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Survivors of Club Q shooting in Colorado Springs ask Congress for action against hate, violence

"Powerful figures have insisted that the greatest threats this country faces are a teacher with they/them pronouns or someone in a wig reading Red Fish, Blue Fish," a survivor of the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando said.

December 14, 2022

House GOP beat impeachment drum for Mayorkas

House Republicans are turning up the volume on calls to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

December 13, 2022

Syracuse University takes steps to revoke Rudy Giuliani’s honorary law degree

Syracuse University is preparing to rescind Rudy Giuliani's honorary law degree, connected to his efforts to overturn the 2020 election and ties to former President Donald Trump.

December 10, 2022

Hunter Biden allies pursue plans to go on offense against GOP attacks

Hunter Biden is preparing to play hardball with Republicans, who have long made him a target of their investigations and attacks over various business and political scandals surrounding the president's son.

December 10, 2022

WTO rules Trump’s steel tariffs violated global trade rules

The World Trade Organization said former President Donald Trump's tariffs on steel and aluminum imports broke global trade rules, dismissing his claims of national security concerns to justify them.

December 10, 2022

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says she’s ‘grateful’ for Sinema’s departure from Dems, as race opens up

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez welcomed Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema's departure from the Democratic Party, adding that her constituents deserved more.

December 10, 2022

Rep. Kevin Hern angles for Republican Study Committee to lead policy debate in next Congress

Rep. Kevin Hern is planning to make the Republican Study Committee a fiscal check on the next Congress.

December 9, 2022

Some lawmakers pan Congress’ debut doc that they say poorly portrays middle class, economy

Congress' first foray into filmmaking attracted criticisms of the film's focus and who was and was not involved in its production.

December 8, 2022

Virginia Rep. Spanberger wins seat at leadership table to represent swing-district Dems

Rep. Abigail Spanberger secured a newly created party leadership position on Tuesday to represent Democrats from swing districts.

December 6, 2022

McCarthy starts to play hardball with GOP rebels struggling to find opposing House speaker candidate

A small faction of rebel House Republicans is scraping the back bench of the conference, and even looking outside the Capitol, in search of an alternative to GOP leader Kevin McCarthy for speaker.

December 6, 2022

Right flank slams Kevin McCarthy for ‘awkward’ appearance at state dinner with Hunter Biden

House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy's foes are adding to their list of grievances against the likely next speaker, after he attended a state dinner at the White House this week.

December 3, 2022

Trump declares redo of 2020 election upon revelations of Twitter suppressing Hunter Biden stories

Former President Donald Trump demanded a new election or discarding the results of the 2020 election, after Elon Musk released information he claimed proved the intended suppression of Hunter Biden stories during that time.

December 3, 2022

Kamala Harris’s communication director departs, in latest staff exit from VP’s office

Vice President Kamala Harris's communications director will leave her office in the latest staff exit.

December 3, 2022

Rep. Dan Crenshaw fined $42k by FEC for campaign finance violations

Rep. Dan Crenshaw was hit with a large fine by the Federal Election Commission after findings that his campaign failed to properly return hundreds of thousands of dollars in illegal campaign contributions.

December 3, 2022

Obama mocks Herschel Walker over vampires vs. werewolves debate

Former President Barack Obama made fun of Republican Herschel Walker over referring to vampires and werewolves at a recent rally ahead of the Georgia Senate runoff Tuesday.

December 3, 2022

Front-line House Dems get a special spot in caucus leadership to temper the party’s far-left message

House Democrats representing swing districts are getting a seat at the leadership table with the newly created position of "battleground leader" to advocate for the interests of the caucus' most vulnerable members.

December 2, 2022

Congress dives into documentary filmmaking, debuts film narrated by Sarah Jessica Parker

A House committee is premiering a new film documentary about economic struggles and the modern quest for the American dream.

December 2, 2022

House Democrats’ new leader Hakeem Jeffries boasts he’s ready to tamp down ‘The Squad’

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, whom House Democrats elected to succeed Nancy Pelosi as party leader in January, made clear that he won't let the far-left flank, or any other faction, rule the caucus.

December 1, 2022

House Democrats call for bipartisanship in next Congress as GOP preps for majority

House Democrats are pressing Republicans to compromise with them on potential policy pursuits, as they profess the need for more bipartisanship heading into the minority come January.

December 1, 2022

Lawmakers want to bar CDC from recommending COVID vaccines to minors without proof of efficacy

Rep. Andy Biggs and Sen. Mike Lee introduced legislation Thursday to bar the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from recommending a COVID-19 vaccine for minors without data to back up its necessity and safety.

December 1, 2022