Fact-checking McCarthy’s false claims in 2022 kick-off letter to Republicans
The House minority leader is falsely blaming Democrats for the problems his party helped perpetuate.
By Josh Israel - January 03, 2022The House minority leader is falsely blaming Democrats for the problems his party helped perpetuate.
By Josh Israel - January 03, 2022Laura Ingraham and Sean Hannity tried to blame the U.S. Capitol attack on ‘antifa sympathizers’ — while privately acknowledging Donald Trump’s supporters were behind it.
By Oliver Willis - December 15, 2021Fox News hosts Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, and Brian Kilmeade pleaded with Mark Meadows to get Donald Trump to condemn the Jan. 6 attacks on the U.S. Capitol. But their on-air message was dramatically different.
By Oliver Willis - December 14, 2021Experts hope to learn more about the groups more broadly through the House committee’s investigation into the Jan. 6 insurrection.
By Matt Cohen - December 06, 2021For years, conservative provocateur Charlie Kirk and his group, Turning Point USA, have built a following inflaming racial divides and stoking outrage.
By Associated Press - November 20, 2021It’s unlikely Republicans will vote to censure Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) over a violent ‘anime’ video that showed him decapitating Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY).
By Emily Singer - November 17, 2021Mark Meadows’ refusal to testify in the House’s Jan. 6 probe could lead to a criminal charge.
By Emily Singer - November 12, 2021Do veterans and active-duty military deserve leniency because they served their country or tougher punishment because they swore an oath to defend it?
By Associated Press - November 06, 2021After Republican General Assembly member Dana Bumgardner died, the GOP committee in his district replaced him with Donnie Loftis, who was present at the Capitol on Jan. 6.
By Matt Cohen - November 04, 2021Twenty-two former Republican members of Congress signed on to the amicus brief opposing Donald Trump’s claim of executive privilege.
By Emily Singer - October 29, 2021Fox’s latest fearmongering image placed crosshairs over people at a school board meeting.
By Oliver Willis - October 28, 2021Virginia Del. Jason Miyares has refused to say if he would have supported the attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
By Nick Vachon - October 28, 2021Fox News ‘isn’t even pretending anymore,’ Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) said.
By Emily Singer - October 28, 2021Just nine Republicans joined every Democrat in voting to punish the ex-Trump aide.
By Emily Singer - October 21, 2021The site Donald Trump says will fight for ‘truth’ will censor its own users.
By Emily Singer - October 21, 2021Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) called out Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy for ‘attempting to block the investigation’ of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
By Emily Singer - October 20, 2021The House will vote Thursday to hold Trump’s former chief strategist accountable for not cooperating with the Jan. 6 investigation.
By Emily Singer - October 20, 2021Committee chair Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) is not messing around.
By Matt Cohen - October 14, 2021Don Bolduc is running in 2022 to try to oust Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-NH).
By Emily Singer - October 14, 2021Donald Trump’s endorsement could end up hurting Glenn Youngkin in the hotly contested Virginia governor’s race.
By Emily Singer - October 14, 2021Donald Trump has instructed his former aides to defy subpoenas by citing a bogus ‘executive privilege’ exemption.
By Emily Singer - October 08, 2021As the House investigation of the attack on the U.S. Capitol continues, here’s what experts on extremism want to know.
By Matt Cohen - October 07, 2021The head of the FBI has said the Jan. 6 insurrection was an act of domestic terrorism.
By Emily Singer - October 07, 2021Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) said a panel investigating the U.S. Capitol attack would be too ‘partisan.’
By Josh Israel - October 05, 2021There is no proof to support the Florida congressman’s claim that FBI agents planned the attack themselves.
By Oliver Willis - September 30, 2021‘I don’t know how you explain that to your children,’ Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) told ’60 Minutes.’
By Emily Singer - September 27, 2021The bipartisan committee asked Mark Meadows, Steve Bannon, Dan Scavino, and Kash Patel to testify next month about their involvement in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
By Matt Cohen - September 24, 2021FBI Director Chris Wray told members of Congress on Tuesday that cases of homegrown terrorism have ‘more than doubled’ since the spring of 2020.
By Matt Cohen - September 21, 2021The newly released memo contains a step-by-step plan on how then-Vice President Mike Pence could block Joe Biden’s certification and install Donald Trump as president — despite Trump’s clear loss.
By Emily Singer - September 21, 2021Rep. Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH) was one of 10 GOP lawmakers who voted to impeach Donald Trump and has since faced threats to his family.
By Emily Singer - September 17, 2021