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Former senior investigative reporter at ThinkProgress and former head of money-in-politics reporting at the Center for Public Integrity.
Virginia state Sen. Tommy Norment told his constituents Tuesday’s election was over before it started.
By Josh Israel - November 05, 2019
Republican challenger Eddie Rispone has repeatedly attacked Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, saying he ‘hurt the reputation of West Point.’
By Josh Israel - November 04, 2019
It’s unclear why Trump decided to jump into the race for Virginia’s 13th Senate District a day before the election.
By Josh Israel - November 04, 2019
Writer E. Jean Carroll is one of at least 41 women who have accused Donald Trump of sexual assault in the past three years.
By Josh Israel - November 04, 2019
Enrique Tarrio, leader of the pro-Trump ‘western chauvinist’ group, will seek the Republican nomination to challenge Democratic Rep. Donna Shalala.
By Josh Israel - November 01, 2019
Senate Democrats are not actually blocking a 3.1% pay raise for the military.
By Josh Israel - November 01, 2019
Trump once pledged not to let victims of gun violence die in vain.
By Josh Israel - November 01, 2019
Republicans in four states have already canceled their primaries, ignoring three primary challengers.
By Josh Israel - October 31, 2019
The self-described ‘Grim Reaper’ Mitch McConnell is blocking more than 400 pieces of legislation passed by the House.
By Josh Israel - October 31, 2019
Trump’s secretary of state also launched a new conspiracy theory that the Obama administration withheld weapons from Ukraine because of Hunter Biden.
By Josh Israel - October 31, 2019
The Florida Republican is determined to find a way to punish the Intelligence chair for paraphrasing the partial transcript.
By Josh Israel - October 30, 2019
Donald Trump’s acting director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has lead the effort to crack down on legal immigration.
By Josh Israel - October 30, 2019
Trump frequently hammered Obama and Clinton over the national debt, but those concerns seemed to vanish as soon as he took office.
By Josh Israel - October 29, 2019
The appointed Arizona senator ran in 2012 arguing that the Constitution was fine as is and voters could fire career politicians with their votes.
By Josh Israel - October 29, 2019
The Florida Republican once decried a 2016 House protest against inaction on gun violence as ‘turning Congress into kindergarten.’
By Josh Israel - October 29, 2019
Murray Energy is the biggest privately owned coal producer in the country.
By Josh Israel - October 29, 2019
Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced a vote later this week to establish a formal process for the next phase of the impeachment inquiry.
By Josh Israel - October 28, 2019
His vow to end ‘American carnage’ has been replaced with criticism of the Democratic officials from those same cities.
By Josh Israel - October 28, 2019
The Kentucky Republican offered to buy Rep. Ilhan Omar a plane ticket to Somalia earlier this year after Trump told the congresswoman to ‘go back’ to her home country.
By Josh Israel - October 28, 2019
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) secretly met with a Ukrainian ex-diplomat pushing anti-Hillary Clinton conspiracy theories.
By Josh Israel - October 28, 2019
Trump’s personal lawyer is reportedly under federal investigation for his foreign lobbying.
By Josh Israel - October 25, 2019
The so-called ‘platform for the alt-right’ will be part of the Facebook News.
By Josh Israel - October 25, 2019
‘They actually did something wrong. We didn’t.’
By Josh Israel - October 25, 2019
Donald Trump promised to protect whistleblowers ‘who do the right thing.’ He has not.
By Josh Israel - October 24, 2019
The Club for Growth attacked four Democratic congresswomen, claiming without evidence that they want to nullify the 2016 election and cancel the 2020 one.
By Josh Israel - October 24, 2019
The state Republican Party is using the same hate-filled playbook that failed in 2017 and 2018.
By Josh Israel - October 24, 2019
It’s completely within the rules for Democrats on the House committees leading the impeachment inquiry to hold hearings behind closed doors.
By Josh Israel - October 24, 2019
The NRA has spent more than $65,000 to support the Texas Republican.
By Josh Israel - October 23, 2019
Matthew Whitaker seemed to suggest there was no ‘evidence of a crime.’
By Josh Israel - October 23, 2019
House Republicans are very angry that the majority is investigating Donald Trump.
By Josh Israel - October 23, 2019