Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) teased a potential 2028 presidential run during a conversation with civil rights leader Al Sharpton at the National Action Network’s annual convention in NEw York on Wednesday. “You’re going to be my running mate?” Khanna joked to Sharpton, in response to a question from the Baptist minister about a possible White…
Democrats will attempt to pass a resolution to limit President Trump’s war powers in Iran by unanimous consent during a pro forma session of the House on Thursday. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) announced the plan in a letter to colleagues Wednesday while criticizing Trump’s management of the conflict and the ceasefire deal announced Tuesday. “A…
A letter written by leaders of the Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) outlines the group’s appropriations priorities for fiscal 2027, days after the White House unveiled its budget requests. The letter, sent Tuesday to House Appropriations Committee Chair Tom Cole (R-Okla.) and ranking member Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) and shared with The Hill, urges the panel to…
Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) hesitated to express his confidence in a ceasefire deal between the U.S. and Iran a day after President Trump announced a temporary halt in fighting. “I am not sure there’s a deal,” Bacon told CNN’s Kate Bolduan on Wednesday morning. “That will bear out in the next 24 to 48 hours,…
Former Attorney General Pam Bondi will not comply with a subpoena to appear before the House Oversight Committee as part of its investigation into the Epstein files, the panel’s Republican leadership said in a statement. “The Department of Justice has stated Pam Bondi will not appear on April 14 for a deposition since she is…
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) on Wednesday credited conservative journalist Tucker Carlson, former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and commentator Ann Coulter for pushing President Trump to accept a ceasefire deal with Iran. Khanna said in a video posted to the social media platform X that, as “a human being and as an American citizen,” he…
Rep. Yassamin Ansari (D-Ariz.) on Wednesday urged lawmakers not to make “TACO” jokes about President Trump suspending strikes on Iran for another two weeks, but to encourage the preservation of life. “I do not appreciate anyone — Democrat or Republican — taking this moment to make jokes to say Trump ‘chickened out.’ The president was…