Trump caves to Pelosi in humiliating late-night meltdown
The self-described world’s greatest dealmaker just got played.
By Kaili Joy Gray - January 24, 2019The self-described world’s greatest dealmaker just got played.
By Kaili Joy Gray - January 24, 2019The Speaker of the House is refusing to indulge Trump’s tantrums.
By Dan Desai Martin - January 23, 2019Trump’s basically begging Pelosi to let him have his prime-time slot on TV.
By Kaili Joy Gray - January 23, 2019Americans know Trump can’t make a deal.
By Dan Desai Martin - January 23, 2019Trump thinks he’s going to deliver his State of the Union speech in the House chamber, even though Nancy Pelosi already told him no.
By Lisa Needham - January 23, 2019Trump just wasted everyone’s Saturday with another pointless, racist pitch for his unpopular wall.
By Kaili Joy Gray - January 19, 2019Trump tried to pull off a political stunt, but he just screwed things up again.
By Oliver Willis - January 18, 2019‘This cruelty cannot stand,’ House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said.
By Dan Desai Martin - January 18, 2019Trump’s now leaking information that endangers our military — all because he can’t get what he wants.
By Kaili Joy Gray - January 18, 2019Trump isn’t getting his way, so now he’s taking revenge on Speaker Pelosi by putting her in danger.
By Oliver Willis - January 17, 2019Speaker Pelosi wants to get workers what they deserve — their paychecks.
By Oliver Willis - January 17, 2019Trump is frustrated that he can’t just stomp his feet and end the shutdown.
By Dan Desai Martin - January 17, 2019Furloughs will make it difficult to provide the necessary security for the event.
By Dan Desai Martin - January 16, 2019Even as federal workers are getting ‘paychecks’ that read $0.00, Mitch McConnell still refuses to schedule a vote to end the Trump shutdown.
By Dan Desai Martin - January 11, 2019Mitch McConnell is determined to maintain the Trump shutdown in the face of Democrats attempting to fund the government.
By Dan Desai Martin - January 10, 2019Trump has no idea what it’s actually like to work for a living.
By Oliver Willis - January 09, 2019Trump stormed out of the meeting with Democrats after just 30 minutes.
By Dan Desai Martin - January 09, 2019California Republican Kevin McCarthy chooses Trump over the people he represents.
By Oliver Willis - January 09, 2019Democrats aren’t afraid to take on the gun lobby.
By Dan Desai Martin - January 09, 2019But Nancy Pelosi has a plan to call his bluff.
By Dan Desai Martin - January 07, 2019Speaker Nancy Pelosi is trying to reopen the government for the American people, but Mitch McConnell and Trump are standing in the way.
By Oliver Willis - January 04, 2019Congress will be led by a grown-up again.
By Kaili Joy Gray - January 03, 2019Incoming Speaker Nancy Pelosi disagrees with the notion that a sitting president can’t be indicted. That’s bad news for Trump.
By Dan Desai Martin - January 03, 2019As failed Speaker Paul Ryan scurries into retirement, a new Democratic majority is here to set things right.
By Dan Desai Martin - January 02, 2019These three new members of Congress, and two returning ones, will push for a progressive legislative agenda while holding Trump and his cronies accountable.
By Dan Desai Martin - December 26, 2018Trump said he would be ‘proud’ to shut down the government unless he got $5 billion to build his wall. Now he’s giving in and getting nothing.
By Oliver Willis - December 19, 2018Republicans have to soothe Trump’s ego after his humiliating encounter with Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer by wasting billions on a useless wall.
By Oliver Willis - December 13, 2018The compromise farm bill stripped out all of Paul Ryan’s priorities — so he lied about it to his GOP colleagues.
By Dan Desai Martin - December 12, 2018Republicans are not adjusting well to Democrats’ retaking power.
By Dan Desai Martin - December 11, 2018Trump threw a childish tantrum, while Democratic leaders in Congress showed that they’re the real adults in the room.
By Emily Crockett - December 11, 2018