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U.S. Rep. Bobby Scott, theGrio.com
February 17, 2024
Democratic lawmakers are pushing a package of bills to expand resources, including funding and nutrition, for college students.
Haitian migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border, theGrio.com
February 8, 2024
Black immigration advocates are pleased that a highly-contested bipartisan border deal failed in the U.S. Senate.
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.
January 29, 2024
Several court battles in states the South accused of racial gerrymandering will determine the voting power of Black Americans in…
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.”
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.
Former President Donald Trump, theGrio.com
January 5, 2024
House Democrats held a press briefing detailing how “princes, prime ministers, and premiers paid off President Trump."
U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy, thegrio.com
December 22, 2023
Members of the Congressional Black Caucus bid adieu to former House Speaker, U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif.
Texas Congressional candidate Justin Moore, theGrio.com
December 12, 2023
Justin Moore registered to have his name appear on the ballot as a Democratic Congressional candidate running for Texas’ 32nd…
Pres. Joe Biden, theGrio.com
December 8, 2023
The Congressional Black Caucus is blasting House Republicans for proposing to authorize their impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden. 
Rep. Jamaal Bowman, theGrio.com
December 7, 2023
House members voted again Thursday to censure Rep. Jamaal Bowman for triggering a fire alarm in one of the U.S. Capitol…
December 5, 2023
Singer Al B. Sure is on Capitol Hill to bring attention to a cause that has become very personal for…
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, theGrio.com
December 2, 2023
“The question that we should all be asking is why is George Santos still around,” Jeffries inquired. One day before
U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman and former Congressman George Santos, theGrio.com
December 2, 2023
Ex-Congressman George Santos, R-N.Y., had his sights set on ending New York Representative Jamaal Bowman’s congressional career.
U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman and former Congressman George Santos, theGrio.com
November 30, 2023
Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., says that if Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., was a Black man, he would've been ejected months…
Rosa Parks thegrio.com
November 30, 2023
Members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) are continuing efforts to make Rosa Parks Day a federal holiday.
November 28, 2023
U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, is calling out former President Donald Trump as “the ringleader” of House Republicans.
November 22, 2023
Senate Chuck Schumer indicated that the nation’s first bill to regulate AI will focus on how to safeguard Black voters…
U.S. Capitol, theGrio.com
November 15, 2023
The U.S. Senate could soon vote on a stopgap spending bill to avert a government shutdown that would be catastrophic…