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AP Funding for community health centers that provide healthcare for more than 25 million Americans is in jeopardy. The Community Health Center Fund, which provides 70% of the funding to the centers, expired September 30. A plan to restore funding is likely going to be attached to the legislation fought over during the next government-shutdown […]
Voters in a Pennsylvania House district have nicknamed the shape of their congressional boundary “Goofy kicking Donald Duck.” The state’s district maps, including the strangely shaped 7th district, were ruled unconstitutional by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court earlier this week. The court ruled the maps gave Republicans an unfair advantage. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled on […]
Wang Zhao – Pool/Getty Images A bipartisan group of lawmakers were slated to attend the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. But the government shutdown has put that on hold unless a deal can be reached. Multiple Democratic lawmakers have already canceled their plans to attend the annual summit. President Donald Trump is taking his […]
Mark Wilson/Getty Images The Senate and House of Representatives intelligence committees recently questioned behind closed doors Irakly Kaveladze, a U.S. citizen born in the former Soviet republic of Georgia who attended a June 2016 Trump Tower meeting with Donald Trump Jr., a Russian lawyer, and others. The meeting is a focus of probes by Congress […]
Drew Angerer/Getty Images President Donald Trump’s former adviser and close confidant, Omarosa Manigault Newman, sparked several workplace controversies before her dramatic departure from the White House this week. In one instance, Newman reportedly lashed out at prominent members of the Congressional Black Caucus following a March meeting, when they requested privacy in the West Wing […]
Alex Wong/Getty Images President Donald Trump has reportedly been lobbying Republican members of Congress to end their investigations of Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election. Trump urged Sen. Richard Burr, who chairs the Senate Intelligence Committee, to shut down the panel’s Russia inquiry. Trump’s lobbying resembles his moves earlier this year to get the FBI […]
A congressional committee led by evangelical Christians has voted to ban abortion in Brazil in all situations, including cases of rape and where the mother’s life is in danger. CBC | Health News
Video game developer Brianna Wu is running for Congress, and she’s using a new way to get her message out: killing Nazis in Wolfenstein II. Yesterday, the CEO and cofounder of the Giant Spacekat game studio used a livestream of Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus to help raise money and awareness for her political campaign […]
AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite Democrats have yet another chance to pick up a congressional seat after the shocking scandal that took down Rep. Tim Murphy of Pennsylvania — but they face quite an uphill climb. Still, they’re confident. “First of all, I think we’re going to win this election,” said Nancy Patton Mills, chair of […]
AP A collection of explosive memos alleging ties between President Donald Trump’s campaign team and Russia is being examined by both the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and special counsel Robert Mueller as part of their separate but parallel probes into Russia’s election interference. The Senate Intelligence Committee’s vice chairman, Democratic Sen. Mark Warner, told reporters Wednesday that the committee […]
