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Obama warns that Republicans want to ‘rig’ next year’s election in horrowing ad

Former President Barack Obama delivered a harrowing message to voters in a new ad aimed at President Donald Trump and the Republican Party for their efforts to redraw congressional maps in their favor. Following the controversial passage of a new map in Texas, which gives Republicans a five-seat advantage demanded by Trump ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, Obama says, “Republicans want to steal enough seats in Congress to rig the next election and wield unchecked power for two more […]

todayOctober 14, 2025

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Jeffries says Republicans are trying to ‘cover up for the pedophiles’ amid standstill vote over ex-Trump friend Epstein

U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, the Democratic leader of the House of Representatives, scolded his Republican colleagues amid a standstill on a vote to release FBI files related to convicted sex trafficker–and former friend of President Donald Trump–Jeffrey Epstein. “Mike Johnson and this group continue to cover up for the pedophiles. That’s crazy,” Jeffries told Jen Psaki, host of MSNBC’s “The Briefing” on Wednesday. The vote to unseal the Epstein files has become a political vulnerability for Republicans, given the billionaire […]

todayOctober 10, 2025

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Government shutdown entering sixth day as Republicans and Democrats remain at an impasse

Republican and Democratic lawmakers at an impasse on reopening the federal government provided few public signs Sunday of meaningful negotiations taking place to end what is about to be a six-day shutdown — with President Donald Trump saying that layoffs are occurring. Asked on Sunday night when federal workers would be fired as he has threatened to do, Trump told reporters: “It’s taking place right now and it’s all because of the Democrats.” “The Democrats are causing the loss of a lot […]

todayOctober 6, 2025

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The federal government is shut down. Here’s why Democrats say Trump and Republicans are to blame

The federal government officially shut down at 12:01 a.m. on Wednesday, leaving federal workers without pay, and federal agencies shuttered. But who is to blame for the federal shutdown depends on who you ask in the nation’s capital. President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans are pointing fingers at Democrats after the two parties failed to reach a bipartisan deal to fund the government past Oct. 1. “After months of making life harder and more expensive, Donald Trump and Republicans have […]

todayOctober 3, 2025

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Schumer warns of a shutdown if Republicans don’t accept Democrats’ health care demands

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer weathered backlash from Democrats earlier this year when he voted with Republicans to keep the government open. But he’s now willing to risk a shutdown at the end of the month if Republicans don’t accede to Democratic demands. Schumer says he and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries are united in opposing any legislation that doesn’t include key health care provisions and a commitment not to roll them back. He argues that the country is in a […]

todaySeptember 12, 2025

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Senate Republicans defeat Democrats’ effort to force the release of Epstein files

In a close vote, Senate Republicans defeated an effort Wednesday by Democrats to insert language into Congress’ annual defense authorization bill that would have forced the public release of case files on the sex trafficking investigation into the late Jeffrey Epstein. The Senate voted 51-49 to dismiss the changes to the bill, with Republican Sens. Josh Hawley of Missouri and Rand Paul of Kentucky joining with all Democrats in opposition. For months, Democrats have clamored for the release of what’s become […]

todaySeptember 12, 2025

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Texas Rep. Nicole Collier sues over ‘illegal confinement’ by Republicans inside state capitol

Texas State Rep. Nicole Collier is fighting back in court after not being allowed to leave the state Capitol because she refused to sign a “permission slip” that would have required her to be under 24-hour supervision by a law enforcement officer. Collier on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against the state House of Representatives after House Speaker Dustin Burrows required Democrats to sign a waiver that would compel them to be under the supervision of the state Department of Public […]

todayAugust 19, 2025

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As Trump signs ‘Big’ bill, leaders say Republicans should be shamed for ‘assault on Black lives’

President Donald Trump took a political victory lap on Independence Day as he officially signed the “One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act” into law, fulfilling his goal of passing his entire MAGA agenda in one colossal bill, packed with massive tax cuts and increased funding to enforce his aggressive immigration policies. Just before signing the bill during a Fourth of July picnic at the White House on Friday, Trump praised his achievement of enacting the “largest tax cut in the history […]

todayJuly 8, 2025

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Maxwell Frost sparks outrage when he tells Republicans they’re pro-life only to let children ‘die in schools’

U.S. Rep. Maxwell Frost, D-Fla., America’s first and only Gen Z member of Congress, caused quite the stir during a recent hearing on Capitol Hill, where he called out what he sees as hypocrisy among Republicans who claim to be “pro-life” but won’t seriously address the nation’s gun violence. While debating an amendment to restore a gun rights provision of President Donald Trump’s so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill” during a House Rules Committee hearing, Frost called out his Republican colleagues […]

todayJuly 2, 2025