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By Lauren Burke In a show of solidarity against the congressional Republicans and the Trump Administration, dozens of congressional Democratic members of Congress gathered on the steps of the U.S. House of Representatives from sunrise to sunset Sunday, April 27 to speak out against budget cuts. “The budget is a moral document,” said New Jersey […]
Rep. Mia Love, R-Utah, is seen on the first day of the 114th Congress inside the House Chambers of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. in 2015. File photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI | License Photo March 2 (UPI) — Former U.S. Rep. Mia Love, R-Utah, the first Black woman to be elected to Congress […]
Former Rep. Mia Love, who became the first Black woman elected to Congress for the GOP, shared the new grim reality of her brain cancer diagnosis in a statement issued Saturday. The family of Love, 49, said she was diagnosed with glioblastoma and has now stopped all treatment for a malignant tumor as the disease […]
WASHINGTON — U.S. House Republicans on Friday elected Louisiana Rep. Mike Johnson as their speaker for the 119th Congress, following weeks of speculation about whether the GOP would begin another protracted, public dispute over leadership. The drama-filled vote ensures that Johnson, who was first elected speaker in October 2023, will hold the gavel as Republicans […]
FILE – Poll workers help guide voters at a busy polling site in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Nov. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) <!– SHOW ARTICLE –> ATLANTA (AP) — Republicans plan to move quickly in their effort to overhaul the nation’s voting procedures, seeing an opportunity with control of the White […]
WASHINGTON — A top Republican on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee said Tuesday that when President-elect Donald Trump takes office and the GOP takes control of the Senate, lawmakers’ first priority will be to pass a border security package through a complex process known as budget reconciliation. Trump has promised his base his administration will […]
Congressional veteran Ed Case has seen it all before while Jill Tokuda prepares for a very different second term. It’s official. Hawaii’s all-Democratic congressional delegation will face a Republican trifecta when the 119th U.S. Congress convenes in January as the GOP takes over the White House and the Senate while maintaining control of the House. […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans have won enough seats to control the U.S. House, completing the party’s sweep into power and securing their hold on U.S. government alongside President-elect Donald Trump. A House Republican victory in Arizona, alongside a win in slow-counting California earlier Wednesday, gave the GOP the 218 House victories that make up the […]
(L) John James, Image courtesy of John James, (R) Denise Illtich, Image courtesy of Denise Illtich Representative John James has clinched re-election in Michigan’s 10th Congressional District, a race that was fiercely contested and closely followed as a key race in the state. His victory not only reinforces his position as Michigan’s only Black member […]
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Three U.S. House seats in Nevada will remain under Democratic control after a sweeping win Thursday for the incumbents, while the state’s tight Senate race was still too early to call. The Associated Press has declared Democratic Reps. Dina Titus, Susie Lee and Steven Horsford winners in their respective races. The […]