The House Ethics Committee said it was reviewing sexual harassment allegations against Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-NC) on Thursday. In a statement, House Ethics Chairman Michael Guest (R-MS) said the panel “is reviewing allegations that Representative Chuck Edwards may have created or fostered a hostile work environment and engaged in sexual harassment in violation of the Code […]

Virginia Republican leaders urged the Supreme Court on Thursday to deny a long-shot petition filed by Democrats from the commonwealth to revive the voter-approved Democratic gerrymander of Virginia’s congressional map. The brief from GOP leaders in the Old Dominion comes days after Virginia Democrats filed an emergency petition to the U.S. Supreme Court, hoping to […]

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) pushed back against redistricting efforts across the country, characterizing red states removing black majority districts as “racism.”  “This is Jim Crow 2.0,” Newsom said at a news conference Thursday. “It’s sick. Stone cold racism at a scale I never thought I would see in my life — Never have seen in […]

Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME) saved President Donald Trump again from a House defeat Thursday, as the lone Democrat to vote against legislation restricting the commander in chief’s ability to wage war with Iran. Golden, who is retiring from Congress after this term, was the only House Democrat to vote against a war powers resolution by […]