Dennis Kucinich to seek Ohio congressional seat: filing

Former U.S. House representative and two-time Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich has filed paperwork to run for Congress in Ohio, according to a "statement of organization" document filed Wednesday evening with the Federal Election Commission and reviewed by Raw Story.

The listed campaign treasurer for the "Re-elect Dennis Kucinich" committee, John Sullivan, would neither confirm nor deny Kucinich's political comeback bid when Raw Story reached him by phone Wednesday evening.

"I'm not able to confirm that right now," Sullivan said before explaining he was in a "business meeting" and would call back "later."

Sullivan also served as the presidential campaign treasurer for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during much of last year, leaving in November, according to federal records. Kucinich served as Kennedy's campaign manager until his own departure in October.

The filing with the FEC lists Kucinich, 77, as an independent, not a member of the Democratic Party. The filing says he's seeking the open seat in Ohio's 7th Congressional District, which Republican Max Miller currently represents.

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Kucinich served as mayor of Cleveland from 1977 to 1979 and in the U.S. House from 1997 to 2013, where he earned a reputation as one of Congress' more liberal members. He also made failed runs at Ohio's governorship in 2018 and for mayor of Cleveland in 2021.

But Kucinich is best known nationally for his two runs for the U.S. presidency, in 2004 and 2008.

A filing from "Re-elect Dennis Kucinich" made January 17 with the Federal Election Commission. Source: Federal Election Commission

A filing from "Re-elect Dennis Kucinich" made January 17 with the Federal Election Commission. Source: Federal Election Commission

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Democratic members of the House Oversight Committee are declaring all-out war on the Trump administration over its apparent failure to release files on Jeffrey Epstein, which it was mandated by law to do by the end of Friday.

“Donald Trump and the Department of Justice are now violating federal law as they continue covering up the facts and evidence about Jeffrey Epstein’s decades-long, billion-dollar international sex-trafficking ring,” reads a joint statement from Oversight ranking members Robert Garcia (D-CA) and Jamie Raskin (D-MD), released Friday on social media.

“For months, Pam Bondi has denied survivors the transparency and accountability they have demanded and deserve and has defied the Oversight Committee’s subpoena. The Department of Justice is now making clear it intends to defy Congress itself, even as it gives star treatment to Epstein’s convicted co-conspirator, Ghislaine Maxwell.”

Last month, Congress sent to Trump’s desk the Epstein Files Transparency Act, a bill that required the DOJ to release all of its files on Epstein within 30 days, with the 30th day landing on Friday. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, however, revealed Friday morning that his agency would not be complying with the new law, and instead, would likely withhold hundreds of thousands of files for at least several weeks.

In response, leading Democrats on the House Oversight Committee are now readying to launch a legal battle against Trump and his administration, and using “all legal options.”

“We are now examining all legal options in the face of this violation of federal law,” the joint statement reads. “The survivors of this nightmare deserve justice, the co-conspirators must be held accountable, and the American people deserve complete transparency from DOJ.”

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A crowd at Turning Point USA's AmFest event booed slain Hollywood director Rob Reiner after MAGA influencer Steve Bannon said liberals believed he had a larger impact on culture than Charlie Kirk.

"Just I want to say one thing," Bannon told the AmFest crowd on Friday. "You know, the Rob Reiner — The situation is obviously a tragedy. The president's given you his unique take on things about that situation."

As the crowd booed, Bannon noted that Democratic strategist James Carville had celebrated Reiner as having "a bigger impact on America and American culture" than Kirk.

"You make a handful of crappy movies," the MAGA host quipped. "Charlie Kirk changed the direction of this country and saved this country. And then was assassinated in the process. Dude, you raised a kid that slit your throat. I'm just saying."

"I hate to be brutally frank about it, but I'll be brutally frank about it. But for Carville to get on there and to say that Rob Reiner did more for American culture than Charlie Kirk. This shows you how demonic they are."

CNN anchor Brianna Keilar sharply challenged Rep. Warren Davidson (R-OH) during a tense interview as he echoed President Donald Trump’s framing of U.S. military actions near Venezuela. As Keilar pressed Davidson on whether the administration’s actions amounted to a blockade or risked unauthorized escalation, she repeatedly confronted him with Trump’s own language, forcing the congressman to draw fine distinctions between rhetoric and reality. The exchange highlighted growing unease over the president’s public threats, Congress’ war powers, and whether the administration is seeking legal workarounds to expand military action without explicit congressional approval.

Watch the video below.

CNN’s Brianna Keilar corners GOP lawmaker repeating Trump’s Venezuela talking points

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