New details show Capitol attack was more sinister than first appeared
‘What I saw in front of me was basically home-grown fascism, out of control,’ said Rep. Jim McGovern.
By Associated Press - January 11, 2021‘What I saw in front of me was basically home-grown fascism, out of control,’ said Rep. Jim McGovern.
By Associated Press - January 11, 2021She said the situation of ‘this unhinged president could not be more dangerous.’
By Associated Press - January 08, 2021The number of Democrats saying Trump must be impeached and removed for inciting a violent insurrection at the Capitol is growing by the minute.
By Emily Singer - January 08, 2021The House speaker said she’s ready to move on impeaching Trump again if the 25th Amendment is not invoked.
By Emily Singer - January 07, 2021Senate Republicans will have to choose between supporting Trump and opposing larger relief checks.
By Emily Singer - December 23, 2020Trump’s aides say he will receive the vaccine ‘when the time is right,’ even as his own allies get vaccinated.
By Associated Press - December 21, 2020Mitch McConnell is refusing to put desperately needed virus relief up for a vote.
By Emily Singer - December 11, 2020Hospitals nationwide are in desperate financial straits, short-staffed, and running out of beds.
By Donna Provencher - December 09, 2020She’s accusing the House speaker of not focusing on passing a relief bill that Democrats actually passed 200 days ago.
By Oliver Willis - December 01, 2020As they brace for a Biden-Harris administration, Republicans in Congress are turning to a familiar bogeyman.
By Daniel Boguslaw - November 06, 2020Democrats have ambitious plans if they take back the White House and Senate.
By Emily Singer - November 03, 2020Millions of Americans are out of work, with millions more falling into poverty.
By Emily Singer - October 15, 2020Mitch McConnell is prioritizing Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court confirmation over critical relief for his own constituents.
By Daniel Boguslaw - October 14, 2020Coronavirus relief negotiations had already slowed due before Donald Trump tweeted a demand that they stop.
By Donna Provencher - October 06, 2020The 25th Amendment could come into play.
By Daniel Boguslaw - October 05, 2020As the COVID-19 pandemic rages into the fall, Republicans in the White House and Congress are refusing to help American workers.
By Emily Singer - October 02, 2020The House could be called upon to decide the presidential election winner if the Electoral College outcome is not clear by Jan. 6.
By Amy Lieu - September 30, 2020Among the hardest hit are U.S. citizens with undocumented spouses.
By Donna Provencher - September 22, 2020Even Republican House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy does not support the conservative plan to remove Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
By Oliver Willis - September 18, 2020The steps the administration has taken have been less ambitious than those in a bill the House passed last year.
By Associated Press - September 12, 2020‘This proposal is laden with poison pills Republicans know Democrats would never support.’
By Josh Israel - September 08, 2020According to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said ‘he had no intention of replacing the sorting machines, blue mailboxes, and other key mail infrastructure that have been removed.’
By Associated Press - August 19, 2020The Trump administration’s cutbacks to the U.S. Postal Service could impact the election, as millions more mail-in ballots are expected due to the pandemic.
By Emily Singer - August 17, 2020The Trump administration admitted on Monday there are ‘a lot of kids out there’ who are hungry.
By Emily Singer - August 10, 2020The Democratic-controlled House of Representatives passed a coronavirus relief bill on May 15.
By Josh Israel - August 06, 2020‘Let’s expand access to rapid testing on Capitol Hill, but also throughout the country.’
By Associated Press - August 01, 2020Senate Republicans want to cut extra weekly unemployment payments from $600 per week to $200 per week.
By Emily Singer - July 29, 2020The GOP-controlled Senate’s inaction all but ensures that the weekly unemployment boost will lapse.
By Emily Singer - July 24, 2020The Supreme Court delivered two rulings on Thursday that pave the way for investigators to obtain Trump’s financial records.
By Emily Singer - July 09, 2020House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made the decision based on new guidelines from the congressional physician.
By Josh Israel - June 17, 2020