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Democratic lawmakers said the president has several options short of new legislation to help lower housing prices.

In an election where the future of reproductive rights is on the ballot in Maryland and elsewhere across the country, the state’s all-male congressional delegation stands to gain an influx of women

Reps. Jamie Raskin and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez want Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts to answer some questions. On Friday, the top two ranking Democrats on the House Oversight Committee sent a letter to Roberts over “renewed concern about Justice Samuel Alito’s apparent refusal to abide by the Supreme Court’s Code of Conduct or constitutional and statutory guarantees that cases be heard by impartial judges.”

Senate Judiciary ranking member Lindsey Graham and Chair Richard J. Durbin will have a lot to consider in the lame-duck session. A press shield proposal may not make the list.

'Trump's going to win the state by 20 points'

Rep. Jamie Raskin rolled out an effort to counter the Supreme Court's recent decision on presidential immunity.

The symbolic pledge is a rebuke of the former president’s authoritarian tendencies and the Supreme Court’s recent presidential immunity decision.

A Heritage Foundation fellow said Project 2025 leaders’ personnel recommendations “are likely to carry influence” with a future Trump administration.

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."

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), Democrats' top investigator in the House, already has a pretty clear idea of what probes his committee will pursue if his party retakes the House majority, Axios has learned.Why it matters: Committee leaders such as Raskin are likely to have significant power to pursue their agendas if House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-Md.) becomes speaker, senior Democratic sources tell Axios.Raskin is particularly well positioned as his panel, the House Oversight Committee, has gradually become the House's go-to investigative body.Driving the news: Raskin told Axios in an interview that Democrats would "probably have a pretty good start based on everything we've been asking the Republicans to look into, that they refuse to do."That includes hearings on longstanding policy issues such as gun control, climate change and Supreme Court ethics, with the goal of persuading the public of the merits of policy action, he said.Raskin said he also would likely pursue Trump-focused investigations, including the business dealings of former President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and Trump's own business operations when he was president, to help craft anti-corruption legislation.Zoom out: Jeffries is known as a delegator who gives broad leeway to his leadership team, putting Raskin in position to have considerable authority.One House Democrat familiar with Jeffries' leadership style predicted the Democratic leader would be "engaged" with his committee leads, but "not like a top-down, 'Here's what you could do'" way."He would strategize with them. I don't get the sense that he would dictate, but he would also help them along," the lawmaker said.Sources stressed, however, that Jeffries has not been closely engaged with planning for a potential Democratic majority and is instead squarely focused on winning back the House in November.Zoom in: A former member of the Jan. 6 select committee, Raskin said he wants to use that probe as a "role model" and get his panel out of the business of chaotic hearings and aimless, scattershot investigations."One of the things I loved about my experience on the Jan. 6 committee was that we elevated the mission generally above just the little soap boxes that each member gets," he said.Raskin contrasted that with the "food fights segmented into five-minute blocs" that have plagued hearings by the GOP-led House Oversight panel during this Congress.Other cues Raskin said he wants to take from the Jan. 6 panel is delegating to rank-and-file Democrats to lead certain hearings and incorporating video and expert testimony to "educate the public in a deeper way about a social problem."Reality check: Many of these plans of this will depend on whether Trump or Vice President Harris wins the White House in November. If Harris wins, Raskin will have plenty of time to pursue his goals.But "if Donald Trump were somehow to find his way back into the White House" while Democrats win control of the House, "then ... we would obviously be forced to spend a lot of our time just trying to defend the rule of law," Raskin said.Raskin also cautioned that he is not "counting any chickens before they hatch" when it comes to Democrats winning the House majority.

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) faced bipartisan congressional scrutiny Tuesday as he testified before the House on his early handling of the pandemic, with particular attention paid to how his office managed nursing homes. Cuomo’s presence at the hearing was preceded by a subpoena issued by subcommittee Chair Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio), a damaging [...]

Meanwhile, members of Congress are asking for details about the incident, which was first reported by NPR.

Kristen Welker anchors Meet the Press NOW live from the final night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) discusses the historic nature of Vice President Kamala Harris' candidacy. NBC News Senior Political Reporter Alex Seitz-Wald reports on how pro-Palestine protesters are responding to being being denied a speaking slot at the DNC. Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) responds to former President Donald Trump's comments that his strategy is not geared toward

The DNC presents Fox News Channel with a delicate challenge — how to cover a party suddenly enthused about its election chances when much of its audience has a different political view.

Arab Americans and other critics of Biden's near-total support for the Israeli offensive in the Palestinian region had sought to address convention delegates.

Tim Graham, director of media analysis for the conservative Media Research Center, said Fox programs to its audience in much the same way that Nicolle Wallace and Rachel Maddow say they won't show Trump because of concerns that he'll lie, "but it's because they don't want to watch it."

Gov. Pritzker framed the presidential election as a choice "between the man who left our country a total mess and the woman who has spent four years cleaning it up."

WASHINGTON — Mass shootings often bring calls to tighten America’s gun laws. That hasn’t happened in response to the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.

I have no doubt that Ryan Busse will try to impose on Montana the same disastrous policies we see coming out of Washington under Jon Tester and Kamala Harris.

In the days following the shooting, Trump doubled down on his opposition to gun regulations, touting his endorsement by the National Rifle Association, the powerful gun rights lobby.

