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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.
Jesse Jackson Jr., theGrio.com
July 8, 2025
Former congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. is eyeing a political comeback a decade after serving time for a federal conspiracy conviction…
July 3, 2025
House Republicans narrowly pass Trump’s $4.5T tax and spending plan, expanding cuts and benefits central to his second-term agenda.
Hakeem Jeffries, Donald Trump, theGrio.com
July 3, 2025
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries said voters "will have an opportunity in this national nightmare as part of Project 2026."
Hakeem Jeffries, theGrio.com
July 3, 2025
"Shame on the people who've decided to launch that kind of all-out assault on the health and the well-being of…
Donald Trump, One Bif Beautiful Bill, Medicaid, theGrio.com
July 1, 2025
"Trump and GOP lawmakers have launched a direct attack on Black communities and the basic rights we fight for every…
July 1, 2025
Trump’s massive tax and spending overhaul clears Senate by tie-breaking vote, raising stakes for GOP and risking millions in coverage…
June 30, 2025
Senate Republicans push forward on Trump’s $4 trillion “One Big Beautiful Bill” despite internal dissent and Democratic delays.
Donald Trump, theGrio.com
June 28, 2025
The resolution aimed to affirm that Trump should seek authorization from Congress before launching more military action against Iran.