Rising hunger rates pose new risks for Republican Senate candidates
High food costs and fewer benefits are forcing millions of Americans into desperate situations.
By Jesse Valentine - April 10, 2026
High food costs and fewer benefits are forcing millions of Americans into desperate situations.
By Jesse Valentine - April 10, 2026
Republican senators who voted to ban abortion nationwide have changed their tune as their positions on the issue threaten their midterm election prospects.
By Emily Singer - September 19, 2022
Sen. Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans continue efforts to block President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better agenda.
By Josh Israel - July 12, 2022
Every Democrat and 14 Republicans in the Senate voted to consider bipartisan compromise gun safety legislation.
By Josh Israel - June 22, 2022
The Texas Republican said it’s a ‘bad development’ that the public is paying attention to Thomas, a GOP operative who attended the Jan. 6, 2021, ‘Stop the Steal’ rally.
By Josh Israel - March 29, 2022
So much for treating the first Black woman nominated for the Supreme Court with respect.
By Josh Israel - March 23, 2022
Senate Republicans are stonewalling Democrats’ efforts to stave off economic calamity.
By Emily Singer - September 28, 2021
Herschel Walker maintains a close friendship with a doctor who claims to be able to make gay people straight.
By Josh Axelrod - August 26, 2021
He’s now demanding a ban on the congressionally directed spending he once used.
By Josh Israel - April 20, 2021
Sen. John Cornyn says Republicans could agree to one-third of the money President Joe Biden wants for his American Jobs Plan.
By Josh Israel - April 19, 2021
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) publicly questioned whether Joe Biden is ‘really in charge’ because of the president’s ‘conventional’ social media contributions.
By Emily Singer - April 12, 2021
Sen. John Cornyn’s same-day statements about the border don’t align with one another.
By Amy Lieu - March 22, 2021
The Texas senator himself has received tens of thousands of dollars from Google and Microsoft.
By Josh Israel - March 18, 2021
Republicans only objected to the practice after they lost the Senate and Joe Biden became president.
By Donna Provencher - March 18, 2021
The House Republican Study Committee urged party members to use the term and blame it on President Biden.
By Oliver Willis - March 09, 2021
President Joe Biden wanted to make the trip last week, but said he held back because he didn’t want his presence to detract from the recovery effort.
By Associated Press - February 26, 2021
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) looked the other way when Donald Trump tweeted nasty insults and baseless conspiracy theories.
By Emily Singer - February 24, 2021
Rep. Ted Budd’s bill is a liability shield for businesses whose employees or customers become sick with the coronavirus.
By Josh Israel - February 19, 2021
Republicans were aghast at the lack of a coherent argument from Donald Trump’s legal team — yet almost every single GOP Senator sided with the bad legal theory anyway.
By Emily Singer - February 10, 2021
The GOP minority has slowed the confirmation process to a crawl.
By Josh Israel - February 04, 2021
Senate Republicans apparently have a problem with President Joe Biden making ‘immigration an early and major focus of his Administration.’
By Donna Provencher - January 28, 2021
‘How does a Senator preside, like a judge, and serve as juror too?’ tweeted Texas Sen. John Cornyn.
By Donna Provencher - January 25, 2021
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) said President Biden’s decision allowing transgender people to serve freely in the military is not ‘unifying.’
By Emily Singer - January 25, 2021
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton vows he’s going to fight ‘illegal and unconstitutional’ actions by the Biden administration.
By Donna Provencher - January 20, 2021
‘It makes no sense to be sending this out to everybody who has a pulse.’
By Donna Provencher - December 30, 2020
They’re preparing to obstruct Biden all the way.
By Emily Singer - December 01, 2020
The Democratic-led House has passed multiple relief bills, while the Republican-led Senate has passed none.
By Emily Singer - December 01, 2020
It’s been two weeks since the election.
By Emily Singer - November 17, 2020
The Trump administration is acting as if Joe Biden didn’t win the 2020 election, with help from Senate Republicans.
By Josh Israel - November 13, 2020
Georgia Sen. David Perdue and other GOP incumbents are silent about the insurance company loopholes in the plans they vote for.
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