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Watch: House Democrats speak out against Trump agenda, mass layoffs
House Democratic leaders gave remarks Tuesday morning in opposition to President Trump's moves to overhaul the federal government. Democrats have taken to holding town halls in GOP districts and ...The Hill - 2d -
House Democrats press Bessent on IRS layoffs
House Democrats led by Rep. Brad Schneider (Ill.) pressed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on mass layoffs at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in a Wednesday letter requesting the Trump ...The Hill - 16h -
House Intel Democrats call for damage assessment on Signal chat
Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee on Monday requested an independent assessment into Trump administration officials' use of Signal to discuss an airstrike, asking that Director of ...The Hill - 3d -
Education secretary hijacks House Democrats' presser after closed-door meeting
Education Secretary Linda McMahon interrupted a press conference by House Democrats to give an impromptu statement after they met in a closed-door meeting.ABC News - 18h -
McMahon meeting with House Democrats over Education Department layoffs
Education Secretary Linda McMahon is having a meeting with House Democrats Wednesday over their concerns surrounding the layoffs at the Department of Education, which she and President Trump have ...The Hill - 2d -
Abbott Delays Calling a Special House Election. Democrats Cry Foul.
The House minority leader accused Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas of holding up a special election to keep the Republicans’ slim majority steady.The New York Times - 3d -
Republicans and Democrats team up to defy House leadership on voting for new parents
The House voted to reject a rule that would have blocked Rep. Anna Paulina Luna's bipartisan discharge petition to allow proxy voting for new lawmaker parents.ABC News - 2d -
Georgia House Democrat steps down as state party chair
Rep. Nikema Williams (D-Ga.), the chair of the state Democratic Party in Georgia, announced to state committee members Monday she would step down from her role following a party rules change to ...The Hill - 3d -
House Democrat: Trump not 'imagining a democratic election for his third term'
Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) compared President Trump's suggestion he could run for a third term to Russian President Vladimir Putin, currently in his fifth term, saying Trump is not "imagining a ...The Hill - 3d -
Democrats investigating RFK Jr. bird flu response
Several House Democrats are investigating Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over his bird flu response, which they called "dangerous and reckless." In a Tuesday letter ...The Hill - 1d -
Democrats have a new boogeyman in Elon Musk: Takeaways from Tuesday's elections
Republicans also got key reinforcements for their slim House majority at an important moment. And Democrats made gains compared to 2024 in each key race.NBC News - 2d -
House effort to allow remote votes for new parents survives in a blow to Johnson
House Speaker Mike Johnson called the outcome "disappointing," adding that a "handful of Republicans joined with all the Democrats to take down a rule — that's rarely done."CBS News - 2d -
Senate Democrats call for special counsel to investigate Signal leak
More than 30 Senate Democrats have called on Attorney General Pam Bondi to appoint a special counsel to investigate the Houthi Signal chat scandal, as the White House insists the case is closed on ...The Hill - 2d -
Democrats bash GOP over gambit to sink proxy voting: ‘Outrageous’
House Democrats are going after Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) over the Republican leadership effort to sink legislation allowing proxy voting for lawmakers on parental leave, even after the bill won ...The Hill - 2d -
Democrats decry 'sloppy and rushed' release of JFK files during task force hearing
House Democrats on Tuesday decried the Trump administration’s rollout of records related to the 1963 assassination of former President Kennedy, raising concerns about the release of personal ...The Hill - 2d -
HHS staff to brief House committee following massive agency layoffs
House Democrats on the Energy and Commerce committee are demanding a hearing with Health and Human Services Secretary (HHS) Robert F Kennedy Jr. about the massive layoffs happening at his agency. ...The Hill - 17h -
Watch live: White House holds press briefing one day before tariffs deadline
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will speak to reporters Tuesday afternoon, a day before President Trump's tariffs on Canada, Mexico, China and certain product imports are set to take ...The Hill - 2d -
House Dems look to expand access to gender-affirming care amid Trump crackdown
More than two dozen House Democrats are looking to protect and expand availability to gender-affirming care for transgender youths and adults as the Trump administration takes steps to sharply curb ...The Hill - 3d -
