Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) took to the House floor on Tuesday with a motion to force a vote on her resolution directing the House Ethics Committee to preserve and publicly release all reports on investigations into members of Congress regarding allegations of sexual harassment of staff or of a sexual relationship with a member of…
Tuesday’s Democratic primary race for North Carolina’s 4th Congressional District is a repeat of the 2022 contest between Rep. Valerie Foushee and Nida Allam, a Durham County commissioner backed by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). Although the seat will almost surely stay in Democrats’ hands in November, Tuesday’s primary will offer insights into the party’s momentum…
Rep. Al Green (D) is running in a Tuesday primary in the Lone Star State’s 18th Congressional District after he was redistricted out of Texas’s 9th Congressional District earlier this year. He is facing off with incumbent Rep. Christian Menefee, teeing up a generational battle within the party. Other incumbents seeking to retain their seat…
Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) said Tuesday that Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick will appear before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee as part of the panel’s probe into the Jeffrey Epstein case. Comer, the chair of the committee, wrote on the social platform X that Lutnick “proactively agreed to appear voluntarily” before the panel. “I…
Six House Democrats are backing an alternative war powers resolution that would require President Trump to halt U.S. military operations against Iran within 30 days unless Congress authorizes a declaration of war or the use of military force. The resolution is backed by Reps. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.), Greg Landsman (D-Ohio), Jared Golden (D-Maine), Jim Costa…
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) dismissed a GOP effort to fund the Homeland Security Department (DHS) this week, saying President Trump’s decision to attack Iran has no bearing on the Democrats’ push to constrain federal immigration agents. “Donald Trump launches an unauthorized war in the Middle East. He characterizes it as endless. He decides
Rep. Warren Davidson (R-Ohio) on Monday said the Trump administration has not effectively explained the U.S. military objective in Iran, accusing the White House of giving “multiple definitions.” CNN correspondent Kaitlan Collins asked Davidson if the Trump administration “has done a good enough job” in offering an explanation for its strikes on Iran since Saturday….