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An eagle emblem sits atop a flag pole in a Dirksen Senate Office Building hallway as workers renovate a nearby room. The bald eagle has held symbolic significance for centuries.

Conservative pundit and podcaster Candace Owens has been dubbed "Antisemite of the Year" by StopAntisemitism, a group that works to combat hatred against Jews, after she "blew the competition away."

A little-noticed provision in the annual defense bill would bar the Pentagon from citing the Gaza Health Ministry as an authoritative source.The post Congress Keeps Trying to Hide the True Gaza Death Toll appeared first on The Intercept.

A member of the progressive "squad" criticized the Harris-Walz campaign for its GOP outreach that included advertising the support of Liz Cheney.

Progressive lawmakers are calling on President Biden to take additional steps on federal marijuana law before his term comes to an end in January. In a letter sent to Biden and Vice President Harris, Democratic Reps. Barbara Lee (Calif.), Earl Blumenauer (Ore.) and Ilhan Omar (Minn.) and Sens. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) and Ron Wyden (Ore.) [...]

“It’s a big middle finger to those on the so-called progressive left and others in the Biden camp, who essentially had a different theory of the case that failed in the election,” Katulis said.

Progressives in Congress are urging party leaders to use their two remaining months in power to erect barriers to Trump’s agenda.The post Squad Goals: Democrats Must Use Lame-Duck Power to Fight Trump Now appeared first on The Intercept.

It’s that of incuriosity. It’s that of believing to know better than those who know through experience.

The House members of the "Squad" and Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders are some of the prominent figures who have been re-elected to office.

Results were still coming in on Tuesday night

Dozens of House Democrats are pressing the Biden administration to get tougher on Israel when it comes to press freedoms in Gaza, warning that a lack of media access in the war-torn territory has stifled any push for accountability surrounding military operations that have killed tens of thousands of Palestinians. In a letter to President Biden [...]

Rep. Ilhan Omar calls for "radically" changing the Supreme Court. She advocates policies such as increasing the number of justices on the bench.

Democrats at the State Capitol and in Washington will continue to deliver it.

Trump’s proposal could violate federal law, the Brennan Center for Justice suggests, but courts could still let him get away with it.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is not ruling out kicking certain House Republicans off of committees if Democrats retake the House majority.Why it matters: It's something the Democratic leader hinted at after House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) appointed Reps. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) and Ronny Jackson (R-Texas) to the House Intelligence Committee."To be continued," Jeffries replied cryptically when asked during a press conference Thursday whether he would kick Perry and Jackson off the Intelligence panel and whether Democrats may exclude other Republicans from committees. Johnson's appointment of Perry and Jackson to Intel prompted bipartisan backlash due to the FBI's seizure of Perry's phone and allegations of workplace misconduct against Jackson from his time as White House physician.The intrigue: One senior House Democrat told Axios they expect Jeffries to — at a minimum — boot Jackson and Perry from the Intelligence panel.In June, Jeffries called the picks "frightening" and said, "If the American people give us the opportunity to govern with the gavels in November, we can assure you that a different decision would be made."As speaker, Jeffries would have the ability to unilaterally reject any Republican picks for the Intelligence Committee.Zoom out: Any move to kick Republicans off committees would be a continuation of a tit for tat that has roiled the last two congressional terms.The Democratic-led House voted in 2021 to strip all committee assignments from Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.).When Republicans took control in 2023, then-Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) booted Reps. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) and Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) from Intel, with the House also voting to kick Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) off the Foreign Affairs Committee.Yes, but: Some Democrats, while infuriated at the bomb throwers on their committees, would prefer to pump the breaks on the back-and-forth dynamic.House Oversight Committee Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) lamented Greene's chaotic influence on his panel in an interview with Axios, but said he is "not interested in" kicking her off."Republicans kind of set a lower precedent, lower bar this Congress," Raskin argued. "I'm hoping we can elevate the quality of our political discourse a little bit."

It can represent both tradition and change. Yet it’s always humble.

Uncommitted delegates, members of the progressive 'Squad,' hold a sit-in Wednesday night within feet of the United Center.

