Democratic Rep. Elaine Luria is spending the closing days of her reelection campaign in the new parts of her Virginia district to gain the support of Black residents whose votes could well determine if she gets a third term.

FILE - U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., describes the events of Bloody Sunday during a visit to the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., Sunday, March 7, 2010. The film "John Lewis: Good Trouble" will debut on CNN on Sunday night. The unexpected commercial success of the “RBG” film in theaters two years ago had CNN looking for another contemporary leader whose life could be seen in historical terms. Porter finished the film late last fall, just before learning that Lewis had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. It offers a deeper dive into Lewis' life for people who became intrigued about his story around the time he died.

WASHINGTON, DC As impeachment hearings resume on Capitol Hill, House Democrats are preparing to choose who will lead the powerful Oversight and Reform Committee. The panel plays a key role in the ongoing impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump. Three veteran lawmakers, including the acting chairwoman, Carolyn Maloney of New York, are seeking to replace the late Elijah Cummings of Maryland, who died last month. The House Democratic Steering Committee will make a recommendation on Tuesday, with the full caucus set to vote Wednesday. Maloney lost out to Cummings as the committees top Democrat a decade ago.

The widow of U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings has resigned as Maryland's Democratic Party chair to run for her late husband's congressional seat. Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, 48, is expected to formally announce her campaign at her Baltimore home Tuesday morning, news outlets reported. "I am, of course, devastated at the loss of my spouse, but his spirit is with me," Rockeymoore Cummings told The Baltimore Sun . Rockeymoore Cummings also said she will undergo a preventative double mastectomy Friday. Rockeymoore Cummings, who resigned Monday as party chair, is a public policy consultant who founded the Washington consulting firm Global Policy Solutions LLC.

During the Clinton trial, the chamber still had many older, accomplished legislators that wielded considerable power and had sway with more junior colleagues. There was an initial spate of bickering, though it gave way to an agreement governing the allocation of time for the House impeachment managers and Clinton's defense team. But that deal only came together after a closed-door caucus of the entire Senate, held in the historic Old Senate Chamber. said David Hoppe, who was Lott's chief of staff during the Clinton trial. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., one of 15 senators remaining from the Clinton trial, said it's impossible to predict how the Senate will handle Trump's impeachment.

BALTIMORE - Hundreds gathered in Baltimore to honor and say goodbye to Rep. Elijah Cummings, a longtime Maryland Democrat who died at age 68 on Oct. 17. He died of "complications concerning longstanding health challenges," his office said in a statement. Former Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama were among those honoring the congressman, who had a massive impact on civil rights. The congressman had represented Maryland's 7th Congressional District since 1996 and served as the chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee. Cummings used his booming voice for those unable to be heard, his strong presence to stand for those unable to be seen.

(CNN) - Congressional leaders will honor the late Rep. Elijah Cummings on Thursday as his body lies in state in National Statuary Hall in the US Capitol. Cummings appears to be the first African American and African American lawmaker to lie in state in the US Capitol, according to congressional historians. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office announced last week that Cummings' body will lie in state with a formal ceremony to take place on Thursday morning. Congressional lawmakers, members of the Cummings family and invited guests will be permitted to attend. Cummings, who grew up during the civil rights movement, became a leading voice among African American lawmakers on Capitol Hill.

Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) has died at the age 68. Cummings' office says he died due to complications from longstanding health challenges. He recently made headlines after attacks from President Trump on his personal life and his Baltimore, Maryland jurisdiction. Cummings was at the center of the impeachment inquiry into President Trump, in his role as House Oversight Committee Chairman. Copyright 2019 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit - All rights reserved.

Breaking news just into the Local 4 newsroom...Rep. Elijah Cummings(D-MD) has passed away at the age 68. Cummings' office says he passed away due to complications from longstanding health challenges. He recently made headlines after attacks from President Trump on his personal life and his Baltimore, Maryland jurisdiction. Cummings was at the center of the impeachment inquiry into President Trump, in his role as House Oversight Committee Chairman. Stay with Local 4 and ClickOnDetroit.com for updates on this breaking story.

