Jeffries Launches Midterm Sprint with Democratic Affordability Agenda

House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries kicked off the 100-day countdown to the midterm elections on Sunday by unveiling the party’s Fighting for an Affordable America agenda in battleground Pennsylvania, according to the Associated Press. Joined by Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro at a steelworkers’ union hall in the Lehigh Valley’s 7th District, Jeffries rallied support for … Read more

Trump Refuses to Sign Housing Bill, Allowing Automatic Enactment

President Donald Trump announced Friday that he will not sign the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, a bipartisan housing affordability bill passed by Congress last month. The president is withholding his signature in protest of the U.S. Senate’s failure to pass the SAVE America Act, a legislative measure intended to restrict non-citizen voting. Despite … Read more

New Book Reveals Trump’s Push to Expand Presidential Power

President Donald Trump’s second term is defined by a consolidation of power that differs significantly from his initial tenure, according to the book “Regime Change” by New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan. Trump reportedly believes that the 2020 election loss ultimately strengthened his current position, allowing him to bypass the institutional friction, … Read more

House Passes $70B Immigration Enforcement Bill

The U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed a $70 billion immigration enforcement bill on Tuesday, clearing the way for President Donald Trump to sign the legislation into law. The 214-212 vote, which fell largely along party lines, funds Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Border Patrol for the next three years, providing the administration … Read more

House Passes Resolution to Limit Military Action Against Iran

In a significant legislative rebuke of the administration’s foreign policy, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 215-208 on Wednesday to approve a war powers resolution aimed at halting U.S. Military action against Iran. The passage of this resolution, which saw four Republicans break ranks to join Democrats, marks the first time the House has successfully … Read more

House Republicans Delay Iran War Powers Resolution Vote

WASHINGTON — House Republican leadership declined to hold a vote on a war powers resolution this Thursday, choosing to delay the measure until June after struggling to secure the necessary support to defeat the Democratic-led initiative. The legislation, which aims to compel President Donald Trump to withdraw from the ongoing conflict with Iran, has become … Read more

Jeffries’ job grows more difficult in race for House and speaker’s gavel

The race for control of the U.S. House of Representatives and the speaker’s gavel has been dramatically reset following back-to-back court rulings that have erased Democratic gains in Virginia and created new threats to Black representation in the Deep South. House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries had previously warned Republicans they would regret the congressional redistricting … Read more