A biographer of Donald Trump's is seeing the ex-president start to panic after another huge night for the Democratic Party at their convention in Chicago. David Cay Johnston spotted one of Donald Trump's latest fundraising emails as a sign of anxiety. The Trump campaign's fundraising numbers have lagged despite hosting the Republican National Convention and naming his vice presidential running mate. In July, he was only able to pull in $139 million compared to Kamala Harris' nearly $500 million. Read Also: ‘A little boy’: Former GOP congressman says Trump’s worst tantrums are yet to comeThe language, he pointed out, is "red-baiting," Johnston said, "and sliming of her donors." The email flashes "EMERGENCY ALERT" at the top and another "ALERT" in a graphic at the bottom. The text is in all caps and begging for help. "She's expecting millions more dirty liberal dollars to pour in today," Trump's team wrote, revealing the Democrats' high fundraising numbers. "Today might be her best fundraising day ever!" Indeed, according to the Trump biographer, this is the "latest sign of [Trump's] panic." — (@)

U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, a longtime congressman from New Jersey and unflinching critic of former President Donald Trump, died at 87 years old on Wednesday, his family announced.Pascrell (D-N.J.), a former public school teacher, state assemblyman, and mayor of Paterson, was first elected to Congress in 1996 and served 14 terms.His death led to an outpouring of tributes from dignitaries in New Jersey and across the country. Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, called him "a constant fighter for what is right and just."Pascrell, not one to hold back for fear of impropriety, was known for memorable one-liners. After he arrived in Washington, he put a bumper sticker on his door that said "NAFTA is Shafta," expressing his opposition to free trade agreements."The joy of Bill Pascrell is you never walked away from Bill Pascrell saying he was undecided," Rep. Richard Neal (D-Mass.), his colleague on the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, said in 2020.As he advanced in age, Pascrell became something of an ally to younger colleagues, endorsing a Green New Deal, for example. In 2019, he tweeted a satirical article from The Onion titled "82-Year-Old New Jersey Congressman Bill Pascrell Quietly Asks Ilhan Omar If He Can Be Part Of The Squad.""Well. How 'bout it," he jokingly asked the the small, left-wing band of lawmakers, getting an immediate "You're in, Bill Pascrell!" in response from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.).Mostly, Pascrell was known in his later years for his no-holds-barred criticism of Trump—whose tax returns he pursued vigorously, in his role on the Ways and Means Committee—and other Republicans, and the comedy he produced at their expense.Pascrell took seeming delight in Trump's recent felony conviction in the New York hush money trial.A few days earlier, Pascrell took aim at U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, who's been mired in controversy for unreported gifts he accepted from Republican megadonors in the past. Pascrell posted an artistic rendering, based on a real scene from five years ago, of Thomas smoking a cigar while he sits beside megadonor Harlan Crow, his main benefactor, and right-wing legal influencer Leonard Leo, among others.Pascrell communicated with a directness that many Democratic officeholders are reluctant to employ, drawing praise—and smiles—from left-leaning followers of his social media account.In 2018, when Trump remarked that immigrants were coming to the U.S. from "shithole" countries, Pascrell invoked a racist character from the 1970s sitcom All in the Family.Pascrell, who was an advocate for veterans who'd suffered brain injuries in Iraq and Afghanistan, objected to Trump's disrespect for those who'd given their lives for the country.During the pandemic, Pascrell warned that Trump's approach to dealing with Covid-19 could be deadly for Americans.Trump's attorney general, William "Bill" Barr, was a frequent target of Pascrell's wrath: The congressman called him the "worst most corrupt despicable attorney general in U.S. history." So when Barr made claims about the Kenosha, Wisconsin, riots of 2020, Pascrell proved skeptical.In a 2020 debate, when Trump interrupted President Joe Biden while the then-Democratic nominee spoke about the military service of his son Beau Biden, who'd died of cancer five years earlier, Pascrell was unimpressed.Pascrell was an indefatigable critic of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, whom he said had tried to sabotage—that is, slow down—the work of the U.S. Postal Service as a way of helping Trump's elections chances in 2020. (Most mail-in votes were for Democrats.) Pascrell blamed not just DeJoy but also the service's Board of Governors who had appointed the Republican businessman as their head.Pascrell kept beating the drum against DeJoy, unsuccessfully, until he died. (DeJoy is still the postmaster general.) The congressman also regularly used social media as a platform to argue that Republicans posed a threat to democracy.Pascrell, who was the second-oldest member of the House, will likely be replaced by another Democrat, as his district leans solidly blue.

