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Donald Trump is demanding states ‘open up ASAP’ despite the health risks.
By Dan Desai Martin - May 26, 2020
Courts reject Republican voter suppression efforts in Florida and South Carolina.
By Dan Desai Martin - May 26, 2020
Also: Virginia decriminalizes marijuana and voter safety wins the day in a couple of key states.
By Dan Desai Martin - May 22, 2020
Despite the pandemic and high unemployment, Republicans in Kansas ended this year’s legislative session by blocking Medicaid expansion.
By Dan Desai Martin - May 22, 2020
Michigan’s attorney general wrote a letter to Donald Trump informing him about state policy, which Trump ignored.
By Dan Desai Martin - May 21, 2020
Donald Trump said that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo asked him to fire the State Department’s inspector general.
By Dan Desai Martin - May 21, 2020
The White House claimed Donald Trump was ‘unable to cast his vote’ in Florida because he was stuck in Washington — but evidence shows otherwise.
By Dan Desai Martin - May 21, 2020
Ted Howze is still listed as a part of the National Republican Congressional Committee’s ‘Young Guns’ program.
By Dan Desai Martin - May 20, 2020
Leaked audio from a fundraiser reveals Trump’s eldest son suggesting that ‘the MAGA 2016 agenda’ could have prevented the coronavirus crisis.
By Dan Desai Martin - May 20, 2020
Donald Trump threatened to withhold federal funding from Michigan and Nevada in retaliation for expanding access to voting.
By Dan Desai Martin - May 20, 2020
According to the Lancet, the Trump administration fabricated a report in a letter threatening to defund the U.N. health agency.
By Dan Desai Martin - May 19, 2020
Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson noted that most voters ‘across the political spectrum want the option to vote by mail.’
By Dan Desai Martin - May 19, 2020
The last time McSally held a lead was in May 2019.
By Dan Desai Martin - May 19, 2020
‘If there was ever a time in our country when we need more mental health professionals, this is it,’ the American Counseling Association said.
By Dan Desai Martin - May 18, 2020
Gov. Brian Kemp’s office issued a correction after public criticism of a misleading graph on the state health department website.
By Dan Desai Martin - May 18, 2020
Also: An official Illinois website is providing new content for kids staying at home, and Democrats in Congress introduce a bold voting rights bill.
By Dan Desai Martin - May 15, 2020
Democrats and voting rights groups criticize legislation that requires all absentee ballots to be notarized.
By Dan Desai Martin - May 15, 2020
‘Americans must put a president in the White House come January, 2021, who will understand that public health should not be guided by partisan politics,’ a Lancet editorial said.
By Dan Desai Martin - May 15, 2020
A 2019 pandemic exercise only foreshadowed the mistakes the Trump administration has made so far during the coronavirus crisis.
By Dan Desai Martin - May 14, 2020
Republican Ken Paxton claims allowing more Texas voters to apply for absentee ballots ‘increases the risk of voter fraud.’
By Dan Desai Martin - May 14, 2020
Dr. Richard Bright told a congressional hearing that Trump administration officials wanted to push an unproven and potentially dangerous drug.
By Dan Desai Martin - May 14, 2020
A new order would give the director of the CDC final say on when U.S. borders are reopened to immigrants.
By Dan Desai Martin - May 14, 2020
Police chiefs are begging for aid to local governments during this crisis, which Republicans refuse to support.
By Dan Desai Martin - May 14, 2020
Former Rep. Claudia Tenney is demanding that schools reopen in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic.
By Dan Desai Martin - May 13, 2020
Democrats are celebrating the fact that South Carolina voters ‘will not be forced to choose between putting their and their families’ health at risk’ for the upcoming primary.
By Dan Desai Martin - May 13, 2020
‘We must make sure the pandemic does not impede full, unfettered access to the ballot box,’ said Rep. Marcia Fudge, a lead sponsor of the bill.
By Dan Desai Martin - May 12, 2020
A spokesperson for the National Republican Congressional Committee is insisting, however, that Trump will return the nation to prosperity.
By Dan Desai Martin - May 12, 2020
Cases are spiking in several states despite Trump’s claim that the situation is improving across the country.
By Dan Desai Martin - May 12, 2020
Democrats said it was ‘unconscionable that the legislature would spend the people’s money, meant to address the incredible hardships this pandemic has wrought on our workers, families, and state, on pork and pet projects.’
By Dan Desai Martin - May 11, 2020
Trump appeared to declare victory even as the number of coronavirus cases rises nationwide.
By Dan Desai Martin - May 11, 2020