Companies facing legal action fill coffers of Kentucky Republican attorney general nominee
Russell Coleman has taken tens of thousands of dollars from Big Tobacco and toxic polluters.
By Jesse Valentine - November 02, 2023Russell Coleman has taken tens of thousands of dollars from Big Tobacco and toxic polluters.
By Jesse Valentine - November 02, 2023Republicans have repeated the claim that many residents of Gaza are antisemitic or sympathetic to terrorism.
By Oliver Willis - October 20, 2023Environmental groups back a rule designed to cut carbon dioxide emissions.
By Oliver Willis - October 20, 2023The House has been without a leader for two weeks, leaving Congress unable to pass any bills or approve any funding.
By Emily Singer - October 19, 2023State Sen. Siobhan Dunnavant and Del. Emily Brewer opposed Medicaid expansion, living wages, and budgets that funded schools and public safety.
By Josh Israel - October 19, 2023The Ohio Republican has spent over a decade in Congress hyping conspiracy theories and thwarting critical legislation.
By Emily Singer - October 18, 2023The New York Republican had to refund thousands of dollars to past contributors, according to his campaign finance reports.
By Emily Singer - October 16, 2023Congressional Republicans have tried to scapegoat teachers for school closures during the COVID-19 emergency, the AFT says.
By Will Fritz - October 16, 2023The bills, which would ban gender-affirming care for trans youth and sports participation for trans girls and women, will likely be vetoed by Gov. Tony Evers.
By Will Fritz - October 16, 2023Rep. Steve Scalise, their nominee to replace Speaker Kevin McCarthy, withdrew Thursday due to lack of GOP support.
By Josh Israel - October 13, 2023The Democratic candidates offer a sharp contrast with Republican incumbent Rep. Derrick Van Orden.
By Josh Israel - October 11, 2023Republican nominee Juan Pablo Segura makes no mention of his support for an abortion ban on his campaign website.
By Josh Israel - October 10, 2023Abortion rights are on the ballot in November in Virginia legislative elections.
By Emily Singer - October 06, 2023Reps. Steve Scalise, Jim Jordan, and Kevin Hern are all vying for the job of leading the unruly House GOP.
By Emily Singer - October 06, 2023The California Republican could barely shepherd must-pass legislation through the House or govern his own conference.
By Emily Singer - October 04, 2023The California Republican told his conference that he would not run for the job again.
By Associated Press - October 04, 2023The Biden administration said if a shutdown occurs, nearly 2,000 projects would experience delays.
By Oliver Willis - September 29, 2023The right flank of the House Republican caucus has vowed to oust Rep. Kevin McCarthy as House speaker if he doesn't adhere to its demands.
By Emily Singer - September 21, 2023Republicans are treating the administration's focus on combating climate change as a 'gotcha' moment to undermine Biden's economic relief legislation.
By Josh Israel - August 18, 2023GOP lawmakers have claimed that President Joe Biden has been recorded accepting bribes.
By Emily Singer - June 15, 2023Republicans hoping to beat Trump for the 2024 Republican nomination for president are coming to his defense.
By Emily Singer - June 09, 2023Rep. George Santos (R-NY) and other Republicans claim it would not cut benefits, but the House GOP's debt limit bill requires spending cuts that could slash veterans' benefits and make it harder to access safety net programs.
By Josh Israel - May 04, 2023Experts say the cuts, which could include Medicare and Social Security, will cause an economic decline.
By Oliver Willis - October 27, 2022Chris Sununu has spent the last few months supporting Republicans who want to further undermine abortion rights across the country.
By Kaishi Chhabra - August 16, 2022‘This problem is on a scale that I don’t think we’ve seen before,’ one Michigan voting rights advocate said.
By Adrian Cole - June 16, 2022Conservative state lawmakers want to make it even harder for trans youth to access gender-affirming health care.
By Casey Quinlan - February 01, 2022Republicans are chipping away at LGBTQ rights in state legislatures across the country.
By Casey Quinlan - January 11, 2022A Texas health program that offered mental health care and hormone treatments to trans kids has dissolved following attacks from anti-trans protesters who falsely claimed the program was ‘child abuse.’
By Casey Quinlan - November 22, 2021The Biden administration is seizing illegal drugs at the U.S. border, and GOP lawmakers think that’s a bad thing.
By Emily Singer - November 01, 2021Policymakers should not be ‘enforcing very narrowly defined conceptions of what people’s bodies should or should not look like,’ one expert said.
By Casey Quinlan - October 28, 2021