Democrats warn of dire humanitarian crisis in Cuba under Trump’s blockade 

Dozens of congressional Democrats sent a letter to President Trump on Thursday raising urgent alarm over an escalating humanitarian crisis in Cuba that has been made worse, they said, by the administration’s fuel quarantine against the island.  The letter, obtained exclusively by The Hill, was signed by 52 House and Senate Democrats and led by Rep. Gregory…

‘Good riddance’: Lawmakers sound off on Trump’s Bondi ouster

President Trump announced that he had fired Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday, a move that followed months of controversy surrounding the Justice Department’s handling of files linked to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The ouster was welcomed by many lawmakers on both sides of the aisle and also comes shortly after the firing of…

Moulton: Trump ‘resorting to war crimes’ to get out of Iran war

Democratic Rep. Seth Moulton (Mass.) said Thursday that President Trump is “resorting to war crimes” to end the U.S. military operations against Iran.  The president threatened to decimate Iran’s energy infrastructure and to send the regime “back to the Stone Ages” in an address to the nation Wednesday evening.  “He’s kicked the hornet’s nest, he’s…