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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,...

12.08.2025 100

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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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Democrats play hardball on Epstein files

Democrats are showing they’re ready to get dirty and hit President Trump where it hurts by stoking the Jeffrey Epstein controversy that’s severed...

23.07.2025 40

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Jeffries warns GOP: Partisan spending bills risk an Oct. 1 shutdown

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is sending a warning to Republicans that next year’s spending bills must have Democratic buy-in, or...

21.07.2025 10

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Jeffries: Epstein saga is a monster of Trump’s own making

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Thursday that President Trump’s struggle to contain the MAGA outcry over the Jeffrey Epstein...

18.07.2025 10

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Mike Johnson seeks to gloss over divisions with Trump over Epstein files

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is seeking to close the distance between himself and President Trump when it comes to the release of the government’s...

16.07.2025 2

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Democrats bash Trump over Texas redistricting: ‘Act of desperation’ to ‘cling to power’

House Democrats are hammering President Trump and his GOP allies for pushing to alter Texas’s congressional lines ahead of the midterms, accusing...

16.07.2025 20

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Jeffries urges release of all Jeffrey Epstein files

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Monday the Trump administration should release all of the files related to the disgraced...

15.07.2025 80

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Democrats find reasons for hope and fear six months into Trump 2.0

Nearing the six-month mark of President Trump’s frenetic second term, Democrats are fighting to find their footing and claw themselves from the...

14.07.2025 40

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Democrats gloat as MAGA World explodes over Epstein files

Democrats are experiencing a devilish glee as MAGA World clashes over the Trump administration’s push to defuse conspiracy theories surrounding the...

10.07.2025 70

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House sends GOP's 'big, beautiful bill' to Trump’s desk in major win for Republicans

The “big, beautiful bill” is heading to President Trump’s desk. House Republicans on Thursday afternoon passed the core of Trump’s domestic...

03.07.2025 2

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Jeffries stalls final vote on Trump megabill with marathon floor speech

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-Calif.) commandeered the chamber floor early Thursday morning to deliver a marathon speech hammering away at...

03.07.2025 70

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GOP holdouts stall Trump agenda into the night, with outcome uncertain

The GOP’s “big, beautiful bill” hit a wall late Wednesday night when a group of hardline conservatives and moderate Republicans combined forces...

03.07.2025 30

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Jeffries presses GOP lawmakers to find 'John McCain-level courage'

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday invoked the late-Sen. John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) dramatic and decisive vote to sink the...

02.07.2025 3

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House GOP leaders scrambling to rally holdouts behind Trump megabill

GOP leaders are scrambling to unite their conference behind the massive Senate bill that would enact President Trump's domestic agenda and get it to...

02.07.2025 10

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Democrats howling over Iran forced to defend own party's history

Democrats bashing President Trump for striking Iran without congressional consent are bumping into an inconvenient history: Democratic presidents have...

29.06.2025 40

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Questions around success of Iran strikes spark fears on Capitol Hill

Questions swirling around the success of U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear sites are raising fears on Capitol Hill that more could be coming. President...

26.06.2025 40

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Democrats bash Trump after White House postpones Iran briefings: 'Inexplicable'

Democrats on Capitol Hill are hammering the Trump administration after it postponed a pair of meetings to brief Congress on U.S. strikes against...

25.06.2025 4

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Mike Johnson says War Powers Act is unconstitutional

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Tuesday asserted that the War Powers Act is unconstitutional, pushing back forcefully against the lawmakers in both...

24.06.2025 10

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House panel recommends Garcia to lead Dems on Oversight panel

A key Democratic committee voted Monday night to recommend Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) to lead the party on the powerful House Oversight and...

24.06.2025 7

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Trump says Iran’s nuclear program is destroyed; others aren’t so sure

President Trump and top administration officials have quickly taken a victory lap in the wake of Saturday’s strikes on Iran, saying the attacks...

24.06.2025 10

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Democrat battle over Connolly’s Oversight seat comes down to wire

The high-stakes race to become the top Democrat on the powerful House Oversight Committee appears to be up for grabs. There’s no clear front-runner...

