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Rogers may be receiving income from a federal pension as well.
By Jesse Valentine - July 13, 2026
Driscoll is the Republican candidate in NY-04.
By Jesse Valentine - July 13, 2026
Calla Hales is carrying on a family legacy by providing abortion care for women across the South.
By Bonnie Fuller - July 09, 2026
Whatley is the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in North Carolina.
By Jesse Valentine - July 09, 2026
James is running for Michigan governor.
By Jesse Valentine - July 08, 2026
A June poll showed Flint and Democrat Sam Forstag locked in a dead heat.
By Jesse Valentine - July 07, 2026
Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff has criticized Collins’ alleged self-enrichment.
By Jesse Valentine - July 07, 2026
Biggs broke down crying while discussing his opposition to reproductive rights.
By Jesse Valentine - July 06, 2026
One of the deleted webpages detailed Huizenga’s anti-abortion views.
By Jesse Valentine - July 01, 2026
Her office called the request a ‘fishing expedition.’
By Jesse Valentine - June 30, 2026
Maternal mortality in Texas has risen by 56% since the state’s first abortion ban was passed in 2021. Now, women of reproductive age say they fear for their lives as medical providers face the potential of harsh penalties for performing abortions.
By Bonnie Fuller - June 29, 2026
Private equity firms are buying up New Hampshire homes and raising rents on tenants.
By - June 17, 2026
Congressional Republicans have repeatedly voted to let the war continue.
By Jesse Valentine - June 15, 2026
The candidate for Iowa governor has lived in Colorado, Montana, and, most recently, Kansas
By Jesse Valentine - June 12, 2026
Molly has spent eight years escorting abortion patients into a Milwaukee clinic and shielding them from harassment, which sometimes turns physical.
By Bonnie Fuller - June 11, 2026
RPM continued to receive federal contracts after the settlement was paid.
By Jesse Valentine - June 11, 2026
Mike Bouchard Jr. and Robert Lulgjuraj have close ties to the alleged sex pest.
By Jesse Valentine - June 10, 2026
More than $160,000 was spent at a Palm Springs resort where 'The Bachelorette' was filmed
By Jesse Valentine - June 09, 2026
Collins’ net worth is $9.8 million.
By Jesse Valentine - June 05, 2026
The company that prints the shirts has been accused of abusive labor practices.
By Jesse Valentine - June 04, 2026
Hinson’s ad centers on Turek’s opposition to a 2023 Iowa law that removed books from school libraries.
By Jesse Valentine - June 04, 2026
Dr. Bayo Curry-Winchell nearly died after childbirth when her symptoms were repeatedly brushed aside, despite her high-risk medical history. She says her experience reflects the broader maternal health crisis facing Black women in America.
By Bonnie Fuller - June 03, 2026
Tejano musician Bobby Pulido is challenging De La Cruz in this year’s election.
By Jesse Valentine - June 03, 2026
High gas prices are forcing Uber drivers into desperate situations
By Jesse Valentine - June 02, 2026
Republican lawmakers have faced intense backlash at town halls for supporting cuts to Medicaid
By Jesse Valentine - June 02, 2026
This record undercuts claims that Whatley is a “D.C. outsider”
By Jesse Valentine - May 27, 2026
“Voters expect elected officials to fight for hardworking families, not to cozy up to special interests,” says End Citizens United President Tiffany Muller.
By Jesse Valentine - May 27, 2026
James is running for Michigan governor on an anti-corruption platform
By Jesse Valentine - May 22, 2026
O’Donnell’s net worth is $75.9 million.
By Jesse Valentine - May 21, 2026
House rules say taxpayer-funded advertisements must be nonpartisan.
By Jesse Valentine - May 21, 2026
JBS Foods has contributed large sums to Evans’ campaigns.
By Jesse Valentine - May 18, 2026
The Republican congressman has taken more than $107,000 from groups that want to turn national parks into oil fields and housing developments.
By Jesse Valentine - May 14, 2026
The Iowa representative opposed a rule capping bank overdraft fees at $8.
By Jesse Valentine - May 13, 2026
Anthony Bland, a soybean farmer in the Mississippi Delta, told NPR that he spent $10,000 more on fertilizer this spring than last year.
By Jesse Valentine - May 13, 2026
Steen is a Republican candidate for Iowa governor.
By Jesse Valentine - May 12, 2026
Adair is running for Congress in Oregon’s 5th District.
By Jesse Valentine - May 12, 2026
More than 14% of Edwards’ constituents live below the poverty line.
