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Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., theGrio.com
February 5, 2024
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is facing criticism for introducing a measure to censure U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar over a mistranslation…
Haitian migrants U.S. - Mexico Border, theGrio.com
February 2, 2024
House GOP members are facing criticism for their attempt to impeach the Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
U.S. Capitol, theGrio.com
February 2, 2024
Congress demands the Biden-Harris administration grant Mauritanians with Temporary Protected Status due to "ethnic cleansing."
U.S. Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., theGrio.com
January 31, 2024
U.S. Rep. Cori Bush is not concerned with losing her congressional seat after the Department of Justice launched an investigation.
U.S. Supreme Court, theGrio.com
January 31, 2024
Republicans in Wisconsin are aiming to enact a stricter anti-abortion law that experts warn will incapacitate marginalized communities.
Gun violence protest, theGrio.com
January 28, 2024
U.S. Representative Glenn Ivey of Maryland wants to crack down on gun-related violence, which disproportionately impacts Black Americans. 
People Cast Ballots On First Day Of Early Voting In North Carolina
January 27, 2024
Nick Warren with the ACLU said Florida's current congressional map “violates the voter constitutional protections for minority voters.”
Homeless encampment, theGrio.com
January 25, 2024
John Do of the ACLU said that if the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Grants Pass, Black and brown…
Haitian migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border, theGrio.com
January 25, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court ordered U.S. Border Patrol agents to continue removing the razor-wire fencing along the Texas-Mexico border.
U.S. Capitol, theGrio.com
January 23, 2024
House Democrats are slamming Republicans for passing anti-abortion laws that they say are in line with an agenda to ban…
Protest U.S. Supreme Court 2022, theGrio.com
January 21, 2024
Advocates continue to fight on behalf of marginalized communities impacted by the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v.…
U.S. Capitol, theGrio.com
January 21, 2024
U.S. Rep. Glenn Ivey said passing continuing resolutions every couple of months to fund government is “dysfunctional and irrational.”
Congressional Candidate Michael Moore, D-S.C., U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C. theGrio.Com
January 18, 2024
Michael B. Moore said Mace’s comments were “inappropriate, profane and beneath a sitting representative in the United States.”
January 16, 2024
U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., faced backlash over a controversial statement she made in a tweet commemorating Martin Luther King…
Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Autin, theGrio.com
January 13, 2024
Members of the Congressional Black Caucus are coming to the support of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin III who has faced…
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, theGrio.com
January 12, 2024
House Republicans would threaten the livelihoods of Americans if they backed out of a deal to keep the government open,…
U.S. Capitol, theGrio.com
January 11, 2024
“The American people are fed up with gun violence...especially in disproportionately affected communities," said Brady Director Mark Collins.
Capitol police officer Harry Dunn thegrio.com
January 9, 2024
Harry Dunn, the now former Capitol Police officer, says he is running for Maryland' 3rd Congressional District seat.
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, theGrio.com
January 9, 2024
Activists and members of the U.S. Congress are calling on U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from…
Jan. 6 Insurrection, theGrio.com
January 6, 2024
Today marks three years since MAGA supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol to attempt to overturn the results of the 2020…