23.06.2025 10

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Israel-Iran conflict poses new dilemma for Democrats

Democrats on Capitol Hill can’t catch a break. Just as Sen. Alex Padilla’s (D-Calif.) physical clash with Trump administration security officials...

14.06.2025 10

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Jeffries all but dares Texas GOP to redraw district lines: 'Careful what you wish for'

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) sees a potential path to a Democratic majority in an unlikely place: deep-red Texas.  The White House...

12.06.2025 40

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Jeffries says Trump ‘intentionally’ inflaming unrest in Los Angeles 

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is hammering President Trump over the clashes in Los Angeles, saying the president is purposefully...

10.06.2025 10

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Democrats itching for fight over immigration

Democrats are diving forcefully into the immigration fight, dismissing concerns about political backlash to confront President Trump directly on a...

07.06.2025 3

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Jeffries jabs Ernst over Medicaid cuts

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday took a shot at Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) for dismissing constituent concerns that President...

04.06.2025 30

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Democrats outraged with DHS after Nadler staffer handcuffed

The simmering tensions between the Trump administration and House Democrats are threatening to boil over after agents of the Department of Homeland...

03.06.2025 90

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Frustrated Democrats try new response to Trump barrage: Flood the zone right back

Frustrated Democrats are fighting to counter President Trump’s flood-the-zone approach by adopting a mirror strategy with a simple goal: To flood...

01.06.2025 20

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House Republicans warn Senate GOP against watering down Trump agenda bill

House Republicans are sending a clear and early warning to their Senate allies as the bill encompassing President Trump’s domestic priorities heads...

24.05.2025 7

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GOP holdouts shift after Trump, Johnson offer assurances

The conservative hard-liners who’ve helped to hold up the Republicans’ domestic agenda appear ready to support the massive package after a furious...

22.05.2025 60

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Johnson says House on track for Trump budget vote within two days 

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Tuesday evening that GOP leaders are on track to vote on President Trump's domestic agenda before Friday. ...

21.05.2025 5

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Freedom Caucus chair predicts 'big beautiful bill' lacks support to pass this week

Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.), the chair of the House Freedom Caucus, is predicting that the legislative package at the heart of President Trump's domestic...

20.05.2025 10

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Trump agenda bill hanging by a thread after GOP hard-liners tank key vote

President Trump’s legislative agenda is hanging by a thread as House Republican leaders scramble to make last-minute changes to their “big,...

17.05.2025 40

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Johnson says Budget Committee meeting is on for Friday, but holdouts remain

The House Budget Committee is charging ahead with a key vote on the party’s package combining President Trump’s legislative priorities — even...

16.05.2025 10

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GOP leaders poised to accelerate Medicaid work requirements in Trump agenda bill

Republican leaders intend to accelerate new work requirements under Medicaid as they scramble to secure the support of GOP holdouts for President...

16.05.2025 20

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Celsius, compression socks and Cava: How lawmakers survived an all-nighter

The House Energy and Commerce Committee burned the midnight oil. The panel — which has jurisdiction over one of the largest parts of the GOP’s...

15.05.2025 4

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Dem drops effort to force impeachment vote — for now

The House will not vote this week on resolutions related to impeaching President Trump, lending a victory to Democratic leaders who have been cold to...

15.05.2025 4

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Dems press impeachment sponsor to abandon the effort — to no avail

House Democrats on Wednesday pressed hard on Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.) to abandon his effort to force a vote on impeaching President Trump. During...

14.05.2025 4

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Democratic leaders poised to oppose Trump impeachment: 'A distraction'

House Democratic leaders will oppose an effort by a fellow Democrat to impeach President Trump when the resolution hits the floor Wednesday afternoon....

14.05.2025 4

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GOP makes biggest bet yet pairing Trump tax rates with Medicaid cuts

Republicans on Capitol Hill are betting the farm on President Trump’s domestic agenda. The massive legislative package features the tax cuts,...

14.05.2025 90

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Liberals rail at establishment: 'Too many corporate, establishment politicians'

Progressive Democrats are on a tear. The party liberals — particularly younger voices, in Congress and outside of it — are increasingly...

12.05.2025 20

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