Senators Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Cory Booker (D-NJ), and Kamala Harris (D-CA) are urging top officials at the Justice Department to publicly commit to not interfere with Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, including refusing any requests from the White House.
Read MoreOprah says she is now talking to other women in the Time's Up movement to take the campaign globally and look beyond just show business.
Read MoreThe CHC BOLD PAC, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus’ political body, announced that it was throwing its support behind seven candidates.
Read MoreHUD is on the hunt for a new CIO after Johnson Joy (pictured right) abruptly stepped down from the job last week.
Read MoreFormer President Barack Obama will appear at a fundraiser in Beverly Hills in May for Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO). POTUS44 is listed as a special guest at the May 6th fundraiser hosted by the actress Katie McGrath, film studio executive Jeffrey Katzenberg, Steven Spielberg, and other LA A-listers.
Read MoreThe Indian American Impact Fund announced endorsements for two candidates for Congress. One is Sri Kulkarni, who is running in Texas’ 22nd Congressional District. The majority-minority district includes the Houston suburb of Sugar Land, which is home to a large Indian American community. After finishing first in the Democratic primary with nearly 32% of the vote, Kulkarni will have to face fellow Democrat Letitia Plummer in the May 22nd runoff to earn the right to take on incumbent Congressman Pete Olson (R-TX). Kulkarni is a former Defense advisor to Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) as well as a Foreign Service Officer who served tours in Taiwan, Russia, Iraq, Israel, and Jamaica. The Impact Fund also endorsed Dr. Hiral Tipirneni in Arizona’s 8th Congressional District.
Read MoreThree high-ranking officials from three different divisions at the Interior Department said that Secretary Ryan Zinke has made several comments with a similar theme, commenting that "diversity isn't important," or "I don't care about diversity," or "I don't really think that's important anymore."
Read MoreCalifornia Democratic Congresswomen Lucille Roybal-Allard and Norma Torres have teamed up to keep children of detained or deported parents united with their families.
Read MoreCongressman Carlos Curbelo (R-FL) and Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) introduced bipartisan legislation last week which would raise the minimum age requirement from 18 to 21 for gun buyers purchasing any firearm -- including shotguns or rifles -- from federally licensed dealers.
Read MoreSenator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) introduced legislation on Friday that would mandate Trump administration officials publicly share their travel schedule and flight class, in an effort to curb improper government spending.
Read MoreSenator Kamala Harris (D-CA) on Friday endorsed former NAACP head Ben Jealous in his candidacy for Governor of Maryland.
Read MoreDuring arguments over crisis pregnancy centers on Tuesday, Justice Sonia Sotomayor said she visited the website of one of the centers involved in the Supreme Court case. In response, Justice Anthony Kennedy said, "Well, in this case I didn't go beyond the record to look on the internet because I don't think we should do that," Kennedy said.
Read MoreFormer First Lady Michelle Obama announced on Twitter that she had “cleared [her] schedule” for the United State of Women Summit. The Summit will take place in LA on May 4th-5th
Read MoreOne day after Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chair Congresswoman Michelle Luján Grisham (D-NM) obtained a restraining order against a former intern who worked for her on Capitol Hill, another judge scrapped the order.
Read MoreThe House Ethics Committee on Thursday found that Illinois Democratic Congressmen Luis Gutiérrez and Bobby Rush had violated House rules regarding funds and ordered them to repay the U.S. Treasury.
Read MoreSenator Marco Rubio (R-FL) has introduced two gun violence prevention bills.
Read MoreSenators Kamala Harris (D-CA) and Doug Jones (D-AL) announced on Thursday that HBCUs will receive a 14% increase in federal funding in the Senate’s omnibus spending bill, increasing federal support from $244.7 million in 2017 to $279.6 million in 2018.
Read MoreFormer VP Joe Biden today named the members of the Biden Institute Policy Advisory Board. Meet the people of color on the Board!
Read MoreLegiStorm -- the online portal that tracks Capitol Hill’s workforce in detail -- put hard data into the debate over the worst bosses in Congress.
Read MoreCongressional Hispanic Caucus Chair Congresswoman Michelle Luján Grisham (D-NM) filed a restraining order against a former intern, citing safety concerns.
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