In late July, Trump announced on Twitter that he would be kicking transgender troops out of the military. The policy, which he decided on a whim apparently after watching a Tucker Carlson segment, blindsided Pentagon officials and drew widespread condemnation from lawmakers in both parties, but despite misleading initial media reports, Defense Secretary James Mattis is moving forward as Trump […]

As special counsel Robert Mueller’s inquiry into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia reaches the highest levels of federal government, one senator made clear that Donald Trump should be on notice. California Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris told MSNBC’s Ari Melber that the Senate may well seek Trump’s testimony as the investigations continue. Mueller’s […]

2017 is shaping up to be one of the worst hurricane seasons in recorded history. Hurricane Harvey, which dumped 35 inches of rain on Texas and 50 inches of rain on Houston specifically, shattered nearly every record for a multi-day storm and is poised to be the most expensive natural disaster in the history of […]

Donald Trump has made it clear he does not want to fight white supremacy, but a bipartisan group of senators has introduced a resolution to force him to do it anyway. The resolution was put together and introduced by Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Cory Gardner (R-CO), and Johnny Isakson (R-GA). It is being […]

When a disturbingly giddy-looking Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that the Trump administration would be terminating the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, it sent shockwaves of fear through the 800,000 young immigrants directly affected, as well as their friends and families. But there were also immediate signs of resistance and strength among immigrant […]

At his rally in Phoenix Tuesday night, Donald Trump spent a seemingly interminable amount of time loudly insisting that he definitely does not in any way support or condone white supremacy — something his own past words clearly contradict. In the wake of the hate-filled neo-Nazi riot in Charlottesville, Virginia, and Trump’s horrifying comments in […]

Much attention has been given to how successful Donald Trump’s fundraising efforts have been in the first year of his presidency. A month ago, Trump held a massive fundraiser at his D.C. hotel that netted $10 million. And despite the fact that their president is lurching from scandal to scandal, Republicans generally have been outraising […]

It has been troubling to see the limited but vocal rumblings against California Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris — and particularly against her prospects as a future presidential candidate — already emerging from some corners. As SiriusXM’s Zerlina Maxwell wrote for Shareblue, Harris is quickly becoming one of the most attacked Democratic leaders — even while […]

Please let’s not do this again. Do not preemptively attack a rising bonafide star in the Democratic Party who happens to be an imperfect human being who shares a gender with Hillary Rodham Clinton. No politician is perfect. Sometimes they make mistakes and take positions that aren’t progressive enough, only to evolve over time. (Hey […]

A dead-of-night vote saw the dramatic failure of Senate Republicans’ fraudulent “skinny repeal,” which even they knew would be a disaster and tried to pretend they were only voting for so that the House could change everything in it. The vote was a huge victory for the resistance and already has conservative pundits predicting Obamacare […]

Republicans released the text of the health care repeal bill they drafted in secret — and then scheduled a vote for two hours later. While the bill was originally pitched as a “skinny” repeal, the version ultimately released is a robust gutting of the American health care system that defunds Planned Parenthood and threatens coverage […]

Having lost the support of key Republican women senators on the health care debate, Donald Trump, in his typical cowardly manner, has set out to bully and mock them in public. Using his Twitter account to try to personally shame U.S. senators, Trump this morning attempted to belittle Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) after she, along […]

The United States Congress has a message for Donald Trump: Are you with us, or with Russia? After reaching a deal to proceed with bipartisan legislation on sanctions against Russia, in response to the foreign adversary’s interference in our election, the House of Representatives passed the bill Tuesday with overwhelming support, 419 to 3. The […]

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) was interrupted by protesters in the Senate gallery as he began the process to consider the Republican Party’s unpopular and destructive health care repeal bill. The protesters repeatedly chanted “kill the bill,” “don’t kill us” and “shame,” prompting a call for the sergeant-at-arms to come in and remove them […]

Despite the fact that it is, as The New York Times notes, a “still-unclear plan,” Republicans in the Senate are planning to move ahead with a procedural vote Tuesday to take up the debate on their disastrous health care repeal plan. Even as some Republicans are openly stating that they don’t even know what they […]

