Trump defends Pelosi, says she's 'not a racist'
President Donald Trump, in a surprising turn, defended Democrat Nancy Pelosi amid her dispute with Rep. Alexandria Ocascio-Cortez and other freshman Democrats, saying the House speaker
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Acting EPA chief: Green New Deal 'not really ready for prime time'
Acting Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler jabbed the Democrats' Green New Deal rollout as "not really ready for prime time" in an interview that aired Wednesday.
First Muslim women in Congress: Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar
A pair of districts in the Midwest will add Muslim women to the ranks of the US Congress for the first time, CNN has projected.
Ocasio-Cortez faces heat for excluding media from town hall events
Democratic congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez faced criticism this week for barring media from attending two of her town hall events in New York that were otherwise open to the public.
Republicans compare Ocasio-Cortez to Venezuelan dictator
The Republican National Committee on Thursday took a heavy swipe at Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez -- the 28-year-old Latina who unseated a long-serving Democratic congressman in New York's June primary -- comparing her to Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro.
Ocasio-Cortez questions why US pays for war but not Medicare-for-all
Democratic congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez questioned why Republicans are happy to pay for tax cuts and "unlimited war" but the GOP, and some Democrats, don't see "Medicare-for-all" or other progressive ideas as financially feasible.
