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Republican Kelly Ayotte’s opposition to ACA clashes with most voters

Ayotte voted at least nine times to repeal Obamacare

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Laurie Buckhout calls China a threat while holding thousands in China-linked investments

Buckhout said President Joe Biden should be impeached for not being tougher on China.

By Jesse Valentine

Sen. Rick Scott leaves hurricane-ravaged Florida to fundraise and campaign for Trump

Scott travels almost exclusively on a private jet.

By Jesse Valentine

Wealthy U.S. Senate candidate Bernie Moreno wants more tax cuts for the rich

Moreno says extending Trump’s tax cuts would lessen the national debt. It won’t.

By Jesse Valentine

Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks highlighting Biden-Harris administration's investments in infrastructure during a Labor Union visit in Philadelphia, PA, USA on August 8, 2023.

Voter registrations in Maine spiked after Harris announced candidacy

In July, 3,793 Mainers registered to vote, which was higher than every month since the 2023 November election.

By Emma Davis, Maine Morning Star

U.S. Senator Bob Casey speaks ahead of U.S. President Joseph Biden at the kick-off of the AFL-CIO's annual Tri-State Labor Day Parade in Philadelphia, PA, USA on September 4, 2023. (Photo by Bastiaan Slabbers/NurPhoto via AP)

No, Sen. Bob Casey did not invest in a Chinese fentanyl company

Disinformation about foreign investments has engulfed the U.S. Senate race in Pennsylvania.

By Jesse Valentine

Republican Eric Hovde’s company drove small businesses into bankruptcy

Hovde is running for the U.S. Senate on a platform that emphasizes economic opportunity.

By Jesse Valentine

GOP Rep. Ryan Zinke’s campaign spent cash on fine dining, luxury stays

As Secretary of the Interior, Zinke spent $12,000 on a private jet from Las Vegas to Montana.

By Jesse Valentine

U.S. House candidate Rob Bresnahan said anti-abortion ruling “did what it should do”

Bresnahan has contributed thousands of dollars to anti-abortion candidates

By Jesse Valentine

Caught on camera: Migrants working on anti-Immigration hardliner Greg Gianforte’s property

Gianforte criticized the Biden administration for giving temporary work status to Venezuelan asylum seekers.

By Jesse Valentine

Republican Rep. Ken Calvert opposes abortion access for military personnel

Calvert has cast several votes seeking to curtail abortion access throughout his 30 years in Congress.

By Jesse Valentine

Kelly Ayotte hired consultant who pushed controversial Project 2025 agenda

Ayotte has endorsed Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign

By Jesse Valentine

Trump, MAGA campaign against Harris already laced with misogyny, racism

Former Pres. Donald Trump needs to discard his storied penchant for racist and sexist tropes and nicknames if he wants to win over independent voters in his likely race against Vice Pres. Kamala Harris, say political experts in Nevada, one of a handful of battleground states.

By Dana Gentry, Nevada Current

Republican Sen. Ted Cruz doesn’t want to talk about Texas’ restrictive abortion ban

Cruz’s Democratic opponent says he is the “architect” of the state’s prohibitive abortion laws.

By Jesse Valentine

Tim Sheehy, founder of Bridger Aerospace and Ascent Vision, pauses during a tour of the company’s facility on Friday, Aug. 30, 2022 in Belgrade, M.T.

Republican Tim Sheehy often brags about his business record. His company is in the red.

Bridger Aerospace is being sued by two former employees for breach of contract.

By Jesse Valentine

Big investors are buying up single-family homes. Sen. Sherrod Brown has a plan to stop them.

Brown’s race for U.S. Senate could decide which party controls congress in 2025.

By Jesse Valentine

New Mexico Senate nom Nella Domenici earned up to $1 million renting out Connecticut home

Domenici is one of several Republican U.S. Senate candidates who has been scrutinized for owning properties in multiple states.

By Jesse Valentine

GOP’s Mark Robinson blames bad fathers for social ills despite own son’s criminal record

Robinson said feminism has created a generation of weak minded men.

By Jesse Valentine

Kelly Ayotte’s history of backing Medicare cuts could be hurdle in governor’s race

Ayotte has repeatedly backed reforms to Medicare and Social Security that would result in less Americans getting the support they need.

