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Former senior investigative reporter at ThinkProgress and former head of money-in-politics reporting at the Center for Public Integrity. Follow him on Twitter @jeisrael
Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL)
National

GOP lawmakers attack Fauci by sharing misleading 2-year-old clip

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Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg participates in a news conference in New York, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. Bragg is standing firm against former President Donald Trump’s increasingly hostile rhetoric, telling his staff that the office won’t be intimidated or deterred as it nears a decision on charging the former president.
National

Republicans use antisemitic attack to play down allegations Trump committed crimes

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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.
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The GOP's extreme bills: Repeal gun safety laws

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Rick Scott
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Rick Scott claims Navy mission was abandoned to 'train everybody on...

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Republican candidate for Pennsylvania U.S. Senate Dave McCormick talks to supporters during his returns watch party in the Pennsylvania primary election May 17, 2022, in Pittsburgh.
Local

Possible 2024 GOP Senate candidate wants to 'break the back' of...

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Ron DeSantis
Local

DeSantis introduced only one proposal that became law during six years...

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Jim Jordan and House Republicans
National

New poll finds voters do not want Congress focusing on Biden...

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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy
National

Extending Trump's tax cuts would make GOP's balanced budget promise all...

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Rep. Tom Tiffany, R-Wisc., leaves a meeting of the House Republican Conference at the Capitol Hill Club on Wednesday, January 25, 2023.
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Wisconsin Rep. Tom Tiffany cites hate group leader in lie about...

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Rick Scott, John Thune
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More congressional Republicans have called for cuts to Social Security and...

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A young person holds a sign during a Fridays for Future protest near the White House in Washington, D.C. on March 3, 2023, demanding the transition away from fossil fuel usage and systemic changes at the community level to deal with climate change.
National

The GOP's extreme bills: Undermining the climate and environment

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Shelley Moore Capito
National

Senate Republicans' anti-tax argument accidentally proves strength of Biden's economy

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President Joe Biden speaks about his economic agenda at LIUNA Training Center, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023, in DeForest, Wis.
National

Progressive group launches six-figure ad campaign to highlight Biden's accomplishments

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Andy Barr
National

House Republicans open new attack on Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

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Mary Miller
National

GOP House members launch new anti-LGBTQ Congressional Family Caucus

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President Joe Biden talks to reporters after a lunch with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Senate Democrats about his upcoming budget and political agenda, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, March 2, 2023.
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GOP lawmakers attack Biden's plan to lower the federal deficit

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American Action Network ad against Mary Peltola
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Dark money group targets House Democrats with false claims that Biden...

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Marco Rubio
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The GOP's extreme bills: Rolling back abortion rights

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Tony Perkins and Joe Wilson
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Republican lawmakers show off their awards from anti-LGBTQ Family Research Council

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Andy Ogles and Kevin McCarthy are seen on the House floor on Thursday, January 5, 2023.
National

House Republicans want to repeal Biden's Inflation Reduction Act. Voters do...

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Jim Risch
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GOP bill would fund security grants for 'pregnancy centers' only if...

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House Republicans vote for repeal of climate-related investment regulations

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Ron DeSantis
Elections

DeSantis PAC got $1.3 million from head of essential oil company...

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Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., speaks during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 14, 2023.
National

Fact check: No, the Biden administration is not trying to ban...

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Chairman Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, speaks during the House Budget Committee meeting on Thursday, February 9, 2023.
National

House GOP members want to defund 'woke' government initiatives as solution...

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A resident displays a mannequin on their porch in East Palestine, Ohio, as cleanup from the Feb. 3 Norfolk Southern train derailment continues, Friday, Feb. 24, 2023.
National

Republicans who support deregulating railroads blame Democrats for Ohio accident

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A Feb. 22, 2023 NRSC attack ad accusing Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D, WI) of supporting cuts to benefits.
Elections

GOP ads falsely claim Democrats want to take away safety net...

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Sen. Marco Rubio, R-FL., seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, February 15, 2023.
National

The GOP's extreme bills: Anti-transgender discrimination

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State Sen. Jennifer McClellan (D-Richmond) celebrates at her election party after winning the seat for Virginia's 4th Congressional District on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023, in Richmond.
Elections

State legislator wins House special election in Virginia to succeed Donald...

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Tony Evers
Local

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers' budget proposal keeps his promise to fund...

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