House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said on Wednesday that he had met with Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson (D), a critic of mid-cycle redistricting, and urged him to have his chamber vote on a new set of congressional lines passed by the Maryland House of Delegates. Jeffries said in a statement that he met…
Democrats are skipping Trump’s address and holding a rally on the National Mall instead.
Several House and Senate Democrats will skip President Trump’s State of the Union address next week to attend counter-programming events near the U.S. Capitol highlighting the impact of the administration’s policies. Trump is scheduled to address Congress on Feb. 24, a speech that comes amid an uproar over his immigration policies, fueled in part by…
ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel will join top Democratic leaders for a fundraising event in California next month as the party builds its warchest for the midterm elections. The comedian is scheduled to join House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s (DCCC) fundraising event…
A Democratic-aligned Colorado group is launching an effort to redistrict in the Centennial State after 2026 as the redistricting wars show no signs of letting up. Coloradans for a Level Playing Field filed four different versions for a ballot initiative on Tuesday, which would all largely ask voters to temporarily pass a new House map for the 2028 and 2030 elections, allowing them…
GOP lawmakers prefer a more targeted approach as the president rails against mail-in ballots.
House Democrats are plotting a range of moves to broadcast their defiance of President Trump during his State of the Union address to Congress next week. Trump’s speech marks a significant flashpoint as it comes amid a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown, with the White House and Democrats locked in an impasse over reforms…