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Jeffries says handshake deal to address health care is not enough to end shutdown

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Friday that a GOP commitment to address ObamaCare subsidies later in the year is not enough to end...

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Jeffries endorses stand-alone military pay bill

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Thursday that he would support a stand-alone bill to pay military personnel amid the shutdown....

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Democrats win momentum over GOP in shutdown fight

As the shutdown fight stretches into its second week, the winds have shifted in favor of the Democrats — at least for the moment. Early polls say...

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Pressure Points: Five ways the shutdown could end

Congress on Wednesday enters the eighth day of the federal shutdown with neither party giving an inch and the path to a resolution nowhere in sight. ...

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Speaker Johnson wants furloughed feds to receive back pay, but suggests they might not

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Tuesday that federal workers furloughed during the shutdown should receive back pay, but he also raised the prospect...

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Jeffries: Trump is not talking to Democrats about health care, ending shutdown

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Monday that Democrats are involved in no talks with the Trump administration about ending the...

07.10.2025 20

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Deep distrust hinders path to shutdown deal

The stalemate over how to reopen the government is being inflamed by something no policy provision can fix: A deep-seeded distrust between the leaders...

04.10.2025 3

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Epstein victims will return to Capitol Hill next week

Victims of Jeffrey Epstein will return to Capitol Hill next week, when they will be hosted by a bipartisan group of lawmakers pushing the Trump...

03.10.2025 3

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Jeffries says public pressure will bring Trump back to the negotiating table on shutdown

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Thursday that public pressure will force Republicans back to the negotiating table in search of a...

03.10.2025 5

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Democrat presses Comer to have Vought testify on federal firings

A Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is pressing Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) to call President Trump’s budget director...

02.10.2025 5

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Speaker Johnson defends agencies blaming Democrats for shutdown

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Thursday defended the Trump administration for using official agency websites to politicize the government shutdown,...

02.10.2025 2

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Democratic leaders hold firm in face of mass firing threat: 'Cruelty is the point'

House Democratic leaders are holding firm in opposition to the Republicans’ spending bill, brushing aside new threats from the Trump administration...

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Jeffries challenges Trump over 'racist' AI video: 'Say it to my face'

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.) on Tuesday challenged President Trump over a deepfake video that depicted the House Democratic leader in...

30.09.2025 4

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House Democrats rally at Capitol in last-ditch effort to alter spending bill

House Democrats rallied in the Capitol on Monday evening in an 11th-hour strategy session with two distinct goals: To unify the party amid the...

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Jeffries warns of ‘five-alarm fire’ on shutdown, looming health care cuts

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) warned Monday that Democrats won’t accept any Republican spending bill that makes life more expensive...

29.09.2025 3

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Jeffries bashes Trump budget director over layoff threat: ‘Malignant political hack’

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is hammering President Trump’s budget director for promising mass firings if the government shuts...

25.09.2025 20

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Epstein discharge petition poised to hit its mark, forcing House vote to release files

Lawmakers in both parties fighting to force the Trump administration to release all the federal files on Jeffrey Epstein took a big step closer to...

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Dems launch probes into Trump’s border czar amid bribe allegations

House Democrats have launched a series of investigations into Tom Homan, President Trump’s border czar, amid allegations that he accepted $50,000 in...

24.09.2025 3

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Jeffries: Dems will return to DC during recess to highlight lack of budget talks

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) announced Tuesday that Democrats will return to Washington early next week, when the House is formally...

23.09.2025 3

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Congress locked in game of shutdown chicken as funding deadline nears

Congress is cruising at a steady clip toward a government shutdown at the end of the month, with both parties — and both chambers — pointing...

22.09.2025 20

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Democratic leaders will support resolution honoring Charlie Kirk

House Democratic leaders will vote in favor of a GOP resolution condemning political violence and celebrating Charlie Kirk in the wake of last...

18.09.2025 3

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Carlos Paz: Chief of staff, Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.)

Carlos Paz was a 20-something community organizer in his hometown of Houston when he took "a little detour" overseas that would shape his thinking and...

18.09.2025 2

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Nnemdilim 'Nd' Ubezonu: Floor director, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) 

There are two types of Hill staffers: Those who come to Washington aching to join a congressional office, and those who find their way there almost by...

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Republicans charge ahead with GOP funding bill, raising shutdown odds

House Republican leaders are charging ahead with a GOP plan to extend government funding, rejecting Democratic pleas for bipartisan talks and...

17.09.2025 4

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Parties agree that violence is a problem, but clash over the cause

The assassination of Charlie Kirk has united the parties in a sense of dread that the country has arrived at a dangerous place. How it got here,...

13.09.2025 30

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Democrats dig in against GOP budget strategy, heightening odds of shutdown

Democrats are ramping up the pressure on GOP leaders over federal funding, drawing firmer red lines against the Republicans’ budget plans and...

