Over 100 Democrats voted for a House measure to cut $3.3 billion in military funding for Israel on Wednesday, marking a shift within the party even as the amendment still overwhelmingly failed to pass. The amendment, introduced by Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Kentucky), failed 104 to 314. The legislation would have stripped the 2027 State Department and national security funding bill of a provision…
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-New York) announced to colleagues on Tuesday that he is planning to vote against an amendment to a 2027 State Department funding bill that would reduce the amount of direct military funding the U.S. will send to Israel in the next fiscal year, despite growing opposition to the U.S.’s backing of Israel within his own party. In a “dear colleague” letter…
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New polling data reveals that a majority of Americans believe there are grounds to impeach President Donald Trump right now. But despite those sentiments, leaders in the Democratic Party are still refusing to include the idea of impeaching Trump in the party’s messaging in the run-up to the 2026 congressional midterm elections. The Strength in Numbers/Verasight poll…
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The election of three Democratic socialist candidates earlier this week in congressional races within New York City has many establishment Democrats worried — including, it appears, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. On Tuesday, Democratic Socialist of America (DSA)-aligned candidates Brad Lander, Darializa Avila Chevalier, and Claire Valdez all won their primary races in districts within…
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-New York) has indicated that Democrats aren’t currently considering impeaching President Donald Trump — meaning that the issue likely won’t be a talking point in the final months leading up to the midterm elections, despite data demonstrating that impeachment is popular among voters. Speaking to CNBC’s Emily Wilkins at the network’s “CEO Council…
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A wave of momentum behind impeaching President Donald Trump for his genocidal threats toward Iran on Tuesday came to a screeching halt by the end of the week as Democratic leaders like Senate and House minority leaders Chuck Schumer (New York) and Hakeem Jeffries (New York) hand-wrung over such a process being a “distraction,” reporting says. After Trump threatened that “a whole civilization…
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