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Democrats hoping 16-year-old Dream Act can be model for DACA’s replacement

August 22, 2019 at 12:56 a.m.

Sixteen years ago, Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard of California helped file legislation that would have allowed people brought to the country illegally as children to stay in the United States. That...

Guest Rep. Darrell Issa, right, speaks on a panel with host Bill Maher, left, and guest Fran Lebowitz, contributing editor at Vanity Fair, during HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher" in Los Angeles.

Why Rep. Darrell Issa is breaking with his fellow Republicans on the Russian hacking probe

August 21, 2019 at 10:22 p.m.

Over the weekend, Darrell Issa did something that no other Republican congressman has done. Sitting for an interview with HBO's Bill Maher, the longtime Vista Republican said he believed that...

James Clapper, director of National Intelligence, takes part Jan. 5, 2017, in a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C.

Congress to quiz top U.S. intelligence official on Russia hacking report

August 21, 2019 at 9:39 p.m.

The nation's top intelligence official faces questioning on Capitol Hill on Tuesday about a report that fingered the Kremlin in hacking during the presidential campaign. James Clapper, the director of...

House Oversight and Government Reform ranking member Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Senate Foreign Relations ranking member Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) hold a news conference to call for an independent, bipartisan commission to investigate foreign interference in the 2016 presidential election at the U.S. Capitol January 9, 2017 in Washington, DC.

Democrats call for independent commission to investigate Russian election interference

August 21, 2019 at 9:39 p.m.

House and Senate Democrats are urging colleagues to back the creation of an independent, nonpartisan commission to study Russian attempts to influence the election. No Republicans have signed on to...

Congress knew for at least two years about Pentagon efforts to take back bonuses from veterans

August 21, 2019 at 8:39 p.m.

The California National Guard told the state's members of Congress two years ago that the Pentagon was trying to claw back reenlistment bonuses from thousands of soldiers, and even offered...

"NBC Nightly News" anchor Lester Holt in his New York office.

Presidential campaigns clash on whether debate moderator should point out when candidates lie

August 21, 2019 at 8:16 p.m.

Campaign managers for Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton disagreed Sunday on whether the moderator for Monday night's debate, NBC News anchor Lester Holt, should challenge false assertions by the candidates....

Congresswoman who had abortion to serve on Planned Parenthood committee

May 17, 2019 at 7:51 p.m.

Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.), who once spoke about her own abortion on the House floor, will serve on a newly formed House select committee investigating claims that Planned Parenthood profited...

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