By Jesse Valentine - May 08, 2026
Lawler also used campaign funds for a stay at the West Palm Beach Hilton.
By Jesse Valentine - May 06, 2026
The Department of Justice recently confirmed the Department of Veterans Affairs has the authority to provide abortions in limited circumstances, even if the pregnant veteran is located in a state that entirely bans abortions.
By Lisa Needham - September 29, 2022
After their success with Dobbs, anti-abortion activists have a new target: contraception.
By Lisa Needham - September 26, 2022
An overview of six of the 12 states with strict abortion bans after the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision shows the drastic effects anti-abortion policies can have.
By Lisa Needham - September 07, 2022
An overview of six of the 12 states with strict abortion bans after the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision shows the drastic effects anti-abortion policies can have.
By Lisa Needham - August 31, 2022
Lies pedaled by anti-abortion advocates are being proven wrong by the horrifying effects new laws are having on people across the country.
By Lisa Needham - August 19, 2022
With lives at risk following the enactment of dangerous abortion bans in several states, the federal government is taking action.
By Lisa Needham - August 09, 2022
New York, California and Minnesota are among the states taking steps to protect abortion providers and patients.
By Lisa Needham - July 28, 2022
Republican officials and commentators were quick to declare the story ‘a fabrication,’ ‘#FakeNews,’ and ‘a fictive rape.’
By Lisa Needham - July 18, 2022
Why would Republican lawmakers take issue with a bill that would help protect pregnant people in the workplace?
By Lisa Needham - June 22, 2022
If the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, 26 states stand ready to enact bans that will require people to travel long distances to see abortion providers.
By Lisa Needham - May 18, 2022
A nationwide ban flies in the face of anti-abortion activists’ insistence that they want the question returned to the states.
By Lisa Needham - May 11, 2022
Three prominent reproductive rights groups have announced they will spend $150 million on advertising in the midterm elections.
By Lisa Needham - May 04, 2022
The state GOP’s proposed new platform would remove protections for pregnant people whose lives are at risk.
By Lisa Needham - April 28, 2022
Oklahoma Attorney General John O’Connor made clear the state is passing abortion bans because it believes Roe v. Wade will be overturned.
By Lisa Needham - April 13, 2022
Since the Supreme Court agreed to consider Mississippi’s ban, multiple states have passed previability bans.
By Lisa Needham - April 08, 2022
Lawmakers and clinics in a number of states are stepping up to increase the number of patients abortion providers are able to see.
By Lisa Needham - March 29, 2022
Mississippi House Speaker Philip Gunn claimed he hadn’t seen the data that shows Medicaid expansion saves lives.
By Lisa Needham - March 21, 2022
‘The courts have allowed Texas to nullify a constitutional right,’ Nancy Northrup, who runs the Center for Reproductive Rights, said.
By Lisa Needham - March 14, 2022
‘The same amount of people still need abortions as they did before they started all these bans,’ Amy Hagstrom Miller of Whole Woman’s Health said.
By Lisa Needham - March 10, 2022
A new study sheds light on Americans’ real attitudes toward abortion and those who seek them.
By Lisa Needham - February 25, 2022
ACOG is asking clinicians to ‘acknowledg[e] historical and ongoing reproductive mistreatment of people of color and other marginalized individuals whose reproductive desires have been devalued.’
By Lisa Needham - February 09, 2022
One Texas anti-abortion organization spent federal funding money on cruises and employee perks.
By Lisa Needham - February 07, 2022
Doctors have called for an end to mandatory ultrasounds ahead of abortions.
By Lisa Needham - January 28, 2022
The Biden administration reminded insurers of their obligations under the Affordable Care Act.
By Lisa Needham - January 25, 2022
Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote in her dissent that the majority’s ruling allows Texas ‘yet again to extend the deprivation of the federal constitutional rights of its citizens.’
By Lisa Needham - January 21, 2022
Cancer screenings and other health care services could be severely disrupted as a result of GOP officials’ actions.
By Lisa Needham - January 14, 2022
It’s a huge change from the Trump administration.
By Lisa Needham - December 21, 2021
Democrats are looking to restore access to basic health care at Planned Parenthood, which Republicans in Texas have blocked completely.
By Lisa Needham - December 10, 2021
Justice Amy Coney Barrett doesn’t seem concerned with the demands and risks of pregnancy.
By Lisa Needham - December 02, 2021
If the bill passes, it will be yet another restriction in a state that already has multiple anti-abortion restrictions.
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