Stephen Colbert is knocking House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’s (D-N.Y) quiet approach to countering President Trump during his State of the Union address. In a live episode of CBS’s “The Late Show” that aired following Trump’s Tuesday speech to Congress, Colbert said that Jeffries “urged his members in the chamber to not make a scene.”
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) ripped President Trump over his record-long State of the Union address Tuesday, calling it “lazy.” “I thought the speech was lazy,” the former House Speaker told CNN after the speech. “It’s one thing to acknowledge patriotism and people getting well and everything when you have absolutely nothing to do with their…
Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Wednesday criticized President Trump for not addressing the survivors of Jeffrey Epstein during his State of the Union address, as women sat in the audience with white buttons, demanding justice for years of abuse. Those who were abused by the convicted sex offender wore pins that read “release the…
Reps. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) and Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) are calling on the Justice Department to appoint a special counsel to investigate Attorney General Pam Bondi, accusing her of perjuring herself when asked about evidence relating to President Trump in the Epstein files. The demand – made in a letter to Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche…
President Donald Trump littered his record-breaking, nearly two-hour-long State of the Union address Tuesday night with dramatic tributes to American heroes, caustic attacks on congressional Democrats and a preview of his party’s midterm campaign pitch. But he also sprinkled in a handful of legislative demands that have uneven prospects at best on Capitol Hill. Here’s
President Trump delivered a record-long State of the Union address on Tuesday night as he proclaimed that his administration had ushered in “the golden age of America” in its first year back in office. The president’s remarks clocked in at about an hour and 48 minutes, fulfilling his promise of a “long speech” made earlier…
The House appears set to sink legislation designed to curb President Trump’s use of military force in Iran, potentially lending the administration a boost as it escalates its threats against Tehran. The bipartisan war powers resolution, sponsored by Reps. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) and Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), aims to reassert Congress’s authority to wage war by…