Latest jobs report blows up GOP argument that unemployed don’t need more help
It turns out there’s no evidence that the $600 weekly unemployment insurance boost kept Americans from going back to work.
By Emily Singer - August 07, 2020It turns out there’s no evidence that the $600 weekly unemployment insurance boost kept Americans from going back to work.
By Emily Singer - August 07, 2020Republicans often avoid answering questions about Trump’s offensive comments by playing dumb.
By Emily Singer - June 10, 2020Republicans have been quick to condemn antifa as chaos erupts at various protests across the country, despite scant evidence to support their claims.
By Emily Singer - June 04, 2020Letting states set their own diagnostic testing standards ‘creates enormous confusion,’ one health expert said.
By Josh Israel - May 20, 2020Donald Trump repeatedly lauded China’s Xi Jinping for his coronavirus response.
By Josh Israel - May 18, 2020While Trump pushes for tax cuts for businesses amid coronavirus fears, Democrats are focused on protecting the economic security of workers.
By Emily Singer - March 09, 2020Sen. Ted Cruz and Rep. Paul Gosar were among those notified over the weekend that they had met with the infected individual.
By Associated Press - March 09, 2020‘Out of 100 senators, zero believe you on the argument there is no quid pro quo,’ Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) told Donald Trump’s impeachment lawyers.
By Dan Desai Martin - February 06, 2020Senators asked dozens of questions in the first day of questioning at Trump’s impeachment trial.
By Associated Press - January 30, 2020The Texas Republican is angry that Sen. Elizabeth Warren wants to forgive student loan debt without his permission.
By Josh Israel - January 14, 2020Carly Fiorina says Trump is ‘destructive to our republic,’ but that won’t necessarily stop her from voting for him in 2020.
By Dan Desai Martin - December 16, 2019Republicans claim the House impeachment inquiry is preventing them from passing gun laws.
By Oliver Willis - December 09, 2019The Texas Republican also still won’t acknowledge that a background check might have stopped the mass shooting in Odessa.
By Josh Israel - September 12, 2019The Texas senator tried to use Chicago as an example of ineffective gun laws — Fred Guttenberg, whose daughter was killed in the 2018 Parkland shooting, quickly dismantled his argument.
By Oliver Willis - September 11, 2019The senators, led by Ted Cruz (R-TX), claimed the move would benefit the economy, despite all the evidence to the contrary.
By Mike Stankiewicz - July 31, 2019Halil Suleyman ‘Sul’ Ozerden, one of Trump’s recent judicial nominees, just isn’t conservative enough for some senators.
By Lisa Needham - July 18, 2019Texas Sen. Ted Cruz just put himself in the same class as a civil rights legend.
By Oliver Willis - July 01, 2019In the midst of Pride Month, Sen. Ted Cruz defended Steven Crowder, an anti-gay, racist bully.
By Dan Desai Martin - June 06, 2019But whining won’t make space pirates exist.
By Oliver Willis - May 16, 2019Ted Cruz wants America to fear the fictional threat of space pirates.
By Oliver Willis - May 15, 2019Instead of taking personal responsibility for the loans he made to his campaign, Ted Cruz is suing the government over campaign finance laws.
By Lisa Needham - April 02, 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, 2019But he’s supporting it anyway.
By Emily Singer - February 28, 2019Ted Cruz called for his opponent Beto O’Rourke to be jailed, ignoring concerns about the violence being incited against top Democratic officials.
By Oliver Willis - October 24, 2018Ted Cruz’s terrible campaign has backfired and made him one of the most vulnerable senators up for re-election this year.
By Tommy Christopher - October 04, 2018Chants of ‘We believe survivors!’ echoed as Cruz exited.
By Dan Desai Martin - September 25, 2018Cruz has dropped another round of deceptive mailers, and Texans are reacting angrily on social media.
By Tommy Christopher - September 16, 2018Ted Cruz has a likability problem — and his embarrassing stereotypes of Texans aren’t helping.
By Bernie Dennler III - September 10, 2018Ted Cruz’s re-election bid is going very badly for him — and his increasingly desperate attempts to stay ahead aren’t helping.
By Kaili Joy Gray - September 07, 2018Republicans wound up hurting Ted Cruz more than they hurt his opponent.
By Tommy Christopher - August 30, 2018