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2 weeks ago
Europe news

Ukraine war briefing: Biden scrapes together $300m more for Ukraine weapons

The Pentagon will send $300m in weapons to Ukraine, using cost savings in contracts. House Democrats seek aid for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan amid stalled US funding efforts.
California
Sacramento Bee
3 weeks ago
California

California Senate race: Democrats aim to block Republican from contest to fill Feinstein's seat

Former baseball great Steve Garvey is challenging prominent House Democrats for a U.S. Senate seat in California.
Democrats are expected to easily hold the Senate seat but Garvey may secure the second spot on the November ballot.
Sacramento Bee
2 months ago
California

Fact check: Here's what was true, false and almost true at the California Senate debate

The debate for the California U.S. Senate seat became heated when three House Democrats targeted Republican Steve Garvey.
There are two elections for the seat: a special election to fulfill the remainder of Sen. Dianne Feinstein's term and a full six-year term election.
KQED
1 year ago
California

Volunteers Quickly Organize To Help Those In Need In San Bernardino Mountains | KQED

Desperation has turned into anger for many people in the San Bernardino Mountains east of Los Angeles.As residents continue to dig out from a rare blizzard, many are blasting the county for not helping them more quickly.Amid the criticism, a group of volunteers has hastily come together to deliver supplies.
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Left-wing politics
Axios
1 month ago
Left-wing politics

Scoop: Biden, Harris and Buttigieg to speak at House Democrats' retreat

President Biden, Vice President Harris, and Secretary Buttigieg will speak at the House Democrats' annual retreat.
The event will focus on crafting their case for retaking the House majority in the 2024 election season.
Truthout
1 year ago
Left-wing politics

Progressives Slam Biden's Request for $30 Billion Increase to Military Budget

Rep. Pramila Jayapal conducts a news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center on April 7, 2022.Tom Williams / CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Progressive lawmakers on Thursday voiced dismay that President Joe Biden is requesting a nearly $30 billion increase in U.S. military spending just months after the Pentagon failed its fifth consecutive audit, admitting it could not properly account for more than half of its trillions of dollars in assets.
Truthout
1 year ago
Left-wing politics

"A Total Fraud": Democrats File an Ethics Complaint Against George Santos

They urge the House Ethics Committee to investigate the Santos campaign's questionable financial practices.Rep. George Santos is seen outside a House Republican Conference meeting in the U.S. Capitol on January 10, 2023.Tom Williams / CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Rep. George Santos (New York) is facing several government investigations and an increasing number of legal complaints, including the first one filed in Congress on Tuesday.
New York Daily News
1 year ago
Left-wing politics

Railroad freight strike off after Congress passes deal Biden negotiated; workers lose paid sick leave bid

WASHINGTON - The nation isn't going to get a rail strike for Christmas, but 115,000 railroad workers also are not going to get paid sick leave after the Senate passed legislation Thursday to enforce a contract deal.Four out of 12 rail unions had rejected the contract that President Biden cut in September, leaving a strike looming as soon as Dec. 9.
New York Daily News
1 year ago
Left-wing politics

Railroad freight strike off after Congress passes deal Biden negotiated; workers lose paid sick leave bid

WASHINGTON - The nation isn't going to get a rail strike for Christmas, but 115,000 railroad workers also are not going to get paid sick leave after the Senate passed legislation Thursday to enforce a contract deal.Four out of 12 rail unions had rejected the contract that President Biden cut in September, leaving a strike looming as soon as Dec. 9.
Truthout
1 year ago
Left-wing politics

Manchin's Pipeline Deal Must Be Blocked, 72 Democrats Say in Letter

A group of 72 House Democrats are urging the chamber's leadership to oppose the inclusion of a host of pro-fossil fuel provisions in the upcoming must-pass government funding bill, including a side deal made with Sen. Joe Manchin (D-West Virginia) to fast track a major fracked gas pipeline.
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Truthout
2 months ago
Left-wing politics

57 Democrats Urge Biden Administration to Clarify It's Against Forced Transfer of Palestinians

Biden officials oppose Israeli policies in public but offer full support in practice.
House Democrats warn Secretary of State Blinken about U.S. military support for Israel could imply support for forced transfer of Palestinians.
POLITICO
1 year ago
US Elections

Senate kicks government funding drama closer to shutdown deadline

"Right now ... we don't have an exit plan," said Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), who planned to go home and unpack her suitcase in anticipation of a missed flight to Alaska on Thursday morning.But there were still some small glimmers of hope that a deal could be salvaged.Roughly an hour and a half after senators were sent home empty-handed, Minority Whip John Thune (R-S.D.) said: "There's been some progress made."
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
Europe news

House progressives urge the Biden administration to engage in direct talks with Russia.

