Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) likened President Trump’s onslaught of executive action to a “blitzkrieg” whose ultimate goal is to “collapse our democracy.” “The freezing of federal grants, the
US Senators Patty Murray, Chuck Schumer, Amy Klobuchar, Chris Murphy, and Andy Kim held a press conference in Washington, DC, to discuss the Trump administration’s memo to freeze federal funding on Tuesday.
Having leaned so hard on defending democracy during the campaign only to see voters narrowly choose the autocrats, Democrats were left without a unifying message, let alone a consensus messenger, to describe the new president and his allies.
Senate Democrats are unveiling a resolution Monday that would condemn President Trump’s pardons of those found guilty of assaulting police officers during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. The
N.Y., told Fox News Digital's Aishah Hasnie that he supports action by Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., to delay confirmation of some of President Trump's more controversial Cabinet nominees. (edited)
N.Y., said he supports Democrat efforts to slow down the confirmation of President Trump's Cabinet, including for key national security roles.
Senate Republicans are trudging through the process to confirm President Trump's nominees as Democrats push back on their speedy approval.
Democrats were left dumbfounded Thursday after President Donald Trump twisted a deadly plane crash catastrophe into an opportunity to attack diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
But it’s important to not overlook just how incompetent a brand-new administration can be—and that applies doubly when Trump is in charge. The attempt to freeze federal funds to key government programs—and subsequent flip-flopping,
Trump’s haphazard attempt to impose a sweeping freeze on federal aid across the government awakened Democrats into furious opposition.
U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney (2nd District), U.S. Rep. Jahana Hayes (5th District), Gov. Ned Lamont and other government officials gathered to discuss the legality of President Donald Trump's memo pausing federal funding on Wednesday.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said that the memo reversal would end "confusion" about the funding freeze.