A group of nine Democrats urged President Trump to commute the sentences of people serving time for nonviolent marijuana offenses, following his decision to reclassify the drug last month. “The Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is plagued by capacity issues, both overcrowded and understaffed. While it won’t solve the structural issues that have led us here,…
Massachusetts Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D) on Tuesday doubled down on his opposition to the Democratic front-runner in the Maine Senate race, a day after he said candidate Graham Platner’s tattoo resembling a Nazi symbol was “disqualifying.” “As I said months ago, I find Platner’s Nazi tattoo and his commentary about it personally disqualifying,” he wrote…
The Congressional Black Caucus is urging some of the nation’s largest corporations to publicly oppose redistricting efforts by red states in the South that would axe majority-Black congressional districts ahead of the midterms. In a letter sent Tuesday to more than 250 companies, members of the caucus called on business leaders, including those who have…
Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.) on Monday expressed confusion over President Trump’s push for other countries to join the Abraham Accords as he seeks a deal with Iran to end the war. Earlier in the day, Trump called for Persian Gulf allies to join the Abraham Accords amid talks between the U.S. and Iran to end the…
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), the campaign arm of House Democrats, is accusing Republicans of “committing political malpractice” by pushing a bill that would fund federal immigration agencies through the reconciliation process. The DCCC predicted in an internal memo, first obtained by Punchbowl News on Tuesday, that the GOP would face backlash from voters…
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) on Monday said President Trump’s withdrawal from former President Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran left the country “weeks from nuclear breakout.” Wasserman Schultz blasted the reported memorandum of understanding between the U.S. and Iran, which would involve unfreezing Iranian assets and reopening the Strait of Hormuz. She argued Trump’s withdrawal…
A Democratic House candidate in Texas is blaming local media for twisting her words as she faces accusations of antisemitism from national and local Democrats over comments she made on social media. Maureen Galindo, the candidate for Texas’s 35th Congressional District, drew fierce pushback from Democrats and Republicans alike after writing in a post on