Trump’s pardons create tension between police unions and GOP
The Fraternal Order of Police, which endorsed Trump in 2024, says the Jan. 6 pardons threaten public safety.
By Jesse Valentine - February 05, 2025The Fraternal Order of Police, which endorsed Trump in 2024, says the Jan. 6 pardons threaten public safety.
By Jesse Valentine - February 05, 2025U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson said Thursday that it’s up to states and not Congress to preserve access to in vitro fertilization, weighing in on a growing national debate and campaign issue.
By Jennifer Shutt, States Newsroom - March 14, 2024A series of shouting matches and physical altercations show that the party of Trump has abandoned any sense of decorum.
By Jesse Valentine - November 16, 2023Before the newly elected U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson was in public office, the Louisiana Republican’s restrictive stances on gender identity, abortion and sexuality were honed at the conservative Christian legal group Alliance Defending Freedom, where he served as a senior spokesperson and attorney. Alliance Defending Freedom, or ADF, is the legal force behind dozens […]
By Amanda Becker, The 19th - November 02, 2023House Republicans’ Stop the Sexualization of Children Act of 2022 would ban school discussions of sexual orientation or gender identity for children under 10.
By Emily Singer - October 19, 2022The Biden administration announced plans intended to ‘to embed equity, racial justice, and gender equality in day-to-day governing.’
By Oliver Willis - April 14, 2022House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has the power to nix any of the GOP’s selections.
By Emily Singer - July 02, 2021Colonial Pipeline Company praised the White House for its ‘leadership and collaboration in resolving this matter.’
By Josh Israel - May 12, 2021Mike Pence is viewed with suspicion among many Republicans for observing his constitutional duty to facilitate a peaceful transfer of power to the Biden administration.
By Associated Press - March 30, 2021Jim Jordan and Mike Johnson have histories of racist and discriminatory behavior.
By Amy Lieu - March 18, 2021Despite their oath to uphold the Constitution, these Republican lawmakers are hoping to disenfranchise tens of millions of citizens.
By Josh Israel - December 10, 2020House Republicans tried to block a witness from making allegations against Attorney General William Barr.
By Emily Singer - June 24, 2020Republicans push for book advocating anti-LGBTQ ‘conversion therapy’ to be returned to Amazon.
By Oliver Willis - July 19, 2019