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Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, theGrio.com
November 14, 2023
Lawmakers and advocates warn House Speaker Mike Johnson's plan to avert a government shutdown could devastate the Black community.
Rep. Rashida Tlaib, theGrio.com
November 8, 2023
Black members of Congress are standing by U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib after the sole Palestinian-American serving in Congress was censured.
U.S. Capitol, theGrio.com
November 7, 2023
The U.S. House of Representatives has only days to pass legislation to avert a government shutdown by next week’s deadline.
November 5, 2023
The AI industry has the civil rights community calling for caution, particularly regarding AI technology and law enforcement.
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, theGrio.com
November 3, 2023
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries believes there is “an urgent need” to move police reform legislation “forward."
artificial intelligence, thegrio.com
November 3, 2023
Members of Congress are pushing forward to ensure Black and other minority communities are not harmed by AI technology.
November 2, 2023
U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer tells theGrio he is particularly concerned about how AI is used by law enforcement.
House Speaker Mike Johnson, theGrio.com
October 27, 2023
After weeks of instability in the House, Republicans elected House Speaker Mike Johnson and some Democrats are not on board. 
October 22, 2023
For many Americans, the Republican dysfunction that has halted the U.S. House feeds into a pessimism about the country’s core institutions.
October 19, 2023
Newly appointed California Democratic Sen. Laphonza Butler announced Thursday she will not seek election to a full term in 2024.
October 19, 2023
Some say it’s not a reality that House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries will become the next speaker of the House.
Congressional Candidate Michael Moore, D-S.C., U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C. theGrio.Com
October 13, 2023
At this time, Michael B. Moore is the only Black Democratic candidate looking to unseat Republican U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace.
members of the League of Women, thegrio.com
October 11, 2023
The NAACP contends that Republicans unconstitutionally removed thousands of Black voters from the state’s 1st Congressional District.
October 5, 2023
House Democrats are making it clear their only vote for the next House speaker will be House Minority Leader Hakeem…
October 5, 2023
On the latest episode of “The Hill with April Ryan,” April D. Ryan breaks down the latest on Capitol Hill…
September 29, 2023
CBC members are asking President Joe Biden to grant Temporary Protected Status to citizens of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Ayanna Pressley, theGrio.com
September 24, 2023
Rep. Ayanna Pressley held a roundtable discussion on student debt cancellation weeks before loan repayments resume.
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, theGrio.com
August 3, 2023
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is coming under fire for his claim that Congress cannot govern the Supreme Court.
CBC, theGrio.com
July 30, 2023
The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) is continuing to ring the alarm on Capitol Hill over what they see as assaults…
Kevin McCarthy, who is affected by government shutdown, government shutdown 2023, theGrio.com
July 30, 2023
Lawmakers broke for their August recess last week with work on funding the government largely incomplete, fueling worries of a…