WASHINGTON  A group of House progressives on Monday urged President Biden to engage in direct diplomatic talks with Russia in an effort to seek a realistic framework for a cease-fire.In a letter led by Representative Pramila Jayapal of Washington, the chairwoman of the Progressive Caucus, 30 House Democrats called on the Biden administration to pursue every diplomatic avenue to support such a solution that is acceptable to the people of Ukraine.
www.mediaite.com
2 months ago
US politics

NEW: Capitol Police Investigating Roger Stone Remarks About Assassinating Members of Congress

Capitol Police and the FBI are investigating remarks made by Roger Stone about the assassination of two House Democrats.
Stone's comments were made in an audio recording released by Mediaite and were directed towards Representatives Jerry Nadler and Eric Swalwell.
www.cnn.com
9 months ago
US politics

House to take up GOP resolution to censure Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff

The House is expected on Wednesday to take up a censure resolution against California Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff for his role in investigations of the former president.The resolution, sponsored by GOP Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida, is expected get called up at the end of an afternoon vote series around 3:45 p.m. ET.
www.cnn.com
10 months ago
US politics

Schumer's notes say Feinstein hopeful' to return to Senate next week

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer did not address the absence of California Sen. Dianne Feinstein during his weekly press conference on Tuesday, but typed up notes show the Democratic leader had prepared an answer should a question about Feinstein come up.I spoke with Sen. Feinstein yesterday.We are both hopeful she can return next week, the notes, which were captured in a photo, read.
www.cnn.com
10 months ago
US politics

House Democrats take step toward forcing vote on debt ceiling hike

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has announced that House Democrats have taken a key procedural step that could be used to bypass House Republican leadership and enable Democrats to attempt to force a vote to raise the debt ceiling, according to a new letter obtained by CNN.The move is the next step House Democrats need to take to preserve all of their options as lawmakers stare down a June 1 deadline of potential default if Congress doesn't act to address the debt limit before then.
www.cnn.com
1 year ago
US politics

Rep. Barbara Lee announces bid for California Senate seat

Democratic Rep. Barbara Lee on Tuesday announced her campaign for US Senate in California, joining a competitive Democratic primary to fill retiring Sen. Dianne Feinstein's seat.Today I am proud to announce my candidacy for U.S. Senate.I've never backed down from doing what's right.And I never will.
time.com
1 year ago
US politics

Kyrsten Sinema Embraces Her Role as Republicans' Favorite Democrat

This article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIME's politics newsletter.
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He likes bourbon.
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He's been in the Senate for nearly four decades.
US Elections
POLITICO
3 months ago
US Elections

Dem anger boils over at linking border with Ukraine

Democrats and Republicans are at an impasse over border policy negotiations
Republicans are blocking Biden's aid package for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan
POLITICO
10 months ago
US Elections

House Dems wrestle over whether to let McCarthy punt on ejecting Santos

"I think we should find out where members stand on this indicted member of Congress," said Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-N.Y.), among those pushing the caucus to pursue a full House vote to expel Santos."I think we need to definitely make sure that our concerns are registered through a vote."
POLITICO
10 months ago
US Elections

Feinstein 'hopeful' she can return to Senate next week, Schumer notes say

Earlier on Tuesday Feinstein's office told POLITICO that Feinstein "continues to make progress in her recovery" from shingles, but that her staff "don't have a timeline yet for her return to Washington, which is dependent on her medical team saying it is safe to travel."A Feinstein spokesperson confirmed the senator and Schumer spoke Monday.
POLITICO
1 year ago
US Elections

