Democrats deliver latest DHS funding offer to White House
The shutdown of the sprawling department is now in its second month.
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Crockett says member of security team killed by police in Dallas
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) on Tuesday said a member of her security team was killed by law enforcement in Dallas. Authorities say the security official, known as Mike King, was actually Diamon Robinson, a 39-year-old wanted on “multiple felony warrants” on charges that ranged from impersonating a police officer to stolen license plates, according to…
Clyburn: SAVE America Act ‘nothing but a throwback’ to Jim Crow laws
Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) on Monday slammed a Republican voting requirement bill championed by President Trump as a top priority piece of legislation as “nothing but a throwback” to Jim Crow laws. The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act “is nothing but a throwback to those laws that were passed after Reconstruction that made…
Capitol agenda: House hard-liner headaches ahead
Conservatives are revolting over a key spy authority and an affordable housing package amid their push for a partisan elections bill.
Rise in anti-Muslim rhetoric by GOP sparks uproar on Capitol Hill
House lawmakers returned to Washington this week after a long break to face a war of theologies in the Middle East — and another brewing in the Capitol. President Trump’s war against Iran’s Islamic regime has heightened national religious tensions, which are spilling out onto Capitol Hill in a partisan holy war over national identity…
5 things to watch for in Illinois’s primary elections
The Prairie State is holding a series of primary elections Tuesday that will reshape the Illinois congressional delegation, with voters weighing in on the contest to replace retiring Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and five Democrats leaving the House. Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton (D), backed by Gov. JB Pritzker (D), is duking it out with…
Jesse Jackson’s family grapples with Illinois Senate endorsement controversy
Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton had touted an endorsement from Jackson, who died in February.