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Politics Home | Lib Dems “Appalled” After Party Lifts Suspension From Peer Under Investigation For Sexual Harassment Claims

Politics Home | Lib Dems “Appalled” After Party Lifts Suspension From Peer Under Investigation For Sexual Harassment Claims

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4 min read3 hr Exclusive: A senior Liberal Democrat has told PoliticsHome that they and their colleagues are “astonished” and “pissed off” after news emerged that Lord Rennard has had the whip restored while an investigation into claims he sexually harassed female members is still ongoing. In February, Rennard, the party’s former director of campaigns and elections and chief executive, was suspended by the party after it launched a fresh investigation into allegations that the peer had sexually harassed four women. He faced allegations of sexual harassment dating back to 2013 from four women.  An investigation at the time concluded the accounts were “broadly credible” but could not be proved beyond reasonable doubt. The inquiry by Alistair Webster QC, published in 2014, found that the evidence suggested that Lord Rennard’s behaviour had “caused distress to a number of women”. An investigation by the Metropolitan Police around the same time found there was “insufficient evidence” to prosecute the peer. Rennard was suspended from the party in 2014 over comments he made in the media …

Senate Dems launch investigation into RFK Jr. vaccine panel changes

Senate Dems launch investigation into RFK Jr. vaccine panel changes

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Senate Democrats are launching an investigation into Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s changes to vaccine policy, including the remaking of a federal vaccine advisory panel.  In a letter to Kennedy, Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) demanded that he produce communications and other records to show who in the Trump administration determined the legal and public health consequences of the actions related to revamping the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices… Source link

Burgum blames Dems for high gas prices, not Strait of Hormuz turmoil

Burgum blames Dems for high gas prices, not Strait of Hormuz turmoil

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Interior Secretary Doug Burgum shifted blame around rising gas prices amid the Iran war to Democratic state officials on Friday.  “The price of gasoline varies across our whole country largely right now by state policy and state taxes, not by the underlying fundamentals,” Burgum told Fox News’s Aishah Hasnie.  Burgum pointed to several states’ push… Source link

Schumer, Senate Dems plan votes to block Trump’s DOJ ‘lawfare’ fund

Schumer, Senate Dems plan votes to block Trump’s DOJ ‘lawfare’ fund

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Monday that Democrats will force Republicans to vote on a controversial “weaponization” legal relief fund pushed by President Donald Trump. The fund aimed at compensating victims of what the administration calls “lawfare” has become a political flashpoint on Capitol Hill, sparking rare Republican criticism of Trump from within his political party. Democrats are now seeking to force Republicans to defend the program or vote to kill it. “This week, Senate Democrats will launch a coordinated effort to kill the slush fund before one cent goes out the door,” Schumer wrote in a “Dear Colleague” letter sent Monday to Senate Democrats. “And no matter what Republicans do, we will force them to vote.” Read more CNBC politics coverage The fund helped grind Senate floor action to a halt last month, when Republicans were trying to use the budget reconciliation process to fund immigration law enforcement agencies within the Department of Homeland Security. Some Republicans told acting Attorney General Todd Blanche in a closed-door meeting that they opposed the fund …

“Highway robbery”: Dems accuse Trump of creating .7 billion “slush fund” for Jan. 6 defendants

“Highway robbery”: Dems accuse Trump of creating $1.7 billion “slush fund” for Jan. 6 defendants

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The Department of Justice announced a $1.7 billion fund to compensate people who believe they were unfairly targeted by previous Democratic administrations on Monday. While the DOJ shared that there were  “no partisan requirements” to file a claim, the “Anti-Weaponization Fund” is seen by critics as a way for Jan. 6 defendants and allies of the Trump administration to seek compensation. The fund is part of a settlement agreement in President Donald Trump‘s $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS. In exchange for the creation of the fund, Trump and his organization have agreed to drop the lawsuit, as well as claims related to the raid of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort. “The machinery of government should never be weaponized against any American, and it is this Department’s intention to make right the wrongs that were previously done while ensuring this never happens again,” Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche shared in a statement. “As part of this settlement, we are setting up a lawful process for victims of lawfare and weaponization to be heard and seek redress.” Democratic …

