Democrat Analilia Mejia has won a House seat in New Jersey, according to Decision Desk HQ, succeeding now-Gov. Mikie Sherrill (D) and notching a win for progressives. Mejia, a top aide to Sen. Bernie Sanders’s (I-Vt.) 2020 presidential campaign, defeated Republican Joe Hathaway in the Thursday special election for the Garden State’s 11th Congressional District,…
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) suggested on Thursday that he’s ready to oppose an extension of the government’s warrantless surveillance powers unless it contains new privacy guardrails. Jeffries stopped short of saying he’ll oppose a clean extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which GOP leaders in Congress and the…
Democrat Analilia Mejia is facing off against Republican Joe Hathaway in a Thursday special election to fill the House seat left open by New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill. Mejia’s surprise primary victory earlier this year marked another win for progressives. She is widely expected to defeat Hathaway on Thursday. Polls close at 8 p.m. EDT….
The recent firing of the Army’s well-respected chief of staff, Gen. Randy George, hovered over the House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee hearing Thursday, with lawmakers from both sides grilling Army Secretary Dan Driscoll and the Army’s acting chief of staff, Gen. Christopher LaNeve. While President Trump’s $1.5 trillion defense budget request, the U.S. war against Iran, the state…
Republicans are discussing a year-long renewal of the nation’s warrantless spy powers in exchange for strengthening current aspects of the law, multiple sources involved in the talks told The Hill. Such a package would scale back the 18-month timeline requested by President Trump in renewing Section 702 of the Foreign Surveillance Intelligence Act (FISA), which…
Rep. Katherine Clark (D-Mass.), the House minority whip, said Thursday that she never heard a “rumor” about alleged misconduct by former Reps. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) and Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.). “I personally did not even hear a rumor about Eric Swalwell or Tony Gonzales until the allegations came out,” she told host Kate Bolduan on “CNN…
The House on Thursday passed a resolution requiring the Trump administration to extend temporary legal protections for Haitian migrants after a small group of Republicans helped Democrats force it to the floor using a rarely successful maneuver. The lower chamber passed the resolution by a vote of 224-204, with 10 Republicans crossing the aisle: Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick…