Reps. Pramila Jayapal and Jonathan Jackson said after a Congressional delegation to Cuba that U.S. economic restrictions on the island represented an "illegal U.S. blockade of fuel."
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Sunday derided President Trump’s latest threats to Iran as “war crimes” if committed. “Trump is calling reporters today to tell them he is going to commit mass war crimes next week,” Murphy wrote on the social platform X. “GOP leaders need to stop him. Never mind that blowing up bridges...
Former Georgia state Rep. Stacey Abrams (D) on Saturday slammed President Trump’s executive order on mail-in voting as unconstitutional and illegal. “It is patently illegal, and it is entirely in the playbook of voter suppression that Republicans, including Donald Trump, have been using for the last decade or so,” Abrams, a former Georgia gubernatorial candidate,...
when dealing with “evil,” it is often the devil in the details that matters most — as in, what are the specific military steps one would take to “finish the job?”
A slim majority of voters in Virginia support a redistricting effort that would give Democrats an advantage in November's elections, according to a new survey. The Washington Post-Schar School poll, released earlier this week, found that 52 percent of voters in the Old Dominion State back the measure and would vote "yes" on it if...
The American economy is facing a real recession, amplified by a wealth gap, job displacement due to AI, and a fragile social fabric, leading to a permanent condition of "almost fine" for many.
President Trump on Saturday warned Iran that "time is running out" before the U.S. rains "all hell" down on the Middle East country. "Remember when I gave Iran ten days to MAKE A DEAL or OPEN UP THE HORMUZ STRAIT," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "Time is running out - 48 hours before all Hell...
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) on Friday dismissed President Trump’s executive order targeting eligibility and transfer rules in college sports as “theater." “Trump’s college sports Executive Order is theater, not a fix,” Blumenthal wrote in a post on social platform X. “Reform requires Congressional legislation — I have put commonsense bills & proposals on the table...
Sens. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) on Friday called on Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to answer questions about sanctioned Russian lawmakers who visited the U.S. Capitol Building. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) organized the delegation of Russian State Duma members last month. "The delegation came onto U.S....
Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) on Friday said Iran is "winning the war" after the Middle East nation's air defenses shot down two U.S. fighter jets. The Iranian military shot down an F-15E fighter jet over Iranian airspace and an A-10 Warthog attack plane before it reached Kuwaiti airspace. One of the service members who ejected...
Former national security adviser John Bolton on Friday said the recent attacks by Iran on two U.S. fighter jets has likely placed President Trump in "panic mode." The Iranian military downed an F-15E Strike Eagle over the Islamic Republic's airspace on Friday — marking the first known instance of Tehran shooting down a U.S. jet...
