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U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., has died, after an extended battle with cancer that weeks ago prompted him to not seek reelection to Congress. He was 75 and “passed away peacefully at his home” Wednesday morning, according to a statement from his family. Connolly was elected to Congress in 2008, …

U.S. House Democrats awarded committee leadership positions to three members on Tuesday, completing a post-election shakeup that saw some longtime lawmakers ousted. The caucus voted to make Virginia’s Gerry Connolly the ranking member on the House Oversight & Accountability Committee, Minnesota’s Angie Craig the top Democrat on House Agriculture and …

Two members of U.S. Congressman Gerry Connolly’s staff were hospitalized Monday after a man armed with a baseball bat attacked them in the Virginia Democrat’s district office in Fairfax. “This morning, an individual entered my district office armed with a baseball bat and asked for me before committing an act …