Dems demand Lutnick resign over Jeffrey Epstein interview

Dems demand Lutnick resign over Jeffrey Epstein interview

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U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick testifies during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies hearing on February 10, 2026 in Washington, DC. Lutnick is facing bipartisan calls for his resignation after revelations that came to light in the latest release of Epstein files. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images News | Getty Images House Democrats on Thursday demanded Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s resignation, alleging he publicly lied about his relationship with notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and refused to “come clean” during a subsequent closed-door interview. “The facts are clear: you lied to the American people and attempted to conceal your relationship with Jeffrey Epstein in your public statements,” the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform’s Democratic minority said in a letter to Lutnick. “Your lack of candor demonstrates that you are unfit to perform the duties required of you as secretary of Commerce, and you must step down immediately,” read the letter signed by all 21 of the panel’s Democratic members. Lutnick claimed in an interview last year that, …

With GOP Help, House Dems Force Vote To Give Another .3 Billion To Ukraine

With GOP Help, House Dems Force Vote To Give Another $1.3 Billion To Ukraine

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In a rebellion defying the priorities of Speaker Mike Johnson, House Democrats have teamed up with two Republicans and an independent in a parliamentary maneuver that will force a vote on a bill that would give another $1.3 billion in military aid and other assistance to Ukraine, as that country continues to lose territory in its war with Russia.   “We look forward to seeing the House pass this bill quickly and encourage the Senate to take it up without delay. The ​brave men and women of Ukraine ​are waiting,” said NY Rep. Gregory Meeks, ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the author of the bill.   A view, by Zelensky’s former press secretary whose interview went out on Tucker Carlson show last night. https://t.co/kkKP5HxnCQ — Leonid Ragozin (@leonidragozin) May 12, 2026 All 215 House Democrats signed a discharge petition, a means by which representatives can bypass House leadership’s agenda-setting role and compel a vote on a bill. Seldom used over House history, discharge petitions are showing their potency in a House ruled by …

Redistricting war isn’t over, Dems say. Planning huddle this week in D.C.

Redistricting war isn’t over, Dems say. Planning huddle this week in D.C.

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U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) holds a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 5, 2026 in Washington, DC. Joe Raedle | Getty Images House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., on Monday promised a “massive Democratic redistricting counteroffensive” and said House Democrats would huddle Thursday on the ongoing partisan gerrymandering wars ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. Jeffries, in a letter to the House Democratic caucus, called the meeting after a series of blows to the party in the last two weeks on the redistricting front. On Friday, the Virginia Supreme Court struck down a referendum that would have allowed new congressional maps in the state that could have netted Democrats as many as four additional seats. Virginia Democrats on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to halt that ruling. A week earlier, the Supreme Court weakened a section of the Voting Rights Act, paving the way for GOP-led states across the South to redraw their congressional maps and eliminate Democrat-controlled, majority-minority districts. Democrats had been widely favored to regain the U.S. …

GOP in the south redistricts after court rules, Dems lose big in Virginia : NPR

GOP in the south redistricts after court rules, Dems lose big in Virginia : NPR

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Democrats suffered a major setback and Republicans continued to reshape voting maps their way in a frantic week of developments prompted by court rulings. The Supreme Court of Virginia Friday nullified the results of a special election on April 21, where 1.6 million Virginians approved redistricting that Democrats hoped would win them four more House seats. In a 4-3 ruling, the court said the legislature followed the wrong process for putting the question, an amendment to the state constitution, on the ballot. Meanwhile, Southern Republicans rushed to redraw their states’ congressional voting maps after an April 29 U.S. Supreme Court ruling, which weakened voting rights protections for minority communities. The Louisiana v. Callais ruling has remade the redistricting race that President Trump began last year to help Republicans hold on to the U.S. House this fall. In Louisiana, Republican Gov. Jeff Landry suspended the May 6 primaries for Congress, after early votes had already been cast. Republican-led legislatures in Alabama and Tennessee started special redistricting sessions within four days of the ruling. South Carolina Republicans …