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April 9, 2026
House Republicans quash Democrats' long-shot attempt to hamstring Trump on Iran
House Republicans thwarted an attempt by Democrats to pass a war powers resolution on Thursday that would block President Trump unilaterally restarting hostilities with Iran.Why it matters: The vot...
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April 8, 2026
House Democratic leadership signals sudden openness to 25th Amendment push
House Democratic leadership took a noticeable step Wednesday towards embracing a long-shot push to remove President Trump from office through the 25th Amendment.Why it matters: The time it takes fo...
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April 8, 2026
Iran ceasefire fails to quiet Democrats as over 85 lawmakers demand Trump's removal
President Trump's announcement of a ceasefire with Iran on Tuesday did little to stem the growing tide of calls from congressional Democrats for his impeachment or removal via the 25th Amendment.Wh...
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April 7, 2026
Trump's Iran post causes talk of his impeachment, removal to erupt among Hill Democrats
Calls for President Trump's removal from office reached a fever pitch among congressional Democrats on Tuesday after he threatened that "a whole civilization will die tonight" in a post about Iran....
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April 6, 2026
House Democrat announces impeachment push against Pete Hegseth over Iran war
A House Democrat announced Monday she will introduce articles of impeachment against Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth over his handling of U.S. operations in Iran.Why it matters: Hegseth is emergi...
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April 6, 2026
Trump official Howard Lutnick to sit for May interview with House panel on Epstein ties
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick will sit for a transcribed interview with the House Oversight Committee on May 6, a source familiar with the matter told Axios.Why it matters: Lutnick has come und...
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April 6, 2026
David Hogg's PAC leaves some Dem campaigns fuming
Leaders We Deserve, the PAC founded by David Hogg to elect young progressives in Democratic primaries, is leaving some of the campaigns it endorsed griping about alleged broken promises.Why it matt...
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April 3, 2026
How millions in taxpayer dollars are helping fund House members' reelection bids
Keep a close eye on the ads that inundate your screens as the 2026 midterm elections heat up. You, the taxpayer, paid for some of them.Why it matters: Each election cycle, incumbent House members u...
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April 2, 2026
Lawmakers vow to force Pam Bondi to testify about the Epstein files despite her ouster
Members of the House Oversight Committee said Thursday they will still fight to enforce their panel's subpoena of Pam Bondi after her removal as attorney general.Why it matters: Bondi has been a ta...
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March 27, 2026
Sheila Cherfilus McCormick's fellow Democrats demand her resignation or expulsion
A growing number of House Democrats are calling on Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-Fla.) to resign after the House Ethics Committee found her guilty of dozens of charges, including serious finan...
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March 27, 2026
Fiery Ethics Committee hearing ends in guilty ruling for Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick
A bipartisan panel of House Ethics Committee members found Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-Fla.) guilty of financial misconduct and other charges on summary judgment following a testy, hours-lon...
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March 27, 2026
Late night Senate vote puts DHS shutdown one step closer to largely ending
The U.S. Senate voted overnight to pass a bill that would reopen all of the Department of Homeland Security, except a handful of immigration enforcement agencies.Why it matters: The vote puts Congr...
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March 26, 2026
Why House Democrats are waiting until mid-April to force an Iran war powers vote
House Democrats chose not to force a vote this week to block President Trump from unilaterally waging war with Iran in part out of fear that they still lacked the votes to pass the measure, Axios h...
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March 26, 2026
Scoop: Nancy Mace eyes break with Republicans on Iran war powers in blow to Trump
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) told Axios she will "most likely" vote for House Democrats' resolution to constrain President Trump from waging war with Iran the next time it comes up for a vote.Why it ma...
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March 26, 2026
"No one's comfortable": Jeffries faces threat of revolt on ousting one of his members
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and some of his rank-and-file members are articulating increasingly discordant ideas of what "due process" looks like for Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCorm...
