Pelosi doubles down in defense of Omar
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) doubled down on her defense of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) on Friday, telling an audience at The Economic Club that the Minnesota congresswoman is not anti-Semitic.During...
View ArticleOmar compares Obama to Trump: Both back bad policies, one is just 'more...
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), a progressive firebrand currently the focus of controversy over comments she made about Israel, appeared to rebuke former President Obama in a new interview, comparing him to...
View ArticlePelosi names new chief of staff
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced Friday that her outgoing chief of staff Danny Weiss would be replaced by Terri McCullough, who will become the first woman to serve as a paid, full-time chief...
View ArticleHouse Dems demand Pentagon provide details about plans to fund Trump border wall
Five Democratic leaders of House Armed Services and Appropriations committees are demanding more details from the Defense Department about its plans to steer funds to help build President Trump’s...
View ArticleWhite House rejects Dem request to interview ex-Trump aide
The White House on Friday rejected a Democratic congressional request to interview a former White House lawyer about hundreds of thousands of dollars in hush money payments made by President Trump’s...
View ArticleDems struggle to turn page on Omar controversy
Democrats desperately want to turn the page on a painful week, but doing so is proving to be difficult.Freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), who has been the center of a debate on anti-Semitism and other...
View ArticleNY Times columnist on CNN: Omar 'has come to be a bridge destroyer'
A New York Times columnist argued Saturday that Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) missed an opportunity to build bridges between Muslims and Jews in the U.S. with her recent comments about the American Israel...
View ArticleDems seek relief for worried taxpayers in tough filing season
Democratic lawmakers and taxpayer rights advocates are stepping up their calls for the IRS and Congress to provide more help for taxpayers during a filing season challenged by President Trump's tax law...
View ArticleOcasio-Cortez on moderates: 'We view cynicism as an intellectually...
Progressive firebrand Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) harshly rebuked of political moderates, saying the widespread admiration of centrist ideologies is misplaced.”“We view cynicism as an...
View ArticleHouse Republican explains decision to vote against anti-hate resolution
Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.) in an interview airing Sunday explained his decision to vote against a House resolution this week broadly condemning bigotry.Zeldin, who is Jewish, said he thought the measure...
View ArticleJudge Jeanine asks whether Omar's hijab is 'indicative' of her...
Fox News host Jeanine Pirro on Saturday questioned whether Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-Minn.) hijab is a symbol of loyalty to Sharia law, which she warned is "antithetical" to the U.S. Constitution.Pirro made...
View ArticleOversight Dem: 'I imagine' chairman will ask for investigation into...
Rep. Katie Hill (D-Calif.) said Sunday she expects House Oversight Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) will ultimately refer longtime Trump associate Michael Cohen to the Department of Justice for alleged...
View ArticleLiz Cheney: Dems are 'enabling anti-Semitism'
Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyoming) is defending her decision to vote against the anti-hate resolution passed by the House last week.Cheney, the GOP Conference chair, told host Chuck Todd on NBC's "Meet The...
View ArticleOcasio-Cortez: 'Capitalism is irredeemable'
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Saturday called capitalism "irredeemable.""Capitalism is an ideology of capital — the most important thing is the concentration of capital and to seek and...
View ArticlePelosi, Schumer push back on new Trump demand for wall funding: 'We hope...
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) indicated on Sunday that President Trump's reported plan to ask for $8.6 billion in the fiscal 2020 budget to fund a...
View ArticleNunes warns of the 'straw police' in California
Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) warned of the “Straw Police” in California after a visit to a restaurant on Saturday.In a tweet, Nunes appeared to tie bans on single-use plastic straws to “socialism” in...
View ArticleTop House Dem calls Trump administration's handling of AT&T deal...
Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.) said Sunday that the Trump administration's handling of the AT&T-Time Warner merger is "very disturbing.""[The administration] ought not in any way be attempting to...
View ArticleAmash says he's been 'disenchanted' with conservative peers...
Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.) said in an interview published Sunday that he's been "disenchanted" enough at times to consider leaving the House Freedom Caucus over the conservative group's unflinching...
View ArticleOcasio-Cortez: In US, 'if you don't have a job, you are left to...
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said Saturday that in the United States, "if you don’t have a job, you are left to die."Ocasio-Cortez, who made the remark at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas,...
View ArticleHouse Republicans find silver lining in minority
House Republicans would much rather be in the majority, passing bills and fulfilling President Trump's agenda. But they are quickly realizing that life in the minority can come with some perks — and...
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