Congressional and health care writer and progressive volunteer. Formerly Bloomberg, USA Today, CGTN American. Follow him at @Mike_Stankiew
“I want the ACA gone,” Nunn said.
By Jesse Valentine - February 10, 2026
Ibrar Nadeem boasted about rejecting campaign donations from Jewish people.
By Jesse Valentine - February 06, 2026
This Iowa mother of four was heartbroken when her fetus received a fatal diagnosis. Then the pregnancy threatened her life, too.
By - February 05, 2026
The increases come as many Ohioans are already struggling with health care costs.
By Jesse Valentine - February 04, 2026
Evans is the Republican congressman in Colorado’s eighth district
By Jesse Valentine - February 02, 2026
Putnam County Legislator Erin Crowley worked for Lawler when she allegedly tried to provoke protestors into being unruly.
By Jesse Valentine - January 27, 2026
A Houston mom knew she needed to stay alive for her teenage son. But not one of 90 doctors she saw was willing to save her life by ending her dangerous pregnancy.
By Bonnie Fuller - January 27, 2026
Issa voted 17 times to abolish the ACA.
By Jesse Valentine - January 27, 2026
Millions of Americans are expected to drop health insurance because of increased costs.
By Jesse Valentine - January 22, 2026
Republican lawmakers want Wisconsin women who have medication abortions at home to collect blood and fetal remains in fluorescent orange biohazard containers called “catch kits.”
By Bonnie Fuller - January 21, 2026
Husted made the remark while advocating for stricter work requirements for SNAP recipients.
By Jesse Valentine - January 20, 2026
The cap is supported by President Donald Trump and Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
By Jesse Valentine - January 15, 2026
The CBO warns 100,000 Americans could become uninsured under the proposal.
By Jesse Valentine - January 14, 2026
This would force women into aggressive surgeries or hours of unnecessary labor instead of their doctors utilizing standard and safe D&C (dilation and curettage) or D&E (dilation and evacuation) procedures.
By Bonnie Fuller - January 13, 2026
Plus a new campaign ad out of Pennsylvania.
By Jesse Valentine - January 12, 2026
Roys is one of several Democrats running for Wisconsin governor in 2026.
By Bonnie Fuller - January 06, 2026
Garrity previously celebrated the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade.
By Jesse Valentine - December 30, 2025
Electric bills have gone up by 13% since Donald Trump returned to the White House
By Jesse Valentine - December 23, 2025
Nearly a half million Michiganders will pay higher insurance premiums in 2026.
By Jesse Valentine - December 17, 2025
Chrysa Ostenso of Ladysmith, WI says her health insurance premiums are expected to jump by $1,500 a month.
By Jesse Valentine - December 16, 2025
Mary (not her real name) tells her story to Bonnie Fuller for COURIER Texas.
By Bonnie Fuller - December 11, 2025
DOGE axed an $8.4 million initiative to help homeless children in Nevada.
By Jesse Valentine - December 10, 2025
Billionaires Michael and Susan Dell gave Donald Trump a $6 billion gift.
By Jesse Valentine - December 09, 2025
Major retailers, including Walmart and Home Depot, say that Trump’s tariff policy is forcing them to raise prices.
By Jesse Valentine - December 03, 2025
Election day is Dec. 2.
By Jesse Valentine - November 26, 2025
Lawler has turned to MAGA extremists and Obamacare opponents for help with his reelection bid.
By Jesse Valentine - November 26, 2025
Turkey prices are up 24% from last year.
By Jesse Valentine - November 25, 2025
Collins is considered the most vulnerable Senate Republican facing reelection next year.
By Jesse Valentine - November 24, 2025
About 888,000 North Carolinians could see their health care premiums double if Obamacare tax credits expire.
By Jesse Valentine - November 21, 2025
Candidates in Iowa and Ohio dismissed the effort as a “hoax” and a political hit
By Jesse Valentine - November 20, 2025
A Yale Law professor described the White House’s actions as “illegal and immoral.”
By Jesse Valentine - November 18, 2025
Plus as ad from South Carolina
By Jesse Valentine - November 14, 2025
More than 60% of Arizonans voted to enshrine a abortion rights into their state constitution.
By Jesse Valentine - November 14, 2025
Abortion may be legal in Wisconsin, but the hurdles still involved forced mom Gracie Ladd, 33, to flee the state anyway.
By Bonnie Fuller - November 13, 2025
3.8 million people could become uninsured next year if the subsidies expire
By Jesse Valentine - November 12, 2025
Ninety-nine percent of House Republicans vote with Trump at least 95% of the time
By Jesse Valentine - November 12, 2025
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.
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