Maryland Congressman Elijah Cummings has died at the age of 68. - Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD), the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, has died at the age of 68 due to health complications, according to a statement from his office. The Democrat was a major player in the impeachment inquiry surrounding President Donald Trump. Cummings had been away from Capitol Hill for more than week after having an undisclosed medical procedure. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings wrote in a memo to members on Thursday that he plans to subpoena USCIS acting Director Ken Cuccinelli and Immigration and Customs Enforcement acting Director Matthew Albence to testify on October 17. "The Committee has tried for more than a month to obtain this information voluntarily, but USCIS and ICE have obstructed the investigation," wrote Cummings, a Maryland Democrat. The committee will also subpoena documents related to the decision. Public outcry quickly followed and in September, acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan ordered that USCIS to reverse the decision. "Deferred action allows individuals with compelling humanitarian need -- including children with life-threatening conditions such as cancer, muscular dystrophy, and cystic fibrosis -- to remain in the country," wrote Cummings.

WASHINGTON (CNN) - Key House Democrats announced on Monday that they are issuing a subpoena to President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani for documents related to Ukraine as part of the House impeachment inquiry. "Pursuant to the House of Representatives' impeachment inquiry, we are hereby transmitting a subpoena that compels you to produce the documents set forth in the accompanying schedule by October 15, 2019," wrote Rep. Adam Schiff, chairman of the House Intelligence committee, Rep. Eliot Engel, chairman of Foreign Affairs committee and Rep. Elijah Cummings, chair of the House Oversight committee in a letter to Giuliani. The letter stated that the subpoena was being issued by the House Intelligence Committee and that the documents will be shared among the two other committees and the House Judiciary Committee. This story is breaking and will be updated. The-CNN-Wire & 2019 Cable News Network, Inc., a Time Warner Company.

Around the country:Baltimore: The Baltimore Police Department is investigating a report of a burglary that reportedly occurred at Rep. Elijah Cummings' home shortly before 4 a.m. The Baltimore Police Department is investigating a report of a burglary that reportedly occurred at Rep. Elijah Cummings' home shortly before 4 a.m. New York City: New York Police Department Officer Daniel Pantaleo should be terminated following his controversial involvement in the death of Eric Garner, a departmental administrative judge officially recommended Friday. New York Police Department Officer Daniel Pantaleo should be terminated following his controversial involvement in the death of Eric Garner, a departmental administrative judge officially recommended Friday. POLITICS headlines:ENTERTAINMENT headlines:Tweets by Local4NewsCopyright 2019 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit - All rights reserved.

The Baltimore Police Department is investigating a report of a burglary that reportedly occurred at Rep. Elijah Cummings' home shortly before 4 a.m. ET on Saturday hours before President Donald Trump first tweeted criticism about the lawmaker and his home city. Officials said detectives from the Baltimore Police Central District are investigating reports of a burglary on a block where Cummings lives. The Baltimore Police Department says it is currently unknown if any property was taken from the home. Trump suggested that conditions in Cummings' district, which is majority black and includes parts of Baltimore, are "FAR WORSE and more dangerous" than those at the US-Mexico border and called it a "very dangerous & filthy place."

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Capital One and Amazon are now facing congressional scrutiny over the banking giant's enormous data breach, disclosed on Monday, that affected roughly 100 million Americans. They also sought details about the Amazon cloud computing software that underpins Capital One's operations, and which could play a role in both the military's future and the 2020 census. "The Committee may carefully examine the consequences of this breach," Republican lawmakers Jim Jordan, Michael Cloud and Mark Meadows said in a letter to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. The legislators also wrote to Capital One CEO Richard Fairbank, requesting answers on the scope of the breach and the company's response. Amazon has said that Amazon Web Services "was not compromised in any way" in the incident.

Andrew Burton/Getty Images(CNN) - Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson, who worked for decades as a top neurosurgeon in Baltimore, on Wednesday stood by President Donald Trump's depiction of the city as a "disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess." Carson told reporters during a visit to the city that despite progress Baltimore has made in recent years, "there are problems and we can't sweep them under the rug." "You have to be willing to address that issue if you are ever going to solve it." Asked Wednesday if Cummings was responsible for the city's conditions, Carson replied, "I'm not one who likes to sit around and point fingers at people." Carson said that he spoke to the President "over the last couple of days about what we can do for Baltimore" and said that Trump is "willing to work with" the people of Baltimore -- including Cummings -- to improve the city.