Dems name former Trump impeachment officials to GOP investigative panel

Plaskett, a former prosecutor, made history in the role as the first delegate to serve as an impeachment manager.Fellow impeachment manager Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.),now the top Democrat on the Oversight Committee, was once her law professor at American University.Jeffries also nominated three members of the Oversight Committee for the select panel: Reps.
Independent
1 year ago
US Elections

January 6 panel final report describes Trump 'conspiracy'

The January 6 committee's final report asserts that Donald Trump criminally engaged in a "multi-part conspiracy" to overturn the lawful results of the 2020 presidential election and failed to act to stop his supporters from attacking the Capitol.t concludes an 18-month investigation into the former president and the violent insurrection two years ago.
www.nytimes.com
15 years ago
US Elections

Tennessee House Member Wins Top Job, but Loses Party (Published 2009)

NASHVILLE  In November, the Tennessee Republican Party won a historic victory: its first majority in the state House of Representatives since 1869.But on Monday morning, just as the legislative session was about to begin, the party voluntarily gave it up.In the latest flourish of a twisty melodrama that has consumed the General Assembly for weeks, the party chairwoman stripped the speaker of the House, Kent Williams, of his Republican Party membership, citing dishonor, deception and betrayal.
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POLITICO
9 months ago
US Elections

'Not happy': Key progressive pushes back on new food aid work requirements in debt deal

Many key progressives and even moderate Democrats had very publicly pushed the White House to reject any GOP demands to expand work requirements during the negotiations.Few, however, have weighed in on the deal's language extending work requirements for a certain age group of people receiving food through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - which anti-hunger groups say would increase poverty and hunger in the country.
www.cnn.com
10 months ago
US politics

Top House progressive says Democratic leaders should be concerned about debt deal support

Washington Rep. Pramila Jayapal, the chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, said Sunday that White House negotiators and Democratic leaders should be concerned about progressive support for the tentative deal to raise the debt ceiling for two years Yes, they have to worry, Jayapal told CNN's Jake Tapper on State of the Union, referring to some of the concessions made by the White House to reach the agreement with Republicans.
emptywheel
10 months ago
Left-wing politics

Let's Give 'Em Something To Talk About: Cooked, Hooked, Mooked - emptywheel

[ NB: check the byline, thanks./~Rayne]
Did something happen today?LOL
We need a fresh post and thread to talk about it.~ 3 ~ Cooked: Donald Trump's wallet A jury in Manhattan awarded E. Jean Carroll $5 million in damages after finding the former president Donald Trump liable for defamation and sexual abuse.
www.cnn.com
1 year ago
US news

Democrats have been doing well in special elections in 2023

Democrat Jennifer McClellan easily won the special election for Virginia's 4th Congressional District last week.The fact that a Democrat comfortably retained a Democratic seat in a district President Joe Biden would have won under its new lines by 36 points in 2020 is not surprising.What is notable is that McClellan didn't just win, she outperformed Biden's 2020 margin by 13 points.
www.cnn.com
1 year ago
US politics

Hakeem Jeffries declines to criticize Biden over DC crime law

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Sunday declined to criticize President Joe Biden's decision to allow Congress to potentially nix reforms to the criminal code of Washington, DC, even as many in the party are breaking with the White House.A Senate vote to scrap the DC law is expected this week.
Truthout
1 year ago
Left-wing politics

Incoming GOP House Majority Could End Big Oil Investigation, Advocates Warn

The incoming chair of the House Oversight Committee, Republican Rep. James Comer, has openly bashed the investigation.Committee Ranking Member James Comer speaks during a House Oversight Committee hearing at the Rayburn House Office Building on December 14, 2022, in Washington, D.C.Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images A House committee that has spent more than a year investigating the fossil fuel industry's climate disinformation efforts has reportedly decided not to hand the subpoenaed documents it compiled over to the Senate, a reversal that would likely spell the end of the probe as industry-friendly Republicans take over the chamber.
Chicago Tribune
10 months ago
Chicago

Editorial: Lightfoot appointed Samir Mayekar to McPier. Brandon Johnson's union crew then played hardball.

