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Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Virginia), the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, is asking its Republican chairman, Rep. James Comer (R-Kentucky), to help investigate “grave conflicts of interest” surrounding Trump. Connolly made the request to Comer in a letter Tuesday that repeatedly invokes the presidential ethics reforms that Comer pushed for under the previous president,… Read more »

NATO is “brain dead.” NATO is “obsolete.” NATO is “a relic of the Cold War.” These are the familiar tropes espoused by NATO’s critics who have become drowned out by the Russian onslaught in Ukraine. With Putin’s brutal invasion, the march of authoritarianism has quickened its step. NATO, however, has responded with a demonstration of unity and resolve capable of redefining the future of… Read more »

Tammy Wildgoose and her husband wanted to build a family. After a year and a half without success, Wildgoose was diagnosed with infertility and they turned to in vitro fertilization. But there was a problem — her health insurance wouldn’t cover it. Without that coverage, the process was financially out of reach. So Wildgoose decided to take a second job with Amazon on top of her… Read more »

Congressional Democrats are demanding President JOE BIDEN provide insurance coverage for in-vitro fertilization to all federal employees, arguing it would be one of the most concrete moves the administration can take after the Alabama state Supreme Court jeopardized access to such fertility treatments. Currently, the insurance program that covers more than 8 million federal employees… Read more »

In June 2022, members of the Godines and Everts families were driving to their home in Gillette, Wyo. Traveling behind the family on I-25 as they passed Greeley, Colo. was a freight truck carrying mail on a contract with the U.S. Postal Service. The truck’s brakes were out of alignment, it was uninsured, and its driver did not have a commercial driver’s license. The truck slammed into the… Read more »

A central part of Donald Trump’s plan should he return to the White House is to dismantle the “deep state,” getting rid of the federal government workers who might stand in the way of his broader agenda. Allies of those civil servants are already gearing up for a fight. With nearly a year left until next fall’s election, President Joe Biden’s administration, lawmakers and advocacy… Read more »

By Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) and Rep. Jennifer McClellan (D-VA) Opining on the fate of the Mountain Valley Pipeline—a gas project that would run through our home state of Virginia—your editorial “Judges for Legal Disobedience” (July 12) criticizes the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit for refusing to honor “proper orders” from Congress. As lawmakers who were active in… Read more »

Faith leaders, activists and elected officials in Fairfax County, Virginia, took part in a community conversation Friday about how to reduce gun violence. The discussion was hosted by U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly, Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Chairman Jeffrey McKay, and state Sen. Jennifer Boysko. According to Every Town For Gun Safety, nearly 1,000 people in Virginia and more… Read more »

Republicans are clamoring over themselves to blame President Joe Biden for any and every challenge facing America. Nowhere is that more apparent than on the issue of immigration and border security. If you listen to my Republican colleagues, you’d believe Joe Biden single-handedly broke our immigration system and refuses to fix it. They keep this lie alive by perpetuating a series of… Read more »

Democrats are sending a former Trump impeachment lawyer and several longtime oversight members to sit on the newly created Republican-led House subcommittee investigating the "weaponization" of the federal government. Why it matters: The weaponization committee will be a highly visible vehicle for Republicans to probe the Justice Department and FBI after a series of… Read more »