Republicans keep throwing tantrums about school reopenings. Here’s why.
GOP officials say their goal is to make ‘a big deal’ out of the issue to win back suburban voters.
By Amy Lieu - February 17, 2021GOP officials say their goal is to make ‘a big deal’ out of the issue to win back suburban voters.
By Amy Lieu - February 17, 2021But Trump and his fellow Republicans have fought against rights for others convicted of felonies.
By Josh Israel - August 26, 2020A new study found that a stunning 78% of top positions in the Trump administration have already turned over at least once.
By Josh Israel - September 23, 2019Mitch McConnell said he won’t call up a House bill that will help make health care more affordable.
By Lisa Needham - September 20, 2019Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has relented to mounting pressure to provide election security funding.
By Dan Desai Martin - September 19, 2019With the help of Sen. Martha McSally (R-AZ), Arizona troops will continue working in unsafe conditions.
By Dan Desai Martin - September 19, 2019The Texas Republican doubled down on his bold view that the nation taking care of its military veterans is a terrible idea.
By Josh Israel - September 19, 2019Vice President Mike Pence refuses to hold Trump to any sort of ethical standards, and his own party is calling him out for it.
By Dan Desai Martin - September 19, 2019‘Moscow Mitch’ doesn’t want to admit America’s election systems are vulnerable, but high-profile conservatives are pressuring him to deal with it.
By Lisa Needham - September 19, 2019A government watchdog agency is testifying about Trump’s alleged ‘promise’ to a foreign leader.
By Associated Press - September 19, 2019Trump says he wants to solve the problem of homelessness in California, but what he really wants to do is bash a blue state.
By Lisa Needham - September 19, 2019The Office of Special Counsel, an ‘independent agency’ lead by a Trump appointee, found that Lynne Patton violated the Hatch Act, but decided not to punish her for it at all.
By Josh Israel - September 18, 2019Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) tried to water down a bill to address school shootings by removing the word ‘shooting.’
By Dan Desai Martin - September 18, 2019Arizona used to be a solidly red state, but now it looks like Trump and Sen. Martha McSally could lose there in 2020.
By Dan Desai Martin - September 18, 2019Pennsylvania state Sen. Mike Folmer, a Republican, resigned Wednesday after being arrested for child pornography possession.
By Josh Israel - September 18, 2019Donald Trump retweeted a conservative comedian’s false claim that Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) had been ‘partying’ on the anniversary of 9/11.
By Josh Israel - September 18, 2019Republican Kris Kobach lost his bid to be governor of Kansas last year, and now it looks like his bid for Senate could fail as well.
By Dan Desai Martin - September 18, 2019Republicans nearly melted down after Taylor Swift’s last foray into politics in 2018.
By Dan Desai Martin - September 18, 2019Mitch McConnell says he won’t consider gun violence legislation until Trump takes a real position, while Trump is resorting to insult comedy to excuse his own inaction.
By Josh Israel - September 18, 2019Robert C. O’Brien told Larry King in December 2016 that he would not want the job of national security adviser.
By Oliver Willis - September 18, 2019The last three government shutdowns — two under Trump, one under Obama — cost taxpayers billions in payments to employees not allowed to work during the shutdown.
By Lisa Needham - September 18, 2019A conservative megadonor from Illinois is taking advantage of Virginia’s no-limits campaign finance system to bankroll embattled Republican Virginia state legislator Nick Freitas.
By Josh Israel - September 17, 2019The Republican congressman from Texas mocked Sen. Bernie Sanders for wanting to take care of veterans.
By Dan Desai Martin - September 17, 2019Trump’s Cabinet has had more ex-lobbyists than Obama or Bush.
By Associated Press - September 17, 2019Matt Bevin, America’s least popular governor, turns to racism after finding himself lagging behind his Democratic opponent.
By Dan Desai Martin - September 17, 2019Devin Nunes claims school officials were harassed after a group obtained records relating to him, but the Fresno Bee found no such evidence.
By Oliver Willis - September 17, 2019Former New Mexico GOP executive director Ash Wright is unconvinced by the Trump campaign’s scheme to turn the state red in 2020.
By Josh Israel - September 17, 2019The Senate has never appointed an ambassador to the United Arab Emirates who wasn’t a career diplomat — but it just approved the RNC chair’s rich uncle.
By Josh Israel - September 17, 2019Rep. Paul Cook (R-CA) becomes the 17th Republican to announce he is leaving Congress since the Democrats retook the majority.
By Dan Desai Martin - September 17, 2019Republican Sen. Thom Tillis is spending more than $2 million on a new television ad to fend off a far-right primary challenger.
By Dan Desai Martin - September 17, 2019