House Republicans warn McCarthy not to seek a bipartisan deal to keep the government open
The right wing would prefer another shutdown to a stopgap extension of government funding.
By Josh Israel - August 23, 2023The right wing would prefer another shutdown to a stopgap extension of government funding.
By Josh Israel - August 23, 2023Nearly the entire House and Senate Republican caucuses oppose equal rights. These 17 lawmakers take bigotry to an even higher level.
By Will Fritz and Josh Israel - June 02, 2023Several Republican officials have encourage the public to support Daniel Penny, who has been charged with manslaughter in the death of Jordan Neely.
By Emily Singer - May 15, 2023There have already been 60 mass shootings in the United States in 2023. Republican lawmakers want to make guns even cheaper to obtain.
By Josh Israel - February 06, 2023Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-TX) spent more than $2,300 on membership fees or dues at the private club, Roll Call reported on Monday.
By Kaishi Chhabra - April 27, 2022Republican incumbents in the House have been investigated for allegedly lying to the FBI, using campaign funds to pay for vacations, bullying staff, and sex trafficking.
By Josh Israel - January 13, 2022President Joe Biden spoke in Atlanta on Tuesday in favor of voting rights legislation blocked by Republicans in the Senate.
By Oliver Willis - January 12, 2022Republicans in Congress are now complaining that undocumented people entering the country are not required to get a COVID-19 vaccine first.
By Josh Israel - September 20, 2021‘Are you people trying to start a full on revolt?’ Rep. Dan Crenshaw wrote.
By Emily Singer - September 10, 2021Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-TX) demanded the media ask Democrats whether they’ve been vaccinated against COVID-19.
By Emily Singer - July 22, 2021Some members of the group of Republican doctors are still spreading misinformation, however.
By Emily Singer - July 21, 2021The very wealthy got most of the benefits under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.
By Josh Israel - June 04, 2021Sen. Rand Paul called the nation’s top epidemiologist a ‘petty tyrant’ for issuing warnings on the coronavirus.
By Josh Israel - April 12, 2021House Democrats are proposing basic background checks for gun purchases — which even most Republican voters support.
By Josh Israel - March 08, 2021The Pentagon’s acting inspector general said Rep. Ronny Jackson drank on the job and abused his staff when he worked in the White House.
By Josh Israel - March 04, 2021Republicans are upset that President Joe Biden is using federal guidelines in determining policy.
By Donna Provencher - February 15, 2021Retiring Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX) is the latest Republican to criticize Trump, but only once it no longer comes at their own political expense.
By Emily Singer - December 22, 2020Republican Gov. Greg Abbott did not include polling places in his recent statewide mask order.
By Associated Press - July 14, 2020Ronny Jackson said the White House chefs hid vegetables in Trump’s food to get him to eat something healthy.
By Emily Singer - February 25, 2020‘I’ve been doing this 30 years, and it’s the worst it’s ever been,’ said a former VA hospital official.
By Eric Boehlert - May 15, 2018“I know things…”
By Tommy Christopher - April 29, 2018Trump tried to blame Democrats after he screwed up the nomination of a new Veterans Affairs secretary — but a Republican senator immediately made it clear that Trump has no one to blame but himself for his latest failure.
By Oliver Willis - April 28, 2018Dr. Ronny Jackson is out as Trump continues to gut the government from the inside.
By Eric Boehlert - April 26, 2018The Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee is reportedly looking at allegations Dr. Ronny Jackson drank on the job, improperly dispensed meds, and created a hostile work environment.
By Tommy Christopher - April 24, 2018No one at the White House can explain why Trump tapped a novice to run the sprawling, troubled Department of Veterans Affairs.
By Eric Boehlert - March 29, 2018Following Donald Trump’s much-awaited medical exam on Friday, the White House released a statement purportedly written by the doctor who administered the exam. The note said the exam went “exceptionally well” and pronounced Trump to be “in excellent health.” Sounds good, right? There’s just one problem: As Rachel Maddow pointed out Friday night, it appears […]
By Caroline Orr - January 13, 2018