On May 11, then-Mayor Lori Lightfoot appointed her longtime deputy mayor for economic development, Samir Mayekar, to the Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority board.That agency, known as McPier, is in charge of Chicago's McCormick Place convention center, an economic engine vital to the city's future.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Donald Trump can be sued by police, lawmakers over Jan. 6 riot, Justice Department says

Former President Donald Trump can be sued by injured Capitol Police officers and Democratic lawmakers over the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, the Justice Department said Thursday in an ongoing federal court case testing the limits of executive power.The department wrote that although a president enjoys broad legal latitude to communicate to the public on matters of concern, "no part of a President's official responsibilities includes the incitement of imminent private violence.
Eater Chicago
1 year ago
Chicago

Chicago Democrats Snack on Garrett Popcorn During Deadlocked U.S. House Speaker Elections

Popcorn is the stuff the great internet memes are made of, and as the third day of a historic stalled speaker election continued, Chicago Democrats ensured the city's premier kernels made it to the U.S. House floor.According to the Tribune, on Tuesday, January 3, House Democrats were munching on Garrett Popcorn procured by Reps.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Illinois House Democrats unveil proposal to ban assault weapons, high-capacity magazines in response to Highland Park mass shooting

Democrats in the Illinois House on Thursday unveiled a proposal to ban assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines and eliminate the ability for most people under 21 to obtain a gun permit in the state.The legislation, filed on the final legislative session day of 2022, is a response to the mass shooting at the Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, where seven people were killed and dozens of others injured by a shooter using an assault-style rifle and high capacity magazines.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

US House and Senate election results

The 2022 midterms, deciding the balance of power in Congress, have been bitter, fractious and expensive in the billions.Even the very notion of democracy and the civil ritual of voting were under attack.President Joe Biden, presiding over narrow Democratic control of Washington, has seen his approval ratings buffeted by soaring inflation, fears about crime and lingering effects of the pandemic.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Gov. J.B. Pritzker gives $1 million to Alexi Giannoulias' campaign after backing rival for secretary of state

Gov. J.B. Pritzker has contributed $1 million to the campaign of Democratic secretary of state candidate Alexi Giannoulias even though Pritzker just four months ago backed Giannoulias' opponent in the primary.
time.com
10 months ago
Left-wing politics

Comer Clarifies Claim That House Republicans Lost Track of Biden Informant

The top Republican on the House Oversight Committee clarified on Monday that an informant the committee had lost touch with isn't related to the committee's demand that the FBI hand over internal investigative notes about President Joe Biden.House Oversight Chair James Comer is leading an investigation of overseas business transactions by companies he alleges benefited Biden's relatives during and shortly after the years that Biden was Vice President.
www.cnn.com
10 months ago
US politics

Dianne Feinstein returning to Washington on Tuesday

Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, who has been away from the Senate since February while recovering from shingles, will return to Washington on Tuesday, according to a spokesperson.She has been recovering in San Francisco.Feinstein said in April that her return to Washington had been delayed due to continued complications related to my diagnosis but said she planned to return to the Senate as soon as possible once my medical team advises that it's safe for me to travel.
www.mediaite.com
1 year ago
Education

I'm Not In Favor of This': Fox Host Rips GOP's Parents Bill of Rights' After it Passes the House as Federal Power Grab

Fox Business anchor Dagen McDowell broke from some of the praise the House-passed Parents Bill of Rights was receiving on Friday to argue Republicans should have done the opposite if education mattered to them.The Parents Bill of Rights Act would require schools to publish their curriculum to the public and give parents far more influence over policies and materials.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

GOP congressman questions her 'loyalty.' Rep. Judy Chu, House Democrats blast 'racist' rhetoric

Rep. Judy Chu and other House Democrats have fired back after a Republican congressman questioned her loyalty to the U.S. using what they say is anti-Asian rhetoric.On Wednesday, Rep. Lance Gooden (R-Texas) appeared on a Fox News show to discuss President Biden's appointment of Dominic Ng to lead the country's trade interest in Asia.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
New York City

Hakeem Jeffries Takes Over as Leader of House Democrats

House Democrats formally elevated Representative Hakeem Jeffries of New York to be their leader on Tuesday, uniting around a liberal lawyer and disciplined political tactician as the face of their opposition to the new Republican majority.On a day otherwise consumed by raucous infighting among Republicans, Mr. Jeffries's ascent made history.
time.com
1 year ago
US politics

