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Hakeem Jeffries To Become First Black House Democratic Leader
The historic vote today means a changing of the guard on the left in Congress.
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Hakeem Jeffries Is In Line To Be Democrats’ Next House Leader
The gentleman from Brooklyn is about to get the gavel and whatever headaches come with it.
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi Says She Won’t Run for a Leadership Position in the Next Congress
With this announcement, the 82-year-old Democratic Speaker of the House ends her two decades of party leadership.
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Rev. William Barber Is “Deeply Concerned” Ahead of Midterm Elections
In an excusive Q&A with the Root, the chairman of the Poor People's Campaign talks about where politics and religion have failed.
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Biden Urges Congress to Take Action on Gun Violence: “For Godsake, How Much more Carnage Are We Willing to Accept!”
President Biden calls on Congress to pass “rational, common-sense measures” in a fiery a speech on gun violence
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Russia Permanently Bans Nearly 1,000 Americans From Entering But Donald Trump Is Still Welcome
The list of forbidden Americans, including Morgan Freeman and Ayanna Pressley, comes right after President Biden provided aid to Ukraine.
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Respectfully Madam Speaker, The U.S. Needs A Strong Democratic Party
Speaker Pelosi's comments calling for a "strong, Republican party" is ignoring the danger that poses if that actually happened.
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Moderate Democrats To Speaker Pelosi On Police Funding: ‘We Should Not Defund’
Nineteen moderate Democrats urged Speaker Nancy Pelosi to hold a vote soon on bipartisan legislation that would increase funding for police departments.
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Virginia GOP Official Resigns after Post Calling for “Public Lynching” Resurfaces [Updated]
David Dietrich, of Hampton's electoral board, has resigned following the resurfacing of racist Facebook posts targeting US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin.