The House is set to rebuke Donald Trump’s signature economic policy Wednesday following Speaker Mike Johnson’s failure late last night to contain GOP unrest over the administration’s trade war. The chamber will vote on a resolution offered by Democratic Rep. Gregory Meeks (N.Y.) to overturn the president’s Canadian tariffs. It comes after GOP Reps. Kevin
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is seeing her political influence grow among Democrats as chatter builds about her future. Ocasio-Cortez had her latest win over the last week when her endorsed candidate in a crowded New Jersey House special primary election, Analilia Mejia, performed above expectations. On Tuesday, her top rival, former Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-N.J.),…
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) is demanding the Justice Department turn over all its files related to the demotion of Ed Martin from his role as the head of the Weaponization Working Group amid reports he improperly disclosed grand jury material about prosecutions of Trump foes. The new probe from the top Democrat on the House…
Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin (D) sent a late-night letter on Monday to Democrats in Maryland’s General Assembly, urging the state legislators to pass a new redistricting map. The map has already passed the state’s House, but the bill now faces opposition from Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson (D), who has refused to bring the measure…
A few GOP rebels on Tuesday issued a stunning rebuke of President Trump’s tariff regime, joining with Democrats to vote down legislation that would have banned members’ ability to call snap votes to repeal the tariffs. The House voted 214-217 to block the rule, which would have also teed up votes for unrelated legislation later
Rep. Katherine Clark (Mass.), the No. 2 House Democrat, slammed the GOP-backed voting bill that the House is set to vote on this week, claiming it was meant to suppress a major Democratic-leaning voting bloc: women. “This is not about protecting our elections. Republicans are not truly afraid of noncitizens voting, which we all know…
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) shared the names of the six men he claimed were “likely incriminated” in the Epstein files on the House floor Tuesday. Khanna’s comments come as the Justice Department has been under fire for how it has handled redactions in the documents, in some cases failing to conceal the names of victims…