‘They’re attacking their own’: DC Democrats irked by surge of left-wing challengers with House majority on the line

When Rep. Dan Goldman first ran for Congress in 2022, he was cheered on the left as the party’s top lawyer during President Donald Trump’s first impeachment.

Barack Obama tells House Democrats that party should focus on the midterms, not ideological divides

Barack Obama told House Democrats at an event on Sunday in Los Angeles that they should not get caught up in ideological differences and can “sort through” them later.

House Democrats say D.C. police investigation was political stunt

Democrats on the House Oversight Committee responded Friday to a scathing report about D.C. police, saying their Republican counterparts were peddling a “far-fetched conspiracy theory” that the department was covering up crime.

Rep. Ted Lieu, co-chair of House Democrats’ new AI commission, discusses government’s role in burgeoning industry

The Torrance Democrat says he wants to support AI innovation while ensuring guardrails to prevent ‘significant harm’ to Americans.
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4 House Republicans Join Democrats to Force Vote on ACA Tax Credits Extension

Millions of Americans’ health insurance premiums could double if the credits aren’t renewed by the end of this year.

201 House Democrats vote against blocking Medicaid dollars for kids' transgender surgeries

House Democrats largely oppose bill banning Medicaid funding for transgender treatments for minors, with only four crossing party lines in the 215-201 vote.

Democrats see health care subsidies leverage in shutdown deadline

House Democrats pressing to extend expiring ObamaCare subsidies are already looking ahead to a looming federal funding deadline as potential leverage in the fight.  Both issues are already poised

Democrats' push to limit boat strikes and attacks on Venezuela fails in House

The votes follow a monthslong military campaign against alleged drug smuggling boats in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean.
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