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2 months ago | 
nationaljournal.com | Casey Wooten |Cristina Maza |Lauren Green |Erika Filter
Democratic lawmakers have been visiting El Salvador to demand information about the Trump administration’s agreement with the country to hold men deported from the United States, seemingly indefinitely and without due process. But experts note that El Salvador was chosen as a prime destination for the deportees because there’s so little oversight in the country. Four House Democrats—Reps.
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2 months ago | 
nationaljournal.com | Erin Durkin |Lauren Green |Savannah Behrmann |Erika Filter
A senior member of the Democratic National Committee declared war on his party’s incumbents, vowing to spend millions of dollars to oust House Democrats in safe blue seats. David Hogg, the 25-year-old survivor of the 2018 Parkland shooting and a newly minted DNC vice chair, said a separate organization that he controls plans to invest $20 million in solid-blue districts to drum out the “culture of seniority politics,” according to The New York Times.
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2 months ago | 
nationaljournal.com | Cristina Maza |Lauren Green |Erika Filter
The Trump administration launched its first round of nuclear talks with officials from Tehran over the weekend amid concerns that Israel could take out Iran’s nuclear facilities and potentially pull the U.S. into a war to defend its Middle East ally. Trump’s goal is to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. Leading the talks is his Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, who is also the administration’s leading negotiator to end the wars between both Russia and Ukraine and Israel and Hamas.
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Mar 5, 2025 | 
nationaljournal.com | Jeff Dufour |Savannah Behrmann |Casey Wooten |Lauren Green
Five years after then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi ripped up President Trump’s last speech to Congress, Democrats found a new way to voice their displeasure at the first joint address to Congress of his second term: placards, walkouts, and interruptions. There was bad blood from the moment Trump entered the chamber. As the president walked toward the dais, Republican Rep. Lance Gooden ripped a sign from Democratic Rep.
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Feb 12, 2025 | 
nationaljournal.com | Casey Wooten |Lauren Green |Cristina Maza |Erin Durkin
Rep. Sarah McBride is the first transgender member to serve in Congress. The 34-year-old is also one of the youngest members of Congress. McBride, Delaware’s sole representative in the House, has long had a close relationship with former President Biden. She spoke with Lauren Green about her legislative priorities, how her colleagues have treated her in private versus in public, and how Democrats can improve their strategy. This interview has been edited for clarity and length.
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
nationaljournal.com | Zac Weisz |Savannah Behrmann |Casey Wooten |Lauren Green
A triumphant audience hailed President Trump at his inauguration parade at the Washington Wizards’ home court, celebrating a victory that in their minds had been four years in the waiting. “Did you like my speech?” Trump rhetorically asked the rowdy and bleary-eyed crowd, stopping by the arena in Washington's Chinatown neighborhood to cap off his inauguration. He was flanked by families of the Israeli hostages who have been held in Gaza for over 15 months.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
nationaljournal.com | Lauren Green |Philip Athey |Cristina Maza
After 13 years of civil war, one of the Middle East’s most brutal dictators, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, has been forced out of power in a swift and unexpected rebel uprising. Now, just one month before a new administration enters the White House, threatening to dramatically upend U.S. foreign policy, officials in Washington are grappling with whether they should celebrate the downfall of a cruel and deeply entrenched regime or worry about what will replace it.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
nationaljournal.com | Philip Athey |Casey Wooten |Lauren Green |Natalie Jackson
The Equal Rights Amendment was approved by Congress in 1972 and initially ratified by 35 states. It finally met the three-fourths state-ratification requirement in 2020 when Virginia followed suit. However, it has not been certified and published into the Constitution. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand spoke to Savannah Behrmann about why she wants President Biden to compel the national archivist to certify and publish the ERA before his time in the White House ends.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
nationaljournal.com | Cristina Maza |Lauren Green |Philip Athey
As the world prepares for a new administration in Washington next month, Russia and Ukraine are scrambling to solidify their positions ahead of inevitable negotiations. President-elect Trump has boasted he will end the war in Ukraine days after returning to office. Few believe that he can obtain such a swift cessation of hostilities. However, many believe his administration will push Russia and Ukraine to the negotiating table shortly after he reenters the White House in January.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
nationaljournal.com | Tom DeFrank |Lauren Green |Philip Athey |Cristina Maza
Washington’s approach to Venezuela could change dramatically after Donald Trump reenters the White House. Some members of the nation’s exiled political opposition are optimistic those changes won’t be for the worse. Rafael de la Cruz, a top representative of the Venezuelan opposition based in the United States, argues that the regime is at its weakest point in the 25 years since Hugo Chavez first won power in 1999.