Top Republicans Are Attacking Hakeem Jeffries as an 'Election Denier.' Here's Why That Label Is Misleading

In recent days, some top Republicans have called Rep. Hakeem Jeffries an election denier, starting a line of attack against the New York Democrat after he was chosen to lead his party as House Minority Leader next year.The newly elected incoming leader of House Democrats is a past election denier who basically said the 2016 election was quote illegitimate,' Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said on the Senate floor on Thursday, and suggested that we had a quote fake president.'
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
US news

The House is poised to pass a Republican bill cracking down on unlawful migration at the border.

WASHINGTON House Republicans on Thursday were poised to push through a sweeping bill that would crack down on unlawful migration at the U.S.-Mexico border, blowing past solid Democratic opposition in a move timed to spotlight their hard-line stance on immigration in the face of a potential border surge.
New York Daily News
10 months ago
LGBT

Missouri GOP passes bans on gender-affirming care, trans athletes with bills that 'vilify and persecute' trans children

House Republicans in Missouri on Wednesday passed two bills targeting the rights of transgender people in the state: a ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth and broad legislation that would prohibit trans female athletes from competing in women's sports.Under SB 49, health providers in the state are no longer allowed to prescribe or administer hormone therapy or puberty-blocking drugs to any minors in the state unless that minor was receiving such care prior to Aug. 28, 2023.
Truthout
1 year ago
Left-wing politics

It's Time for the Wealthy to Pay Their Fair Share Into Social Security

When Congress put a cap on Social Security contributions in 1983, they didn't anticipate 40 years of rising inequality.Dennis Dunne and Aileen Kirshoff attend a rally against cuts to social security on February 23, 2023 in Huntington, New York.Sean Zanni / Getty Images for MoveOn Is your salary less than $160,200?
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Analysis | Republicans Are in Power Without a Plan

Representative Kevin McCarthy, a Republican from California, departs following a House Republicans caucus meeting at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023.McCarthy's chances of becoming House speaker remained in doubt hours before Republicans formally take control of the chamber with Republicans holding only a slender majority when the new Congress convenes today.
POLITICO
1 year ago
US Elections

McCarthy or bust? House GOP stuck in 'burning building' over speaker's gavel.

McCarthy allies are debating which of the five Republicans who've so far threatened to oppose him may be persuadable, while working to uncover the names of any alternative speaker candidate or candidates whom committed "no" votes like Reps.Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.),Bob Good (R-Va.) and Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) may promote as a viable choice.
POLITICO
1 year ago
US Elections

Dems ponder the ultimate midterm twist ending: Will Pelosi stay?

Underscoring the unprecedented scenario Democrats now find themselves in, lawmakers chuckled in a closed-door meeting Tuesday as House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.)spoke up to agree with something Pelosi said but flubbed his reference to her current role."I associate myself with the previous speaker.
www.mediaite.com
10 months ago
US Elections

Fox News Legal Analyst Pans Trump 2024 Bid: He Can't Win'

Conservative legal pundit and Fox News contributor Andy McCarthy called for Republicans to abandon the notion that Donald Trump could ever be elected president again.McCarthy wrote a column for National Review to explain Why Trump Can't Win and that Trump's political momentum is fleeting.He assessed that Ron DeSantis will jump into the Republican primary eventually, and it's way too premature to say Trump kneecapped the Florida governor's candidacy when he hasn't even declared yet.
Washingtonian - The website that Washington lives by.
1 year ago
Washington DC

DC's Pro-Statehood License Plates Are Getting Even More Aggro - Washingtonian

The DC Department of Motor Vehicles is designing a specialty license plate with a slogan reading "We Demand Statehood."Reportedly available by October, the new plates represent a verbal escalation over the city's current standard plates, which read "End Taxation Without Representation."
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
US politics

David Cicilline to Leave Congress for Nonprofit

WASHINGTON Representative David Cicilline, Democrat of Rhode Island and an impeachment manager in the second trial of former President Donald J. Trump, announced Tuesday that he would be leaving Congress in June.Mr. Cicilline, 61, will become the president and CEO of the Rhode Island Foundation, the state's largest funder of nonprofit organizations.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
Right-wing politics

Opinion | Did Ron DeSantis Just Become the 2024 Republican Front-Runner?

