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The son of Democrat House Minority Whip Katherine M. Clark was reportedly arrested during an Antifa riot in Boston, Massachusetts after allegedly vandalizing personal property and charged with assaulting an officer while resisting arrest Saturday night. According to the Boston Police Department, at about 9:30 pm officers responded to a protest at the Parkman Bandstand Monument located in the Boston Common. "Upon arrival officers observed an individual defacing the monument with spray paint. The tagging read 'NO COP CITY' and 'ACAB,'" authorities stated. The phrases are commonly utilized by anti-police Antifa activists, including the ones rioting in the Atlanta "autonomous...

House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) is openly supporting Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) to replace Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) as House Republican conference chair, according to a spokesperson. Why it matters: Scalise's public endorsement of Stefanik marks a new escalation in House Republicans' internal feud over Cheney, who voted to impeach Donald Trump for inciting the Jan. 6 Capitol riot and has continued to criticize the former president.

Democratic Kentucky state Sen. Julian Carroll was officially removed from his position as minority whip Sunday following a local news report that alleged the lawmaker groped a male staffer in 2005. The Senate Democratic caucus formally voted to remove Carroll and called for him to resign his office, according to a Spectrum News report. “In light of recent media reports, the Senate Democratic Caucus has voted to remove Senator Carroll from his leadership position as minority whip,” Senate Democrats said in a statement. “The Senate Democratic Caucus calls on Senator Carroll to resign his Kentucky State Senate seat, immediately.” The...

With members of both parties gathered at the White House for Monday's summit on fiscal responsibility, President Obama was asked whether he'll continue his outreach to Republicans. House Minority Whip Eric Cantor of Va. It is hoped that the Virginia Republican will bring unity to the party -- and hope to Obama for bipartisanship. He didn't have to scan the crowd to settle on a member of Congress he could single out to make his point. "I'm going to keep on talking to Eric Cantor," the president said. "Some day, sooner or later, he is going to say, 'Boy, Obama...

Cantoring on Could Eric Cantor be the next minority whip? REPUBLICANS, licking their wounds after this year's election losses, are casting about for a new face for the party. Will their gazes fall on Virginia's 7th District House member, Rep. Eric Cantor? Mr. Cantor won re-election to his seat handily on Nov. 4, with nearly 63 percent of the vote versus his opponent's 37 percent, a margin to which he has become accustomed. A congressman since 2001, he has served as chief deputy minority whip for Rep. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., since his second term. On Thursday, Mr. Blunt announced he...

Rep. Eric Cantor (Va.), who is poised to become minority whip, said Sunday that the House GOP wants to work with President-elect Barack Obama to fix the nation’s problems. “If you look at the roiling global financial situation, if you look at the fact that much of this country distrusts its government, if you look at the fact that we’re still fighting in two wars, I think that the Republicans in Congress will stand ready to work with this new president,” Cantor said on “Fox News Sunday.” The lawmaker, who will likely replace Rep. Roy Blunt (Mo.) as minority whip...

<p>A state tax hike may sink the Senate's No. 2 Democrat.</p> <p>Thursday, July 17, 2003 12:01 a.m.</p> <p>Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada, who as minority whip is the most powerful Senate Democrat after Tom Daschle, has just had his re-election thrown into jeopardy by five fellow Democrats who sit on the Nevada Supreme Court. The justices, joined by the court's lone Republican, threw out a constitutional amendment that required state tax increases be approved by a two-thirds vote of the Legislature, saying it was superseded by the Nevada Constitution's mandate to fund public education.</p>

<p>SCRANTON, Pa. - The black Chevrolet Suburban of her mandatory security detail was waiting for Rep. Nancy Pelosi late last Sunday night, ready to whisk her from a fundraiser to the next stop in a yearlong, nationwide tour to gain Democratic control of the House of Representatives.</p>