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Hate crimes in the United States rose from 2022 to 2023.
By Jesse Valentine - April 15, 2024
Cao is a former U.S Navy captain.
By Jesse Valentine - March 29, 2024
Kiggans has flirted with baseless conspiracy theories about the 2020 election.
By Jesse Valentine - March 08, 2024
Ohio voted to protect abortion rights. GOP senate candidate Bernie Moreno doesn't care.
By Jesse Valentine - March 07, 2024
Syngenta AG owns approximately 1500 acres of U.S farmland.
By Jesse Valentine - March 04, 2024
Hovde is running for U.S. Senate in Wisconsin despite primarily residing in California.
By Jesse Valentine - February 26, 2024
McCormick says we need leaders with the moral clarity to condemn antisemitism.
By Jesse Valentine - February 09, 2024
Of the nearly dozen gun bills lawmakers will soon take up, one is particularly noteworthy because it’s backed by unlikely allies: mental health advocates and a pair of House members who’ve long been at opposite ends of firearm legislation.
By Annmarie Timmins, New Hampshire Bulletin - January 31, 2024
The United Auto Workers of America endorsed the re-election of President Joe Biden Wednesday, just months after he became the first sitting U.S. president to walk a picket line with striking autoworkers in Michigan.
By Ashley Murray, States Newsroom - January 24, 2024
Gunter has repeatedly referred to Brown as “Scam Brown”
By Jesse Valentine - January 17, 2024
The state of Texas robbed Amanda Zurawski of her fertility and almost her life when it wouldn’t permit her an abortion so she’s gone to the state’s Supreme Court to change the law - “this is why I’m on earth”
By Bonnie Fuller - January 10, 2024
Health care-focused organizations across the state are hopeful that the 2024 legislative session will be a year that reins in health costs and allows patients to have greater access to the care they need.
By Danielle J. Brown, Maryland Matters - January 08, 2024
Five people died on January 6, 2021 – including a police officer who was bludgeoned to death.
By Jesse Valentine - January 05, 2024
On Wednesday, the New Hampshire House passed a bill that would make registering to vote an online experience.
By Ethan DeWitt, New Hampshire Bulletin - January 04, 2024
Most Americans believe wealthy individuals and big corporations don’t pay their fair share in taxes.
By Jesse Valentine - December 22, 2023
Even the Republican senator's home county gave Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear a larger share of the vote than four years earlier.
By - December 15, 2023
Republicans Greg Abbott and Ken Paxton have taken thousands of dollars in donations from chemical companies and their affiliated PACs.
By Jesse Valentine - December 08, 2023
Eric Hovde's proposal is similar to Sen. Rick Scott's unpopular 2022 plan to make every American pay income taxes.
By Jesse Valentine - December 07, 2023
A bipartisan package of bills in Michigan signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, creates specified criminal penalties for assaulting health care workers.
By Anna Liz Nichols, Michigan Advance - December 06, 2023
Both former President Donald Trump and former U.S. Rep. George Santos have lied about their records and been accused of defrauding veterans.
By Jesse Valentine - December 05, 2023
Millions of Texas families’ health and well-being would be jeopardized if the legislation were repealed.
By Jesse Valentine - December 04, 2023
More than 3 million Floridians will lose their health insurance if Scott and Trump succeed.
By Jesse Valentine - November 30, 2023
Republican Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves took $98,000 from Mississippi Power and executives of its parent company.
By Jesse Valentine - November 06, 2023
The Republican gubernatorial nominee also broke his promises to make the office more frugal.
By Jesse Valentine - November 03, 2023
It might not surprise Mississippians that The Cook Political Report, regarded as one of the nation’s preeminent elections experts, shifted their 2023 Mississippi governor’s race forecast on Monday in Democrat Brandon Presley’s direction.
By Adam Ganucheau, Mississippi Today - October 24, 2023
News you actually want to know, and what you can do to make a difference.
By Alison R. Parker - June 03, 2018
The city of Shawnee was forced to apologize after Kansas Republican Secretary of State Kris Kobach, who is running for governor, thought a massive firearm was an appropriate decoration for a parade vehicle.
By Alison R. Parker - June 03, 2018
News you actually want to know, and what you can do to make a difference.
By Alison R. Parker - May 27, 2018
17-year-old Megan McGuire survived the mass shooting at Santa Fe High School. Now she has a message for elected officials who continue to do the NRA’s bidding.
By Alison R. Parker - May 26, 2018
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has spoken: Americans are about to see major spikes in their health insurance premiums. And the Republican Party is squarely to blame for it.
By Alison R. Parker - May 23, 2018
MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace explained what a counterintelligence investigation actually is in a way any child could understand.
By Alison R. Parker - May 23, 2018
Trump made a lot of noise about the security vulnerabilities of Hillary Clinton’s private email server. But when it comes to his own phone, he’s suddenly unconcerned.
By Alison R. Parker - May 21, 2018
News you actually want to know, and what you can do to make a difference.
By Alison R. Parker - May 20, 2018
U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley’s Twitter account is an odd mix of political views and personal anecdotes. And some experts say she may be flouting State Department regulations regarding social media use.
By Alison R. Parker - May 20, 2018
News you actually want to know, and what you can do to make a difference.
By Alison R. Parker - May 13, 2018
A White House staffer made a crass ‘joke’ about Sen. John McCain’s health. But Sarah Huckabee Sanders was reportedly angrier about the leak than she was about the comment itself.
By Alison R. Parker - May 12, 2018
Trump wanted to answer questions from special counsel Robert Mueller in writing, rather than in person. But Mueller has reportedly refused that request, leaving Trump with no easy way out of an interview.
By Alison R. Parker - May 07, 2018
Trump is making it painfully clear that he cares more about conservative Republicans’ feelings than children’s health and well-being.
By Alison R. Parker - May 07, 2018
News you actually want to know, and what you can do to make a difference.
By Alison R. Parker - May 06, 2018
Trump has turned Veterans Affairs into an unending nightmare. And the people who fought for the country are the ones paying the highest price for his incompetence.
By Alison R. Parker - May 06, 2018
Republicans tried and failed to repeal Obamacare. Progressive Democratic candidates nationwide marked that anniversary with a renewed commitment to protecting and improving health care for all.
By Alison R. Parker - May 05, 2018
When it comes to Trump’s pal Joe Arpaio, Mike Pence apparently thinks breaking the law is a way to show support for the law.
By Alison R. Parker - May 01, 2018
Tell us how you really feel, Trump.
By Alison R. Parker - April 30, 2018
News you actually want to know, and what you can do to make a difference.
By Alison R. Parker - April 29, 2018
Liberty University has been in Trump’s corner from the beginning. But with dipping enrollment numbers, it’s trying to scrub evidence that it’s no longer the ‘world’s largest Christian university.’
By Alison R. Parker - April 29, 2018
Paul Ryan forcing the House chaplain to resign was a crass attempt ‘to silence the moral truth of Scripture.’ And two prominent pastors are using that Scripture to call him out.
By Alison R. Parker - April 28, 2018
Trump said the Paralympic Games were ‘tough to watch.’ But as the International Paralympic Committee pointed out, billions of people do not agree with that snide remark.
By Alison R. Parker - April 28, 2018
News you actually want to know, and what you can do to make a difference.
By Alison R. Parker - April 22, 2018
Former CIA Director John McLaughlin raised a disturbing alarm about North Korea’s sway over naïve and impressionable Trump.
By Alison R. Parker - April 22, 2018
A federal judge found Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach in contempt of court for ignoring her previous orders. And she ordered him to pay the ACLU’s legal fees stemming from the hearings.
By Alison R. Parker - April 18, 2018
The disarray within the Trump administration was put on full display when U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley released a terse rebuke after the White House called her ‘confused’ about Russian sanctions.
By Alison R. Parker - April 17, 2018
Former Trump campaign strategist David Urban dismissed concerns about the ethical nightmare that Trump embodies because Americans aren’t ‘asking for the president to be a moral leader.’
By Alison R. Parker - April 16, 2018
News you actually want to know, and what you can do to make a difference.
By Alison R. Parker - April 15, 2018
Republicans are trying to hide from their massively unpopular tax scam bill on the campaign trail. Americans across the nation took to the streets ahead of Tax Day to make sure no one forgets.
By Alison R. Parker - April 15, 2018
Trump had some angry opinions about the FBI raid on his personal lawyer Michael Cohen. But Cohen himself pulled the rug out from under his lies.
By Alison R. Parker - April 10, 2018