Tag: Democrats

Beltway Confidential

Why blue states are working together to raise taxes on the wealthy

Preston Brashers, Rachel Greszler · February 1, 2023 1:58 pm

Seven Democrats join Republicans in vote to lift vaccine mandate for healthcare workers

Virginia Aabram · January 31, 2023 11:40 pm

AOC clinches coveted leadership post on House Oversight Committee

Ryan King · January 31, 2023 2:56 pm

Community and Family

Minnesota governor to sign bill to codify right to abortion without restrictions

Abigail Adcox · January 31, 2023 12:01 pm

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday, April 23, 2014, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

Disgraced Andrew Cuomo denies working on memoir during peak of New York’s COVID-19 pandemic

Gabe Kaminsky · January 30, 2023 7:29 pm

Beltway Confidential

Democrats ignore their own failures to talk about Republicans and ‘systemic racism’ instead

Zachary Faria · January 30, 2023 7:08 pm

New cement and wood barricades bear the name CHOP, Tuesday, June 16, 2020, inside what has been named the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest zone in Seattle. The city put the barriers in place Tuesday in hopes of defining an area where emergency, delivery, and other vehicles can travel through the area while still preserving space for protesters, who have been there since police pulled back from near the department's East Precinct after recent clashes with people protesting the death of George Floyd.

Community and Family

Majority of Seattle’s city council quitting after outrage over liberal policies

Tori Richards · January 30, 2023 3:14 pm

In this April 13, 2018 file photo, Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., speaks at a news conference to criticize President Donald Trump for his threatened strikes in Syria on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Gallego holds first events of Arizona Senate campaign

Associated Press · January 29, 2023 6:20 pm

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) speaks during a news conference outside the US Capitol, on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. The number of asylum-seekers crossing the southern border has surged in recent months as the Biden administration committed to increase funding available to cities receiving migrants and to expand coordination.

AOC eyeing leadership position on Oversight Committee: Report

Max Thornberry · January 28, 2023 12:30 am

FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2016, file photo, a number of syringes are scattered in the remains of a tent city being cleared by city workers along Division Street in San Francisco.

San Francisco pushing opioid injection sites to monitor drug addicts

Tori Richards · January 27, 2023 11:56 pm

Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, right, testifying before the House Oversight Committee hearing on family separation and detention centers, Friday, July 12, 2019 on Capitol Hill in Washington. Also on the panel is Rep. Debbie Lesko, R-Ariz., left.

Buyer’s remorse: Freedom Caucus rep worries open amendments will backfire on GOP

Virginia Aabram · January 27, 2023 11:02 pm

Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif.

House Democrats introduce EACH Act to make reproductive health more affordable

Misty Severi · January 27, 2023 3:28 am