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A California Democrat gave Republicans a piece of his mind following a vote Friday night on a temporary spending bill, echoing a profane sentiment felt by millions of Americans: "Get your s--- together." The House voted at the 11th hour to temporarily fund the government with a new bill following the collapse of their own revised bill, which became necessary …

A new watchdog report released Tuesday revealed that the Department of Justice under the first Donald Trump administration secretly obtained phone records for members of Congress, journalists, government staffers and incoming FBI director nominee Kash Patel — actions the top House Judiciary Democrat exclusively told Raw Story are a "gross abuse" of power worthy of investigation. "My suspicion alert level …

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Jim Jordan trolled by Democrat over Hunter Biden plea deal freakout

Rep. Jim Jordan on Tuesday lashed out at the Hunter Biden plea deal involving misdemeanors, only to have the situation thrown back in his face by a Democratic colleague. Jordan, who is reportedly leading a GOP push to cripple the "fight against disinformation" ahead of the 2024 election, posted only "DOUBLE STANDARD OF JUSTICE" in all caps on Twitter. The …

WASHINGTON — The new top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee on Wednesday called for more information about the classified records discovered in the private possession of President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. “There’s a strong bipartisan concern that Congress is not being briefed on even preliminary reviews of classified information that might have been exposed,” Himes said …

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy may have booted Rep. Eric Swalwell from his committee assignments in the House of Representatives, but that's apparently left the California Democrat with more time to trash McCarthy publicly during MSNBC appearances. While being interviewed by host Nicolle Wallace, Swalwell criticized McCarthy's actions during his first month as House Speaker. He also said that McCarthy has …

Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., and Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., got into a heated Twitter spat on Wednesday after Greene accused Swalwell of lying about a pro-Trump family he witnessed while giving a Capitol tour. "Because we all know good Trump supporting fathers would say, 'that's the Democrat who had sex with a Chinese spy,'" she quipped. Such allegations first emerged …

A Democratic congressman filed a lawsuit on Friday against former president Donald Trump, his son Donald Jr, his lawyer Rudy Giuliani and a Republican lawmaker for allegedly inciting the January 6 attack on the US Capitol. Trump, and the other defendants waged a "campaign of lies and incendiary rhetoric" which led to the assault on Congress, Representative Eric Swalwell of …

A Democratic congressman has sued Donald Trump, his lawyer Rudy Giuliani and other allies of the former president over the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol when violent Trump supporters tried to stop the certification of Trump’s election defeat. The civil lawsuit, filed in federal court in Washington, alleges that the attack, which left five dead including a police officer, …