GOP trying to make it a crime to register voters in at least 3 states
An insidious new trend is emerging from Republican-held state legislatures in response to a surge of new Democratic voters in 2018.
By Emily Singer - April 30, 2019An insidious new trend is emerging from Republican-held state legislatures in response to a surge of new Democratic voters in 2018.
By Emily Singer - April 30, 2019Texas tried to purge 95,000 people from the voter rolls by claiming they voted illegally. But it was all a lie.
By Emily Singer - April 26, 2019Texas Republicans are considering a bill that would classify abortions as homicide, which in Texas is punishable by death.
By Emily Singer - April 10, 2019More Republican lies about voter fraud were exposed, this time deep in the heart of Texas.
By Dan Desai Martin - February 28, 2019Republicans in North Carolina tried to steal an election through massive election fraud, and Trump’s response was a conspiracy theory-laden rant full of lies.
By Dan Desai Martin - February 22, 2019Texas’ Republican attorney general Ken Paxton still faces felony criminal charges for securities violations. Now his wife, a state senator, wants to give his office more power over the securities industry.
By Lisa Needham - February 18, 2019Republicans in Texas are already admitting they’re in trouble.
By Oliver Willis - February 14, 2019El Paso residents are furious Trump is having a rally in their city and are speaking out about his border wall.
By Emily Singer - February 11, 2019Sen. John Cornyn is preparing himself for a big fight as Texas could be slipping away from the GOP.
By Oliver Willis - February 05, 2019State GOP officials in Texas should have checked their math before alleging a massive voter fraud scheme that doesn’t exist.
By Lisa Needham - January 30, 2019Ted Cruz is panicking about his re-election campaign — and he’s only making things worse for himself.
By Bernie Dennler III - August 14, 2018Ted Cruz is struggling to keep his Senate seat in Texas against a strong challenge from Democrat Beto O’Rourke.
By Oliver Willis - August 08, 2018Decorated Air Force veteran MJ Hegar is running for Congress, and she’s out with a powerful new ad some are calling ‘the best political ad anyone’s ever seen.’
By Matthew Chapman - June 25, 2018Law enforcement officials are speaking out against Trump’s inhumane treatment of kids.
By Eric Boehlert - June 21, 2018‘What are you doing?!’ came the angry crowd response to Rep. Michael Burgess.
By Eric Boehlert - June 19, 2018What’s the opposite of having a golden touch? Ask Mike Pence.
By Eric Boehlert - May 23, 2018The epidemic of deadly campus shootings spreads to Santa Fe High School as Republicans and the NRA stand in the way of gun reform, offering ‘thoughts and prayers’ and nothing else.
By Eric Boehlert - May 18, 2018Ted Cruz’s campaign schedule lays out a leisurely path that allows him to fly from town to town on private airplanes. His opponent Beto O’Rourke has been driving from town to town.
By Oliver Willis - March 31, 2018The Lone Star State’s congressional delegation is finally starting to look more like Texas.
By Matthew Chapman - March 07, 2018Texas voters are famous for staying home. Now they are turning out — to vote for Democrats.
By Matthew Chapman - March 05, 2018“We have a reached a tipping point.”
By Caroline Orr - March 03, 2018The Lone Star State is turning into ground zero for GOP midterm panic and dirty tactics.
By Matthew Chapman - January 23, 2018Rep. Beto ORourke, the leading Democratic Senate candidate in Texas, took Sarah Huckabee Sanders to school on crime rates in El Paso.
By Matthew Chapman - January 16, 2018