48 Republican senators decide COVID-19 is no longer a problem
They voted to end the national emergency — first declared by former President Donald Trump — as thousands continue to die each week from the coronavirus.
By Josh Israel - March 03, 2022They voted to end the national emergency — first declared by former President Donald Trump — as thousands continue to die each week from the coronavirus.
By Josh Israel - March 03, 2022President Joe Biden just made good on another campaign promise.
By Emily Singer - February 11, 2021The Trump administration has mostly downplayed the severity of the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak.
By Josh Israel - March 13, 2020The House followed the Senate’s lead, passing a resolution to terminate Trump’s national emergency on Friday. But the vast majority of Republicans sided with Trump.
By Josh Israel - September 27, 2019A day after the House announced a formal impeachment inquiry, the Senate voted to reject Trump’s ‘national emergency’ at the U.S.-Mexico border.
By Dan Desai Martin - September 25, 2019All Trump cares about is that the company’s CEO praised him on Fox News.
By Emily Singer - May 31, 2019The Trump team wants to take a lot of money from the TSA, which would have a ‘significant impact’ on travelers this summer.
By Dan Desai Martin - May 21, 2019It seems like the wrong time for Trump to be on a firing spree at the Department of Homeland Security.
By Dan Desai Martin - April 08, 2019Trump is facing yet another lawsuit for yet another egregious abuse of power.
By Emily Singer - April 04, 2019Trump is harming the women and men who serve in the Marine Corps.
By Dan Desai Martin - March 21, 2019GOP senators voted to let Trump rob millions of dollars from military families in Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, and North Carolina.
By Dan Desai Martin - March 19, 2019Congress is out on recess this week. But three vulnerable GOP senators up for re-election in 2020 appear to be hiding from their constituents.
By Emily Singer - March 19, 2019Trump echoed the manifesto of the terrorist who killed at least 49 innocent people.
By Oliver Willis - March 15, 2019Trump used his first veto to override Congress’ decision to repeal his fake emergency.
By Emily Singer - March 15, 2019The Denver Post called their 2014 endorsement of Sen. Cory Gardner “a mistake.”
By Dan Desai Martin - March 15, 2019The Trump administration is exploring sending a volunteer force to the southern border. No one knows who those volunteers will be or what they would do.
By Lisa Needham - March 15, 2019Sen. Thom Tillis was blasted as ‘spineless’ for caving at the last minute to support Trump’s fake ‘national emergency.’
By Dan Desai Martin - March 14, 2019Still, roughly 80 percent of Senate Republicans voted to let Trump’s fake emergency stand, siding with Trump over the Constitution.
By Emily Singer - March 14, 2019Trump got a surprise visit from a trio of GOP senators who pleaded with him to change his mind about his fake national emergency.
By Emily Singer - March 14, 2019The Senate will vote this afternoon to smack down Trump’s fake national emergency.
By Dan Desai Martin - March 14, 2019Senate Republicans are laying the groundwork to let Trump’s unconstitutional fake emergency declaration stand.
By Emily Singer - March 13, 2019Some Republicans are ‘queasy’ about Trump using a fake emergency declaration to build a wall along the southern border.
By Dan Desai Martin - March 12, 2019Top House Democrats want to know where, exactly, Trump will steal from in his attempt to build a border wall.
By Dan Desai Martin - March 11, 2019Trump doesn’t care who he’s taking money from.
By Emily Singer - March 08, 2019Trump sees the upcoming vote on his national emergency declaration as a loyalty test: Will Republicans choose the U.S. Constitution, or him?
By Dan Desai Martin - March 06, 2019Trump thought his executive declaration of a national emergency was the way to get a wall. He forgot about the fact that only Congress can seize land for something like a wall in the first place.
By Lisa Needham - March 05, 2019The Republican-controlled Senate is poised to reject Trump’s national emergency declaration.
By Dan Desai Martin - March 04, 2019America sees through Trump’s lies: There’s no emergency at the southern border.
By Dan Desai Martin - March 04, 2019But he’s supporting it anyway.
By Emily Singer - February 28, 2019GOP support for Trump’s so-called national emergency is slipping.
By Lisa Needham - February 27, 2019