by Jim Heath | Oct 16, 2019 | Headlines, Pelosi, Trump
Democratic congressional leaders walked out of a White House meeting with Donald Trump today after they claimed he had a ‘meltdown’ and insulted Speaker Nancy Pelosi – prompting him to angrily throw the insult back in their faces. Pelosi urged...
by Jim Heath | Sep 24, 2019 | Headlines, Impeachment
The White House is preparing to release to Congress by the end of the week both the whistleblower complaint and the Inspector General report that are at the center of House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry, reversing its position after withholding the documents from...
by Jim Heath | Sep 24, 2019 | Congress, Headlines, Trump
Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced today that the House would begin a formal impeachment inquiry of President Trump, opening a fresh chapter of confrontation in response to startling allegations that the president sought to enlist a foreign power for his own political...
by Jim Heath | Jul 16, 2019 | Congress, Headlines, Trump
The House voted today to condemn as racist President Trump’s attacks against four congresswomen of color, but only after the debate over the president’s language devolved into a bitterly partisan brawl that showcased deep rifts over race, ethnicity and political...
by Jim Heath | Jul 13, 2019 | 2020, Congress, Democrats, Headlines
An all-out racially charged fight within the House Democratic Caucus escalated today when an African American freshman lawmaker said the party doesn’t need “any more black voices that don’t want to be a black voice.” Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) made those comments...