The 25 Republicans who defied Trump on emergency declaration
More than two dozen Republicans in the House and Senate bucked GOP leadership and the White House to vote for a resolution that would block President Trump's emergency declaration at the U.S.-Mexico...
View ArticleDems fear Trump is looking at presidential pardons
Democrats are increasingly expressing worries that President Trump may seek to pardon allies convicted or charged in investigations of his campaign and administration in the wake of former Trump...
View ArticleLieberman: Democratic Party is not anti-Jewish, but some members say...
Former Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), who was once a Democrat, said in an interview broadcast Sunday that the Democratic Party "is not an anti-Jewish party" but that it has members who say anti-Semitic...
View ArticleGOP lawmaker defends Chelsea Clinton after confrontation over New Zealand...
Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) on Sunday came to the defense of Chelsea Clinton after a video of protesters confronting her at a vigil for victims of a massacre in New Zealand went viral.Crenshaw replied...
View ArticleOmar fires back at Trump: 'You can't #MuslimBan us from Congress'
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) fired back at President Trump on Sunday for retweeting an article suggesting that Minnesota Democrats are trying to remove her from Congress."I am sorry Mr. @realDonaldTrump....
View ArticleOmar: Peace only achievable when we 'apply our universal values to all...
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), a frequent critic of U.S. foreign policy, said in an op-ed Sunday that peace can only be achieved when we "apply our universal values to all nations.""I believe in an...
View ArticleGOP lawmaker tells party to 'do better' after O'Rourke St....
Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.) called on his own party leaders to “do better” after the GOP invoked former Rep. Beto O’Rourke’s (D-Texas) decades-old DWI mugshot on St. Patrick’s Day.“Do better, @GOP,”...
View ArticleHouse Judiciary Committee plans hearing on white nationalism
The House Judiciary Committee is planning to hold a hearing on the rise of white nationalism in the U.S. in the wake of last week’s mosque shootings in New Zealand, a source confirmed to The Hill.The...
View ArticleTrio of NFL players intern on Capitol Hill as part of league program
A trio of NFL players are spending a part of their offseason walking the halls of Congress and engaging on policy issues as part of the league's "externship" program.The NFL offers players the...
View ArticleEx-Bush ethics chief calls for Steve King expulsion after he posted meme of...
Richard Painter, a frequent critic or President Trump's and former chief ethics lawyer for the George W. Bush administration, on Monday called for Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) to be expelled from the House...
View ArticleHouse to take up gender pay gap, Violence Against Women Act
The House will consider legislation in the coming weeks to address the gender pay gap, reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act and reinstate net neutrality rules, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.)...
View ArticleNunes sues Twitter, users for more than $250M
Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee and its former chairman, is suing Twitter and a number of its users for more than $250 million.The lawsuit filed...
View ArticleOcasio-Cortez accuses Trump of looking 'other way' on white...
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) accused President Trump of signaling that he will “look the other way” on white supremacism, pointing to his remarks reacting to the killing of 50 people at two...
View ArticleJordan, Meadows backed by new ads from pro-Trump group: report
A pro-Trump organization is funding advertisements in support of two of the president's staunchest allies in Congress: GOP Reps. Jim Jordan (Ohio) and Mark Meadows (N.C.).CNN reported Tuesday that...
View ArticleCongressional job approval at two-year high: Gallup
The American public's approval of Congress reached a two-year high, according to the results of a new Gallup poll.The poll released Tuesday found that 26 percent of respondents approve of Congress's...
View ArticleGOP rep to introduce constitutional amendment to limit Supreme Court seats to 9
Rep. Mark Green (R-Tenn.) on Tuesday announced he will introduce a constitutional amendment this week to limit the number of Supreme Court justices to nine after several Democratic presidential...
View ArticleDem lawmaker says Electoral College was 'conceived in sin' as way...
Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) said Tuesday the Electoral College was "conceived in sin" and originally designed to effectively perpetuate slavery. "The country is different than it was when the...
View ArticlePelosi on Trump impeachment: 'You're wasting your time'...
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) pushed back against Democrats saying she is setting too high a bar for impeaching President Trump, insisting that anything short of that is "wasting your time." Pelosi...
View ArticleHouse lawmakers introduce bill in response to college admissions scandal
Two House lawmakers introduced bipartisan legislation aimed at easing the burden of paying for higher education and incentivizing colleges to help students obtain well-paying jobs upon graduation.The...
View ArticleNebraska lawmakers urge Trump to approve disaster funding
Nebraska’s congressional delegation sent a letter to President Trump Tuesday urging him to accept Gov. Pete Ricketts’s (R-Neb.) request for an expedited presidential disaster declaration to deal with...
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