After a historic antitrust ruling against Google, the president has an opportunity to break up the biggest monopoly

At the conclusion of a press conference detailing the swap with Russia to return American prisoners to the U.S., including Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and ex-U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, President Joe Biden nailed Donald Trump for leaving one of them in jail when he was in office.With Whelan finally returning home after being arrested in 2018 — midway during the Trump presidency — Biden was asked on the way out what he had to say to the former president who has been promising to get the hostages released if he is re-elected again."'The president [Trump] said repeatedly that he could have gotten the hostages out without giving anything," Biden was pressed. "What do you say to that? What do you say to President Trump — now former president?"RELATED: 'This is a big deal': Biden 'will leave office with a big win' after Russia prisoner swap"Why didn't he do it when he was president?' Biden shot back with a smile as one reporter could be heard laughing.Returning to the CNN studio, host Dana Bash added, "I think that was what they call a mic drop moment at the end there."You can watch below or at this link:CNN 08 01 2024 12 24 54youtu.be

Democratic lawmakers are mounting a new attempt to ensure that federal officials, including thousands of law enforcement officers, can be individually sued for constitutional violations such as the use of excessive force.

The House on Wednesday formally authorized a task force to investigate the assassination attempt against former President Trump, centralizing the chamber's probes into the attack. In a display of bipartisanship on Wednesday night, House lawmakers voted unanimously to approve a resolution to create the task force. The panel is set to have 13 members, with 7 [...]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged in a scathing speech to Congress to achieve “total victory” against Hamas and criticized American opponents of the war in Gaza as “idiots.” His combative stance comes in a visit the Biden administration hopes...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed “total victory” against Hamas and condemned American opponents of the war in Gaza on Wednesday in a scathing speech to Congress.

Roughly half of House and Senate Democrats skipped Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday, according to an Axios headcount.Why it matters: Many lawmakers, particularly progressive Israel critics, made clear they were explicitly boycotting the event in protest of Netanyahu's prosecution of the war in Gaza.Among the boycotters are former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), former House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.).Isolationist Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) made clear he was explicitly boycotting the speech as well, saying he didn't want to be a "prop" for Netanyahu.By the numbers: Roughly 100 House Democrats and 28 Senate Democrats were present in the chamber for the Israeli prime minister's speech, meaning around half of both caucuses were absent.Most of the lawmakers who did attend the speech are on the more moderate, pro-Israel side of the party, including many swing-district lawmakers.By the numbers: Wednesday's boycott was significantly larger than the 58 Democrats who skipped Netanyahu's 2015 speech to Congress. That speech was controversial because it was seen as a snub of then-President Obama and gave Netanyahu a platform to castigate him over the Iran nuclear deal.But relations between Netanyahu and Democrats have became even more strained during the Israel-Hamas war, with many pro-Israel Democrats growing increasingly critical of the humanitarian cost of the conflict. The intrigue: A handful of Netanyahu critics did show up, including progressive Jewish Reps. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) and Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.), who was holding, and at times reading, a book titled "The Netanyahu Years."Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), the only Palestinian-American in Congress and a strident critic of both Netanyahu and Israel, attended wearing a keffiyeh — a symbol of Palestinian nationalism.Further into the speech, Tlaib began holding up a sign that said "guilty of genocide" on one side and "war criminal" on the other.Go deeper: Trump to meet Netanyahu Friday at Mar-a-LagoEditor's note: This story has been updated with additional reporting.

Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle, after refusing to answer a majority Monday in the first congressional hearing on the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, is facing overwhelming bipartisan calls for her resignation.

Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle faced growing, bipartisan calls for her resignation during a brutal hearing Monday on the attempted assassination of former President Trump. Lawmakers from both parties on the House Oversight Committee — which is known for its fiery hearings and partisan rhetoric — expressed exasperation, frustration and at times disbelief at Cheatle’s [...]

Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle faced a barrage of questions Monday about the assassination attempt of former President Trump but offered few answers, infuriating lawmakers who increased their calls for her resignation. Cheatle took fire from all sides, with Democrats joining the GOP in both their frustration with the director and disbelief over her inability [...]

Kimberly Cheatle said her agency failed in its mission to protect former President Donald Trump, as lawmakers of both major political parties demanded that she resign.

A total of 36 Democrats in Congress have called on Biden to drop out following a rocky debate performance and two gaffe-filled public appearances.

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A total of 34 Democrats in Congress have called on Biden to drop out following a rocky debate performance and two gaffe-filled public appearances.

In a statement, the president said he looks forward to getting back on the campaign trail, an unwelcome prospect for a growing number in his party.

A total of 28 Democrats in Congress have called on Biden to drop out following a rocky debate performance and two gaffe-filled public appearances.

The House Oversight Committee refused to push back the date of U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle's testimony.

Although Biden has made it clear he's staying in the presidential race despite his shaky performance at last month's presidential debate, several Democrats on Capitol Hill have publicly called on him to step aside.

Even as the Biden campaign insists he's "absolutely" in the race, privately some on his staff admit it's over

House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) and fanking member Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) issued a rare joint statement on Friday urging Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle to appear “without delay” for a hearing on Monday to discuss the apparent assassination attempt on former President Trump. The statement from the top Republican and Democrat on the [...]