McConnell: Trump could 'win' on national emergency fight
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said on Tuesday that President Trump could "prevail" in the fight with Congress over an emergency declaration to build the U.S.-Mexico border wall by...
View ArticleElizabeth Warren apologizes for identifying as Native American
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Tuesday apologized for previously identifying as Native American.Warren, who apologized recently to the Cherokee Nation for taking a DNA test to show that she had...
View ArticleKamala Harris jabs Trump in remarks before State of the Union
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), who’s running for president in 2020, made sweeping calls for unity and better opportunities for middle- and working-class Americans, while indirectly taking swipes at...
View ArticleDems groan as Trump mentions migrant caravans in State of the Union
Congressional Democrats audibly groaned as President Trump pivoted during his State of the Union speech to talk about migrant caravans heading toward the United States. Trump urged Congress to end...
View ArticleGillibrand fundraises off video showing her reaction at State of the Union
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday sought to fundraise off a video of her reaction to a portion of President Trump's State of the Union address.The clip shows Gillibrand, who last month formed...
View ArticleKlobuchar to announce 2020 decision on Sunday
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) said she’ll announce her decision about running for the Democratic presidential nomination on Sunday in Minneapolis.“Sunday, come to Boom Island in Minneapolis,” Klobuchar...
View ArticleAbrams offers progressive counterpoint to Trump in Dem response
Former Georgia House Minority Leader Stacey Abrams (D) on Tuesday offered a sharply progressive counterpoint to President Trump's State of the Union address, excoriating him for leading a country that...
View ArticleGOP negotiator: Trump didn’t move the needle on border wall
Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) on Tuesday said President Trump’s State of the Union address did little to alter the dynamics of negotiations over his proposed border...
View ArticleLawmakers say Trump’s infrastructure vision lacks political momentum
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle said Tuesday that there is little political momentum in Congress for the significant infrastructure investment President Trump called for in his State of the Union...
View ArticleSchumer knocks Trump speech: ‘It’s sort of like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) early Wednesday ripped President Trump’s State of the Union address, suggesting his calls for bipartisanship paled in comparison to his more hard-line...
View ArticleGillibrand jabs Trump: 'Female jobs he created were Democratic women in...
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) jabbed at President Trump late Tuesday, saying he "seems not to understand" that the jobs his administration has created for women were for women in Congress....
View ArticleSanders praises Stacey Abrams: ‘Very, very effective’
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) praised former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams (D) for her televised rebuttal to President Trump’s State of the Union, saying it was "very, very...
View ArticleMcCaskill: Lindsey Graham 'has lost his mind'
Former Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) remarked Wednesday that Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is no longer "the man I served shoulder to shoulder with" in the upper chamber."Lindsey Graham has lost his...
View ArticleTim Scott: Incidents like Trayvon Martin killing convinced me to speak out on...
Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), the only black Republican in the Senate, said in a new interview that incidents like the Trayvon Martin shooting caused him to become more outspoken on race in America. “I’ve...
View ArticleAdministration reiterates $5.7 billion wall demand in closed-door briefing
Democrats say administration officials reiterated President Trump's demand for $5.7 billion for a border wall during a closed-door briefing on Wednesday.Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said "they're sticking...
View ArticleCoalition urges Congress to pass bipartisan infrastructure bill
A coalition of groups is urging House and Senate leadership to pass bipartisan legislation to improve the nation’s infrastructure systems. “The time is now to pass a bipartisan, comprehensive package...
View ArticleSenate GOP set to advance rules change for Trump nominees next week
Senate Republicans are poised to advance a resolution next week to drastically reduce the amount of time it takes to confirm hundreds of President Trump's nominees as Republicans mull going "nuclear"...
View ArticleTrump suggests Heller lost reelection bid because he was 'hostile'...
President Trump jabbed at former Nevada senator Dean Heller (R) on Wednesday, suggesting that Heller lost his reelection bid last November because of his hesitance to embrace Trump during the 2016...
View ArticleNegotiators running out of time to get deal to prevent shutdown
It’s crunch time for lawmakers seeking to reach a deal on securing the border that would prevent the second partial government shutdown of 2019.Lawmakers warn they have just a matter of days to reach a...
View ArticleManchin puts high school students on surprise call from Trump
President Trump on Wednesday spoke with a group of West Virginia high schoolers after he called Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) during a Skype session with the students.Manchin tweeted that he was on a...
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