Author: Lauren Green

EXCLUSIVE — House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) will honor National Police Week with a slew of legislative actions and events to pay tribute to law enforcement. Emmer has three bills lined up for House votes, along with an event called “Pizza for Police” on Wednesday. He also placed blue lights in his office windows…

EXCLUSIVE — Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg continues to push his way into the new media space, bucking the typical Democratic norms, as speculation of a presidential bid emerges.  The former secretary returned to Washington this week to attend an event with Democratic content creators, while also making some media appearances, as speculation grows…

The Bidens and former Vice President Kamala Harris are resurfacing on the political scene as the Democratic Party lacks a clear leader and message to counter President Donald Trump. Former President Joe Biden and former first lady Jill Biden are scheduled to speak out on ABC’s The View on Thursday morning in their first interview since leaving the White House. The…

EXCLUSIVE — The House Committee on Homeland Security will announce a task force on Tuesday to ensure security oversight for major U.S. events over the next couple of years. Chairman Mark Green (R-TN) and Vice Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) are set to create the Task Force on Enhancing Security for Special Events in the United States.…

A group of young state lawmakers gathered at the White House last week to discuss how to build on the inroads President Donald Trump made with their demographic in the 2024 election. Twenty-five state lawmakers, ages 25 to 35, traveled from across the country with Run GenZ, sponsored by the American Legislative Exchange Council, to…

Democrats don’t see a world in which an impeachment of President Donald Trump is successful in this Congress, but they agree he has committed impeachable offenses. Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-MI) unveiled seven articles of impeachment Monday against Trump, taking a long-shot blow at the president as Democrats scramble for any way they can to push…

Companion legislation will be introduced Tuesday to build on a bill aimed at stopping ticket scalpers from using software to purchase a high volume of tickets while codifying an executive order made by President Donald Trump.  The bipartisan bill, titled the Mitigating Automated Internet Networks Event Ticketing Act, is co-sponsored by Reps. Diana Harshbarger (R-TN)…

Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) set the special election to replace the late Rep. Sylvester Turner for Nov. 4 after Democratic outrage that the governor had not done so escalated over the past week. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said last week he would “very likely” file a lawsuit after Abbott had slow-walked announcing a…

The House Freedom Caucus lost its fifth member Monday over mutual disagreements but stayed quiet as that lawmaker, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), said her piece.  Luna announced her departure Monday from the conservative right flank of the House Republican conference over its handling of her bill to allow House members to vote by proxy…

As Democrats struggle to gain their footing without a party leader, Republicans are elevating Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) as the new leader. The National Republican Congressional Committee labeled Crockett the “Top Dem Spox” in an email earlier this week following her calling Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) “Hot Wheels.” The Texas governor is paralyzed from the…