2025 • Oct 02
Congress gets paid during a government shutdown, others have to wait
Congress will continue to receive paychecks while the government is shut down, but others won't be paid until it's over....
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2025 • Oct 02
Jeffries says he hasn't heard from White House since Monday meeting
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Tuesday that he hasn’t heard from the White House since a Monday meeting with President Trump and other congressional leaders. “We haven't heard fro...
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2025 • Oct 01
Democrat confronts Johnson over Trump AI video: 'It's racist. You should call it out'
Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-Pa.) confronted House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) over President Trump posting a deepfake video of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and Senate Minority Leader Chu...
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2025 • Sep 30
Shutdown odds rise as leaders leave White House without progress
Congressional leaders left a meeting with President Trump on Monday saying they'd made no progress toward a deal that would prevent a shutdown on Wednesday, increasing the odds the government's lights...
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2025 • Sep 30
House Democrats rally at Capitol in last-ditch effort to alter spending bill
House Democrats rallied in the Capitol on Monday evening in an 11th-hour strategy session with two distinct goals: To unify the party amid the partisan budget standoff and to compel GOP leaders back t...
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2025 • Sep 29
Jeffries praises Eric Adams for serving 'courageously'
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) praised New York City Mayor Eric Adams for serving "courageously" after Adams ended his reelection campaign on Sunday. “Eric Adams has served courageousl...
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2025 • Sep 28
Jeffries says he's 'hopeful' Congress can avert a government shutdown
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Sunday he’s "hopeful" Congress can avert a government shutdown, a day before he and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) are set to meet wi...
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2025 • Sep 28
Trump to meet with Schumer, Jeffries, Johnson, Thune ahead of shutdown deadline
President Trump is set to meet with the top four leaders in Congress on Monday ahead of a Tuesday shutdown deadline, a notable shift after he canceled a meeting with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schum...
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2025 • Sep 26
Epstein estate documents mention Peter Thiel, Steve Bannon, Elon Musk
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee on Friday released its third batch of documents tied to the estate of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, revealing the financier’s reported ass...
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2025 • Sep 26
Raskin says ‘there is very little chance’ Comey will ever be convicted
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), the ranking member on the House Judiciary Committee, argued Thursday night that there is “very little chance” that former FBI Director James Comey will ever be convicted aft...
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2025 • Sep 26
Jeffries calls Comey indictment ‘disgraceful attack on the rule of law’
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) slammed the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey as a “disgraceful attack on the rule of law” and argued that the criminal justice system has be...
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2025 • Sep 25
White House directs agencies to prep for mass firings ahead of potential shutdown
The White House budget office on Wednesday indicated mass firings could be on the table in the event of a government shutdown as Congress faces a stalemate on negotiations in the days leading up to th...
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