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Rep. John Lewis’ books sell out following Donald Trump’s attacks

Rep. John Lewis asks questions during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on nomination of Senator Jeff Sessions for attorney general on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 11, 2017. Rep. John Lewis asks questions during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on nomination of Senator Jeff Sessions for attorney general on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 11, 2017.

Number of Democrat lawmakers boycotting Trump’s inauguration swells …

Your boss is watching you: Companies fit staff with tracking devices to they can follow their movements night and day Trump inauguration boycott grows to 19 Democrat lawmakers: Congressmen will NOT attend after The Donald’s feud with civil rights hero John Lewis, who said he will not be a ‘legitimate President’ A growing number of Democrat lawmakers are boycotting Donald Trump’s inauguration this week, in the wake of his remarks about civil rights campaigner-turned-Representative John Lewis over MLK weekend. There are now 17 Democratic Representatives saying they will spurn Trump’s swearing-in in favor of focusing on their constituents or even taking part in protests and ‘resistance’ movements.

James Comey’s Worst Week in Washington

James Comey had hoped to lay low for a while after the election. After all, the FBI director — via his last-minute interjection into the presidential race — had become a major player in the fight between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.

Trump unleashes attack on US civil rights icon

US President-elect Donald Trump aimed his latest Twitter blast at longtime congressman John Lewis, a prominent civil rights icon. Photo: AFP President-elect Donald Trump lashed out at a prominent civil rights icon and lawmaker who said he is skipping next week’s inauguration ceremony because he sees the New York businessman’s election as illegitimate.

5 Images that refute Trump’s attack on Hero John Lewis

It began when Rep. John Lewis announced that he would not attend the inaugural of Donald J. Trump because he did not consider him a legitimate president. Lewis, sometimes called “the conscience of Congress,” emerged to prominence as a very young man in 1963-66 as Chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee – of which he had been one of the founders.

Paid family leave debate continues in Connecticut

Senate President Pro Tempore Martin M. Looney, D-New Haven, right, gestures as state Sen. Len Suzio, R- Meriden, left, speaks with Sen. Ted Kennedy Jr., D-Branford, center, looking on, during opening session at the state Capitol on Jan. 4. less Senate President Pro Tempore Martin M. Looney, D-New Haven, right, gestures as state Sen. Len Suzio, R- Meriden, left, speaks with Sen. Ted Kennedy Jr., D-Branford, center, looking on, during opening session at … more Senate Republican President Pro Tempore Len Fasano, R-North Haven, greets Senate President Pro Tempore Martin M. Looney, D-New Haven, right, during the opening session at the state Capitol.

Protesters across US decry Trump’s anti-immigrant stance

Protesters gathered Saturday to support immigrant rights at rallies around the U.S., denouncing President-elect Donald Trump for his anti-immigrant rhetoric and his pledges to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexican border and to crack down on Muslims entering the country. “We are not going to allow Donald Trump to bury the Statue of Liberty,” Sen. Chris Van Hollen, a Maryland Democrat, told a standing-room-only crowd at historic African-American church in downtown Washington during one of dozens of rallies around the nation.

Kerry’s stop in Vietnam is emotional peak of final trip

It could have been 1969 again as Secretary of State John Kerry stood on the bow of the small boat chugging up the Bay Hap River on Saturday, the wind billowing his sleeves and his eyes darting left and right toward banks shrouded in dark foliage. As a young Navy lieutenant,Mr. Kerry commanded a Swift boat along this stretch of churning brown waters in the middle of a free-fire zone.

DNC chair contenders seek unified front against Trump

Over and over, the candidates to helm the Democratic National Committee stressed Saturday that they’re waging a new fight against Donald Trump — not re-fighting the old one between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton. Their race is no proxy battle, and the party is now unified around the cause of stopping Trump as he prepares to take the oath of office, the seven contenders said.

Protesters across US decry Trump’s anti-immigrant stance

Protesters gathered Saturday to support immigrant rights at rallies around the U.S., denouncing President-elect Donald Trump for his anti-immigrant rhetoric and his pledges to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexican border and to crack down on Muslims entering the country. “We are not going to allow Donald Trump to bury the Statue of Liberty,” Sen. Chris Van Hollen, a Maryland Democrat, told a standing-room-only crowd at historic African-American church in downtown Washington during one of dozens of rallies around the nation.

Report: Trump to visit African American museum in DC

After a public feud with a black civil rights figure, President-elect Trump will likely visit the Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., to celebrate Martin Luther King Day, according to a report Saturday. The Saturday evening report from ABC News , citing senior transition sources, follows a pair of Trump’s tweets reacting to comments made by Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., a well-known leader from the civil rights movement, suggesting Russia’s interference with the election sullied Trump’s Electoral College win over Democrat Hillary Clinton .

