Category: Congress
April 23, 2025
Congress
Dick Durbin is retiring from the Senate
The No. 2 Democratic leader won't seek a sixth term representing Illinois.
April 21, 2025
Congress
‘An amateur person’: GOP Rep. Bacon says Hegseth should go
The Nebraska lawmaker is the first House Republican to recommend the president fire the secretary of Defense.
April 21, 2025
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House Dems travel to El Salvador to secure Maryland man’s return
More Democrats are making the trip abroad to raise awareness for what they call a “constitutional crisis” surrounding Kilmar Abrego Garcia's deportation.
April 20, 2025
Congress
Hakeem Jeffries makes it clear he’ll stand by incumbent House Dems
The DNC's David Hogg has said he wants to fund some challengers in safe Democratic districts.
April 18, 2025
Congress
Van Hollen’s big moment: Defending a constituent and defying Trump
The Maryland Democrat is in the national spotlight as he advocates for the return of his wrongfully-deported constituent.
April 18, 2025
Congress
‘I love chess’: Trump allies, Democrats clash over Van Hollen’s El Salvador visit
Trump and his allies said the Maryland senator’s visit with the illegally deported Salvadoran native was playing into the administration’s hands.
April 17, 2025
Congress
Sen. Van Hollen blocked from El Salvador prison where Maryland man is held
Republican members of Congress have been allowed to visit the notorious facility.
April 17, 2025
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‘We are all afraid’: Murkowski says fear of retaliation from Trump administration is ‘real’
The senator said this week that she has been “just trying to listen as carefully as I can to what is happening."
April 15, 2025
Congress
Ocasio-Cortez raised $9.6 million in three months, smashing her own record
It’s a massive haul for the progressive lawmaker who has been barnstorming the country with Bernie Sanders.
April 14, 2025
Congress
Randy Villegas is mounting a challenge to GOP Rep. David Valadao
The latest Democrat aiming to unseat Republican Rep. David Valadao isn’t trying to do it from the center. Randy Villegas, a Visalia, Calif. school board trustee, is hoping economic...