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Indian-American Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi recently introduced a House resolution, alongside fellow US Congress members Ted Lieu and Pramila Jayapal, condemning the surging racist rhetoric targeting Indian and Chinese Americans. Through the bill ‘H. Res 1322,’ the group of US politicians particularly sought to call out President Donald Trump’s amplification of the same type of derogatory language that they believe should have no place in the United States.
Rep. Ted Lieu, D-Calif., called the Trump administration's new "anti-weaponization" fund "unethical" and slammed acting Attorney General Todd Blanche.
"Let me tell you a little bit about why this nearly $1.8 billion taxpayer-funded slush fund is completely unethical and totally ridiculous," Lieu said at a news conference, saying it came from a "fake settlement" with "fake negotiations."
Local high school students took the top two spots in Rep. Ted Lieu’s 12th annual Congressional Art Competition.
Hugh Saetia, a junior at Mira Costa High School in Manhattan Beach, took home gold for his piece “Denial,” while Redondo Union High School sophomore Ayla Dowdell came in second with her painting “Weaving of Cultures.”
Elizabeth Le, a senior at West High School in Torrance, finished in third place for “A Child’s Mind.”
Miraleste Intermediate School will receive $2 million in federal funding for infrastructure improvements.
The Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District announced last week that it received the funding through Rep. Ted Lieu’s office.
The funding, the school district’s press release said, came through as part of nearly $14 million in federal funding awarded to 14 projects in California’s 36th Congressional District.
Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) on Sunday called a recent Virginia Supreme Court ruling rolling back redistricting in the state “disgraceful,” saying the court “suckered the people of Virginia.”
“So, what the Virginia Supreme Court did was not only wrong, it was disgraceful. They basically said, ‘Hey, Virginia, spend all this taxpayers’ money holding an election, do all this stuff and oh, by the way, just kidding, that election didn’t count,’” Lieu told CBS News’s Margaret Brennan.
A new artificial intelligence bill, reported first by CNBC, would crack down on deepfake and non-consensual images and make it easier for whistleblowers to report AI-related concerns.
Congressional lawmakers are discussing ways to reform internal ethics procedures or investigating misconduct by members, after three lawmakers resigned in April alone for alleged bad behavior.
The challenging part, however, will be deciding which reforms to chase. Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA), a member of the House Ethics Committee, told the Washington Examiner that the panel should be more aggressive in its approach toward members.
Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) said FBI Director Kash Patel is “next” following the recent departures from President Trump’s cabinet.
“The reality is that this cabinet’s out of control incompetence and corruption have made it the worst cabinet since 1776, and Kash Patel is next,” Lieu said during a Tuesday morning press briefing on Capitol Hill.
April 18, 2026 - WASHINGTON, D.C. - On Friday, Congressman John Garamendi (CA-08) joined U.S. Representatives Dan Goldman (NY-10), Nydia Velázquez (NY-12) and Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) in demanding answers from ICE and DHS about their ongoing use of Palantir-developed technologies to collect Americans’ personal data to fuel a mass surveillance ecosystem.
Editor’s note: This story contains mentions of suicide and descriptions of abuse against children that some readers may find disturbing.
U.S. representative Ted Lieu condemned anti-LGBTQ+ policies at a Wednesday event at La Kretz Garden Pavilion.
The UCLA Center for LQBTQ Advocacy, Research & Health hosted the third-annual Inclusive Excellence In Research Symposium, featuring Lieu, the U.S. representative whose district includes UCLA and Westwood, and Ayako Miyashita Ochoa, an adjunct associate professor at the Luskin School of Public Affairs, as guest speakers.