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March 25, 2026
House Democrats face impending dam break on Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick
House Democrats say privately that they may be unable to maintain their silence much longer on the explosive allegations of misuse of taxpayer funds against Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-Fla.)...
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March 25, 2026
Raskin says Pam Bondi's DOJ gave him "damning" memo on Trump classified docs case
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) told Attorney General Pam Bondi in a letter Tuesday that her department provided him with a "damning" memo containing new allegations about President Trump's handling of c...
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March 24, 2026
House Democrats clamp down on defections ahead of new Iran war powers vote
House Democrats have clamped down on internal divisions ahead of an expected vote to constrain President Trump's ability to wage war with Iran, Axios has learned from lawmakers familiar with the ma...
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March 24, 2026
Republican Sen. Rick Scott sues Booz Allen Hamilton over leaked tax returns
Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) is suing Booz Allen Hamilton in federal court after his tax returns were leaked along with those of other wealthy Americans, including President Trump and Elon Musk.Why it ...
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March 20, 2026
"He needs to go": Fetterman's fellow Democrats rage over his vote on Mullin for DHS
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) is under heavy fire from fellow Democrats for casting the deciding vote to advance Sen. Markwayne Mullin's (R-Okla.) nomination for DHS Secretary, with some openly calli...
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March 19, 2026
AOC is not ruling out endorsing primary challengers to fellow House Democrats
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) told Axios she is keeping the door open to endorsing challengers to her House Democratic colleagues "if someone crosses some huge line."Why it matters: Ocasio...
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March 19, 2026
Scoop: How the left plans to start winning Democratic primaries again
Progressives plan to exert more pressure in Democratic congressional primaries to get the left to coalesce behind one viable candidate rather than split the vote and create an opening for moderates...
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March 19, 2026
Enraged Democrats threaten Bondi with impeachment, contempt after "outrageous" briefing
Democratic members of the House Oversight Committee stormed out midway through a briefing from Attorney General Pam Bondi enraged and raising the threat of an impeachment or contempt of Congress ef...
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March 18, 2026
The "Squad" left faces complete wipeout in Illinois Democratic primaries
The left suffered a virtually total collapse in the Illinois Democratic congressional primaries on Tuesday night — even in races where the AIPAC-backed candidate lost.Why it matters: It's a bad sig...
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March 18, 2026
Pro-Israel group AIPAC notches its first real 2026 Democratic primary wins in Illinois
The pro-Israel group AIPAC notched some much-needed victories on Tuesday night in Illinois, with two Democratic House candidates it backed winning their races.Why it matters: Long a big spender in ...
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March 17, 2026
"We're making people hurt": Democrats adopt new tactic to win DHS shutdown fight
House Democrats are launching a Hail Mary push to effectively end the Department of Homeland Security's now month-long shutdown by funding all of its sub-agencies except ICE and Customs and Border ...
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March 16, 2026
Scoop: Hakeem Jeffries faces growing threat of a 2027 rebellion from his members
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) could get caught in the undertow of the very blue wave he hopes to ride into power this November as a growing number of Democratic candidates tell Axi...
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March 13, 2026
Inside AIPAC's peculiar strategy to sink progressives: Attack them from the left
Groups linked to AIPAC are employing an eyebrow-raising tactic to sink pro-Palestinian progressives in Democratic congressional primaries: Going after their leftist bona fides.Why it matters: It is...
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March 13, 2026
Democrats move to censure GOP Reps. Randy Fine and Andy Ogles for anti-Muslim posts
Democrats are moving to censure Reps. Randy Fine (R-Fla.) and Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) for a series of anti-Muslim posts the two congressmen have made over the last several weeks.Why it matters: Partis...
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March 13, 2026
"Awful f*cking idiot": Tensions erupt in Congress over Republicans' anti-Muslim posts
Congressional Democrats and Republicans clashed furiously on social media Thursday night over blatantly anti-Muslim posts by right-wing House members and senators.Why it matters: Republicans are gr...
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