Alex Wong/Getty Images(CNN) - Ivanka Trump expressed her support for the city of Baltimore Tuesday but did not explicitly condemn her father's racially-charged inflammatory tweets aimed at the city. A White House official did not respond to CNN's inquiry, which came hours before her tweets, on whether Ivanka Trump had advised her father on the matter. $100,000 of the proceeds from her book, "Women Who Work," released that May, went to the National Urban League via the Ivanka M. Trump Charitable Fund. Phillips, who visited the White House and met with the President that year, tweeted her support on Monday for Cummings. The National Urban League also tweeted support for Cummings, as well as the Rev.

Larry Hogan, a Republican, on Monday condemned President Donald Trump's recent attacks on Baltimore, calling the commander-in-chief's insults "outrageous and inappropriate." On Saturday, Trump called Democrat and House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings' Baltimore district a "disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess." Hogan, a Republican who considered running against Trump in 2020, suggested on WBAL radio that Trump should be focused on solving problems instead of name-calling. I mean people are just completely fed up with this kind of nonsense," Hogan continued, later calling Baltimore the "heart" of the state. I happen to believe that time focusing on solving problems is better than people focusing on yelling at each other," Hogan added.

The State Department spent at least $233,732 on President Donald Trump's July 2018 trip to his Turnberry resort in Scotland, according to a letter from the department's inspector general obtained by CNN. Tom Carper of Delaware and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Rep. Elijah Cummings of Maryland details only the costs that were paid by the State Department and not reimbursed. The State Department spent $728 on three rooms for two nights at the Trump-owned property. The State Department OIG review was prompted by a call for investigation made by the three Democratic lawmakers shortly after the President's trip. "The nearly $234,000 identified by the State Department Inspector General represents only a fraction of the total spending for just one weekend at the President's Scottish golf course last year," the aide said.

WASHINGTON - Facing growing accusations of racism for his incendiary tweets, President Donald Trump is seeking to deflect the criticism by labeling a leading black congressman as himself racist. Statements from a spokesman for Maryland's Republican governor and from the lieutenant governor defended Cummings' district and its people. Mulvaney argued that Trump would criticize any lawmaker, no matter the person's race, in a similar way if Trump felt that individual spoke unfairly about the president's policies. He volunteered that if Rep. Adam Schiff, the California Democrat who leads the House Intelligence Committee, had made the same remarks as Cummings, Trump would have pushed back. In his direct response to Trump on Twitter, Cummings said: "Mr. President, I go home to my district daily.

(CNN) - President Donald Trump attacked another prominent African American lawmaker on Saturday, tweeting that his Baltimore district is a "disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess." In Cummings' district, about 52% of the population is black, while nearly 36% is white, according to US census estimates. "Mr. President, I go home to my district daily," Cummings wrote on Twitter Saturday in response. The Maryland chapter of the NAACP dubbed Trump's tweets racist and called for launching impeachment proceedings into the President. On "Fox News Sunday," acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney defended Trump's attacks on Cummings' district.

(CNN) - Sen. Bernie Sanders said Sunday it is "unbelievable" President Donald Trump attacks Americans and US cities after Trump tweeted Democratic Rep. Elijah Cummings' Baltimore district is a "disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess." "It's unbelievable that we have a President of the United States who attacks American cities, who attacks Americans," the Vermont senator told CNN's Jake Tapper on "State of the Union," in an exclusive interview hosted from Detroit, Michigan. Trump on Saturday suggested conditions in Cummings' district, which is majority black and includes parts of Baltimore, are "FAR WORSE and more dangerous" than those at the US-Mexico border. Pelosi previously condemned Trump's tweets on Cummings as racist attacks. "Our job is to bring people together, to improve life for all people, not to be, have a racist President who attacks people because they are African Americans.

(CNN) - The House Oversight Committee voted on Wednesday to subpoena testimony from White House counselor Kellyanne Conway after a federal agency recommended that she should be fired for repeatedly violating a law that limits the political activities of federal employees. Chairman Elijah Cummings, Democrat of Maryland, has warned that his panel would vote to hold Conway in contempt if she ignores the subpoena. Conway did not appear on Wednesday on the advice of White House counsel for the committee's scheduled hearing. Trump has said that he's not going to fire Conway over the alleged Hatch Act violations and White House counsel Pat Cipollone said in a letter Monday that Conway does not need to testify before Congress. In 2018, the OSC said Conway violated the law during the 2017 Alabama special election for Senate.