Watch live: Senate Dems speak out against Trump's 'senseless' tariff agenda
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) is leading the charge against looming "Liberation Day" tariffs set to be announced by President Trump on Wednesday. During an event in the Senate ...The Hill - 1d -
Watch live: Jeffries speaks as GOP seeks to force Trump legislative agenda forward
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) will hold his weekly press conference Wednesday morning as his GOP colleagues in the Senate seek to advance President Trump's legislative agenda. ...The Hill - 1d -
Rep. Pettersen says it was 'difficult' decision to bring infant son to House floor
Democratic Rep. Brittany Pettersen said the decision to bring her 9-week-old was "difficult" but illustrated the need to pass the petition.ABC News - 1d -
House Democrat: Trump team has 'done nothing' to assure Signal leak won't be repeated
Rep. Seth Moulton has criticized the Trump administration for its response to the use of Signal by high-level officials to discuss military plans, saying they have done nothing to prevent a repeat ...The Hill - 2d -
House comes to a halt after GOP lawmakers join Democrats in a bitter fight on remote voting
WASHINGTON — A band of Republican lawmakers sank an effort Tuesday by Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., to kill a plan to allow remote voting for lawmakers who become new parents, a bitter dispute that ...NBC News - 2d -
Booker breaks Senate record with marathon 24-hour speech protesting Trump and Musk
New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker broke a record Tuesday evening, speaking for more than 24 hours in a marathon speech.ABC News - 2d -
Musk-backed candidate loses Wisconsin race as liberals surge
Republicans retain US House seats in special elections in Florida but Democratic vote risesFinancial Times - 2d -
Florida stays Republican as US House seats go to Randy Fine and Jimmy Patronis – live
Democrats had hoped to flip seats vacated by Mike Waltz, now US national security adviser, and Matt Gaetz. US voters are headed to the polls on Tuesday in Wisconsin and Florida in elections that ...The Guardian - 2d -
Trump White House brushes off Wisconsin loss amid warning signs around Elon Musk's role
As Democrats celebrate a battleground-state win in the most expensive judicial campaign in U.S. history, President Donald Trump and the GOP are confronting a worrying early sign about what the ...NBC News - 2d -
Wisconsin judicial race provides a critical test for Democrats’ anti-Elon Musk playbook
Billionaire White House adviser Elon Musk has played a major role in the uptick in spending in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race. NBC News’ Shaquille Brewster explains how the judicial race is ...NBC News - 3d -
Democratic base's anger puts some party leaders on shaky ground
The Democratic base is angryABC News - 4d -
Booker breaks record with marathon 25-hour speech on Senate floor
Democratic Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey began speaking around 7 p.m. on Monday to protest Trump policies and didn't stop till after 8 p.m. on Tuesday.CBS News - 2d -
Face the Nation: Himes, Gottlieb, MacFarlane, Montoya-Galvez
Missed the second half of the show? The latest on...Rep. Jim Himes, the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, tells "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that National Security ...CBS News - 3d -
Amber Ruffin on being dropped from Correspondents' dinner: 'When people take away your rights ... you're supposed to call it out'
Amber Ruffin is speaking out publicly for the first time since being dropped as this year's White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) dinner's entertainer, mocking the media and saying she ...The Hill - 3d -
3/24: Face The Nation
This week on "Face the Nation," Margaret Brennan speaks to House Foreign Affairs Committee chair Rep. Michael McCaul and former counterintelligence official Sam Vinograd as Russia grapples with an ...CBS News - 3d -
A.O.C. Wants the Democrats to Think Anew
The New York progressive believes economic populism is the path forward for Democrats. Can she unite her party around that?The New York Times - 4d -
Spanberger confirmed as Democratic nominee for Virginia governor's race
Former Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) was confirmed Thursday as the presumptive Democratic nominee in the 2025 gubernatorial race in Virginia. She is the lone Democrat running to be governor, ...The Hill - 10h -
A Special Election That Was Supposed to Be a Snoozer Is Suddenly Buzzing
A House race in a deep-red Florida district is seeing millions of dollars in spending ahead of Tuesday’s election. Even in a loss, Democrats hope it will signal much-needed momentum.The New York Times - 3d -
How Biden's frailties hampered Harris
Democratic Party officials and White House staffers were well aware of former President Biden’s frailties ahead of his choice to end his ill-fated reelection bid last summer, according to exclusive ...The Hill - 3d