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May 14, 2025
Hafiz Rashid
RFK Jr. Says No One Should Take Medical Advice From Him
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. refused to answer questions about whether he’d vaccinate his own children in a testy hearing—saying he didn’t want to give anyone medical advice.
May 14, 2025
Edith Olmsted
The Trump Effect Is Here: Democrats Sweep to Victory in Historic Upset
Omaha just elected its first Black mayor.
May 14, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
A Democrat Is Trying to Impeach Trump. His Party Is Furious With Him.
Democrats are accusing Representative Shri Thanedar of selfishness.
May 14, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump’s Prized Tax Bill Doesn’t Do Anything He Promised
Donald Trump’s pet “big beautiful bill” conveniently leaves out some major campaign promises.
May 14, 2025
Timothy Noah
The Republican Tax Bill Screws the Working Class
Alas, if history is any guide, they’ll love it anyway.
May 13, 2025
Hafiz Rashid
AOC Tears Apart Republican “Math” on Medicaid Cuts
In just one minute, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez exposed Republicans’ lies on Medicaid—and their plans to make health insurance worse for everyone.
May 13, 2025
Edith Olmsted
House Republicans Want to Punish Single Parents
House Republicans have introduced a new rule that would make it harder for single parents to feed their kids.
May 13, 2025
Hafiz Rashid
Republicans Slip Nonprofit Killer Bill Into Budget Plan
The “nonprofit killer bill” is hidden at the very end of Republicans’ massive 389-page budget package.
May 12, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Republicans Are Already in Revolt Over Medicaid Cuts
Some Republican lawmakers are ready to kill the upcoming budget bill for not being cruel enough.
May 6, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Kristi Noem Gets Brutal Fact-Check on Deporting U.S. Citizens
There have been at least 12 documented instances in which U.S. citizens were caught up in Donald Trump’s deportations.
May 6, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Why MTG’s Own Party Is Terrified of Her Next Move
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s own party is terrified she might run for Senate.
May 6, 2025
Malcolm Ferguson
Trump Treasury Secretary Crashes When Asked Easy Question on Tariffs
Scott Bessent glitched as he tried to answer a question about the real costs of tariffs.
May 5, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
MTG Warns Republicans Will Suffer Crushing Election Loss at This Rate
“It’s the Republicans that are the problem,” said GOP Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene.
May 5, 2025
Malcolm Ferguson
Woman Flashing Peace Signs Carried Out of Republican Town Hall
Representative Mike Lawler was hammered with questions during his town hall. That’s when the police came in.
May 5, 2025
Grace Segers
The Republican Budget Plan Could Kick Millions Off Medicaid
As GOP lawmakers mull how to slash federal spending, health care for low-income Americans could be first on the chopping block.
May 1, 2025
Malcolm Ferguson
Republicans Kill Move to Stop ICE From Deporting U.S. Citizens
This is "batsh*t crazy,” one Democrat said of our current reality.
April 30, 2025
Malcolm Ferguson
Hakeem Jeffries Reportedly Fed Up With Democrats’ Trips to El Salvador
Remember when a ton of Democrats were trying to visit El Salvador to check in on the people Trump deported?
April 30, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Compare Trump’s Michigan Crowd Size to the Protest Outside
Donald Trump also went on a bizarre rant about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders to a partially empty room.
April 29, 2025
Hafiz Rashid
Mike Johnson Quietly Moves to Block Democrats Investigating Trump
The House speaker is preparing to block Democrats’ inquiries into the Trump administration, as the scandals keep piling up.
April 28, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Republicans Sneak Staggering Asylum Fee Into Budget Bill
It’s about to get a lot more expensive to immigrate into the U.S. under Donald Trump.
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