A red wave swept Florida, but elsewhere, it barely lapped the shore.Endangered House Democrats are surviving all over, the battle for the Senate may be tilting toward the Democrats, and at best Republicans have won themselves a return to stalemate, not the victory that the circumstances seemed to promise.
POLITICO
1 year ago
US Elections

How a secret meeting put Hakeem Jeffries on track to replace Pelosi

The 52-year-old Jeffries was concerned enough that he offered to fly to South Carolina to seek the counsel of the 82-year-old Clyburn.The younger lawmaker wanted to gently make sure his elder in the Congressional Black Caucus knew of Schiff's quiet campaign - and to even more gently warn Clyburn about the risk of splitting votes between them and opening a path for the ambitious Californian.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Daniel Lipinski: A GOP tsunami is possible for the House, and the Senate is slipping away from Democrats

Tsunami patrol has been on watch in Washington since last year.I served in the House during the last four midterm elections and experienced three massive waves that swept the president's party out of power with an average loss of 45 seats.Many House Democrats at the start of last year privately admitted that they expected to lose the majority in the 2022 election and that they were just hoping to avoid being victims of a fourth tsunami in five cycles.
The Verge
1 year ago
Marketing

Sen. Rand Paul becomes latest lawmaker opposing TikTok ban

On Wednesday, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) came out in opposition to a bipartisan effort to ban TikTok, condemning Republicans and Democrats for a move he said could chill First Amendment-protected speech."I hope saner minds will reflect on which is more dangerous: videos of teenagers dancing, or the precedent of the US government banning speech," Paul said on the Senate floor Wednesday.
HousingWire
1 year ago
Real estate

Bipartisan pair reintroduce bill to make MIP deduction permanent

A bipartisan pair of members from the U.S. House of Representatives last week reintroduced a bill that seeks to solidify the mortgage insurance premium (MIP) deduction.The bill, House Resolution (HR) 1384, is sponsored by Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.)and co-sponsored by Rep. Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.),and if passed, it would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the income gap and make the MIP deduction permanent.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

The Week in Photos: California exits pandemic emergency amid a winter landscape

:: Calling attention to a national student debt crisis, activists rallied outside the Supreme Court amid fears the Supreme Court would strike down President Biden's loan forgiveness plan.Hello, and welcome to this week's selection of top stories in pictures.:: Weather and the talk of it were hard to miss as snow dominated SoCal headlines following intense winter storms that brought Los Angeles its longest cold snap in almost 20 years.
Washingtonian - The website that Washington lives by.
1 year ago
Washington DC

5 Things to Know About Hakeem Jeffries, the House Democrats' New Leader

New York Representative Hakeem Jeffries will become the top Democrat in the House of Representatives-and the first Black lawmaker to lead either party on Capitol Hill-when the new Congress is sworn in next year.Jeffries's unanimous election by his fellow Democratic lawmakers comes less than two weeks after the current Speaker of the House, 82-year-old Nancy Pelosi, said she would not seek another leadership term.
Washingtonian - The website that Washington lives by.
1 year ago
Washington DC

Nancy Pelosi: Please Check Out These DC Hot Dog Spots. - Washingtonian

Yesterday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced she'll step down from leading House Democrats.Pelosi, who joined Congress in 1987, became the first woman to serve as House Speaker in 2007.She regained the position in 2019.What did Pelosi do after announcing her departure?Go eat her daily lunch of a hot dog with mustard and relish, of course.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Here's why Congress can obtain Trump's tax returns

Without comment or recorded dissent, the Supreme Court on Tuesday ended former president Donald Trump's years-long fight to shield his tax records from House Democrats, paving the way for a congressional panel to review six years' of federal returns and raising the possibility some of that information could become public.
amNewYork
1 year ago
Brooklyn

Hakeem Jeffries launches bid to be top House Democrat in letter to colleagues | amNewYork

