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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., flanked by Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Mass., left, the House minority whip, and Rep. Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., chair of the House Democratic Caucus, talks to reporters about the decision by Speaker Mike Johnson to leave Washington early as Republicans clash over the Jeffrey Epstein files, at the Capitol, Wednesday, July 23, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House subcommittee votes to subpoena Justice Department for Epstein files

July 23, 2025 at 4:54 p.m.

A House subcommittee on Wednesday voted to subpoena the Department of Justice for files in the sex trafficking investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., arrives for an early morning strategy session with the Republican Conference, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, July 22, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House ending session early as Republicans clash over Jeffrey Epstein vote

July 22, 2025 at 3:39 p.m.

House Speaker Mike Johnson is rebuffing pressure to act on the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, instead sending members home early for a month-long break from Washington after the week’s legislative...

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., departs a news conference at the Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington, Tuesday, July 15, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Under pressure, House Republicans consider vote on Epstein file

July 18, 2025 at 12:06 p.m.

House Republicans were grasping late Thursday to formulate a response to the Trump administration's handling of records in the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case, ultimately putting forward a resolution that carries no...

Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen speaks to the press in La Libertad, El Salvador, where he arrived regarding Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran citizen who was living in Maryland and deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration, Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)

The Abrego Garcia case pulls Democrats into the immigration debate Trump wants to have

April 18, 2025 at 6:03 p.m.

This is playing out as Democrats double down on their defense of Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran who was living in Maryland and was mistakenly deported and imprisoned without communication.

Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., left, talks with U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer ahead of a hearing at the Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Senate Republicans express relief after Trump pauses tariff plans

April 9, 2025 at 4:00 p.m.

Manufacturers struggling to make long-term plans. Farmers facing retaliation from Chinese buyers. U.S. households burdened with higher prices.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., center, is joined from left by Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt., and Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, D-Md., as they speak to reporters about President Donald Trump’s tariffs on foreign countries, at the Capitol, in Washington, Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate rebukes Trump’s tariffs as some Republicans vote to halt taxes on Canadian imports

April 2, 2025 at 6:50 p.m.

The Senate passed a resolution Wednesday night that would thwart President Donald Trump’s ability to impose tariffs on Canada, delivering him a rare rebuke just hours after the president unveiled...

In this image provided by Senate Television, Sen, Cory Booker, D-N.J. speaks on the Senate floor, Tuesday morning, April 1, 2025. (Senate Television via AP)

Cory Booker sets a record with marathon Senate speech

April 1, 2025 at 7:15 p.m.

In a feat of determination, New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker held the Senate floor with a marathon speech that lasted all night and into Tuesday evening, setting a historic mark to...

FILE – Sunlight shines through the flags of Canada and the United States, held together by a protester outside on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Feb. 1, 2025.(Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

A Senate vote to reverse President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canada is testing Republican support

April 1, 2025 at 3:11 p.m.

With President Donald Trump’s so-called “Liberation Day” of tariff implementation fast approaching, Senate Democrats are putting Republican support for some of those plans to the test by forcing a vote...

FILE – An image of the Signal app is shown on a mobile phone in San Francisco, March 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, file)

Was classified information shared? Senators overseeing military request probe into Signal leak

March 27, 2025 at 1:19 p.m.

The top Republican and Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee requested an investigation Thursday into how Trump national security officials used the Signal app to discuss military strikes, ensuring...

FILE – Rep. Chuck Edwards talks during a town hall in Asheville, N.C., March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Makiya Seminera, File)

Military veterans are becoming the face of President Donald Trump’s government cuts and Democrats’ resistance

March 24, 2025 at 8:39 a.m.

As congressional lawmakers scramble to respond to President Donald Trump’s slashing of the federal government, one group is already taking a front and center role: military veterans.

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