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February 2, 2023
The Republican-led House voted after raucous debate Thursday to oust Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar from the chamber's Foreign Affairs...
January 27, 2023
The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023, there are too many unknowns about CBD products to regulate…
January 25, 2023
In less than a month, there have already been at least 39 mass shootings in the United States. Lawmakers seem…
December 27, 2022
Federal proposals that would have significantly boosted security funding for election offices and heightened penalties for threatening their staff failed…
December 23, 2022
Lee talks with theGrio about her historic election, being an introvert in politics and why "we need to hear the…
December 19, 2022
One of the reasons Congress doesn’t look like America is our political system isn't designed for non-wealthy and non-white Americans.
Maxwell Frost
December 12, 2022
Frost reportedly would be able to afford an apartment deposit once he gets his first check from the House of…
Congress Marriage Rights theGrio.com
December 8, 2022
The bill, which requires all states to recognize same-sex and interracial marriages, passed with nearly 40 Republican votes.
December 7, 2022
Despite Senator Raphael Warnock's runoff win in Georgia, a divided Congress will likely halt Biden’s Black agenda for the next…
November 1, 2022
Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday put a temporary hold on the handover of Trump's tax returns to a congressional…
Rep. Barbara Lee thegrio.com
August 16, 2021
Rep. Barbara Lee is trending after a 2001 clip of her speaking on her Afghanistan vote resurfaced on social media.
February 24, 2021
Only two chiefs of staff in the entire U.S. Senate are Black, and only four are Latino. There are only…
January 13, 2021
Texas congressman Al Green reflects with theGrio after being acknowledged on the House floor for his foresight in the push…
January 13, 2021
President Donald Trump is on the verge of being impeached for a second time in a fast-moving House vote, just…
January 6, 2021
President Donald Trump’s extraordinary effort to overturn the presidential election is going before Congress.
December 17, 2020
Now is the time to decouple America’s vision of democracy and opportunity from the tools of violence and oppression.
Cory Booker theGrio.com
December 17, 2020
A bill being introduced Thursday by four Democratic lawmakers would grant college athletes sweeping rights to compensation.
December 4, 2020
President-elect Joe Biden is adjusting the scope of his agenda to meet the challenges of governing with a narrowly divided…
November 30, 2020
Capitol Hill’s main players are returning for one final, perhaps futile, attempt at deal-making on a challenging menu of year-end…
Mitch McConnell thegrio.com
September 18, 2020
Mitch McConnell says the Senate will vote on Trump’s pick to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court.