Congressional and health care writer and progressive volunteer. Formerly Bloomberg, USA Today, CGTN American. Follow him at @Mike_Stankiew
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
James Mattis warns that the U.S. is risking occupying ‘an increasingly lonely position’ in the world.
By Mike Stankiewicz - August 29, 2019
The 200-person party adds to a growing list of questions about Barr’s independence from Trump.
By Mike Stankiewicz - August 28, 2019
This isn’t the first time the Republican senator has pushed an ‘absurd’ foreign policy idea.
By Mike Stankiewicz - August 23, 2019
Trump and top White House officials are trying to figure out what they can do to fix the damage.
By Mike Stankiewicz - August 20, 2019
Trump and the GOP have already pushed for major cuts to food stamps, children’s health care, and school lunches.
By Mike Stankiewicz - August 13, 2019
Trump wants something in exchange for executive action on gun control.
By Mike Stankiewicz - August 08, 2019
Despite the admission, Trump has continued to claim Mexico will finance his racist wall.
By Mike Stankiewicz - August 07, 2019
This isn’t the first time the Kremlin has leaked details about talks between Putin and Trump.
By Mike Stankiewicz - August 01, 2019
The senators, led by Ted Cruz (R-TX), claimed the move would benefit the economy, despite all the evidence to the contrary.
By Mike Stankiewicz - July 31, 2019
The ACLU says families are being torn apart for dubious reasons.
By Mike Stankiewicz - July 31, 2019
More Republicans are retiring as they fear another Democratic wave.
By Mike Stankiewicz - July 26, 2019
Not enough Republicans are expected to grow a spine to override the veto.
By Mike Stankiewicz - July 25, 2019
GOP hard-liners are saying the deal is ‘fiscally irresponsible’ and should be vetoed.
By Mike Stankiewicz - July 23, 2019
The cuts were reportedly made without a thorough review of the potential risks to national security.
By Mike Stankiewicz - July 19, 2019
EPA advisory boards now have fewer scientists and more industry friends.
By Mike Stankiewicz - July 16, 2019
Probes into two employees are already finished, but the possible repercussions are unknown.
By Mike Stankiewicz - July 16, 2019
It looks like Trump has no plans to reward Jeff Session’s slavish loyalty.
By Mike Stankiewicz - July 12, 2019
But those same officials claim threats to our democracy are already ongoing.
By Mike Stankiewicz - July 11, 2019
ICE is helping businesses profit off of Trump’s cruelty.
By Mike Stankiewicz - July 10, 2019
The House Oversight Committee is upping requests after months of obstruction from the Trump administration.
By Mike Stankiewicz - July 02, 2019
Children in Trump’s detention camps are starving, thirsty, and sick.
By Mike Stankiewicz - July 01, 2019
McConnell has no shame about changing the rules when it suits him.
By Mike Stankiewicz - June 28, 2019
Yet another top Trump administration official is out.
By Mike Stankiewicz - June 27, 2019
Trump thinks hostile governments should be able to obtain nuclear technology as long as they have something to offer him.
By Mike Stankiewicz - June 25, 2019
A House committee is concerned about Conway’s violation of the Hatch Act and her failure to cooperate with Congress.
By Mike Stankiewicz - June 14, 2019
A handful of Republicans think Trump has gone too far by selling weapons to a murderous regime.
By Mike Stankiewicz - June 13, 2019
Trump said he would welcome damaging information on his 2020 political opponents from foreign governments.
By Mike Stankiewicz - June 13, 2019
A new Quinnipiac poll is the latest bad sign for Trump’s reelection campaign.
By Mike Stankiewicz - June 12, 2019
Ryan said his failure to slash Social Security and Medicare is ‘one thing I regret the most.’
By Mike Stankiewicz - June 11, 2019
A deceased election rigger is coming back to haunt the North Carolina GOP.
By Mike Stankiewicz - June 07, 2019