New NC GOP chair flirts with bogus stolen election conspiracies
Simmons predecessor was a staunch 2020 election denier
By Jesse Valentine - April 19, 2024Local
An active official of a statewide New Hampshire Republican organization appears in a new ad saying she’s disappointed that incumbent Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan supports Democratic policies.
By Josh Israel - September 28, 2022North Carolina state Sen. Phil Berger is the father of state Supreme Court Justice Phil Berger Jr.
By Matt Cohen - September 28, 2022Sigal Chattah has previously suggested there should be legal consequences for people who have abortions.
By Emily Singer - September 27, 2022The Arizona Senate ad was sponsored by a group tied to the anti-abortion group Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America.
By Josh Israel - September 27, 2022Trey Allen, a candidate for the North Carolina Supreme Court, has benefited from a PAC with ties to the Republican state Senate leader.
By Matt Cohen - September 27, 2022PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Democrats vowed Saturday to fight for women’s rights after a court reinstated a law first enacted during the Civil War that bans abortion in nearly all circumstances, looking to capitalize on an issue they hope will have a major impact on the midterm elections. Republican candidates were silent a day after […]
By Associated Press - September 26, 2022Part one of a three-part series on North Carolina’s state Supreme Court election in November.
By Matt Cohen - September 26, 2022After their success with Dobbs, anti-abortion activists have a new target: contraception.
By Lisa Needham - September 26, 2022Changing climate, invasive species and pollution are threatening the wild rice plant harvested as a sacred food by Ojibwe people in Minnesota.
By Associated Press - September 25, 2022‘This investigation revealed that Donald Trump engaged in years of illegal conduct to inflate his net worth, to deceive banks and the people of the great state of New York,’ state Attorney General Letitia James said at a news conference.
By Associated Press - September 24, 2022Republican Michigan gubernatorial nominee Tudor Dixon called for the resignation of Michigan’s top education official over videos intended to train school staff on how to support LGBTQ students who are struggling.
By Adrian Cole - September 23, 2022The conservative Christian group hosting the event this weekend pushed to ban same-sex marriage in North Carolina.
By Josh Israel - September 23, 2022The Pennsylvania Senate candidate opposes recent tax changes that benefited poorer and middle-income Americans, but not those that benefited wealthier people and businesses.
By Josh Israel - September 23, 2022Republican Sigal Chattah accepted the maximum allowable campaign contribution from Curtis Debord, now sales director for a Nevada arms manufacturer, who was indicted for trafficking illegal weapons in the late 1990s.
By Emily Singer - September 23, 2022Don Bolduc has previously called for massive cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.
By Josh Israel - September 23, 2022Matt DePerno, the Republican nominee for Michigan attorney general, pushes the lie that Plan B is used to terminate pregnancy.
By Kaishi Chhabra - September 23, 2022The Republican nominee for governor has previously said he supports banning abortion ‘at conception’ with no exceptions.
By Nick Vachon - September 22, 2022The complaint against Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and others says they ‘designed and executed a premeditated, fraudulent, and illegal scheme centered on exploiting’ vulnerable asylum-seekers for their own political, personal and financial gain.
By Adrian Cole - September 22, 2022The Arizona gubernatorial candidate has close ties to eight of the 11 people named as ‘alternate’ electors in attempts to overturn Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 presidential election.
By Emily Singer - September 22, 2022In a reversal days after his primary election victory last week, New Hampshire Republican Senate nominee Don Bolduc acknowledged President Joe Biden as the legitimate winner in 2020 after months of insisting the he wasn’t.
By Josh Israel - September 22, 2022The Wisconsin Republican once said he ‘wasn’t concerned’ by the mob that stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 — but would have been if there were ‘Black Lives Matter and Antifa protesters.’
By Josh Israel - September 21, 2022Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis decries ‘Bidenflation’ but fails to credit the billions from Biden’s American Rescue Plan that helped create his state’s budget surplus.
By Adrian Cole - September 21, 2022J.R. Majewski never deployed to Afghanistan but instead completed a six-month stint helping to load planes at an air base in Qatar, military documents show.
By Associated Press - September 21, 2022The New Hampshire GOP Senate nominee has repeatedly spoken out against same-sex marriage, trans people playing sports or receiving healthcare, and protections against discrimination.
By Josh Israel - September 20, 2022New Hampshire Republican Senate nominee Don Bolduc is running to unseat incumbent Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan, a strong supporter of gun safety legislation.
By Josh Israel - September 20, 2022John Gibbs has said he is ‘absolutely against abortion’ in all cases.
By Kaishi Chhabra - September 20, 2022A new campaign ad falsely claims that by backing bail reform, Ohio state Rep. Emilia Sykes has pushed to release ‘dangerous criminals.’
By Josh Israel - September 19, 2022The Energy Department announced nearly $50 million for research, development and demonstration work to support floating offshore wind platforms.
By Associated Press - September 18, 2022President Joe Biden spoke of a hate ‘through-line’ that, along with racism, bigotry and violence, has long plagued the nation.
By Associated Press - September 17, 2022Dozens of asylum seekers say they were lured into boarding buses or planes headed to Washington, DC and Martha’s Vineyard with promises of jobs and housing.
By Oliver Willis - September 16, 2022