U.S. Rep. Donald Payne, Jr., a six-term Democratic congressman from New Jersey, has died from “heart problems,” Fox News confirmed Wednesday. Payne was 65 and had been suffering from health problems for years. His father, the late Rep. Donald Payne Sr., D-N,J., also died in office in 2012. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said he and his wife are “deeply …
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A new Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday shows President Biden’s slight lead over former President Trump vanishing despite Trump’s ongoing criminal trial in New York City. Trump’s trial, related to the 34 counts of falsifying business records he’s charged with, began last week with jury selection and moved into opening arguments this week. Trump has pleaded not guilty to all …
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A House Democrat outspoken about his disdain for former President Donald Trump and desire to see him face criminal prosecution is giving his own legally troubled sibling a pass. Rep. Brendan Boyle, D-Pa., a Philadelphia-area congressman who boldly declared in Jan. 2021 that “Donald Trump belongs in prison,” has avoided calling for his younger brother, Democratic state Rep. Kevin Boyle, …
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A member of the far-left “Squad” survived a challenge from a centrist Democrat on Tuesday despite her sharp criticism of Israel that threatened her effort to win re-election in a district with a sizable Jewish community. Rep. Summer Lee, a first-term congresswoman, will once again be the Democrat nominee to represent Pennsylvania’s 12th Congressional District, after defeating local councilwoman Bhavini …
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A Democratic state senator in Minnesota was charged with first-degree burglary on Tuesday after authorities say she broke into her stepmother’s house where the lawmaker claimed she was trying to get her late father’s belongings, including his ashes. Sen. Nicole Mitchell, 49, was booked into the Becker County Jail on Monday for a suspected first-degree burglary offense, according to online …
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President Joe Biden has an antisemitism problem. It is large and growing larger. It is his problem and he can’t shed responsibility for it.In a nutshell: The people who work for him are not doing their jobs to stop discrimination against Jews in America. Anyone with eyes and ears can see and hear what has been happening in America for …
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A bipartisan knot of House members clustered in the well of the chamber just around 2 p.m. on Saturday. The House had just approved a $26 billion aid package for Israel, 366-58, which was the final of several roll-call votes on a clutch of foreign aid bills, including $61 billion for Ukraine. But members weren’t certain they were done yet …
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DEARBORN, Mich. – The movement to deny President Biden the Democratic nomination in Michigan could end up costing the president the crucial swing state in November. “I think this state is in play,” Ronald Stockton, a professor emeritus at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, told Fox News Digital. “From a Biden point of view, I think he’s got a really good …
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A group of climate activists are eyeing their next big protest over the summer. In a statement to group members and supporters, Climate Defiance is calling for a “historic blockade” of the Congressional Baseball Game, an annual competition where Republican and Democratic members of Congress compete in America’s favorite pastime. “We – society, humanity – are careening into an abyss. …
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A group that’s backing leftist candidates for Congress who want to place conditions on U.S. aid to Israel is hosting a Monday night event aimed at bashing the pro-Israel lobby and “building progressive power in Congress.” Our Revolution, an organizing group founded by self-described “democratic socialist” Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is hosting a town hall featuring Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair …
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