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Sen. Joe Manchin demurred when asked about a new report that he's being encouraged to run for governor — but didn't rule it out.
West Virginia MetroNews reported on Monday that some Republicans are encouraging Manchin (D-W.Va.) to run for governor, his old job, against Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, who Manchin defeated in...
A prominent pro-Israel super PAC is throwing its backing behind Democrats running in a handful of competitive races, as the party grapples with how the Israel-Hamas war will impact races up and down the ballot in the fall.
The Democratic Majority for Israel PAC is issuing its first general election endorsements, shared first w...
House Republicans are already deriding the Senate's bid for a vote on bipartisan immigration legislation as a political ploy that's doomed — in the extremely unlikely event it even reaches their chamber.
"Leader Schumer is trying give [sic] his vulnerable members cover by bringing a vote on a bill which has already failed once...
Jon Tester recently became the first Democratic senator to sign onto a stringent GOP immigration bill. He isn’t happy that Republicans are accusing him of a late-stage transformation into a border hawk.
“They’re full of shit. And whoever told you that, you can say ‘Jon Tester said you’re full of shit,’” the Montana Democrat sa...
House Republicans are eyeing a court fight as their next step in their ongoing standoff with the Justice Department.
Republicans on the Judiciary and Oversight committees voted on Thursday to advance resolutions holding Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt for refusing to hand over the audio of President Joe Biden’s in...
Progressive icon Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Friday hit back at Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) — who’s assumed a more middle-of-the-road image recently — for describing a nasty House Oversight Committee hearing as worse than the Jerry Springer Show.
“I understand you likely would not have stood up for your colleague...
Texas Democratic lawmakers aired fury on Friday over Gov. Greg Abbott’s decision to pardon Daniel Perry, who was convicted of murdering a protester in a Black Lives Matter protest in Austin, Texas.
Perry was convicted of fatally shooting protester Garrett Foster, a former mechanic in the U.S. Air Force, and sentenced to 25 yea...
Even by the standards of the often chaotic House Oversight Committee, its Thursday night meeting was a mess.
Members of the panel ultimately advanced a contempt of Congress resolution against Attorney General Merrick Garland on a party-line vote, but the far more striking takeaway was the personal attacks and theatrics lobbed ...
Speaker Mike Johnson has two open seats to fill on the House Intelligence Committee. But he’s dragging his feet as he faces conflicting pressures — from conservatives, Donald Trump and current panel membership — over potential replacements.
The House Freedom Caucus is pushing Johnson to pick their former leader, Rep. Scott Per...
The House has delivered a bipartisan rebuke of the Biden administration’s pledge to withhold certain heavy bombs from Israel amid its ongoing conflict in Gaza, passing a bill designed to compel delivery of the weapons.
But Democrats largely held the line amid heavy lobbying against the GOP-led bill from the White House and the...
Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego’s Arizona Senate bid is getting a boost from a group of donors who previously backed Republicans like the late Sen. John McCain and the independent incumbent he hopes to replace, Kyrsten Sinema.
The donors will host a fundraiser Saturday for Gallego, according to an invitation obtained by POLITICO...
