SETH MOULTON

The United States and Germany say that Russia’s military buildup near Ukraine’s border poses an “immediate and urgent challenge" to European security and that any intervention will draw severe consequences.

Members of the House Armed Services Committee visited Ukraine on a three-day codel over the weekend.

In honor of Veterans Day, a group of Democratic lawmakers is reviving an effort to pay the families of Black veterans who fought on behalf of the nation during World War II for benefits they were denied or prevented from taking full advantage of when they returned home from war.

The fight over the spending bills looks an awful lot like a classic game theory problem. The best strategy for that dilemma is to punish defectors.

Republican Michigan Rep. Peter Meijer was at the Kabul, Afghanistan, airport on a secret, unauthorized trip along with Democratic Massachusetts Rep. Seth Moulton just two days before a suicide bomber killed 13 U.S. service members and dozens of civilians outside the airport’s Abbey Gate.

Reps. Seth Moulton and Peter Meijer made an unannounced visit to Kabul airport earlier this week, infuriating US officials.

Two members of Congress are facing criticism and questions following their surprise trip to Afghanistan this week.

Two members of Congress are facing criticism and questions following their surprise visit to Afghanistan this week, which diverted resources from the U.S.'s chaotic withdrawal, enraged military leaders and led House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to declare it not “a good idea.” Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., and Rep. Peter Meijer, R-Mich., flew in on a charter Tuesday and were on the ground at the Kabul airport for several hours before flying out on a military plane.

Republican House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said it was not a good idea to go to Afghanistan, but that he understood the members' frustration.

Two Congressman made a secret, unauthorized trip to Afghanistan to watch over the evacuations.

Representatives Seth Moulton and Peter Meijer, both Iraq War veterans, made a stealth visit to the Hamid Karzai International Airport as the U.S. evacuates Americans and Afghan allies.

Democratic Rep. Seth Moulton and GOP Rep. Peter Meijer went to Kabul airport in secret, saying they were conducting "oversight" on evacuations.

Representatives Seth Moulton and Peter Meijer, both Iraq War veterans, made a stealth visit to the Hamid Karzai International Airport as the U.S. evacuates Americans and Afghan allies.

The two congressmen, a Republican and a Democrat, are now casting doubt on an Aug. 31 withdrawal timeline.

Officials said Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., and Rep. Peter Meijer, R-Mich., flew in on a charter craft and were at the Kabul airport for several hours.

Rep. Seth Moulton and Rep. Peter Meijer said they made the unannounced trip to Kabul to provide Congressional oversight on the executive branch.

Two members of Congress flew unannounced into Kabul airport in the middle of the ongoing chaotic evacuation, and their visit Tuesday stunned State Department and U.S. military personnel who had to divert resources to provide security and information to the lawmakers.

Two members of Congress flew unannounced into Kabul airport in the middle of the ongoing chaotic evacuation Tuesday, stunning State Department and U.S. military personnel who had to divert resources to provide security and information to the lawmakers, U.S. officials said. Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., and Rep. Peter Meijer, R-Mich., flew in and out on charter aircraft and were on the ground at the Kabul airport for several hours. “As Members of Congress, we have a duty to provide oversight on the executive branch,'” the two said in their statement.

“There are tens of thousands of lives that we must and can still save,” Representative Jason Crow said.

Congressional Democrats aren't sparing a president from their own party of criticism over the chaotic U.S. evacuation of Afghanistan as the Taliban seized control of the country and images of fleeing Afghans at Kabul's airport surfaced worldwide.

The president's Cuba policy is facing increasing scrutiny. "I outright reject the Biden administration's defense of the embargo," Ocasio-Cortez said.

Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., explains why he thinks President Biden’s speech Thursday represented a step in the right direction when it comes to Afghan allies.

Flanked by the bipartisan group of senators, President Joe Biden announced earlier on Thursday that they had reached a deal on infrastructure.

If no action is taken, we are, in effect, sentencing them to death at the hands of the Taliban.

President Joe Biden is warning Republicans not to "get in the way" of his infrastructure plans. In Cleveland Thursday, Biden held up a card with the names of GOP lawmakers who rejected his COVID aid bill but later promoted its help back home. (May 27)

The loss marks the first time a member of the political dynasty has come up short in a race for Congress in Massachusetts. The Kennedy legacy hung over the race, especially in the closing weeks, when Kennedy more explicitly invoked his pedigree including JFK; former U.S. Kennedy helped raise millions of dollars for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the House Democrats campaign arm, during the 2018 midterm elections. Massachusetts voters may have rejected him, but few remaining House Democrats carry the same national fundraising appeal as Kennedy. In 1986, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend lost a U.S. House race in Maryland, and in 2002, Mark Kennedy Shriver also lost a congressional primary in Maryland.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three members of the U.S. Congress have tested positive for the new coronavirus, and more than two dozen others have said they are self-quarantining in hopes of limiting the spread of the pandemic. Senator Rand PaulThe Kentucky Republican said on March 22 that he had tested positive and was in quarantine. He had been in the Senate and using the gym there in the days before he received his positive result. [nL1N2BF09W]Representative Mario Diaz-BalartThe Florida Republican said on March 18 that he tested positive after developing symptoms on March 14. More than two dozen House members have self-quarantined, some after exposure to Diaz-Balart or McAdams, and others after contacts with their constituents or staffers who later tested positive.

The DNC is also giving candidates a new option: Instead, they can reach at least 5% in two polls of the early-voting states. The polls must come in a window between September 13 and a week before the November debate. The DNC has not yet announced the date of that debate. The DNC started the 2020 election cycle with a mandate that candidates reach 65,000 donors or achieve at least 1% in polls. Because of those higher thresholds, the third Democratic debate -- held earlier this month in Houston -- was the first one conducted in just one night rather than two.

(CNN) - The Democratic primary dropouts are coming a mile a minute now. With those dropouts, there are 21 Democrats running for president. In primaries without an incumbent running since 1972, I count 86 candidates who ended up running and averaged less than 5% in the polls. None of the candidates polling below 5% in the horserace were able to get above 10% on this question. There are so many low polling candidates running, after all.

(CNN) - Rep. Seth Moulton will end his presidential bid on Friday during a speech at the Democratic National Committee summer meeting in San Francisco, according to prepared remarks of the speech the Massachusetts Democrat plans to deliver. The decision closes out a campaign in which the candidate failed to get traction or make this year's Democratic debates. "Today, I want to use this opportunity, with all of you here, to announce that I am ending my campaign for president," Moulton plans to tell the DNC meeting. "And most of all, I will be campaigning my ass off for whoever wins our nomination in 2020." Moulton is the latest Democratic candidate to get out of the 2020 race, following California Rep. Eric Swalwell, former Colorado Gov.

Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg on Wednesday proposed a plan to dramatically expand service opportunities for America's young adults while offering them financial incentives such as debt relief. "A New Call to Service" aims to create a network of 1 million national service members by 2026, Politico and other outlets reported. The South Bend, Indiana, mayor's plan combines opportunities for service with financial benefits for young adults who could be eligible for student debt forgiveness, vocational training and hiring preference. Through the plan, Buttigieg would fund existing groups such as Americorps and create new types of organizations akin to Climate Corps, Community Health Corps and the Intergenerational Service Corps. Buttigieg's plan offers a new approach to attack student debt, an issue that other candidates for the Democratic nomination have also taken on.

Congressman and Iraq war veteran Seth Moulton joined CBSN to talk about national security. He condemned Trump's recent challenge to Russia to find Hillary Clinton's deleted emails and said he does not have the temperament to be the commander in chief.