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The DOJ appeared to ignore its own rule for arresting a sitting member of Congress
New Jersey Congresswoman LaMonica McIver was released on her own recognizance after facing federal charges from an incident ...
The last 8 members of Congress to die in office have all been Democrats
Since November 2022, eight sitting members of Congress have died in office due to old age or disease. All of them were ...
Congress member charged with assault after skirmish at ICE center, prosecutor says
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver is being charged with assault after a skirmish with federal officers ...
CT congress members in Rome for Pope Leo XIV inaugural Mass
U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro and U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney are in Rome is traveling to the Vatican to attend the inaugural Mass of ...
Trump DOJ Considers Making it Easier to Indict Members of Congress
The move being considered by Attorney Gen. Pam Bondi would be another step in dismantling the Justice Department's Public ...
Medicaid cuts will simply devastate New Jersey. Call your congress member | Opinion
New Jersey residents want Congress to protect Medicaid and ensure it remains accessible. Our congressional delegation must ...
Two members of Congress call for federal investigation into Hope Florida charity money
Federal authorities should “investigate whether or not the $10 million settlement scheme violates federal law” or federal ...
Dems in Congress keep dying — and it’s helping the Republicans’ razor-thin vote margins: ‘Fundamentally broken’
It is possible to both mourn the deaths of recently passed Democratic members of Congress and acknowledge that there is a fundamentally broken incentive structure in the party when it comes ...
As House members run for Senate, their seats become prime targets
With a trio of House members running for Senate in Minnesota, New Hampshire and Kentucky, their seats have become prime ...
A self-imposed deadline on a ‘beautiful bill’ sends Congress into familiar territory: Chaos
In the hyper-ensitive see-saw that is Speaker Mike Johnson’s GOP conference, pleasing one vital faction often means ...
Federal judge blocks Trump’s firing of two Democratic members of privacy oversight board
A federal judge has blocked President Donald Trump’s firing of two Democratic members of the Privacy and Civil Liberties ...
Are more people dying in Congress? What to know after 3rd lawmaker dies this year
Virginia Rep. Gerry Connolly has died at age 75, becoming the third member of Congress to die while in office this year. Is this unusual? Connolly, a Democrat who was first elected in 2009, “passed ...