3:35 p.m.: New Congress includes 127 women, an all-time highOn Thursday, Pelosi swore into office a record number of women: There are 102 women in the House and 25 in the Senate. 12 p.m.: 116th Congress convenesThe 115th Congress gaveled out and the 116th convened Thursday afternoon, with Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II (D-Mo. 7:45 a.m. Kellyanne Conway knocks Pelosi for insulting TrumpWhite House counselor Kellyanne Conway said Thursday that Pelosi showed “very poor form” in a television interview by insulting President Trump. “This is the Trump shutdown through and through,” Pelosi said on NBC. That doesn’t mean we take any joy in the fact that there is a Trump shutdown.

Source: Washington Post January 03, 2019 13:56 UTC