WASHINGTON ― Four high-ranking congressional Democrats condemned a decision the private entity that sets the country’s default homebuilding guidelines made this week, which will gut requirements for new houses and offices to include the wiring for electric heaters, EV chargers and solar panels. In November, trade associations representing the natural gas industry launched 11th-hour appeals […]
This article is part of HuffPost’s biweekly politics newsletter. Click here to subscribe. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) announced on Thursday he isn’t running for reelection, and I don’t imagine there are many progressives shedding tears about it. Manchin is the most conservative Democrat in the Senate by most reckonings, and it’s not an especially close […]
An end to the bloodshed in the Israeli-Hamas conflict seemed more remote than ever on Thursday when President Joe Biden answered a question about the chances of a cease-fire by saying: “None. No possibility.” But as Biden refuses to use his leverage over the U.S.’s Israeli allies, voters and constituents across the country are overwhelming […]
Republicans filed dozens of last-minute amendments to stall efforts to compel the GOP Texas billionaire to produce information about Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. Source link
Democrats came away the clear winners of 2023’s off-year elections, with a string of wins across red-tinted and swing states showing the party can overcome President Joe Biden’s unpopularity with a focus on electable candidates and abortion access. The results give Democrats something to celebrate just days after new polling showed Biden trailing former President […]
Virginia Democrats kept their critical majority in the state Senate Tuesday night, thwarting Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s hope to enact a 15-week abortion ban. The outcome is a huge win for Democrats in the state who centered abortion care in every competitive down-ballot race this election season. It was a big test for lawmakers in […]
Superior Court Judge Daniel McCaffery, a Democrat, defeated Republican Judge Carolyn Carluccio in a closely watched race to fill a vacant Pennsylvania Supreme Court seat on Tuesday. McCaffery’s win is the latest in a string of victories for Democrats running on an abortion rights platform following the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022 decision overturning Roe v. […]
WASHINGTON — The three Muslim members of Congress said in a joint statement Tuesday they were “horrified” by a Republican proposal to expel Palestinians from the United States. In an echo of former Donald Trump’s infamous “Muslim ban,” last week Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-Mont.) introduced a bill that would bar Palestinians from traveling to the […]
Republican Texas billionaire Harlan Crow could soon receive a subpoena to produce information about his relationship with conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas as the Judiciary Committee steps up its ethics probe into the high court. Democratic Sens. Dick Durbin (Ill.), who chairs the panel, and Sheldon Whitehouse (R.I.), who heads a subcommittee on federal […]
Democrats in the House and Senate on Thursday introduced a bill aimed at cracking down on the illegal use of child labor, as regulators cite an increase in cases around the U.S. The legislation, from Rep. Rosa DeLauro (Conn.) and Sens. Bob Casey (Pa.) and Patty Murray (Wash.), would ramp up fines for child labor […]