By Jesse Valentine

Texas Republican Ken Paxton enlisted outside group to gut rights for pregnant workers

Paxton’s close relationship with the Texas Public Policy Foundation dates back to 2015.

By Jesse Valentine

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is seen in the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, September 6, 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP Images)

Ted Cruz leverages Trump conviction on podcast for own personal gain

Cruz’s podcast is the subject of an FEC complaint claiming its ad revenue structure violated campaign finance law

By Jesse Valentine

Kari Lake, Republican candidate for Arizona governor, speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas, Friday, Aug. 5, 2022.

Arizona Republican Kari Lake proposes massive cuts to Medicaid and Medicare

Lake’s budget proposal could imperil border security, which Lake often cites as one of her top priorities.

By Jesse Valentine

A woman carries yard signs for Hung Cao, Republican candidate for Virginia's 10th Congressional district, at the Prince William County Republican Committee's election kickoff barbecue at VFW Post 1503 in Dale City, Va., on Saturday, September 17, 2022.

Virginia U.S. Senate candidate Hung Cao says workplace diversity is ‘Marxism’

Cao supported a claim that diversity and inclusion initiatives caused the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse.

By Jesse Valentine

Republican Bernie Moreno’s rags-to-riches story exposed as a lie

Moreno is one of multiple Republican U.S. Senate candidates to exaggerate their background.

By Jesse Valentine

What happens to clinics after a state bans abortion? They fight to survive.

Voters in several states will likely have the chance to reverse their states’ abortion bans this November — but the election results could come too late for clinics that have been forced to scale back or even shut down while those bans were in effect.

By Chabeli Carrazana and Shefali Luthra

Former Sen. Kelly Ayotte took job at Caterpillar after tax fraud probe

When Ayotte worked with Caterpillar Inc. the company offshored over 2,000 jobs.

By Jesse Valentine

Alabama OB-GYN residencies dropped over 20% after Dobbs, state abortion ban, says analysis

Medical residencies are key for getting doctors to practice in states, and declines can contribute to shortages.

By Alander Rocha, Alabama Reflector

House GOP celebrates National Police Week while pushing to defund local law enforcement

Texas Rep. Monica De La Cruz celebrated a police funding initiative that her caucus now wants to eliminate.

By Jesse Valentine

Mark Robinson speaks to the crowd at Rep. Ted Budd's election night watch party in Winston-Salem, North Carolina on Nov. 8, 2022.

Evolution denier Mark Robinson could reshape North Carolina’s education system

Robinson said science education should be taken out of elementary schools

By Jesse Valentine

Republican Jay Ashcroft backs anti-abortion clinics that push lies and disinformation

The Republic Pregnancy Resource Center website provides step-by-step directions from local middle and high schools to their address.

By Jesse Valentine

Republican Sam Brown’s assault on teacher unions could backfire

Brown has called for abolishing the U.S. Department of Education.

By Jesse Valentine

U.S. Representative Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) speaking at a Congressional Hispanic Conference press conference at the U.S. Capitol. On the lapel of her coat below her Congressional pin is a pin shaped like an assault rifle.

Florida abortion ban puts GOP Rep. Anna Paulina Luna’s anti-choice views in spotlight

Luna supports abortions bans with no exceptions for rape

By Jesse Valentine

Trump leaves door open to banning medication abortion nationwide

Donald Trump is planning to release more details in the weeks ahead about how his administration would regulate access to medication abortion, according to comments he made during a lengthy interview with Time magazine published Tuesday.

By Jennifer Shutt, States Newsroom

Republican Caroleene Dobson wants Alabama abortion ban to go nationwide

Dobson is the Republican candidate in what will be one of the most-watched House races of 2024.

By Jesse Valentine

Ohio Gov. DeWine said he didn’t know of millions in FirstEnergy support. Is it plausible?

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s claim to not know about the millions an Akron utility spent supporting his 2018 campaign for governor simply isn’t credible, an Ohio political scientist said in a recent interview. A spokesperson for DeWine pushed back. FirstEnergy provided that support, then spent more than $60 million to pass and protect a $1.3 billion ratepayer-financed […]

By Marty Schladen, Ohio Capital Journal

GOP Rep. Zach Nunn suggests laws against hate crime aren’t needed

Hate crimes in the United States rose from 2022 to 2023.

