Democrats
The Trump Impeachment Inquiry: Coming Soon To A Television Near You
“Let the public see, because ultimately the public has a right to make a determination as to what they what they think happened."
Addy Baird
The Group That Helped Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Will Endorse A New Slate Of Progressives Running For Congress
“We need more folks who haven’t been cultivated and placed by the traditional party system,” Brand New Congress said.
Kadia Goba
Impeachment Could Mean Most Presidential Candidates Can’t Leave Washington, Or Talk. Sorry, Those Are (Really) The Rules.
“It would be disruptive, that’s all I can tell you,” said former presidential candidate and current senator Mitt Romney, laughing.
Paul McLeod
Two Men Who Worked With Rudy Giuliani To Dig Up Dirt On Biden Have Been Arrested
Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman are in custody, a spokesperson for the US attorney's office in Manhattan has confirmed.
Zoe Tillman
The Trump Administration Says It Won't Comply With Any Requests From Democrats In The Impeachment Inquiry
After preventing the US ambassador to the European Union from testifying Tuesday, the White House sent a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi saying it wouldn't participate in any other interviews or requests.
Sarah Mimms
Republicans Say The Real Problem Is That Trump’s Conversation With The Ukrainian President Leaked
“I don’t know how the hell he can be president under these conditions, it’s just incredible,” Sen. Lindsey Graham said.
Paul McLeod
Democrats Want To Impeach Trump Over A Number Of Scandals, But Say They’ll Focus Solely On Ukraine
Mueller who?
Addy Baird
The Former Special Envoy To Ukraine Told Congress That Trump’s Biden Conspiracy “Has No Credibility To Me"
Kurt Volker, the former special envoy to Ukraine, also told Congress "at no time" did he take part in an effort to investigate Joe Biden, according to remarks obtained by BuzzFeed News.
Christopher Miller
One Of The Last Anti-Impeachment Democrats Now Says He Supports The Inquiry
New York Rep. Max Rose wrote an op-ed just last month warning that impeaching President Trump could tear the country apart.
Kadia Goba
Some Democrats Are Skipping Their Two-Week Vacation To Keep Working On Impeachment
The chairs of three House committees have already subpoenaed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for documents and have begun scheduling depositions.
Addy Baird
Democrats Say Trump’s Ukraine Call Was “Far More Damning” Than They Expected
Trump’s explicit request that the Ukrainian president help dig up dirt on Joe Biden is “exactly the crime that we were concerned about,” one House Democratic leader said.
Addy Baird
5 Moments In Donald Trump’s Phone Call To Ukraine That Could Fuel The Impeachment Investigation
“There’s a lot of talk about Biden’s son ... so whatever you can do with the Attorney General would be great.”
Zoe Tillman
The Ukraine Story Is A Much Easier Sell Than The Mueller Report Ever Was, Pro-Impeachment Democrats Say
“He's just coming out and saying, ‘Yeah, I did it, and yeah, my office held up the money.’"
Addy Baird
Nancy Pelosi Announced A Formal Impeachment Investigation Into President Donald Trump
The House speaker’s announcement comes amid reports that Trump withheld aid money from Ukraine while pushing the country for dirt on Joe Biden.
Addy Baird
Nancy Pelosi’s Impeachment Dam Is Breaking
As the story of President Trump’s interactions with Ukraine continues to unravel, moderate Democrats and impeachment holdouts are changing their tune.
Addy Baird
The House Held A Historic Hearing On Making Washington, DC, The 51st State
The DC statehood bill has unprecedented support in the House, but not a single Republican supports the plan.
Kadia Goba
Trump Is Suing, Yet Again, To Keep His Tax Returns Secret
Trump filed a lawsuit on Thursday to block subpoenas issued by New York District Attorney Cyrus Vance for the president's tax returns.
Zoe Tillman
Democrats In Congress Are Throwing Cold Water On Calls To Impeach Brett Kavanaugh
Congressional Democrats are planning to grill the FBI over its investigation into the sexual misconduct allegations against the Supreme Court justice, but are not moving toward impeachment.
Paul McLeod
Republicans Have Been Winning On Judges For Decades. Democrats Have Barely Talked About It.
Trump made the courts a major voting issue for Republicans in 2016. Liberal legal advocacy groups and court watchdogs are divided on how to make that happen for Democrats in 2020.
Zoe Tillman
Opinion: Here Are The 2020 Democrats, Ranked By What They're Doing For The Rest Of The Party
We desperately need our national leaders to elevate local candidates and races. Here's who is doing it the best so far.
Sean McElwee
A Top House Democrat Said The House Isn’t In An Impeachment Investigation, Even As The Investigation’s Head Says It Is
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer later cleared up his remarks, but the confusion highlights Democrats’ mixed messaging on impeachment.
Kadia Goba
House Democrats Push Major Gun Control Bills Forward Following The Mass Shootings In El Paso And Dayton
The House Judiciary Committee passed bills Tuesday night to expand background checks for gun sales and prevent those who are a danger to themselves and others from buying guns.
Kadia Goba
A Major Progressive Group That Backed Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Is Endorsing Another Young Woman Trying To Take Down A Top Democrat
Brand New Congress is endorsing Mckayla Wilkes, the 29-year-old progressive challenging House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer in 2020.
Addy Baird
Democratic Presidential Candidates Are Embracing Bigger Ideas To Tackle The Climate Crisis Than Ever Before
Vowing to keep the US in the Paris agreement is “the cost of entry” into the Democratic presidential race.
Zahra Hirji
This Major Immigrant Youth Advocacy Group Is Endorsing "The Squad" And Other Progressives For 2020
“This is the election of our lives.”
Nidhi Prakash
“The Squad” Condemns Trump’s Racist Tweets: “This Is The Agenda Of White Nationalist[s]”
Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ayanna Pressley, Ilhan Omar, and Rashida Tlaib responded to the president, saying only “weak minds and leaders” challenge country loyalty over ideas.
Addy Baird
Before They Failed “The Squad,” Democrats Failed Other Women Of Color
Ilhan Omar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and other first-term members of Congress are calling attention to a toxic legacy of racism within the Democratic Party.
Pier Dominguez
Congress Has Tried To Pass Gun Control Laws After Major Mass Shootings. Here’s How They’ve Failed.
Even modest measures to expand background checks after deadly shootings have failed to win enough Republican support to make it through Congress.
Paul McLeod
Mitch McConnell’s Democratic Challenger Says He “Ripped Up The Constitution, Essentially” In Killing Merrick Garland’s Nomination
Amy McGrath, a Marine veteran, is running for McConnell’s Senate seat after losing a close House race in Kentucky last year.
Emily Ashcraft
A Majority Of House Democrats Support An Impeachment Inquiry Into Donald Trump
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has said that the House needs to keep investigating before considering impeachment.
Emily Ashcraft
