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John Koskinen, IRS commissioner, spared impeachment by House Republicans

Republican leaders managed to derail impeachment of IRS Commissioner John Koskinen on Tuesday, forcing the debate back to a committee for more study, where it will die when Congress adjourns at the end of this year.

December 6, 2016

Ray Buckley, top Democrat in New Hampshire, makes bid to be DNC chair

In his quest to be the next chairman of the Democratic National Committee, New Hampshire's Democratic Party chairman is touting his state's success in fending off the GOP as proof he's best equipped to lead his party back to winning at the national level.

December 5, 2016

Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees aided by Harry Reid’s filibuster ‘nuclear option’

Democrats are increasingly antsy over the lineup President-elect Donald Trump has announced for his Cabinet, but they are also powerless to do very much to stop him -- thanks to their own leader, Sen. Harry Reid.

December 4, 2016

Howard Dean ends bid to return as DNC chair: Report

Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean said Friday that he is no longer seeking to become the next chairman of the Democratic National Committee.

December 2, 2016

James Mattis to be defense secretary, Trump says

As he kicked off this thank-you tour in Cincinnati, Ohio, President-elect Donald Trump announced -- sort of -- that he was naming U.S. Marine Corps Gen. James N. Mattis as defense secretary. But he told the crowd and the TV cameras not to let it out of the room.

December 1, 2016

James Mattis to be named as Trump’s defense secretary: Report

As he kicked off this thank-you tour in Cincinnati, Ohio, President-elect Donald Trump announced -- sort of -- that he was naming U.S. Marine Corps Gen. James N. Mattis as defense secretary.

December 1, 2016

House Democrats change caucus rules in attempt to quell disgruntled lawmakers

House Democrats on Thursday changed the rules governing their caucus in an attempt to assuage rank-and-file members that tried -- and failed -- to remove Nancy Pelosi this week as their leader in the lower chamber.

December 1, 2016

Donald Trump promises ‘consequences’ for companies that ship jobs out of U.S.

President-elect Donald Trump urged his supporters Thursday to be the "agents of change" and to keep the pressure on elected leaders in Washington to make sure they deliver on the promises that he laid out in his victory over Hillary Clinton in the presidential race.

December 1, 2016

Democrats ‘doubled down on the status quo’ with Nancy Pelosi: RNC

The Republican National Committee said the return of Nancy Pelosi as leader of House Democrats exposes the tone deafness of her party.

November 30, 2016

Nancy Pelosi re-elected as leader of House Democrats

House Democrats renewed Rep. Nancy Pelosi's lease on power Wednesday, voting to keep her as party leader and insisting she bears no blame for her party's staggering electoral losses over the past six years.

November 30, 2016

Tim Ryan snags endorsements in bid to replace Nancy Pelosi as top House Democrat

A couple of young House lawmakers Tuesday endorsed Rep. Tim Ryan's bid to become minority leader in the House in the new Congress -- giving a boost to the Ohio Democrat's long-shot bid to strip Rep. Nancy Pelosi of the top post in the House Democratic caucus.

November 29, 2016

Donald Trump’s property security unprecedented

Donald Trump's win in the presidential election is causing some heartburn for New Yorkers and headaches for law enforcement officials trying to balance how best to protect the president-elect and his iconic properties from attacks without placing an undue burden on city residents and businesses.

November 27, 2016

Democratic National Committee hopeful Keith Ellison’s says DNC must fight for the working class

For Rep. Keith Ellison, what ails the Democratic Party isn't its policies or its people but math.

November 24, 2016

Tim Ryan snags endorsement in campaign against House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi

Rep. Marcia L. Fudge on Wednesday endorsed Rep. Tim Ryan's quest to become the leader of the House Democratic caucus in the next Congress - giving her fellow Ohio Democrat's long-shot bid a pre-Thanksgiving shot of optimism.

November 23, 2016

Donna Brazile begins analyzing why Democrats lost election

The interim chair of the Democratic National Committee said Tuesday she has created an "advisory group" to look into what went so wrong for the party in the 2016 election, just four years after the GOP went through a similar post-election soul-searching.

November 22, 2016

Tim Ryan, Ohio Democrat, to challenge Pelosi for House minority leader

Rep. Tim Ryan announced Thursday that he will challenge Rep. Nancy Pelosi for leadership of the House Democratic Caucus, giving the party's moderates a rallying point as they try to drag the party back toward the center after last week's elections.

November 17, 2016

Nancy Pelosi sheds blame for election results, brushes off possible leadership challenge

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that FBI Director James B. Comey's decision to announce a renewed investigation into Hillary Clinton's emails dragged down Democrats in the 2016 election, as the California Democrat refused to shoulder "full responsibility" for the party's poor showing.

November 17, 2016

Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren join leadership as Democrats ignore vote, veer left

Senate Democrats promoted two of the country's most visible liberals to leadership posts Wednesday, and Rep. Nancy Pelosi announced she'll seek to stay on as the Democratic leader in the House as the party's left wing pushed back.

November 16, 2016

Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees could face Republican opposition

Sen. Rand Paul said Wednesday that he would do whatever necessary -- including joining a filibuster by Senate Democrats -- to block confirmation of Donald Trump's Cabinet nominees if he taps someone like John R. Bolton or Rudolph W. Giuliani for secretary of state.

November 16, 2016

Nancy Pelosi officially enters race to be House minority leader in new Congress

Rep. Nancy Pelosi formally announced Wednesday she is running to retain her spot as House minority leader and sent a warning shot to potential rivals by informing her colleagues that she has already locked up "the support of more than two-thirds" of the Democratic caucus.

November 16, 2016