a column that the freshman lawmaker encouraged young people to "take pride" in...
View ArticleMichael Cohen to go before House Intel again next week
Former Trump attorney Michael Cohen is planning to return to the House Intelligence Committee to continue his closed-door testimony next week. Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) first confirmed to The Hill...
View ArticleHouse panel seeks to interview Trump Organization executive
Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee are planning to request that Trump Organization chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg appear before the panel for questioning, an aide confirmed...
View ArticleDems struggle to unify after GOP embarrasses them on procedure
House Democratic leaders are scrambling for a way to unite their splintered caucus following a series of embarrassing votes that have empowered the minority Republicans and escalated tensions among the...
View ArticleGOP candidate welcomes Roy Moore to enter Alabama Senate primary
Rep. Bradley Byrne (R), who is seeking the Republican nomination for Alabama’s U.S. Senate seat, said he welcomes failed GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore to enter the race.He also suggested that the...
View ArticleTop Democrats slam Trump for nepotism over Kushner's security clearance
Two top Democrats on Thursday are accusing President Trump of "nepotism" and putting "blood" ahead of national security. Reps. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) warned that their...
View ArticleDem rep: 'I look forward to' Hannity's testimony
Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.) said Thursday he would "looking forward" to Sean Hannity testifying in front of Congress after a comment the Fox News host made during an interview.Cicilline was referring...
View ArticleRick Scott calls Gaetz’s tweet threatening Cohen 'embarrassing,'...
Florida Sen. Rick Scott (R) said it was “disgusting” for his Republican colleague Rep. Matt Gaetz (Fla.) to send a tweet appearing to threaten former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen the night before Cohen's...
View ArticleGOP lawmaker: ‘Extraordinarily unlikely’ Kim did not know about Otto...
Rep. Chris Stewart (R-Utah) said Friday it was “extraordinarily unlikely” that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un did not know about the treatment of Otto Warmbier during the American's detention in the...
View ArticleDems ramp up scrutiny of Kushner's security clearance
House Democrats are ramping up their investigation of White House security clearances following reports that President Trump ordered a top-secret clearance for his son-in-law and senior adviser Jared...
View ArticlePelosi aide: Dems 'will take all necessary steps' to get...
House Democrats have "legitimate" reasons to obtain President Trump's tax returns and "will take all necessary steps" to get their hands on them, Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-Calif.) office said...
View ArticleOmar condemns poster linking her to 9/11 attack: No wonder why I'm on a...
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) on Friday slammed Republicans after a poster linking her to the 9/11 attack was hung in the West Virginia statehouse, saying it's "no wonder" she is on the "hit list" of a...
View ArticleForeign Affairs Committee Chair denounces new Omar statements on Israel
Rep. Elliot Engel (D-N.Y.), the chairman of the House Foreign Relations Committee, slammed Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) for comments she made this week that he said are anti-Semitic.“I welcome debate in...
View ArticleDem lawmaker to introduce bill blaming Kim Jong Un for Otto Warmbier death
Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-N.J.) announced Friday he intends to introduce a bill officially blaming North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for the death of U.S. student Otto Warmbier. “I’ll be introducing a...
View ArticleOcasio-Cortez rebukes Dem centrists over gun control vote
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) upbraided centrist House Democrats on Saturday after a vote on gun control earlier this week split the party.Ocasio-Cortez went after the "splinter group of Dems"...
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