Senate Democrats attacked a Republican plan to put federal protections around in vitro fertilization efforts with a new proposal. Sens. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Patty Murray (D-WA), and Cory Booker (D-NJ) are looking to introduce the Right to IVF Act and bring reproductive rights to the center of the stage again. “Unlike GOP legislation that would […]
EXCLUSIVE — Rep. Michael Cloud (R-TX), member of the House Freedom Caucus, is putting teeth on threats by Republicans to hit back at Democrats after former President Donald Trump‘s historic felony conviction. Cloud introduced a measure to cut funding for offices that have prosecuted Trump and his supporters. Cloud specifically named Manhattan District Attorney Alvin […]
The late New Jersey Democratic Rep. Donald Payne Jr. will win the primary posthumously in the 10th Congressional District on Tuesday as the only Democrat on the ballot. State and party officials are already preparing for a competitive special election to fill Payne’s seat later this summer. Payne, 65, died on April 24 from a “cardiac […]
Former National Institutes of Health official Anthony Fauci distanced himself from an aide’s email scandal during a Monday morning hearing before Congress. David Morens, a longtime senior adviser to Fauci, turned over thousands of emails to the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic earlier this year, many of which detailed his efforts to circumvent open […]
The Washington Commanders announced the release of Brandon McManus on Sunday as the kicker faces a lawsuit accusing him of sexual assault. McManus, 32, had signed a one-year $3.6 million deal with Commanders in the offseason, but the organization released him after becoming aware of the allegations, according to a report citing a Commanders spokesperson. “We […]
“The world must be made safe for democracy,” President Woodrow Wilson declared in his 1917 war message to Congress. To engineer support for the cause, he proceeded to shut down civil liberties, create a national propaganda machine, and set the modern administrative state in motion. In the name of democracy, he instituted compulsory conscription and […]
The main campaign arm for House Republicans is adding Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) to its list of targets for the 2024 cycle after initially viewing his seat as likely Democratic. The National Republican Congressional Committee expanded its list of targets a month after Cuellar was indicted on federal bribery charges. The indictment has put Cuellar […]
Ahead of a highly anticipated hearing with former National Institutes of Health official Anthony Fauci, House Democrats released a report casting doubt on the findings and motivations of Republicans leading the investigation. “Under the guise of investigating the pandemic’s origins, House Republicans have abdicated their responsibility to objectively examine how COVID-19 came to be,” Select […]
Former President Donald Trump went from having a clean record to becoming a felon after a Manhattan jury found him guilty in the criminal hush money case last week — in part due to his imperfect legal strategy and damning instructions given by the judge. Legal experts say Trump’s conviction can be traced to the […]
Rumblings that former President Donald Trump could compete with President Joe Biden in Virginia have grown louder, even as the state has supported the Democratic candidate every year since 2008. A poll released last week showed Biden and Trump tied at 42% in a head-to-head race in the state, and the president leads by 2 […]
