BALTIMORE (AP) — Maryland voters in the Baltimore area are deciding who the nominees will be to serve the rest of the late Elijah Cummings’ term in Congress in a crowded special primary Tuesday. Twenty-four Democrats and eight Republicans are on the ballot for the 7th Congressional District special primary. In the Democratic primary, one […]
NEW YORK (AP) — A book by Rep. Elijah Cummings, nearly finished in his lifetime and worked on by his widow after his death, will be published this summer. Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, announced Friday that “We’re Better Than This: My Fight for the Future of Our Democracy” comes out June 30. According […]
Kweisi Mfume announced a run to reclaim Elijah Cummings’ 7th Congressional District seat Monday. Cummings replaced Mfume in Congress in 1996. But now, Mfume feels he’s the perfect person for the job. “I wore those shoes for 10 years. They still fit comfortably, by the way. It’s just a matter of putting them back on […]
BALTIMORE (AP) — Congressman and civil rights leader Elijah Cummings was remembered Friday as a “fierce champion of truth, justice and kindness” at a funeral that brought Washington politicians and ordinary people alike to the Baltimore church where he worshipped for nearly four decades. “It is no coincidence — is it? — that Elijah Cummings […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Members of Congress bid a tearful farewell Thursday to Rep. Elijah Cummings , hailing the son of sharecroppers as a “master of the House”Congress Bids Tearful Farewell To Elijah Cummings as the Maryland Democrat became the first African American lawmaker to lie in state in the U.S. Capitol. Lawmakers eulogized Cummings as […]
The body of the late U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings will lie in state in the National Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol this week and a funeral will be held in Baltimore on Friday. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office said in a news release that a formal ceremony open to members of Congress, the Cummings family and invited guests […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — “Heartbroken.” That’s how North Carolina Rep. Mark Meadows, one of the most conservative members of the House, reacted Thursday to the death of Maryland Rep. Elijah Cummings, a progressive Democrat who chaired the powerful House Oversight and Reform Committee. “I will miss him dearly,” he said. Meadows was one of many Republicans […]
Yesterday we lost a true man of the people who fought for what is right until the end. US Representative Elijah Cummings passed away after ongoing health issues. Congresswoman Maxine Waters was one of his dear friends who he also considered to be his mentor. Waters remembers him as someone who “stood up” for her […]
Chris Paul was just as shocked as the rest of us to find out that Representative Elijah Cummings passed away yesterday at 68 years old. He dedicates this Morning Minute to Cummings’ memory. He was a man who fought for the people and never backed down from a challenge no matter how big.
BALTIMORE (AP) — He stood up for the poor and the disadvantaged throughout urban America — but Elijah Cummings was principally the strong voice and political advocate for Baltimore, where he was revered as his hometown’s champion. The Democratic congressman lived at the doorstep of some of the city’s worst rioting, including violent 2015 protests […]
This morning we lost Elijah Cummings, and one person who has some of the best memories of him is Roland Martin. Martin knew that Cummings was having health issues. Just one month ago he sent a text to Cummings’ wife Maya to check on him and she said that he was “still fighting” and asked […]
Reverend Al Sharpton was “Stunned” to hear that his good friend US Representative Elijah Cummings passed away this morning. He and Cummings have known each other and worked together for decades. Just a few months ago when Donald Trump attacked Baltimore and Cummings, Sharpton stood by his side. That seemed to anger Trump more because […]