Brooklyn Congress Member Hakeem Jeffries is on his way to becoming the next top Democrat in the House as he formally launched his bid for the position Friday.In a letter, shared with amNewYork Metro by an aide to Jeffries, sent to his Democratic House colleagues, the rep spelled out why they should name him the successor to outgoing Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
amNewYork
1 year ago
Brooklyn

Brooklyn's Hakeem Jeffries poised to be next top Democrat in the House following Pelosi's departure as leader | amNewYork

Brooklyn's in the House.The borough's own Congress Member Hakeem Jeffries, currently the fifth-highest ranking Democrat in the House of Representatives, looks poised to become the next Democratic House Minority Leader after outgoing Speaker Nancy Pelosi revealed she'd be stepping down from the post Thursday, multiple news outlets are reporting.
POLITICO
1 year ago
US Elections

Youngkin apologizes for Pelosi attack comments

A statement from Youngkin provided through his office also condemned the violence and said it was a "personal note" between him and Pelosi."My full intention on my comments was to categorically state that violence and the kind of violence that was perpetrated against Speaker Pelosi's husband is not just unacceptable, it's atrocious.
POLITICO
1 year ago
US Elections

House Dems' leadership landscape frozen by their pleasant midterm surprise

House Democrats will be waiting hours, if not days, to know the full results of Tuesday's surprisingly close midterm election.They could have to wait even longer on the future of their leadership.Republicans are still poised to take back the House, but the size of that victory will be smaller than both parties had thought - with a final call taking longer than expected, too.
POLITICO
1 year ago
US Elections

Pelosi on attack: Political future 'will be affected about what happened'

When asked for clarification during the interview by host Anderson Cooper, Pelosi affirmed two additional times that her decision would be affected by the attack.Many people in Pelosi's party have said they expect her to step down if Democrats lose the House majority this week - as POLITICO has forecast is likely.
Truthout
1 year ago
Left-wing politics

Trump's Former Accounting Firm Will Have to Turn Over His Financial Records to Oversight Committee

On Thursday, House Democrats on the Oversight Committee announced that they have reached an agreement for Donald Trump's former accounting firm to turn over "critical" financial documents that lawmakers say can help elucidate questions in their investigation into Trump's finances and self-dealing.
Nytimes
1 year ago
New York City

What to Watch in Tuesday's Primaries in Florida and New York

SHRUB OAK, N.Y. - Less than three months before the November midterm elections, the man tasked with protecting the imperiled Democratic House majority was contemplating a more immediate challenge: securing his own political survival in a primary contest this week.
Nytimes
1 year ago
New York City

The New York Primary Being Watched by A.O.C., Pelosi and the Clintons

Big Democratic names have lined up on both sides of the heated battle between Representative Sean Patrick Maloney and his progressive challenger, State Senator Alessandra Biaggi.
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Law

Scared after the fall of Roe, these 2 Texas women rushed to tie the knot

Carlie Brown (left) and Molly Pela exchange wedding vows as their friend, Julie Takahashi, officiates the ceremony.
the Guardian
1 year ago
US politics

Senate passes $739bn healthcare and climate bill after months of wrangling

Senate Democrats passed their climate and healthcare spending package on Sunday, sending the legislation to the House and bringing Joe Biden one step closer to a significant legislative victory ahead of crucial midterm elections in November.
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Health

Indiana becomes 1st state to approve abortion ban post Roe

Abortion-rights protesters fill Indiana Statehouse corridors and cheer outside legislative chambers, Friday, Aug. 5, 2022, as lawmakers vote to concur on a near-total abortion ban, in Indianapolis.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Gov. J.B. Pritzker solidifies party control with election of state Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez as state Democratic chair

SPRINGFIELD - - State Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez was unanimously elected to lead the state Democratic Party on Saturday, a day after U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly dropped her bid for a full four-year term.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Steve Chapman: Democratic ad strategy aimed at helping favored GOP challengers could backfire horribly

Years from now, we can hope, the children of Republican politicians will learn about the events of our time and ask their parents: "Why on earth did you support Donald Trump?"
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Steve Chapman: Even with this Supreme Court, same-sex marriage is probably safe

The Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade has many hard-line conservatives itching to scrap other decisions they have long reviled.
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