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Several of Trump’s cabinet picks have worked to undermine workers’ rights.
By Jesse Valentine - November 26, 2024
Ken Paxton has been accused of corruption, bribery, and self-dealing
By Jesse Valentine - November 13, 2024
Every seat in the Minnesota House of Representatives is up for election this year.
By Jesse Valentine - November 04, 2024
The Michigan Supreme Court overturned a Republican attempt to gut a paid sick leave law.
By Jesse Valentine - November 01, 2024
I was 17 when I found out that I was pregnant and was already about 8 weeks along. I was so overwhelmed because I had no idea of what my options were going to be, and I was afraid. I was well aware that I wouldn’t be able to access an abortion in Texas. The […]
By Bonnie Fuller - October 31, 2024
Hogan refused to sign a state law that banned price gouging by drugmakers.
By Jesse Valentine - October 30, 2024
Chavez-DeRemer represents Oregon’s 5th district despite living in District 3.
By Jesse Valentine - October 30, 2024
More than half of Ohio’s child care funding comes from a federal program.
By Jesse Valentine - October 30, 2024
Collins has a history of incendiary and offensive social media posts.
By Jesse Valentine - October 28, 2024
The partisan split in the Michigan House of Representatives will be decided in the Nov. 5 election.
By Jesse Valentine - October 28, 2024
Ayotte voted on multiple occasions to cut financial aid for low-income students.
By Jesse Valentine - October 23, 2024
Some pro-voucher lawmakers pushed for the Bible to be taught in elementary schools.
By Jesse Valentine - October 23, 2024
Critics of school choice say it diverts funds away from public schools to private institutions.
By Jesse Valentine - October 22, 2024
Beckwith pledged to defund Planned Parenthood “not only in Indiana, but across the country.”
By Jesse Valentine - October 16, 2024
Scott is being accused of using military members for political gain.
By Jesse Valentine - October 15, 2024
Bishop opposed a bill that could’ve helped missing person investigations in his own district.
By Jesse Valentine - October 08, 2024
Bresnahan’s net worth is estimated to be up to $69 million.
By Jesse Valentine - October 07, 2024
Senate candidate’s claims of tapes being ‘chopped’ debunked
By Darrell Ehrlick, Daily Montanan - October 04, 2024
The groups claim Rosen is guilty of insider trading, an offense she has never committed or been investigated for.
By Jesse Valentine - October 04, 2024
Moreno was appointed to the MetroHealth board by a CEO who was later fired for malfeasance.
By Jesse Valentine - October 01, 2024
Doctors have warned that American women will die as a result of Trump's state abortion bans - now they have.
By Bonnie Fuller - September 23, 2024
Dave McCormick has described Iran as “our sworn enemy” and the “underwriter of terror across the Middle East.”
By Jesse Valentine - September 18, 2024
More than 700,000 veterans in Virginia could lose their health insurance under the plan.
By Jesse Valentine - September 18, 2024
Hovde has touted his work with assisted living facilities as an asset on the campaign trail.
By Jesse Valentine - September 18, 2024
Montanas could vote to add a right to abortion access to their state constitution.
By Jesse Valentine - September 13, 2024
Ayotte voted at least nine times to repeal Obamacare
By Jesse Valentine - September 04, 2024
Buckhout said President Joe Biden should be impeached for not being tougher on China.
By Jesse Valentine - August 23, 2024
Scott travels almost exclusively on a private jet.
By Jesse Valentine - August 21, 2024
Moreno says extending Trump’s tax cuts would lessen the national debt. It won’t.
By Jesse Valentine - August 21, 2024
In July, 3,793 Mainers registered to vote, which was higher than every month since the 2023 November election.
By Emma Davis, Maine Morning Star - August 14, 2024
Disinformation about foreign investments has engulfed the U.S. Senate race in Pennsylvania.
By Jesse Valentine - August 14, 2024
Hovde is running for the U.S. Senate on a platform that emphasizes economic opportunity.
By Jesse Valentine - August 13, 2024
As Secretary of the Interior, Zinke spent $12,000 on a private jet from Las Vegas to Montana.
