Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) on Sunday expressed hope that a transparent investigation into the shooting at Saturday’s White House Correspondents Association dinner will be conducted. “I hope that this investigation is done with complete openness and transparency and integrity,” Raskin, who was attending the event, told host Dana Bash on CNN’s “State of the Union.”…
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Sunday said Democrats will not focus on impeaching President Trump if they regain a majority in the lower chamber after midterm elections. When asked if impeachment was a top priority, Jeffries said “Of course not,” during an appearance on Fox News’s’ “Fox News Sunday.” “I’ve made clear from…
Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chair Ken Martin said the party is “planning for everything” ahead of the midterms. Martin acknowledged polling favoring Democrats in the upcoming elections during a Saturday morning appearance on MS NOW’S “The Weekend,” but he warned that President Trump could try to “suppress the vote.” “Ignore all [the polling], because what…
Tensions over Florida’s redistricting push escalated on Friday, with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) daring House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) to “bring it on” after Jeffries offered a stern warning to Republicans in the state. “Go ahead, make my day, bring it on,” DeSantis said during a press conference in Jacksonville. “I would like…
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) said Thursday that Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime associate of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, is “not getting a pardon” amid questions from some lawmakers against giving her freedom. Luna, a member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, appeared on “Cuomo” on NewsNation, The Hill’s partner broadcaster, and assured…
Rep. Rich McCormick (R-Ga.) on Wednesday introduced legislation to make the Virginia cities of Arlington and Alexandria part of Washington, D.C., reversing an 1846 law that returned the regions to the Old Dominion. “The Make DC Square Again Act restores the original ten-mile-square District and ends the artificial advantage Virginia Democrats have recently gained from…
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) on Thursday called for President Trump to pardon for the U.S. Army soldier accused of raking in more than $400,000 after betting on the capture of ex-Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. Gannon Ken Van Dyke, a soldier stationed at Fort Bragg in North Carolina who was involved in the planning of…