Author: Lauren Green, Washington Examiner

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) launched an investigation Thursday to look at President Donald Trump’s dismantling of the Department of Education and the effects it will have. Warren launched her “Save Our Schools Campaign” earlier this month, days after Trump signed an executive order to take “all necessary steps to facilitate the closure of the Department…

House Judiciary Committee ranking member Jamie Raskin (D-MD) is asking FBI Director Kash Patel to investigate President Donald Trump‘s nominee for U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C., Ed Martin, after he failed to disclose more than 150 Russian media appearances. Raskin called on the FBI director to open the investigation after the Washington Post reported last…

Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-FL) says more congressional trips to El Salvador are in the works after he and other Democratic lawmakers traveled to the country to protest the mistaken deportation of Kilmer Abrego Garcia. Frost was joined by three other House Democrats on his trip — Reps. Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Robert Garcia (D-CA), and Maxine…

Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) became the first sitting GOP member to suggest President Donald Trump fire Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth following a second round of allegations regarding mishandling sensitive information. Hegseth reportedly shared sensitive information about military operations in Yemen in a private chat on the Signal app with his wife, brother, and personal lawyer, according to…

Women on Capitol Hill have found a new way to make an often mundane, colorless place fun and lively: clothing rental services. Subscription services such as Nuuly and Rent the Runway have become staples for staffers who work hard and want to dress well while doing it. Women’s fashion, often scrutinized while many men opt…

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) expressed fear over possible retaliation from the Trump administration, telling nonprofit organization leaders in Alaska that she is “very anxious” about using her voice. While speaking at the Foraker Group’s leadership summit in Alaska on Monday, Murkowski was asked what she would say to voters who are afraid of recent policy…

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) extended his support for banning Congress members from inside stock trading, a matter former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) used to oppose. The bipartisan matter has lingered for a long time, with broad public support. The most recent action came from Democrats after many of them accused Republicans of…

House Democrats are pushing to organize a congressional delegation to the megaprison in El Salvador where the Trump administration is sending hundreds of deportees. Lawmakers have the ability to travel to El Salvador on their own but would have to seek GOP approval from House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) to embark on an…

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) had the largest fundraising quarter of her political career, hauling in nearly $10 million across the first three months of the year as she tours the country with left-wing Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT). Ocasio-Cortez, who represents a solid-blue district in New York, handily outraised almost every House member last cycle, including…

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) raised $32.2 million during the first quarter of the year after Republicans assumed a trifecta in Washington. Johnson’s team stated in a press release sent out Monday morning that the figure is his largest quarterly fundraising total yet as House speaker and the largest for a Republican speaker during a midterm…