Tag: Democrats

Vice President Joe Biden, left, listens as President Barack Obama announces that Biden will lead an administration-wide effort to curb gun violence in response to the Connecticut school shooting, during a news conference in the briefing room of the White House on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012 in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Beltway Confidential

Supreme Court decision highlights absurdity of ‘no fly, no buy’ gun control proposals

Zachary Faria · December 11, 2020 10:16 pm

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy and his top energy and climate lieutenants convinced conservatives to support a pending messaging and legislative package to address climate change.

House Democrat says 126 Republicans backing Texas election challenge shouldn’t be seated

Nicholas Rowan · December 11, 2020 9:31 pm

California Democrats pressure Biden and Congress to abolish ICE

Anna Giaritelli · December 11, 2020 11:30 am

Biden rebukes ‘progressive friends’ in leaked audio and says executive authority suggestions are ‘way beyond the bounds’

Haley Victory Smith · December 10, 2020 11:47 pm

Obama blames Fox News and Rush Limbaugh for severing his ‘connection’ with conservatives by abandoning ‘journalistic norms’

Andrew Mark Miller · December 10, 2020 3:06 pm

President Donald Trump speaks before awarding the Medal of Honor to Army Staff Sgt. Travis Atkins in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday March 27, 2019, in Washington.

Chinese Embassy claims hacker responsible for retweeting Trump tweet

Haley Victory Smith · December 9, 2020 7:34 pm

"Joker" actor Joaquin Phoenix wins leading actor at BAFTA Award Sunday night.

Michigan Democrat threatens Trump supporters on Facebook Live and calls on ‘soldiers’ to make them ‘pay’

Andrew Mark Miller · December 9, 2020 7:07 pm

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif.

GOP House leader takes jab at Democratic colleagues with picture of ‘House Republicans who lost races’

Michael Lee · December 9, 2020 3:58 pm

House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md., holds a news conference to introduce the "Secure America from Russian Interference Act."

Steny Hoyer warns Biden administration against plucking Democrats from the narrowed House majority

Susan Ferrechio · December 9, 2020 1:28 pm

In this Sept. 16, 2015, photo, U.S. Central Command Commander Gen. Lloyd Austin III, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

National Security

Biden confirms Lloyd Austin as defense pick, but Democrats signal opposition

Abraham Mahshie · December 8, 2020 9:52 pm

GOP lawmakers block inauguration committee from recognizing Biden as president-elect

Mica Soellner · December 8, 2020 9:32 pm

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, left, flanked by Attorney General Xavier Becerra, right, answers a question concerning a lawsuit the state will likely file against President Donald Trump over his emergency declaration to fund a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border Friday, Feb. 15, 2019, in Sacramento, Calif.

Beltway Confidential

Gavin Newsom shouldn’t be surprised at Californians defying his hypocritical and unscientific lockdowns

Zachary Faria · December 8, 2020 8:56 pm