Tag: Hakeem Jeffries
Trump cancels White House meeting with Schumer and Jeffries despite risk of a government shutdown
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump has abruptly canceled this week's planned meeting with congressional Democratic leaders, refusing to negotiate over their demands to shore...
Trump to meet with Schumer and Jeffries as government shutdown risk looms
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump will meet with the Democratic leaders in Congress this week ahead of a looming risk of a federal government...
Democratic leaders in Congress demand a meeting with Trump as government shutdown looms
WASHINGTON – As a possible federal shutdown looms, the Democratic leaders of Congress are demanding a meeting with President Donald Trump to negotiate an...
House voting on funding patch as parties trade blame for potential shutdown
WASHINGTON – Republican and Democratic lawmakers show no signs of budging as the House takes up a bill Friday to avert a partial government...
What to know about Brendan Carr, the head of the Federal Communications Commission
WASHINGTON – ABC took comic Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show off the air indefinitely Wednesday, just hours after Federal Communications Commission chairman Brendan Carr called...
House turns back effort to censure Rep. Ilhan Omar over remarks about Charlie Kirk
The House declined late Wednesday to punish one of its own over commentary in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk's assassination, but the effort showed...
House approves bills to reshape DC’s criminal justice system
WASHINGTON – The House passed legislation Tuesday that would overhaul how youth who commit crimes are prosecuted in the District of Columbia as congressional...
Shutdown talk heats up as Democrats insist on stopping health care cuts
WASHINGTON – A deadline looming, Congress charged Monday toward a federal government shutdown as Republicans brush back Democratic demands to save health care funding...
Trump’s push to oust Fed’s Lisa Cook unites anti-DEI effort, bid to control independent institutions
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump's vow to fire Lisa Cook, an economist who is the first Black woman to serve on the Federal Reserve's...
In Trump’s redistricting push, Democrats find an aggressive identity and progressives are on board
ATLANTA – Fight! Fight! Fight!It’s not just Donald Trump’s mantra anymore. As the Republican president pushes states to redraw their congressional districts to the...