We Were Warned About Barack Obama-By Obama

In the fall of 2014, I attended a meeting of Iowa City progressives called to discuss the possibility of trying to enlist Bernie Sanders to enter the 2016 presidential race as a Democrat. When the 30 or so attendees went around the table introducing themselves, all but two expressed “disappointment” with Barack Obama-a president in whom they’d invested considerable betrayed hope for progressive- and left-leaning change.

Protesters denounce Trump’s anti-immigrant rhetoric, plans

Protesters gathered Saturday to support immigrant rights at rallies around the United States, denouncing President-elect Donald Trump for his anti-immigrant rhetoric and his pledges to build a wall on the US-Mexican border and to crack down on Muslims entering the country. A standing-room-only crowd packed into a historic African-American church in downtown Washington for one of dozens of rallies around the nation.

Fixing our broken immigration system truly would be great

There are so many flaws in the U.S. immigration system that could be readily fixed by Congress that it’s a shame so much of the election season was focused on illegitimate and downright harmful fears based not in fact, but in jaded rhetoric and political convenience. Our broken immigration system needs real and humane solutions.

The Latest: Capitol architect says pig painting breaks rules

Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., center, accompanied by Rep. John Sarbanes, D-Md., right, and Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Mass., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017 to discuss P… Just weeks before a gunman opened fire at Fort Lauderdale’s airport, authorities said he walked into an FBI office in Alaska, telling agents the government was controlling his mind and that he was having… Just weeks before a gunman opened fire at Fort Lauderdale’s airport, authorities said he walked into an FBI office in Alaska, telling agents the government was controlling his mind and that he was having terroristic… States across the nation’s midsection are bracing for another round of winter storms expected to add to thick ice that already has glazed roads, grounded flights and prompted class cancellations amid warnings… Parts of the central U.S. grappled … (more)

Trump unleashes attack on U.S. civil rights icon who called election ‘illegitimate’

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump lashed out Saturday at a prominent civil rights icon and lawmaker who said he is skipping this week’s inauguration ceremony because he sees the New York businessman’s election as illegitimate. Trump aimed his latest Twitter blast at longtime Rep. John Lewis and the majority-black district in Georgia he represents, drawing widespread criticism just days before the holiday honoring slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. A park near the monument to King was the endpoint Saturday of the first major protest in Washington ahead of Trump’s Jan. 20 inauguration: Nearly 2,000 people rallied both in honor of King and against the president-elect.

Trump Hits Back at John Lewis [Updated]

Lawmakers condemn Trump for attack on John Lewis – Lawmakers took to social media on Saturday to defend Rep. John Lewis’s (D-Ga.) legacy after President-elect Donald Trump – launched an early-morning Twitter attack on the civil rights leader. – Pushing back against Trump’s criticism that Lewis is

Many motivations drive women to DC for inauguration protest

June 27, 2016 file photo pro-abortion rights activists celebrate during a rally at the Supreme Court in Washington. The tens of thousands of women flocking to Washington for a march on the day after Donald Trump’s inauguration come packing a multitude of agendas, but are united in their loathing for Trump.

Trump rips ‘all talk,’ ‘no action’ civil rights icon Lewis

President-elect Donald Trump harshly responded to civil rights icon John Lewis on Saturday, calling him “all talk” and “no action” after the Georgia lawmaker said Trump was not a “legitimate” president. “Congressman John Lewis should spend more time on fixing and helping his district, which is in horrible shape and falling apart rather than falsely complaining about the election results.

Missouri senators renew effort to get Delta Queen cruising

Missouri’s U.S. senators are renewing efforts to get the legendary riverboat the Delta Queen cruising again on the Mississippi River and its tributaries. Legislation filed this past week by Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill and co-sponsored by Republican Sen. Roy Blunt would reinstate an exemption for the Delta Queen to a federal law that prohibits overnight excursions on wooden vessels.

Report: A.G. Loretta Lynch will leave office without resolving Eric Garner case

Attorney General Loretta Lynch will likely leave office without completing the investigation into Eric Garner’s death in police custody, the Washington Post reports . Lynch authorized the Department of Justice to move ahead with the case after prosecutors in Brooklyn and Washington, D.C. disagreed on whether there was enough evidence to bring civil rights charges, but she made the decision too late for the department to get resolution, the article said.

GOP lawmaker says Capitol pig painting coming down

In this Jan. 5, 2017, photo, a painting by David Pulphus hangs in a hallway displaying paintings by high school students selected by their member of congress on Capitol Hill in Washington. A GOP congressman reported Jan. 13 that a painting stirring controversy on Capitol Hill will be taken down on Tuesday as a result of a review by the agency responsible for maintaining the Capitol complex determined it violated rules for a student arts competition.

Trump unleashes Twitter attack against congressional critic

By STEVE PEOPLES Associated Press NEW YORK – Donald Trump is lashing out at a Georgia congressman who described the Republican as an illegitimate president. Trump tweeted on Saturday that Democrat John Lewis “should spend more time on fixing and helping his district, which is in horrible shape and falling apart rather than falsely complaining about the election results.”