In a stunning move that has even some Republicans shaking their heads in disbelief, Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) debuted a campaign ad on Monday that features the audio of the gunshots that erupted last month while Republican congressmen, including Brooks, were holding a baseball practice in Alexandria, Virginia. The 30-second ad, as part of Brooks’ […]

Donald Trump’s multiple meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the G-20 summit — which Trump insists were mere “pleasantries” touching on adoption policies — were not enough to dissuade Congress from meting out appropriate punishment for that country’s interference in our election. Saturday morning, the House and Senate reached a bipartisan agreement to implement […]

Josh Mandel, Ohio’s state treasurer and a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, has voiced his support for two fringe right-wing figures involved in the pro-Trump white supremacist movement described as the “alt-right.” Mandel, who lost to Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown in 2012, is running again against the incumbent in the 2018 election. Already, a […]

Republicans thought nothing of drafting their health care repeal plan with zero input from women, including those in their own party. Now those women are having their say, and it’s a simple one: “No.” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has been frantically struggling to find a way to force through some kind of attack on […]

As opposition from the public against the callous health care repeal plan grows louder, the Republican Party is fraying at the seams. And the tension is increasingly on embarrassing display. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was already in a precarious situation. Since he is jamming the bill through, with no hearings and no input from a single Democratic […]

One of the most disastrous new changes Senate Republicans made to their Obamacare repeal bill in the latest draft is the addition of the so-called “Consumer Freedom” amendment authored by Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. Under the amendment, insurers would only have to offer one policy covering essential benefits and pre-existing conditions — and could sell […]

The Senate bill to repeal Obamacare is wildly unpopular and has been hemorrhaging support from Republican senators as constituents speak out. On Thursday, Senate Republicans unveiled a new draft of the bill, which is as terrible as ever. It includes the “Cruz amendment” to let insurers sell barebones plans without guaranteed issue for pre-existing conditions, […]

Desperate at this point to collect enough support to even get the Republican Party’s health care bill to the Senate floor for a vote, let alone with enough backing to pass it, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is using billions in funds to try to win over reluctant GOP senators. Even if that means writing […]

Pressing Christopher Wray as he testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on his nomination to be the next FBI director, Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham urged him to make to clear to all American politicians that if the Russian government offers to deliver dirt on your political opponent, the first call should be to the FBI. […]

Even as the White House remains consumed in scandal headlines about how Donald Trump’s campaign may have worked with Russia to influence last year’s U.S. election, the White House remains focused on trying to thwart would-be sanctions levied against Russia for its meddling. The sanctions bill was passed by the Senate last month 98-2 and […]

On the heels of Donald Trump’s embarrassing trip abroad — in which he buddied up to Vladimir Putin and let his daughter take his seat during a meeting with world leaders — the White House is making it painfully obvious how hard they are trying to flip the script. Trump had nothing on his schedule for […]

The Republican push to repeal Obamacare, destroy Medicaid, and eliminate coverage for 22 million poor and sick Americans is temporarily stalled in the Senate. Facing GOP defections and intense public opposition, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell conceded he may not have the votes to do it. Democrats are wasting no time using this window of opportunity […]

Recent polling sends a strong, unequivocal message to Republican senators in swing states: If you vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act, you will likely face serious consequences in your next re-election bid. Voters in Colorado, Iowa, and North Carolina disapprove of repealing the ACA by a nearly 2-to-1 margin. Even among Republican-identified voters, support for […]

It comes as no surprise that Donald Trump, who repeatedly praised torture during his campaign and said he would bring back waterboarding, wants to bring an author of the infamous torture memo under President George W. Bush to his administration. Trump nominated Steven Bradbury to be general counsel at the Department of Transportation. But during his […]

While Donald Trump claims the Medicaid cuts will be “great for everybody,” protests are intensifying against the Republican efforts to enact those cuts and to repeal Obamacare. Many see the Senate decision to delay a vote on the bill as a victory, and that victory has further empowered resistance to it. Protesters gathered at Republican […]