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The violent attack against Speaker Nancy Pelosi‘s (D-CA) husband, Paul Pelosi, in their San Francisco residence has sparked new calls for increased security to be provided to prominent politicians and their families. Pelosi underwent surgery for a skull fracture and bodily injuries on Friday after a man assaulted him with a hammer, confronting him while…

A Pennsylvania-based man admitted to threatening to kill Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) and impersonating members of the Trump family on social media in an effort to raise funds for a fraudulent political organization on Friday. Without naming Swalwell directly, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Damian Williams announced that Joshua Hall, 22,…

House Republicans are hoping House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) will run for a leadership position amid speculation he is vying to replace Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) as the chamber’s top Democrat if she opts to retire following the midterm elections, with GOP lawmakers arguing that the high-profile Democrat would be easier to villainize…

Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) is slated to stump for Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), as the former member of the House Republican leadership crosses party lines to endorse in a key race. Cheney, who was removed by her GOP colleagues from her role as House Republican conference chairwoman in 2021 due to her criticisms of former…

Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA) is cautioning Pennsylvania Republicans against leaning too heavily on John Fetterman’s health when attacking the Democratic Senate nominee. Reschenthaler, a member of House GOP leadership and the first member of Congress to endorse Republican Mehmet Oz publicly during his primary race, argued that the GOP would be better served focusing on…

A group of former staffers and associates of Florida Democratic gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist are opting to endorse GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis over the onetime Republican as he vies for another term as governor in the Sunshine State. In an open letter led by Crist’s former chief of staff George LeMieux, whom he appointed to…

Congressional Progressive Caucus Chairwoman Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) faulted her staff for releasing a since-withdrawn letter to President Joe Biden calling on him to negotiate a settlement to end Russia’s war in Ukraine following a slew of internal backlash on Tuesday. The letter, which was drafted and signed by 30 progressive lawmakers, was met with strong…

House Freedom Caucus Chairman Scott Perry (R-PA) is ramping up a push for rules changes in the next Congress as the conservative group looks to flex its muscle ahead of midterm elections in which Republicans are expected to take back the majority in the lower chamber. Last week, the Freedom Caucus released a 54-page packet…

As Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY) faces a heated battle to remain in Congress, the Democrats’ House campaign arm has decided to place a $605,000 ad buy in an effort to boost him in his race in the final stretch of the election. Maloney, who opted to run in New York’s…

A group of top House Democrats are calling on leadership to abolish the debt ceiling during the lame-duck session in a bid to deny Republicans the ability to use a vote on raising the debt limit to force spending cuts. In a letter sent to Speaker Nancy Pelosi (R-CA) and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer…