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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
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is punishing a war crimes investigator — for daring to investigate war crimes.
By Caroline Orr - April 05, 2019
Trump claims he has nothing to hide — so why is he going to such great lengths to make sure no one ever finds out what he discussed with Putin?
By Caroline Orr - March 22, 2019
Despite claiming to care about human trafficking, Trump is forcing more victims back into danger and prosecuting fewer of their traffickers.
By Caroline Orr - March 21, 2019
Devin Nunes is finding out the hard way that trying to suppress information often just publicizes it more widely.
By Caroline Orr - March 20, 2019
White supremacists know they have a place in today’s GOP — as long as they wear their racism under a MAGA hat.
By Caroline Orr - March 12, 2019
The Trump administration has already ramped up drone strikes at an alarming rate — and now it’s trying to keep the public in the dark about them.
By Caroline Orr - March 06, 2019
Russian state media is having a field day mocking Trump’s weakness on the world stage.
By Caroline Orr - March 05, 2019
The new investigation by the Judiciary Committee will look into Trump’s potential obstruction of justice, abuses of power, and public corruption.
By Caroline Orr - March 04, 2019
Actions speak louder than words, and despite Trump’s pledge, his administration’s actions are not only falling short — they’re moving in the wrong direction.
By Caroline Orr - February 10, 2019
Susan Collins’ decision to sell women out is paying off.
By Caroline Orr - February 07, 2019
The Trump administration is stacking the EPA’s Science Advisory Board with anti-science conspiracy theorists and industry insiders.
By Caroline Orr - February 05, 2019
‘Trump’s actions are making us all less safe,’ according to a 30-year veteran of the CIA.
By Caroline Orr - February 04, 2019
Right-wing extremists killed more people in the U.S. last year than in any year since 1995 — and Trump is dismantling our ability to deal with the threat.
By Caroline Orr - February 03, 2019
Fox News spent the past two days showcasing its commitment to denying science in the name of profit.
By Caroline Orr - February 01, 2019
The administration is refusing to protect Americans from cancer-causing chemicals in the nation’s water supply.
By Caroline Orr - January 30, 2019
Putin just reminded Trump that he has saved all the receipts from their interactions — and he’s not afraid to use them.
By Caroline Orr - January 29, 2019
The pro-Trump propagandists at Fox News have been busy constructing an alternate reality in which the indictment of a sixth Trump campaign adviser is secretly good news.
By Caroline Orr - January 28, 2019
Trump quietly rolled out the move on Sunday evening, apparently hoping that no one would notice his capitulation to Putin.
By Caroline Orr - January 28, 2019
As Trump and his right-wing media allies seized on the Covington teen controversy, Russian propaganda outlets followed in their footsteps.
By Caroline Orr - January 27, 2019
Trump’s dangerous anti-science agenda may very well be his longest-lasting legacy.
By Caroline Orr - January 27, 2019
Friday’s indictment of Roger Stone contains clues that may have serious implications for Steve Bannon and the right-wing website Breitbart.
By Caroline Orr - January 25, 2019
Trump has continued to embrace racism and bigotry from the office of the presidency — and clearly, his MAGA-hat wearing supporters have taken notice.
By Caroline Orr - January 23, 2019
‘What the [expletive] were we thinking?’
By Caroline Orr - January 22, 2019
Republicans gave Russia exactly what it wanted — and Russia’s having a good chuckle about it.
By Caroline Orr - January 18, 2019
The Trump campaign’s use of digital manipulation mirrors the Kremlin’s.
By Caroline Orr - January 17, 2019
Trump has no idea what human trafficking actually looks like — but he’s happy to make up stories about it to push for his wall.
By Caroline Orr - January 17, 2019
Protecting Trump may not be the only reason that Devin Nunes has tried so hard to undermine Mueller’s investigation.
By Caroline Orr - January 16, 2019
Pro-Trump propagandists are calling to disband the FBI for investigating Trump’s ties to Russia.
By Caroline Orr - January 16, 2019
Trump’s campaign and transition teams had extensive contact with Russian officials — and they lied about it every single time.
By Caroline Orr - January 13, 2019
Trump’s border stunt is hurting Americans — and Russia couldn’t be happier about it.
By Caroline Orr - January 11, 2019