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Former senior investigative reporter at ThinkProgress and former head of money-in-politics reporting at the Center for Public Integrity.
Nothing in H.R. 3 would establish a socialist health care system, as the ad claims.
By Josh Israel - October 22, 2019
The top House Judiciary Republican is spreading lies about the impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump.
By Josh Israel - October 22, 2019
Republican Dennis Bonnen announced he would leave the Texas House of Representatives after dozens of his colleagues urged him to ‘move on.’
By Josh Israel - October 22, 2019
House Democrats quickly killed the effort to punish House Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff for describing Trump’s phone call with Ukraine.
By Josh Israel - October 22, 2019
Bill Drennan, a GOP candidate for Virginia House of Delegates, made a bizarre argument against gun control.
By Josh Israel - October 21, 2019
Trump spent years leading chants of ‘lock her up’ — but now has nothing to say on the matter.
By Josh Israel - October 21, 2019
Colorado Republicans tried to recall enough state lawmakers to regain a majority in the senate. They failed spectacularly.
By Josh Israel - October 21, 2019
The Trump campaign’s official shop is currently selling shirts emblazoned with the phrase, ‘Get Over It.’
By Josh Israel - October 18, 2019
Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) is very angry that House Democrats are not letting him dictate how the impeachment inquiry should be run.
By Josh Israel - October 18, 2019
The hurricane has been classified as one of the worst storms in U.S. history.
By Josh Israel - October 18, 2019
Republicans in Congress voted against a bill that would disincentive companies’ shipping jobs overseas and lying about it.
By Josh Israel - October 18, 2019
The man who said he ‘would have been a good general’ has lost the respect of those who actually earned the title.
By Josh Israel - October 18, 2019
The former Texas governor has been scrutinized for his involvement in the Ukraine scandal in recent weeks.
By Josh Israel - October 17, 2019
The acting White House chief of staff admitted to a quid pro quo over Ukraine funding Thursday, but GOP members of Congress are still fighting against impeachment.
By Josh Israel - October 17, 2019
Trump previously called Cummings a ‘racist’ and said he should ‘investigate himself’ for the issues his home district faced.
By Josh Israel - October 17, 2019
A subsidiary of the Republican Governors Association launched an anti-immigrant ad attacking Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear and others for supporting universal access to health care.
By Josh Israel - October 16, 2019
The bipartisan resolution passed by an overwhelming majority.
By Josh Israel - October 16, 2019
Sens. Kamala Harris, Amy Klobuchar, and Elizabeth Warren schooled CNN’s Anderson Cooper at Tuesday’s Democratic debate.
By Josh Israel - October 15, 2019
Trump has repeatedly stonewalled investigators and congressional committees in the past.
By Josh Israel - October 15, 2019
The Kentucky Republican thinks the son of a former vice president should be held to the same standard as the current administration.
By Josh Israel - October 15, 2019
The now-defunct Trump Foundation funneled tens of thousands to fund James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas.
By Josh Israel - October 15, 2019
Sen. Rick Scott boasted of his work on the national debt, despite supporting the deficit-busting tax bill.
By Josh Israel - October 15, 2019
‘I haven’t heard you condemn anything on the Democrat side.’
By Josh Israel - October 14, 2019
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s recent address to the American Association of Christian Counselors is the top item of the State Department’s website on Monday.
By Josh Israel - October 14, 2019
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s plan would allow Medicare to negotiate lower prices with pharmaceutical companies.
By Josh Israel - October 14, 2019
Rubio briefly pretended to care about LGBTQ people after the Pulse shootings. Not anymore.
By Josh Israel - October 14, 2019
Scotland County Sheriff Ralph Kersey says he reversed his earlier decision ‘after careful consideration.’
By Josh Israel - October 10, 2019
The Atlanta Braves discouraged fans from doing the ‘Tomahawk Chop’ after a Cherokee Nation member criticized it as insulting — but that is not why they lost.
By Josh Israel - October 10, 2019
Trump previously admitted to sexual misconduct in the now-infamous ‘Access Hollywood’ tape.
By Josh Israel - October 10, 2019
Trump turns on his old favorite poll after it confirms broad support for his impeachment.
By Josh Israel - October 10, 2019