The House will vote as soon as Wednesday on a resolution condemning anti-Semitism in response to another set of controversial comments on Israel made last week by freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), the Washington Post reports.
Details: The text of the resolution does not mention Omar or specifically list any of her recent comments, according to a copy obtained by USA Today’s Eliza Collins. It does, however, condemn the use of anti-Semitic stereotypes, including “the myth of dual loyalty” — which some Democrats had accused Omar of exploiting.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said at a news conference Monday that she would defer the question of whether the House should initiate impeachment proceedings against President Trump to party leadership, The Hill reports.
“I’ve always been very clear that I’m supportive and how I would vote in terms of impeachment. I understand that leadership may want to build a stronger case and subpoena more records or figure out what’s happening, perhaps in the Mueller investigation."
The heads of the House Intelligence, Foreign Affairs and Oversight Committees sent letters Monday to Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, requesting documents and interviews related to communications between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Why it matters: Trump sought to hide details of his conversations with Putin from his own administration officials, according to a report earlier this year by the Washington Post. Democrats' majority in the House now gives them the power to attempt to access more documents about Trump's meetings with Putin, including at last year's controversial summit in Helsinki, which has long been a priority for party leaders like House Intelligence chairman Adam Schiff.
The House Judiciary Committee launched on Monday a sweeping investigation of President Trump and his inner circle that will focus on 3 broad spheres of interest: allegations of obstruction of justice, public corruption and other abuses of power.
Details: The panel sent document requests to 81 individuals and entities related to the president and allegations of possible misconduct, giving them a deadline of March 18 to respond. The president's business, charity, campaign, inaugural committee and family are among those to receive document requests.
While President Trump has focused the nation's immigration debate at the border, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and the State Department have denied more work, family and student visa applications.
By the numbers: The number of immigrants seeking permanent residence in the U.S. who were found "ineligible" increased by 39% between fiscal year 2017 and fiscal year 2018, according to an analysis of new State Department data by the National Foundation for American Policy. The number of denials of temporary permits — such as H-1B visas — also jumped by 5%.
Former Attorney General Eric Holder said he will not run for president in 2020 and said that "the depth and diversity of the current field of candidates" ensures "a host of good options" in a Washington Post op-ed published Monday.
The big picture: Holder said he'd focus his work on the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, which has been his main priority since leaving office. He wrote, "I will do everything I can to ensure that the next Democratic president is not hobbled by a House of Representatives pulled to the extremes by members from gerrymandered districts."
John Hickenlooper, Colorado's Democratic governor from 2011 to 2019, officially launched his 2020 presidential campaign on Monday.
The big picture: Hickenlooper, who is marketing himself as a pragmatic and productive moderate, is a candidate with little national name recognition attempting to break through the noise with a unique pitch in a crowded Democratic race. He filed documents Monday morning with the FEC and is expected to formally announce his candidacy at a Thursday event, as first reported by the Colorado Sun.
House Democratic leaders worry impeachment proceedings against President Trump could backfire if they move too fast.
The state of play: They plan to pursue a slow-bleed strategy with lengthy public hearings and scores of witnesses to methodically pick apart Trump's finances and presidency.
Americans are "undoubtedly" better off today than they were than two years ago, Ivanka Trump told Fox News in an interview broadcast Sunday evening, as she touted President Trump's economic record.
Driving the news: In her interview on "The Next Revolution with Steve Hilton," Trump's elder daughter and White House senior adviser pointed to the policies of his administration, such as the Workforce Development Initiative she is spearheading, which she believes will set him apart from rivals in the 2020 election campaign.
What she's saying: "America is doing very well. And it stands in quite sharp contrast to the rest of the world. ... [W]hen you think about the foreign policy agenda, when you think about -- the interest in domestic security and then you think about our economic agenda, Americans are better off today than they were in the past ..."
Why it matters: President Trump needs to reinforce messages about his administration's economic strengths ahead of the 2020 election. A Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll released Sunday shows only 4 in 10 voters would re-elect him.
