(L-Top) LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - AUGUST 14: California Governor Gavin Newsom speaks about the “Election Rigging Response Act” at a press conference at the Democracy Center, Japanese American National Museum on August 14, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. Newsom spoke about a possible California referendum on redistricting to counter the legislative effort to add five Republican House seats in the state of Texas. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) / (L-Bottom) WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 14: U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) questions witnesses during a special forum on the rising cost of education at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on May 14, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Student Borrower Protection Center) / (Background) Democratic Texas Rep. Nicole Collier gestures from the House floor in the State Capitol on August 19, 2025, in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Democrats accuse Capitol officials of ‘silencing a Black woman’ after forcing Texas Dem to hang-up Newsom call: ‘Committing a felony’

Texas Democrat Representative Nicole Collier abruptly exited a video call with party leaders on Thursday after claiming she had been warned that participating in the call from inside the State Capitol bathroom could constitute a felony offense.

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Governor of Maryland Wes Moore speaks at the National League of Cities Congressional Conference in Washington, DC, on March 10, 2025. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

EL GOBERNADOR DEMÓCRATA DE MARYLAND RECHAZA EL PROYECTO DE LEY SOBRE REPARACIONES Y ENFATIZA LA NECESIDAD DE SOLUCIONES INMEDIATAS

El gobernador demócrata de Maryland, Wes Moore, anunció su veto a un proyecto de ley aprobado por el estado para crear una comisión que estudie y recomiende reparaciones basadas en la discriminación racial y los años pasados de esclavitud.

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(L) WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 27: Rev. Dr. Leslie Copeland-Tune, Associate General Secretary of the National Council of Churches USA, looks on as U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) speaks during livestreamed sit-in against the GOP funding plan on the steps of the House of Representatives on April 27, 2025 in Washington, DC. The 8-hour livestreamed discussion was intended to bring attention to the Republican budget bill and according to statements will “…gut Medicaid, food assistance and basic needs programs that help people, all to give tax breaks to billionaires. Given what's at stake, these could be some of the most consequential weeks for seniors, kids and families in generations." (Photo by Pete Marovich/Getty Images) / (R) House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) speaks during a sit-in protest against a Republican budget plan on the House steps of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on April 27, 2025. The members of Congress were joined by several hundred supporters as they live-streamed their protest against a GOP budget plan which seeks to progress President Donald Trump's policies, including possible cuts to Medicaid. (Photo by Bryan Dozier / Middle East Images / Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by BRYAN DOZIER/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

Sen. Booker And House Minority Leader Jeffries Shout From Capitol Steps To Denounce GOP Budget Reconciliation Bill

On Sunday, House Democrat Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senator Cory Booker, also a Democrat, staged a livestreamed anti-Trump sit-in on the U.S. Capitol steps — protesting Republicans’ push to pass a budget reconciliation bill that would cut nearly $1.5 trillion in federal overspending.

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