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Pressure mounts on GOP leaders to extend ObamaCare subsidies

GOP pressure is mounting on Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to extend expiring Affordable Care Act tax credits, as a number of rank-and-file Republicans...

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Jeffries says GOP will ‘regret’ revisiting Jan. 6

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) warned Republicans on Monday that they’ll regret their decision to reexamine the Jan. 6, 2021, attack...

09.09.2025 4

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Epstein estate turns over 'birthday book,' other documents to House panel

The Epstein estate on Monday turned over a tranche of documents subpoenaed by the House Oversight Committee, including at least one purporting to show...

08.09.2025 2

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Distrust clouds Democratic strategy amid shutdown battle with GOP

House Democrats are hanging their hopes on party leaders in the Senate to block any government spending bill crafted solely by the GOP, but there’s...

07.09.2025 10

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The Epstein discharge petition is headed for success — with a nudge from Dems

Incoming Democrats are poised to advance legislation forcing the Trump administration to release all the federal files on Jeffrey Epstein, the late...

05.09.2025 3

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Republican rebels square off against GOP leaders on Epstein files

Republican rebels on Wednesday ramped up the pressure on their party to force the Trump administration to release its files on Jeffrey Epstein,...

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Epstein victims urge Congress to force DOJ to release files

A host of victims of Jeffrey Epstein appeared on Capitol Hill on Wednesday to deliver a simple message to Congress: Force the Trump administration to...

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Massie says he’s confident he’ll get to 218 on Epstein discharge petition

The sponsor of the discharge petition seeking to publicize all the government files on Jeffrey Epstein said Tuesday that he’s confident the motion...

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Jeffries warns Republicans: Democrats will oppose GOP spending bill

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday warned GOP leaders that House Democrats will oppose any government spending bill negotiated...

03.09.2025 6

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GOP lawmakers to be confronted by Jeffrey Epstein saga as they return to Congress

House GOP leaders returning to Capitol Hill this week from the long summer break will be immediately confronted with the radioactive subject of...

02.09.2025 4

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Jeffries says Dems ready to redistrict beyond California to counter ‘desperate Republicans’

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) warned this week that if President Trump and his GOP allies expand their gerrymandering efforts beyond...

27.08.2025 7

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Democrats press Rubio to allow injured Palestinian children into the US

Scores of House Democrats are pressing the Trump administration to allow Palestinian children injured in the Israel-Hamas war to seek emergency...

27.08.2025 3

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Republicans subpoena Epstein estate for ‘client list,’ birthday book, other documents

Republicans on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee are charging ahead with their investigation into the disgraced financier Jeffrey...

26.08.2025 2

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GOP redistricting gives Republican edge, but no guarantee in House battle

President Trump’s campaign to redraw House maps in GOP states around the country will make it tougher for Democrats to win back control of the...

25.08.2025 10

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DC officials say Trump crackdown is about immigration, power

Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) and other officials in Washington, D.C., say the Trump administration's crime crackdown is really about exerting power and...

21.08.2025 10

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Budget office says GOP’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ will make rich richer, poor poorer

The Republicans’ “big, beautiful bill” will make the poorest Americans even poorer, while padding the wallets of the highest earners the most,...

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Jeffries hammers Trump for seizing control of DC police: ‘No basis’

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Monday hammered President Trump’s move to take control of law enforcement in Washington, D.C.,...

11.08.2025 2

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Hunger crisis in Gaza deepens criticisms of Israel on Capitol Hill

The winds are shifting in congressional attitudes towards Israel. Traditional bipartisan support is eroding on Capitol Hill as Israel’s war with...

04.08.2025 10

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Democrats bash Trump, GOP over disappointing jobs report: ‘Awful’ 

Democrats on Capitol Hill are hammering President Trump and his GOP allies for Friday’s underwhelming jobs report. Released by the federal Bureau of...

01.08.2025 4

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Democrats accuse GOP of racism in proposed Texas map

House Democrats are hammering President Trump and GOP leaders for their effort to redraw the congressional map in Texas, accusing the Republicans of...

01.08.2025 10

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Danny Davis won’t seek reelection after 30 years in House

Longtime Rep. Danny Davis (D-Ill.) announced Thursday that he will retire from Congress at the end of this term, ending a three-decade run...

31.07.2025 3

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Republican infighting expands to an unusual place: Israel

The GOP infighting on Capitol Hill has expanded to an unusual place: Israel. For years, GOP leaders have used U.S. support for Israel as a wedge to...

31.07.2025 4

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Democrats ramp up town hall offensive in GOP districts with focus on Epstein

House Democrats are ramping up their town-hall blitz in GOP-held districts over the long summer recess. The strategy is not new, but this time...

26.07.2025 20

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Democrats pressure Schumer, Senate to hold line on GOP spending bills

House Democrats are cranking up the pressure on their Senate colleagues to hold the line against any Republican spending bills, warning that support...

25.07.2025 10

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