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January 22, 2026

After a fiery, five-hour-long hearing with former special counsel Jack Smith on Thursday, Republicans and Democrats both emerged claiming victory.

But notably, only one party seemed to want to run the hearing back.

Issues: Committee Work

January 21, 2026

Wayfarers Chapel is in need of a new home in Rancho Palos Verdes.

And in the coming weeks, Rep. Ted Lieu will introduce a bill that would transfer land from the United States Coast Guard to Rancho Palos Verdes to provide a place to rebuild Wayfarers, after the National Historic Landmark was dismantled and put into storage following unprecedented land movement.

Issues: Local Issues

January 21, 2026

A senior House Democrat slammed President Trump’s threat of tariffs on nations that don’t fall in line with his plan of acquiring Greenland, saying the levies would only hurt Americans.

Rep. Ted Lieu, California Democrat and vice chair of the Democratic caucus, called the president’s threat “ludicrous,” citing a study that said 96% of tariff costs are passed onto the American consumer.


January 20, 2026

WASHINGTON — Congressional negotiators in both parties released a massive bill Tuesday aimed at fully funding the government ahead of a shutdown deadline on Jan. 30.

Issues: Immigration

January 15, 2026

Democrats pounced on Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins after she suggested Americans could save money by eating a piece of chicken, a piece of broccoli, a corn tortilla and “one other thing” to afford a nutritious dinner.


January 15, 2026

The US agriculture secretary, Brooke Rollins, is facing ridicule from congressional Democrats – among others – after claiming Americans can save money and have their meals align with new Department of Health and Human Services dietary guidelines by simply eating “a piece of chicken, a piece of broccoli”, “a corn tortilla” and “one other thing”.

One representative even called the remarks “a slap in the face to struggling working families”.


January 14, 2026

President Donald Trump and Republicans are down in the polls with less than 10 months until the midterm elections. Now, Trump is giving the economic populism of the left a try.


January 10, 2026

The weekend saw massive protests against the Trump Administration and ICE in cities across the country as backlash to the administration’s narrative over the ICE-involved killing of a 37-year-old woman grows. Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) joins Alex Witt to share his thoughts.

Issues: Immigration

January 9, 2026

Democrats who wanted to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem were on the fringes. Then, the shootings in Minneapolis and Portland happened.


January 9, 2026

Congressman Ted Lieu, who represents Los Angeles on Capitol Hill, said Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should resign, saying that her comments calling the woman killed by a federal agent a “domestic terrorist” are “disgraceful.”

“She has repeatedly lied to the American people, and after the shooting of Renee Nicole Good, she called her a ‘domestic terrorist,'” the California Congressman posted on social media. “Disgraceful. Renee was a U.S. citizen, mother of three, and had just dropped off her son at school.”