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Iowa poll flashes warning sign for Republican congresswoman in competitive district

Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, the Republican incumbent in Iowa's 1st Congressional District, received warning signs after she was trailing slightly behind her Democratic opponent in a poll on Monday. A new Des Moines Register poll shows Miller-Meeks trailing Democrat Christina Bohannan by 3 points in Iowa's closest race, with Republicans leading the state's other three House […]

GOP congresswoman says Dem operative posing as ally sent anti-Semitic, sexual texts in bizarre oppo scheme

Several Republican lawmakers have accused liberal political action committees of posing as GOP staffers to extract potentially damaging information from officeholders and raise funds for Democrats, and text messages targeting female lawmakers, according to information obtained by Fox News Digital, have contained anti-Semitic and sexist slurs. Rep. Ana Paulina Luna, R-Fla., said she received a […]

Democratic congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee dies aged 74, family says | US news

U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, an outspoken advocate for African-American and women’s rights and a strong progressive voice within the Democratic Party, has died, her family posted on X late Friday. Jackson Lee, from Texas, announced last month that she had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and was undergoing treatment. She was 74, according to […]

Lauren Boebert challenger trolls congresswoman with message from theater seat

A Democratic candidate vying for the same open congressional seat in Colorado as Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) poked fun at her removal from a theater showing Beetlejuice in a campaign video.  John Padora, an addiction recovery advocate, filmed a video of himself asking for donations while sitting in the same seat at the Denver theater […]

Trump’s ‘horrible city’ comment on Milwaukee was about ‘policies,’ says NY congresswoman who provoked response

WATERTOWN, Wis. — Republican lawmakers offered differing accounts of former President Donald Trump’s alleged comment Thursday that “Milwaukee is a terrible city,” but the congresswoman who asked the question that prompted the comment told The Washington Post that the context was clear. The internet went crazy on Thursday morning. Jake Sherman of Punchbowl News report […]

Why was a black congresswoman not criticized for her racist comment about white men?

It was quite contentious in the House of Representatives last week. Discussions about fake eyelashes, “bleach blonde” hair, and (supposedly) homophobic slurs were part of the heated exchange between Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) that received much of the country’s scrutiny and attention. Yet before that chaos ensued, a black Democratic congresswoman […]