Fact check: No, Nancy Pelosi isn’t trying to ‘steal’ a House seat
A challenge to a six-vote margin is nothing unusual.
By Josh Israel - March 22, 2021A challenge to a six-vote margin is nothing unusual.
By Josh Israel - March 22, 2021Cleta Mitchell promoted the same fraudulent conspiracy theories about the election as her client did.
By Oliver Willis - March 17, 2021‘Do we recognize that the biblical record is replete with the violence of man?’ Rep. Clay Higgins asked the House of Representatives.
By Oliver Willis - March 11, 2021But thanks to congressional Democrats, the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan is headed to President Joe Biden’s desk.
By Josh Israel - March 10, 2021Rep. Eric Swalwell’s suit also names Donald Trump Jr., Rudy Giuliani, and Rep. Mo Brooks.
By Associated Press - March 05, 2021The bill would ban chokeholds and qualified immunity for law enforcement and create national standards for policing.
By Associated Press - March 04, 2021Explicit protections for intersex people are included in the bill.
By Casey Quinlan - February 23, 2021Rep. Claudia Tenney won the election in New York’s 22nd Congressional District by just 109 votes.
By Josh Israel - February 11, 2021The latest legislation aims to make gyms owned by marginalized groups a priority.
By Amy Lieu - February 05, 2021Members who refuse to comply will now be fined $5,000 for the first offense and $10,000 for each offense after that.
By Amy Lieu - February 03, 2021New analysis shows both populations make up just a small percentage of the 117th Congress, though they’ve made important strides in recent years.
By Amy Lieu - January 29, 2021Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD) was stopped with a gun while passing through metal detectors in the House.
By Oliver Willis - January 22, 2021Rep. Andy Harris initially campaigned on term limits.
By Josh Israel - January 19, 2021Donald Trump ‘willfully made statements that, in context, encouraged — and foreseeably resulted in — lawless action at the Capitol.’
By Emily Singer - January 13, 2021‘He must go.’
By Amy Lieu - January 13, 2021‘This is not a joke. Our lives and our livelihoods are at risk.’
By Amy Lieu - January 12, 2021Trump could still face the consequences of inciting a violent attack on the Capitol, if the Senate votes to convict him.
By Amy Lieu - January 11, 2021At least five people have died following Wednesday’s attack.
By Amy Lieu - January 08, 2021Four people died in the riots Donald Trump egged on as he waged his desperate coup attempt.
By Emily Singer - January 07, 2021Asian Americans are the fastest-growing sector of the U.S. electorate.
By Amy Lieu - January 02, 2021Unlike Donald Trump, Democratic Iowa House candidate Rita Hart could have a case.
By Josh Israel - December 22, 2020The Republican congressman strongly opposed allowing proxy voting in the House of Representatives, but he’s doing it himself.
By Josh Israel - December 18, 2020Mitch McConnell plans to bring up for a vote in the Senate a defense authorization bill that Donald Trump has vowed to veto.
By Josh Israel - December 08, 2020As COVID cases spike nationally, Rep. Jim Banks is very upset that a colleague wore a mask with a cannabis leaf design.
By Josh Israel - December 07, 2020Rep. Austin Scott (R-GA) is the third congressman from his state to test positive.
By Amy Lieu - December 01, 2020No president has tried to remove millions of noncitizens from the head count of the U.S. population. Trump signaled in July that he will.
By Associated Press - November 30, 2020Nearly 200 legislators nationwide have tested positive for the virus and four have died from COVID-19 since the pandemic began.
By Associated Press - November 27, 2020Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI) is making a serious bid for assistant speaker of the House.
By Casey Quinlan - November 17, 2020He’s too busy pretending he didn’t lose to actually do his job.
By Josh Israel - November 11, 2020It’s already too late for some clubs.
By Associated Press - November 07, 2020