By Jesse Valentine

GOP Senate candidate Hung Cao blames racial equity for Baltimore bridge tragedy

Cao is a former U.S Navy captain.

By Jesse Valentine

GOP Rep. Jennifer Kiggans donates thousands to far-right extremists

Kiggans has flirted with baseless conspiracy theories about the 2020 election.

By Jesse Valentine

Ohio senate candidate Bernie Moreno: “Absolute pro-life no exceptions.”

Ohio voted to protect abortion rights. GOP senate candidate Bernie Moreno doesn't care.

By Jesse Valentine

Anti-China Republicans pocket thousands from Chinese owned conglomerate

Syngenta AG owns approximately 1500 acres of U.S farmland.

By Jesse Valentine

Republican Eric Hovde makes inconsistent statements about family history

Hovde is running for U.S. Senate in Wisconsin despite primarily residing in California.

By Jesse Valentine

Republican David McCormick addresses supporters at the Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh after announcing he will enter Pennsylvania's U.S. Senate race and make his second bid for the office, this time to take on Democratic Sen. Bob Casey, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023.

Republican David McCormick invests millions in website that platforms Holocaust denial

McCormick says we need leaders with the moral clarity to condemn antisemitism.

By Jesse Valentine

Semi-automatic guns are displayed for sale at Capitol City Arms Supply, Jan. 16, 2013, in Springfield, Ill.

Lawmakers will again take up bills expanding, tightening gun laws

Of the nearly dozen gun bills lawmakers will soon take up, one is particularly noteworthy because it’s backed by unlikely allies: mental health advocates and a pair of House members who’ve long been at opposite ends of firearm legislation.

By Annmarie Timmins, New Hampshire Bulletin

UAW delivers rousing presidential endorsement for Biden over ‘scab’ Trump

The United Auto Workers of America endorsed the re-election of President Joe Biden Wednesday, just months after he became the first sitting U.S. president to walk a picket line with striking autoworkers in Michigan.

By Ashley Murray, States Newsroom

Republicans Sam Brown and Jeff Gunter sling mud in Nevada senate primary

Gunter has repeatedly referred to Brown as “Scam Brown”

By Jesse Valentine

A Young Texas Woman Almost Died Due To The Texas Abortion Bans – Now She’s Battling To Save Other Women

The state of Texas robbed Amanda Zurawski of her fertility and almost her life when it wouldn’t permit her an abortion so she’s gone to the state’s Supreme Court to change the law - “this is why I’m on earth”

By Bonnie Fuller

Health care legislation preview: Maryland advocates want to focus on access, patients in 2024 session

Health care-focused organizations across the state are hopeful that the 2024 legislative session will be a year that reins in health costs and allows patients to have greater access to the care they need.

By Danielle J. Brown, Maryland Matters

How GOP senate hopefuls try to excuse the January 6 insurrection

Five people died on January 6, 2021 – including a police officer who was bludgeoned to death.

By Jesse Valentine

NH lawmakers will be taking up major voting bills this year. Here are some to watch for.

On Wednesday, the New Hampshire House passed a bill that would make registering to vote an online experience.

By Ethan DeWitt, New Hampshire Bulletin

Republican US Senate candidates want to make Trump’s tax cuts permanent

Most Americans believe wealthy individuals and big corporations don’t pay their fair share in taxes.

By Jesse Valentine

Rand Paul went all in on the Kentucky governor’s race. It didn’t work.

Even the Republican senator's home county gave Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear a larger share of the vote than four years earlier.

By

Texas governor and attorney general do little to curb state’s chemical plant crisis

Republicans Greg Abbott and Ken Paxton have taken thousands of dollars in donations from chemical companies and their affiliated PACs.

By Jesse Valentine

Likely GOP Senate candidate Eric Hovde proposed tax hike for poorer workers and retirees

Eric Hovde's proposal is similar to Sen. Rick Scott's unpopular 2022 plan to make every American pay income taxes.

