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Congressional Hispanic Caucus heads to Mexico
Leaders of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus are in Monterrey, Mexico, today to protest against the Trump administration’s immigration and border policies.
House Dems head to El Salvador
Four House Democrats are heading to El Salvador to visit the notorious CECOT prison and keep attention on Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
Van Hollen returns to Washington
Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) laid into the Trump administration on Friday after returning from El Salvador, where the Maryland Democrat visited with Salvadoran immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
White House leans hard into Abrego Garcia dispute
President Donald Trump and his aides are never subtle about messaging or where they stand in a fight. That couldn’t be clearer in the political and legal struggle over Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the undocumented Salvadoran immigrant improperly deported from Maryland to the notorious CECOT prison in El Salvador.
Van Hollen meets with Abrego Garcia in El Salvador
Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D) met with Kilmar Abrego Garcia Thursday in El Salvador.
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Bustos family rift roils Illinois Senate run
Awisi Bustos, the CEO of the Illinois Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs, filed to join the crowded Democratic primary to replace retiring Sen. Dick Durbin.
Lobbyists pick AOC as most likely Dem leader
Nearly two-thirds of Democratic K Street leaders say the party has been ineffective in obstructing Trump’s agenda in Congress.
Cruz claims victory on spectrum
Cruz is pushing to make more radio spectrum commercially available through auctions held by the Federal Communications Commission.
Scott Bessent in the hot seat
Bessent told lawmakers that if China can “course correct” by upholding the trade agreement, a “rebalancing of the world’s two largest economies is possible.”