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Will Hurd, a former Texas congressman who was part of a diminishing bloc of Republican moderates in the House and was the only Black member of his caucus when he left office in 2021, announced his candidacy for president on Thursday with a video message that attacked the G.O.P. front-runner, …

On Friday, President Biden will be endorsed by the nation’s top two reproductive freedom groups, and the Republican problem with the abortion issue will return. Politico reported: The nation’s top abortion rights groups are expected to endorse President Joe Biden’s reelection bid at an …

In a Senate floor speech, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) called out Republican family values hypocrites while discussing the package of three bills that the HELP Committee that he chairs will be marking up. Video: Sen. Sanders said: You know, we hear a lot of talk in this town about “family …

A coalition of House Republicans and Democrats came together to kill a resolution that would have censured Rep. Adam  Schiff. A resolution to table the censure resolution passed 225-196-7 with 20 Republicans joining Democrats to kill the bid to censure Rep. Schiff. Video: House …

Rachel Maddow pointed out that Republicans are making many of the mistakes that they made in 2016, and wasn’t buying their claims of surprise over Trump congratulating Kim Jong-un. Video: Maddow said:Barring Kim Jong-un like stepping down and apologizing. That might be the only thing you would congratulate him for. …

House Republicans are realizing that Kevin McCarthy got owned by Biden on the debt limit deal, but they won’t bring a motion to vacate to dump McCarthy. For example, here is Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-C): Eliminating $1.8 billion for Biden’s new army of IRS agents is great until you realize …

A Texas House Republican-led investigation has recommended that state Attorney General Ken Paxton be impeached. The AP reported: In an unanimous decision, a Republican-led House investigative committee that spent months quietly looking into Paxton recommended impeaching the state’s top lawyer. The House could vote on the recommendation as soon as …

Rachel Maddow showed that the Republicans had become the party of jailing librarians, banning books, and getting rid of school desegregation. Video: Maddow said: Whatever your politics are, whether you agree with what these Republicans and Republican governors and Republican legislatures are doing in the states. You can still see, …

Charges for a North Dakota man who killed a teenager with his vehicle, in what authorities have alleged was a politically motivated attack, have been reduced by the local district attorney. 41-year-old Shannon Brandt was initially charged with vehicular homicide and leaving the scene of a deadly accident after striking …

President Biden sought to drive a wedge among Republicans in their escalating dispute over spending and debt on Wednesday, effectively reaching out to moderates in hopes of convincing them to break away from Speaker Kevin McCarthy rather than risk triggering a national default that could throw the economy into a …