Which Investigations Will the Dems Launch First?
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Rob DobiSometime in the mid-1990s, I was talking to a senior Clinton White House official who was in a lousy mood. After Republicans had seized control of the House of Representatives in 1994 for the first time in four decades, they had launched a blizzard…
The Mueller Investigation Grows More Ominous for Trump and His Inner Circle
Special Counsel Robert Mueller departs a closed-door meeting with US senators about Russia and the Trump campaign, June 2017J. Scott Applewhite/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. “The time that he can get away with lying to the American people all the time and evading accountability is coming to an end.”…
Rep. Raúl Grijalva Is Going to Make Ryan Zinke’s Life Hell in the Next Congress
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by High Country News and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Less than a week before the midterm elections, US House Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.), released a report detailing how the US House Committee on Natural Resources, on which…
Nancy Pelosi Just Quashed a Rebellion. But the Plotters Aren’t Done Yet.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi speaks to media on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018.Carolyn Kaster)/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. There were few surprises when House Democrats chose their next slate of leaders in a closed-door session on Wednesday afternoon. Both Steny Hoyer (Md.), who has long held the number…
House Democrats Just Snubbed the First Black Woman Who Would Have Held Key Leadership Post
Rep. Barbara Lee heads to a forum for freshmen Democrats at the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018.J. Scott Applewhite/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Congressional Progressive Caucus lobbied hard for Rep. Barbara Lee (Calif.) to serve as Democratic Caucus Chair and become the first black woman to serve…
Sure, the New Bipartisan Carbon Tax Will Go Nowhere, but Here’s Why It Matters
Rep. Ted Deutch (D-FL) unveils a bill to set a $15-per-metric-ton carbon fee.Citizens Climate Lobby Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Three Democratic and two Republican House members introduced a bipartisan carbon tax bill this week, a long-shot attempt they said would “plant a flag” for next year’s divided government to move forward on…