Ted Cruz’s wildfire relief reversal sparks accusations of hypocrisy
Cruz voted against a 2021 effort to help farmers impacted by wildfires
By Jesse Valentine - May 10, 2024U.S. Senate
With more than 90% of the vote in, Sen. Raphael Warnock has the slight lead over Republican nominee Herschel Walker, but not enough of the vote to declare victory.
By Associated Press - November 09, 2022The Biden administration has allocated more than $5.8 billion in federal funds to historically Black colleges and universities since 2021.
By Oliver Willis - November 08, 2022The Georgia Republican was recently accused of paying for two women’s abortions.
By Kaishi Chhabra - November 07, 2022Club for Growth Action’s new ad lies about the hiring of new IRS agents and suggests they will harm border security.
By Josh Israel - November 07, 2022Republican Washington U.S. Senate candidate Tiffany Smiley is a supporter of anti-LGBTQ evangelical leader Franklin Graham and groups such as Focus on the Family.
By Matt Cohen - November 04, 2022The Republican Senate nominee believes far-right extremists and supporters of anti-government groups support him because they want America to ‘move in the right direction once again.’
By Josh Israel - November 04, 2022Washington Republican Senate nominee Tiffany Smiley avoids questions on how to deal with climate change that is already affecting her state.
By Josh Israel - November 04, 2022The j3 STRATEGIES firm employed current Republican Senate nominee Adam Laxalt’s sister Tessa as a lobbyist while he was the attorney general of Nevada.
By Josh Israel - November 04, 2022The Republican Senate nominee for Pennsylvania stated during a debate that he wanted ‘local political leaders’ to be involved in making medical decisions related to abortion.
By Josh Israel - November 03, 2022GOP candidates for the U.S. Senate are taking a page out of Donald Trump’s playbook before Election Day has even arrived.
By Josh Israel - November 02, 2022Dr. Tom Sherman said he would work to codify Roe v. Wade in state law if elected.
By Kaishi Chhabra - November 02, 2022Nevada Republican Senate nominee Adam Laxalt spearheaded a failed attempt to overturn President Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential victory in the state.
By Josh Israel - November 02, 2022The Ohio Republican Senate nominee has also been accused of making offensive comments about Jews.
By Josh Israel - November 02, 2022The Pennsylvania Republican Senate nominee wants to divert state and federal funds to parochial school vouchers.
By Josh Israel - November 01, 2022Blake Masters said in June, ‘You know, senators have a lot of procedural power to hold stuff up.’ He plans to use that power.
By Josh Israel - October 31, 2022The founder of Daniel Defense and his wife each gave the GOP Senate candidate the maximum amount an individual can give a campaign during a general election, totaling $5,800.
By Emily Singer - October 31, 2022The Senate Leadership Fund did not even bother to get a different person to attack Democratic Sens. Raphael Warnock and Catherine Cortez Masto.
By Josh Israel - October 28, 2022The Florida Republican senator hosted a roundtable event with Alex Otaola, who performed in blackface in 2017.
By Josh Israel - October 28, 2022Don Bolduc is spreading anti-transgender conspiracy theories and lies about schools.
By Josh Israel - October 28, 2022Daylen Howard hired a political operative who is behind dark money groups pouring millions into multiple ballot drives.
By Adrian Cole - October 27, 2022In bankruptcy court in 2004, a trustee for hundreds of farmers alleged wrongdoing by the Republican now seeking North Carolina’s open Senate seat.
By Josh Israel - October 27, 2022The Wisconsin Republican is one of the nation’s wealthiest senators, with an estimated net worth of more than $48 million in 2020.
By Josh Israel - October 26, 2022The Republican Senate nominee in Pennsylvania made the comment at a Tuesday night debate against Democratic nominee Lt. Gov. John Fetterman.
By Emily Singer - October 26, 2022A white supremacist was allegedly attacked while handing out fliers for Sen. Marco Rubio’s reelection campaign.
By Emily Singer - October 25, 2022Orly Taitz, who promoted the ‘birther’ conspiracy theory against President Obama, Ted Cruz, and Marco Rubio, donated $2,800 to the New Hampshire Republican Senate nominee.
By Josh Israel - October 25, 2022The Pennsylvania Republican Senate nominee paid more than $250 for unexplained travel expenses in the Garden State in recent months after facing questions about similar expenses going back to February.
By Josh Israel - October 25, 2022Justice Thomas has prevented a prosecutor from calling the South Carolina Republican to testify before a grand jury while the Supreme Court considers further legal steps.
By Associated Press - October 24, 2022The New Hampshire Republican received at least four donations from energy executives in the third quarter of 2022 after saying, ‘I have not taken money from Big Pharma, Big Ed, Big Med, Big Energy, or Big Tech. And I won’t.’
By Josh Israel - October 24, 2022Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley says, ‘Everybody that I’m helping acknowledges the fact that the elections, you know, were real.’ But many of them don’t.
By Emily Singer - October 21, 2022Pennsylvania officials used $25.3 million in federal grants to accelerate construction on the Fern Hollow Bridge, which is nearing completion after collapsing in January.
By Oliver Willis - October 21, 2022