Marjorie Taylor Greene’s bid to vote on firing Speaker Mike Johnson risks throwing the House back into leaderless paralysis for the second time in six months. But it also holds real peril for the frustrated conservatives whom she claims to represent — with some worried she could possibly push Johnson into working with Democrats on […]
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TALLAHASSEE, Florida — A panel of federal judges upheld Florida’s congressional map, turning away a challenge that alleged it was discriminatory against Black voters after the district held by former Rep. Al Lawson, a Black Democrat, was dismantled. The decision is a substantial victory for Republicans and Gov. Ron DeSantis, who muscled the map through […]
Ken Buck faced fire from two unlikely corners as he left Congress last week — ejected from the Trump-aligned House Freedom Caucus and taking blows from Rep. Lauren Boebert, who is running to replace him. But the Colorado Republican isn’t retaliating. In an interview with POLITICO Friday, the last day he was a congressman, Buck […]
Maryland lawmakers are vowing to aggressively pursue federal relief dollars to rebuild the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore and reopen the city’s large port, though it’s still too early to accurately assess the cost and scope of the disaster. “This is not just about the state of Maryland,” Democratic Gov. Wes Moore said […]
Rep. Annie Kuster announced Wednesday she would not seek reelection this fall, making her the latest member to retire following this Congress. “We all have a role to play in standing up for what we believe in, advocating for a better future, and pursuing the change that we want to see. I always said I […]
With details from Tuesday’s bridge collapse in Baltimore still emerging, President Joe Biden said the federal government should do all it can to help rebuild the span and reopen the city’s port. And there is relatively recent history of how such an approach could work on Capitol Hill, even if the situations are different in […]
Democrats are upping their focus on Jared Kushner, heavily scrutinizing former President Donald Trump’s son-in-law as Republicans have repeatedly spotlighted Hunter Biden and the business deals of the president’s family members. Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the Oversight Committee, and Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) sent a letter Tuesday asking leading Republicans on […]
Maryland politicians, including those battling it out for the state’s open Senate seat, mourned the Tuesday collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore and vowed to support the city as it begins a lengthy recovery process. “Baltimore is a city known for its resilience, and we must all now rally around Baltimore as […]
In the weeks after Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel, Rep. Jamaal Bowman not only publicly cast doubt on reports that Israeli women were raped, but also called those accusations “propaganda.” “There was propaganda used in the beginning of the siege,” Bowman (D-N.Y.)told aNov. 17 rally of about 50 pro-Palestinian protesters in Westchester, according to […]
SALEM, Ohio — When Donald Trump’s team invited Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose last summer to a gathering of Republican elected officials at the former president’s Bedminster golf club, it was a big moment for the Senate hopeful. But it came with a condition — LaRose would have to endorse Trump’s presidential comeback bid, […]