Wednesday marked 320 days since Hersh Goldberg-Polin was taken hostage by Hamas militants. For Hersh’s parents, Rachel Goldberg and Jon Polin, those days have been marked by “anguish and misery.”

That's according to the survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.

Osama Hamdan told The AP in an interview Tuesday that Hamas will only participate if the talks focus on implementing a proposal detailed by Joe Biden in May and endorsed internationally.

Republican Royce White has defeated Joe Fraser in the Minnesota primary election and will face incumbent Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar on the November ballot.

NBC News projects a victory for Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., in Minnesota’s 5th District Democratic primary. NBC News’ Vaughn Hillyard reports on the criticism against Omar and other Congressional progressives amid the war in Gaza.

White defeated establishment candidate Joe Fraser by a 9.2 percent margin after receiving many top endorsements from populist Republicans

Ilhan Omar scores a victory, Van Orden gets a Democratic opponent, and a Trump-backed candidate wins, not once, but twice on the same night.

Omar avoided the fate of two fellow Squad members, Reps. Cori Bush (Mo.) and Jamaal Bowman (N.Y.) who lost their reelection bids this summer.

What role has PAC funding played in House primary elections featuring members of the progressive group referred to as "The Squad?" NPR's Steve Inskeep asks Sarah Bryner of OpenSecrets.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz pushed a legislative package that included "alternatives to policing" in the days after the death of George Floyd in 2020.

Democratic Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin, left and Republican challenger Eric Hovde have been battling each other for months, making Tuesday’s primaries more of a formality.

The Republican running against Rep. Ilhan Omar in Minneapolis told Fox News Digital that Omar's policies are "100%" in line with those of VP candidate Tim Walz.

Vice President Kamala Harris' pick of Gov. Tim Walz as her VP was greeted with relief and delight from hardline Democrats and socialists, who saw it as a boost to their efforts.

Walz allows for Harris to “turn a corner” in her policy on the war in Gaza, said James Zogby, president of Arab American Institute.The post What Tim Walz Could Mean For Kamala Harris’s Stance on Gaza and Israel appeared first on The Intercept.

Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri lost her primary to St. Louis County prosecutor Wesley Bell, and an ad blitz funded by a pro-Israel lobbying group.

Top Democrats in congress are rallying behind Vice President Kamala Harris choosing Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her 2024 running mate.

Then-Rep. Tim Walz speaks about deportation of veterans at a news conference on Nov. 16, 2017.

The Minnesota lawmaker says brands should have to add labels acknowledging they shrunk their products without dropping the price.

High court opened doors for host of challenges.

The families of civilians killed by the U.S. in Somalia share their ideas of justice in a new report. The Pentagon has no response.The post U.S. Has Never Apologized to Somali Drone Strike Victims — Even When It Admitted to Killing Civilians appeared first on The Intercept.

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) blasted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress on Wednesday as “utterly immoral and cruel,” confirming she will not attend as many Democrats boycott the speech. The progressive has been one of the most vocally critical members of Congress against the Israeli government amidst the Israel-Hamas war. “It is utterly [...]

'Netanyahu should not be welcomed'

Who has endorsed Kamala Harris for president now that Joe Biden has dropped out? Here is a list of the current Democrats who support her, and a few notable figures who haven't yet.

A number of Democratic lawmakers, governors and past leaders were quick to rally behind Vice President Harris as she pursues the Democratic Party's presidential nomination following President Biden's withdrawal from the race. Shortly after dropping out of the presidential race, Biden endorsed Harris as his successor, stating it is "time to come together and beat" [...]

Progressive 'Squad' Democrats are coming out in favor of Vice President Kamala Harris to succeed President Biden.

Key progressive and member of "The Squad" Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar endorsed Kamala Harris for president on Sunday after President Biden announced he was dropping out of the 2024 presidential race.