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Democratic rep. will retire after Texas redistricting unless courts overturn GOP map
MSNBC· 2025-08-22 10:48
longest serving congressman in Texas history says he'll retire if the new Republican drawn redistricting map goes into effect. That's Democrat Lloyd Dogget who made the announcement yesterday. The 78-year-old has represented the Austin area since 1995.But this new map merges Dogget's district with another represented by Democrat Greg Casar. So instead of potentially generational primary against the 36-year-old Casar, Dogget says he's going to step aside unless the courts block the new map. Speaking of that ...
Hakeem Jeffries holds presser amid Speaker Johnson’s House shutdown amid Epstein drama
MSNBC· 2025-07-23 17:29
Morning everyone. Honored to be joined today by Whip Katherine Clark and caucus chair Pete Aguilar as we prepare to depart for the August district work period. The Trump administration and House Republicans have been a complete and total failure.These MAGA extremists promised that they were going to lower costs in the United States of America. In fact, they promised the American people that costs would go down on day one. But costs haven't gone down.They are on the way up. Inflation is up. It's the quality ...