A proxy voting bill for pregnant women is headed for a vote on the House floor, despite opposition from Republican majority leadership. A discharge petition on the Proxy Voting for New Parents Resolution received the necessary signatures from a majority of House members, 218, to force a vote on the measure. The petition received signatures […]

A top House progressive said that former Vice President Kamala Harris’s 2024 campaign loss set women back in their bid to break through the thickest glass ceiling of all, the presidency. But it wasn’t just because Harris failed, said Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), but also because of how she was treated as a woman with […]

President Donald Trump named Sean Plankey to lead the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. CISA operates under the Department of Homeland Security, where Secretary Kristi Noem promised to “rein” in the agency. During her confirmation hearing in January, Noem alleged that CISA had drifted “far off mission.” Plankey retired from the United States Coast […]

Republicans in Washington have waged a war against the American Bar Association, the nation’s largest association of legal workers, amid the organization putting out a sweeping and defiant statement criticizing the Trump administration‘s actions. Republican senators called for President Donald Trump to excise the ABA from the judicial nomination process, and Attorney General Pam Bondi […]