By Jesse Valentine - August 12, 2024
Bresnahan has contributed thousands of dollars to anti-abortion candidates
By Jesse Valentine - August 06, 2024
Gianforte criticized the Biden administration for giving temporary work status to Venezuelan asylum seekers.
By Jesse Valentine - August 05, 2024
Calvert has cast several votes seeking to curtail abortion access throughout his 30 years in Congress.
By Jesse Valentine - July 29, 2024
Ayotte has endorsed Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign
By Jesse Valentine - July 26, 2024
Former Pres. Donald Trump needs to discard his storied penchant for racist and sexist tropes and nicknames if he wants to win over independent voters in his likely race against Vice Pres. Kamala Harris, say political experts in Nevada, one of a handful of battleground states.
By Dana Gentry, Nevada Current - July 24, 2024
Cruz’s Democratic opponent says he is the “architect” of the state’s prohibitive abortion laws.
By Jesse Valentine - July 23, 2024
Bridger Aerospace is being sued by two former employees for breach of contract.
By Jesse Valentine - July 22, 2024
Brown’s race for U.S. Senate could decide which party controls congress in 2025.
By Jesse Valentine - July 09, 2024
Domenici is one of several Republican U.S. Senate candidates who has been scrutinized for owning properties in multiple states.
By Jesse Valentine - July 08, 2024
Robinson said feminism has created a generation of weak minded men.
By Jesse Valentine - July 03, 2024
Ayotte has repeatedly backed reforms to Medicare and Social Security that would result in less Americans getting the support they need.
By Jesse Valentine - July 02, 2024
Paxton’s close relationship with the Texas Public Policy Foundation dates back to 2015.
By Jesse Valentine - June 24, 2024
Cruz’s podcast is the subject of an FEC complaint claiming its ad revenue structure violated campaign finance law
By Jesse Valentine - June 11, 2024
Lake’s budget proposal could imperil border security, which Lake often cites as one of her top priorities.
By Jesse Valentine - June 10, 2024
Cao supported a claim that diversity and inclusion initiatives caused the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse.
By Jesse Valentine - June 06, 2024
Moreno is one of multiple Republican U.S. Senate candidates to exaggerate their background.
By Jesse Valentine - May 24, 2024
Voters in several states will likely have the chance to reverse their states’ abortion bans this November — but the election results could come too late for clinics that have been forced to scale back or even shut down while those bans were in effect.
By Chabeli Carrazana and Shefali Luthra - May 22, 2024
When Ayotte worked with Caterpillar Inc. the company offshored over 2,000 jobs.
By Jesse Valentine - May 21, 2024
Medical residencies are key for getting doctors to practice in states, and declines can contribute to shortages.
By Alander Rocha, Alabama Reflector - May 21, 2024
Texas Rep. Monica De La Cruz celebrated a police funding initiative that her caucus now wants to eliminate.
By Jesse Valentine - May 16, 2024
Robinson said science education should be taken out of elementary schools
By Jesse Valentine - May 16, 2024
The Republic Pregnancy Resource Center website provides step-by-step directions from local middle and high schools to their address.
By Jesse Valentine - May 14, 2024
Brown has called for abolishing the U.S. Department of Education.
By Jesse Valentine - May 09, 2024
Luna supports abortions bans with no exceptions for rape
By Jesse Valentine - May 07, 2024
Donald Trump is planning to release more details in the weeks ahead about how his administration would regulate access to medication abortion, according to comments he made during a lengthy interview with Time magazine published Tuesday.
By Jennifer Shutt, States Newsroom - April 30, 2024
Dobson is the Republican candidate in what will be one of the most-watched House races of 2024.
By Jesse Valentine - April 30, 2024
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s claim to not know about the millions an Akron utility spent supporting his 2018 campaign for governor simply isn’t credible, an Ohio political scientist said in a recent interview. A spokesperson for DeWine pushed back. FirstEnergy provided that support, then spent more than $60 million to pass and protect a $1.3 billion ratepayer-financed […]
By Marty Schladen, Ohio Capital Journal - April 29, 2024
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