Jamie Raskin

Control of the chamber would not only give Democrats the gavels, but they’d be handed bigger staffs and the power to subpoena documents and testimony — and they have been unusually candid about how they plan to use it

Leon Botstein, the former president of Bard College who had come under scrutiny for his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, resigned from all of his positions affiliated with the college on Wednesday

Smoke rises after a strike in Tehran on March 1, the day after the U.S. and Israel first attacked Iran

They don’t raise any red flags for him; they are quite normal, and nothing that his agency intends to investigate

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) head Brendan Carr swatted away concerns about a pro-Trump TV advertisement billed as a public service announcement that sparked outrage from Democrats and government watchdogs this week

Senators have demanded a response within the next 48 hours detailing ’how this president is literally stealing their tax dollars to air campaign ads celebrating himself’

The undertaking is as robust as it is daunting, spanning several House committees

He asked Republicans at a midterm convention in Dallas this month to join him in a loyalty oath to himself

A new ad that showed President Donald Trump condemning communism, socialism and Marxism aired Wednesday night on Fox News during Jesse Watters’ show

With Republicans currently holding a 53-47 majority, a Democratic victory in the November 3 midterm elections could dismantle Trump's capacity to advance judicial appointments once the newly elected Congress takes office next year

The justices “are merely a shell of their original selves, a court that is costing the United States Trillions of Dollars with shockingly bad rulings”

The resolution accuses Trump of abusing his presidential powers by allowing Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection to operate without accountability

Last month, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries came under significant fire after The New York Times reported that he met with President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner

With less than two months until the midterm elections — and early voting just weeks away — President Donald Trump and the GOP kicked off their convention on Wednesday as Republicans fight to keep control of Congress

Vogel voted earlier this year for a moratorium that temporarily bans data centers from setting up shop in her heavily Republican county, which favored President Donald Trump 63%-35% in 2024

Democratic socialists were largely confined to the outer edges of political discourse

The House of Representatives on Wednesday struck down a Republican-led attempt to permanently limit the Supreme Court to nine Justices, with lawmakers voting largely along party lines

Nessel's concerns intensified following an attempted terrorist attack in March of this year targeting a synagogue in West Bloomfield, Michigan, her hometown

The men talked about housing, immigration and high living costs as possible categories of common ground, the New York Times reported

Drew Fagan, professor at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy at the University of Toronto, joins BNN Bloomberg to discuss Canada-U.S. trade

Iran war adds pressure to volatile midterms

A whistleblower is alleging that a Trump administration task force created to combat antisemitism pushed for settlements with Ivy League universities

Some Republicans are growing impatient with President Donald Trump’s war in Iran as it stretches to nearly six months and threatens to further imperil their chances in the midterms

Trump’s deputy chief of staff Daniel Scavino and his executive assistant Natalie J. Harp are also named as defendants

Donald Trump’s use of his second presidency to grow his personal fortune has alarmed legal and ethics experts and congressional Democrats as he has reaped an “unprecedented” $2.2bn in 2025 revenues by amassing big cryptocurrency holdings, benefitting from wealthy foreign interests, expanding his Truth Social business and more, while federal oversight of his actions has waned

The Los Angeles Lakers have been sold twice within the last two years for an approximate value of $22.5 billion, with ownership originally changing hands from Jeanie Buss to Mark Walter, and since shifting from Mark Walter to Bob Iger and Josh Kushner

Josh Kushner doesn’t give many interviews or make public appearances often, but he’s keen on making headlines

Stephen Colbert blasts Paramount for kowtowing to Trump's FCC over Talarico interview

Pequeño is a breaking news reporter who covers tech and more

President Donald Trump has dragged former FBI director James Comey into the long-running saga over the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, suggesting graffiti at the site was “probably” inspired by his old enemy

The Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee approved a referral pushed by its Republican Chair Rand Paul of Kentucky, a longtime Fauci antagonist

Todd Blanche confirms scrapping of $1.8bn ‘slush fund’ ahead of confirmation vote

Gianni Infantino’s week began with a swaggering 15-page screed against the losers and the haters who had dared to criticise the 2026 World Cup

The controversy erupted after FIFA announced it intends to create a new commercial subsidiary, FIFA Forward Enterprise (FFE), valued at approximately $20 billion

In a 15-slide post published on his personal Instagram account to 5.7 million people and cross-posted on FIFA's official account, which counts more than 8 million followers, Infantino dismissed the criticism

Trump blasts climate change 'con job' at UN General Assembly

Jim Jordan accuses the former special counsel of misleading members of Congress in a referral that Democrats say ‘will get laughed out of court,’ Alex Woodward writes

The House Judiciary Committee advanced the Permanent Trump Secure Border Act along party lines during an hours-long markup Tuesday over the fierce objections of Democratic lawmakers

The House Judiciary Committee advanced the Permanent Trump Secure Border Act along party lines during an hours-long markup Tuesday over the fierce objections of Democratic lawmakers

Jamie Raskin's (D-Md.) inquiry previews the types of investigations the party could launch with subpoena power if they retake a chamber this fall

Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., tore into his Democratic counterparts after a hearing on immigration policies erupted into a heated squabble as the mother of a murder victim killed by an illegal immigrant pleaded to Congress for reforms to sanctuary policies

Jose Medina, a Venezuelan national with no legal status in the U.S., is charged with first-degree murder and weapons offenses in her killing

Though Smith agreed with Mamdani on concerns about the wealth gap and the working class, he bristled at the idea of the Democratic Party pushing socialism

House Democrats are reportedly turning to a procedural maneuver in an effort to force lawmakers to vote on legislation that would permanently prohibit the Trump administration from reviving a controversial $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund

Now, Trump is making his mark on presidential aircraft, with three Boeing 747-800s — including a jet donated by the government of Qatar and unveiled Friday — being modified to his specifications

Albanians have been gathering in the streets of Tijana ever day for over three weeks

The Kennedy Center's management isn't committing to scheduling new shows or building up its staff, even as the performing arts venue considers options short of a full two-year closure that a federal judge blocked last month

Kash Patel clashes with Democrat Senator over excessive drinking allegations

U.S. Rep Jamie Raskin of Maryland, a Democrat, made Trump’s executive orders against law firms the president perceives as enemies a centerpiece ​of his May 16 comments, opens new tab to graduates of American University Washington College of Law

Democrats to Target DOJ’s New Weaponization Fund in Budget Vote

Hillary Clinton criticized Donald Trump for creating an 'anti-weaponization' fund, accusing him of misusing taxpayer money to benefit January 6 Capitol rioters

The Department of Justice is weighing whether to settle President Donald Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS stemming from the leak of his tax returns to The New York Times and ProPublica

Virginia Supreme Court Deals Blow to Democrats’ Midterm Hopes

Control of Virginia’s congressional map—and potentially several U.S. House seats—now remains unchanged pending further appeals

Though half of the residents of Richmond, Virginia, were Black, only 0.67% of the city’s contracts had gone to MBEs because its prime contractors, like JA Croson, were not doing business with minority-owned firms

Both chambers approved a 45-day extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) before leaving Washington on Thursday, allowing lawmakers more time to negotiate reforms to the hotly contested program