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Hakeem Jeffries, Mike Lawler, theGrio.com
October 9, 2025
"As we would say back in Brooklyn, why you playing yourself?" said Jeffries, the Democratic House minority leader.
Justin J. Pearson, Tennessee, Congress, theGrio.com
October 8, 2025
"I am ready to fight for us in the United States Congress," says Tennessee State Rep. Justin J. Pearson in…
Cori Bush, theGrio.com
October 3, 2025
"St. Louis deserves leadership that doesn't wait for permission...and doesn't hide when things get tough," said Bush in a campaign…
Jasmine Crockett, Byron Donalds, Crime, theGrio.com
October 2, 2025
"So let's call this what it is, opportunities for me, but not for thee," said Congresswoman Crockett of Republicans' D.C.…
Scott Turner, HUD secretary, website, government shutdown, theGrio.com
October 2, 2025
A political message on the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's website may have violated federal law.
Hakeem Jeffries, Democrats, Government Shutdown, theGrio.com
October 1, 2025
"Trump and Republicans have now shut down the federal government because they do not want to protect the healthcare of…
Congress, Capitol, government shutdown, theGrio.com
September 30, 2025
The federal government is close to a shutdown amid a battle over health care in America. Black Americans stand to…
September 29, 2025
With a shutdown looming, President Trump is set to meet with congressional leaders, but both parties remain far apart.
Nancy Mace, Muriel Bowser, theGrio.com
September 18, 2025
Congresswoman Mace and Mayor Muriel Bowser have testy exchange over terminologies like "institutional racism" and "birthing people."
Cory Booker, Kash Patel, theGrio.com
September 16, 2025
Senator Cory Booker did not hold back during his fiery questioning of Patel, telling the FBI chief, "You don't tell…
Chuck Schumer, Jeffrey Epstein, theGrio.com
September 11, 2025
Democrats maneuvered to force a procedural vote on language that would force the Justice Department to release the Epstein files.
Donald Trump, Epstein, theGrio.com
September 9, 2025
The alleged 2003 letter, which Trump previously denied existed, reads, "We have certain things in common, Jeffrey."
Eleanor Holmes Norton, D.C., Congress, theGrio.com
September 8, 2025
"This is not 1990 anymore. Seniority is not the way out of Trumpism," says Democratic strategist Joel Payne.
August 11, 2025
The nonpartisan CBO finds that President Trump’s tax and spending law benefits the wealthiest Americans while cutting support for the…
Jasmine Crockett, Texas map, theGrio.com
July 31, 2025
"It is a hot mess, and it is so sad that these people have no integrity and could care less…
Cory Booker, Amy Klobuchar, Donald Trump, theGrio.com
July 30, 2025
"It's time for Democrats to have a backbone. It's time for us to fight. It's time for us to draw…
Barack Obama, Tulsi Gabbard, theGrio.com
July 24, 2025
Tulsi Gabbard is accused of "blatant misuse" of her role to "shield" Trump, a "34-time convicted felon and adjudicated rapist."
Ayanna Pressley, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, DEI, Equity, theGrio.com
July 23, 2025
Pressley's "Equity In Government Act" takes on President Trump's "wholesale attack" on diversity, equity, and inclusion and civil rights.
Senate Democratic Diversity Initiative Survey, theGrio.com
July 17, 2025
EXCLUSIVE: An annual diversity survey shows that 42% of Democratic Senate staffers are Black and Brown, a slight increase from…
Black women equal day day, Lisa Blunt Rochester, Alma Adams, Bonnie Watson Coleman, theGrio.com
July 10, 2025
The legislation marks Black Women's Equal Pay Day and comes amid mass federal layoffs and growing uncertainty about Trump's economy.