By Jesse Valentine

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer addresses the crowd during inauguration ceremonies, Jan. 1, 2023, outside the state Capitol in Lansing, Mich.

Whitmer signs specific criminal penalties for assaulting health care workers into law

A bipartisan package of bills in Michigan signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, creates specified criminal penalties for assaulting health care workers.

By Anna Liz Nichols, Michigan Advance

105 Republicans voted to expel Santos for things Trump has also done

Both former President Donald Trump and former U.S. Rep. George Santos have lied about their records and been accused of defrauding veterans.

By Jesse Valentine

For Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, another Trump term is another chance to kill Obamacare

Millions of Texas families’ health and well-being would be jeopardized if the legislation were repealed.

By Jesse Valentine

Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) speaks to media at the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, September 29, 2022. (Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA)(Sipa via AP Images)

Florida Sen. Rick Scott backs Donald Trump in revived push to repeal Obamacare

More than 3 million Floridians will lose their health insurance if Scott and Trump succeed.

By Jesse Valentine

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves, right, announces a proposal that he says should alleviate financial problems for hospitals, during a news conference Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023, in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Tate Reeves took donations from power company that hiked customer rates

Republican Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves took $98,000 from Mississippi Power and executives of its parent company.

By Jesse Valentine

Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron speaks during a gubernatorial debate against Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear at Northern Kentucky University, in Highland Heights, Ky., Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. (Joe Simon/LINK nky via AP, Pool)

Daniel Cameron ran on depoliticizing the Kentucky AG’s office. He made it more political.

The Republican gubernatorial nominee also broke his promises to make the office more frugal.

By Jesse Valentine

Mike Pence and Miss. Gov Tate Reeves on Nov. 4, 2019

Republican operatives sound every alarm on current trajectory of 2023 governor’s race

It might not surprise Mississippians that The Cook Political Report, regarded as one of the nation’s preeminent elections experts, shifted their 2023 Mississippi governor’s race forecast on Monday in Democrat Brandon Presley’s direction.

By Adam Ganucheau, Mississippi Today

Rep. Molinaro took donation from China-owned farm corp amid national security concerns

Molinaro voted to cut funding for the FBI and the Federal Trade Commission

By Jesse Valentine

Maryland Republican Neil Parrott voted repeatedly to criminalize abortion

Parrott is running for the open congressional seat in Maryland’s sixth district.

By Jesse Valentine

Post-Roe health provider survey finds abortion bans create bad outcomes and distress

In the two years since the U.S. Supreme Court started allowing states — what has become almost half of the country — to ban all or most abortions, doctors continue to report that these laws have detrimentally changed their jobs and the quality of care they can provide pregnant patients.

By Sofia Resnick, States Newsroom

Since the fall of ‘Roe,’ self-managed abortions have increased

The percentage of people who say they’ve tried to end a pregnancy without medical assistance increased after the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade. That’s according to a study published Tuesday in the online journal JAMA Network Open.

By Sarah Varney

Ken Paxton sues Travis County to block voter registration efforts

The Texas attorney general filed a similar lawsuit earlier this week against Bexar County, which includes San Antonio.

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Sec of State LaRose says it’s easy to vote in Ohio, but critics say he’s making it more difficult

Secretary of State Frank LaRose is fond of saying that “it’s easy to vote and hard to cheat” in Ohio elections. But his recent — and not-so-recent — conduct seems to contradict both halves of that formulation, a watchdog says.

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Held Tuesday, 11/10/15, former U.S. Congressman and visiting lecturer Joe Schwarz hosted a conversation with former Congressmen Mike Rogers and David Camp.

Mike Rogers résumé includes consulting for businesses with shady foreign interests

Rogers advocated for less stringent nuclear regulations in the Middle East.

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Republican Kari Lake twists opponent’s border security record with deceptive ad

Lake opposed a bipartisan border security bill that was endorsed by the U.S. border patrol.

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A resident votes at the Zion St. Joe United Church of Christ on Election Day, Nov. 3, 2020, in St. Joseph, Mich.

Swing state voters say they don’t want to criminalize abortion

This summer, thousands of voters were taken through an online policymaking simulation produced by the University of Maryland, in which they were briefed on very specific policy questions that get to the heart of what it means practically to ban abortion.

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