Colorado Democrat-Aligned Group Pushes State to Enter Redistricting Fight

The Rocky Mountains rise beyond the Denver skyline on Jan. 24, 2016. Charlie Riedel/AP Photo A Democratic-aligned group backed by former Obama-era Attorney General Eric Holder filed ballot initiative paperwork on Feb. 18 in Colorado that would ask voters to temporarily override the state’s independent congressional redistricting commission and install a new map for 2028

Colorado Democratic-Aligned Group Pushes State to Enter Redistricting Fight

The Rocky Mountains rise beyond the Denver skyline on Jan. 24, 2016. Charlie Riedel/AP Photo A Democratic-aligned group backed by former Obama-era Attorney General Eric Holder filed ballot initiative paperwork on Feb. 18 in Colorado that would ask voters to temporarily override the state’s independent congressional redistricting commission and install a new map for 2028

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger to deliver Democratic response to Trump’s State of the Union

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger will deliver the Democratic response to President Trump’s State of the Union address next week, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) announced Thursday. Trump’s State of the Union comes as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is shut down amid a standoff between the…

House Democrat: Former UK ambassador ‘unable to appear’ for interview in congressional Epstein inquiry

Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.), the ranking member on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said Thursday that former United Kingdom Ambassador to the U.S. Peter Mandelson has declined an invitation to sit for an interview as part of an ongoing probe into the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes. Garcia said in a statement…

Top House Democrat: Former Prince Andrew arrest ‘enormous step forward’

California Rep. Robert Garcia, the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, called Thursday’s arrest of former Prince Andrew “an enormous step forward” in lawmakers’ investigation into the crimes of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.  “Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s arrest is an enormous step forward in our fight to secure justice for the survivors…