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Trump downplays domestic violence in speech about religious freedom 19th News - Mel Leonar Barclay   "If a man has a little fight with the wife, they say this was a crime," Trump said Monday.    President Donald Trump on Monday downplayed the severity of domestic violence crimes, saying that were it not for “things that take place in the home they call crime,”… Read more »

300,000+ Black women lose jobs since Trump’s return: ‘Impact will ripple throughout the economy’ MSNBC - Ali Velshi Since President Trump returned to office, more than 300,000 Black women have lost their jobs, while unemployment for them has shot up from 5.4% to 6.7%. “This structural inequality among Black women will eventually create a huge deterioration in the entire economy as they… Read more »

US Rep. Gwen Moore on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Frederica Freyburg - PBS Wisconsin's Here & Now U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore, D-4th Congressional District, discusses the Trump administration's 2025 tax and spending cuts law, and its anticipated impacts on Medicaid, food assistance and more. Frederica Freyberg: The dust is settling after passage of the federal tax and spending… Read more »

Wisconsin lawmakers visit Dodge County Jail to inspect ICE detainee conditions Two Wisconsin Democratic members of Congress visited Dodge County Jail unannounced to inspect conditions for ICE detainees but were denied access to speak with them.  Nick Bohr - WISN Two Wisconsin Democratic lawmakers, U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan (D) Madison and Rep. Gwen Moore (D)… Read more »

‘It’s all a game’: Rep. Gwen Moore on federal spending and tax bill Colleen Leahy - Wisconsin Public Radio Rep. Gwen Moore, a Democrat representing Milwaukee County, says the far-reaching spending and tax cut bill the U.S. House passed last week is a ploy to benefit the richest Americans. “It’s all a game to come up with this money for permanent tax cuts for the wealthiest people,”… Read more »

Sen. Baldwin, Rep. Moore call firings of lead poisoning experts 'haphazard,' urge their return amid Milwaukee lead crisis Sarah Volpenhein - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Sen. Tammy Baldwin and Rep. Gwen Moore called on the nation's top health official to reinstate fired lead poisoning experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who were helping with a lead… Read more »

Unions, Veterans Protest Cuts to VA Friday afternoon protest attended by Congresswoman Gwen Moore. Graham Kilmer - Urban Milwaukee Veterans, hospital staff and supporters rallied Friday against the plan by President Donald Trump‘s administration to make deep cuts to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). More than a hundred protested outside… Read more »

Two Dem lawmakers barge into House speaker’s office in backlash against Musk Politico - Benjamin Guggenheim Reps. Judy Chu and Gwen Moore denounced DOGE’s access to a vast government payments system. Reps.  Judy Chu  (D-Calif.) and  Gwen Moore  (D-Wisc.) barged into House Speaker  Mike Johnson ’s office unscheduled on Wednesday and challenged him about… Read more »

US Rep. Gwen Moore on the start of a new Trump presidency PBS Wisconsin - Frederica Freyburg U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore, D-4th Congressional District, discusses her outlook for President Donald Trump's second administration following an initial series of executive orders and the Jan. 6 pardons. VIDEO TRANSCRIPT  Frederica Freyberg: On the other side of… Read more »

Democrat Gwen Moore talks taxes ahead of new Congress Charlotte Scott - Spectrum News 1  WASHINGTON — Congresswoman Gwen Moore, D-Milwaukee, said she is not afraid of her party being in the minority in the new Congress. “[The Republican] majority in the House and the Senate is very narrow, which means that they get their way, perhaps in the long run, but we get our say,” Moore… Read more »