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Socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) denounced the Republican-led resolution to “honor” Charlie Kirk before it passed on Friday, arguing it “brings great pain” to black Americans who suffered under segregation and accusing the assassinated conservative activist of antisemitism.

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) and Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) called on Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to freeze the assets of billionaire Neville Roy Singham, citing allegations that the U.S. citizen living in China has funneled millions into extremist groups with ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and foreign terrorist organizations.

House Speaker Mike Johnson will lead a memorial vigil Monday evening in the U.S. Capitol to honor the life and legacy of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated on September 10, 2025.

The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) released an “Inside the Majority” video Tuesday featuring Rep. Rob Bresnahan (R-PA) discussing his roots in northeastern Pennsylvania, his background in business and contracting, and his priorities in Congress, while the committee pointed to three bills he has already passed in the House as examples of his early legislative record.

Kansas Republican Reps. Ron Estes and Tracey Mann are pressing Gov. Laura Kelly (D) to cooperate with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on data requests tied to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), raising concerns about millions of dollars in incorrect payments and the risk of federal funding cuts.

Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) urged Congress to back President Donald Trump’s Middle East strategy and repeal the Caesar Act during an exclusive interview on Breitbart News Saturday one day after publishing an op-ed on Breitbart about recent developments in Syria and the broader Middle East.

Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) is facing backlash from Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI), Georgia Republicans, and the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) after his office promoted the recently signed VA Home Loan Reform Act as legislation he claimed to have “championed”, despite records showing he did not sponsor, cosponsor, or vote on the bill, which passed the Senate by unanimous consent.

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) abruptly left a closed-door House Oversight Committee meeting with Jeffrey Epstein’s victims on Tuesday, saying their testimony triggered a panic attack as lawmakers continue investigating the federal government’s handling of the case.

Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY), the former House Judiciary Committee chairman who helped lead the impeachments of then-former President Donald Trump, announced on Monday that he will not seek reelection in 2026, ending a 34-year tenure that placed him at the center of Democratic politics in New York and on the national stage.

TX Reps. Al Green and Jasmine Crockett filed a motion in federal court to block implementation of Texas’s newly approved congressional redistricting plan.

Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, on Friday posted and later deleted a message on X questioning President Donald Trump’s remarks about possibly deploying the military to U.S. cities.

Tuesday on CNN’s “The Source,” Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) said Republicans are cheaters and she applauded Democrats matching them.

Tuesday on CNN’s “The Lead,” Texas State Rep. Gene Wu (D) said that Texas was attempting to pass the “worst racially gerrymandered map since the Jim Crow days.”

Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI), a retired Navy SEAL, helped save the life of an 11-year-old boy injured in a car accident along Interstate 35 near Osceola, Iowa, on Saturday, August 16, by using makeshift tourniquets until first responders arrived, an experience he later reflected on in a post marking the anniversary of his daughter’s passing.

Friday, during his weekly appearance on PBS’s “NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks said President Donald Trump was using “mustard gas on our democracy” by advocating for redistricting in Texas.

Tuesday on MSNBC’s “The Beat,” Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) said that with recent redistricting efforts, Republicans were “trying to take us back to prior to the late former President Lyndon Johnson signing the Voting Rights Act into law.”

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) condemned President Donald Trump’s decision to place the Metropolitan Police Department under federal control and activate the National Guard in Washington, D.C., announcing plans to introduce a joint resolution to end the emergency in the coming days.

Monday on CNN’s “The Lead,” Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) accused Republicans of trying to systemically “get rid” of black representatives in Congress.

On this week’s broadcast of Fox News Channel’s “Sunday Morning Futures,” Vice President JD Vance said Republicans needed to “take some very decisive action” on redistricting.

Saturday on MSNBC’s “Velshi,” Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) claimed Republicans had taken their hoods off in President Donald Trump’s second term.

Governor Kathy Hochul (D-NY) said Thursday on MSNBC’s “The Weeknight” that Republicans were attempting a “legal insurrection” with redistricting.

Governor Kathy Hochul (D-NY) said Thursday on MSNBC’s “The Weeknight” that everyone should stand up and not let the FBI “hunt down” the 50 Texas Democratic legislators who left the state to avoid a vote on redistricting.

Tuesday on MSNBC’s “The Briefing,” Texas State Rep. Barbara Gervin-Hawkins (D), one of several lawmakers who left the state to avoid a quorum, said she and her colleagues were “trying to save America.”

Tuesday on CNN’s “The Source,” Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) said President Donald Trump was a “wannabe Hitler” who has “a problem with people of color.”

Wednesday on CNN’s “The Situation Room,” former Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-TX) said that if Democrats are unable to stop the proposed redistricting in Texas, President Donald Trump would likely have a third term.

Tuesday on CNN’s “The Lead,” Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) said he did not support Texas Republicans’ effort to redraw their congressional map because it was “wrong.”

Tuesday on Fox News Channel’s “America Reports,” Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-CA) said Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D-CA) efforts at redistricting California in response to Texas were “uniquely Corrupt.”

Tuesday on “The Don Lemon Show,” Texas State Rep. Jolanda Jones (D), one of several lawmakers who left the state to avoid a quorum, compared congressional redistricting to the Holocaust.

Tuesday on CNN’s “News Central,” former advisor to President Bill Clinton Paul Begala predicted the Republican Party will lose the majority in the 2026 midterm elections in a “40-seat landslide.” Co-host John Berman said, “Tensions erupting at lawmaker’s town hall.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said Monday on MSNBC’s “Ana Cabrera Reports” that Republicans in Texas are attempting to steal the 2026 midterm elections with their redistricting effort.

On this week’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “The Hill Sunday,” Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chair Ken Martin said Democrats would “absolutely” fight back against Republicans’ redistricting efforts.

Former Attorney General Eric Holder said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” that President Donald Trump was trying to rig the midterm elections by leading an effort to reapportion congressional districts in Texas.

Wednesday on MSNBC’s “The Weeknight,” Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) said Democrats would “fight fire with fire” by matching any Republican redistricting effort for House of Representatives seats.

On Wednesday on CNN’s “News Central,” Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-CA) said “the future of our country” dependedon Democratic-run states redistricting to add seats to the House of Representatives.

Rep. Bob Onder (R-MO) has introduced the Make Entertainment Great Again (MEGA) Act to rename the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts as the Donald J. Trump Center for Performing Arts, honoring President Trump, whom Onder described as “the most significant cultural icon in the past 40 years.”