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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
Mitch McConnell
Elections

GOP midterm losses might have been even worse without hundreds of...

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Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) speaks during a press conference after a Senate Republican Conference policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol Dec. 6, 2022.
National

Rick Scott will seek a second term after pushing to destroy...

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Raphael Warnock
Elections

Warnock beats Walker in Georgia runoff, giving Democrats full control of...

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Dan Crenshaw
Elections

FEC fines Rep. Dan Crenshaw for taking over $220,000 in illegal...

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Karen Bass
National

90 House Republicans voted against health protections for incarcerated pregnant women

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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., conducts news conference after securing the Republican nomination for Speaker in the Capitol Visitor Center on Tuesday, November 15, 2022.
National

In 16 years in Congress, Kevin McCarthy has done very little...

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Kevin McCarthy 2006
National

Kevin McCarthy has not kept the few promises he first ran...

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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., joined from left by Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., and Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., speaks to reporters before a vote on legislation to protect same-sex and interracial marriages, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022.
National

47 GOP senators vote to let anti-LGBTQ people discriminate if they...

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Kevin McCarthy
National

The new House Republican majority is not off to a good...

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Herschel Walker
Elections

Walker said young people who don't like US policies should leave...

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Herschel Walker
Elections

Herschel Walker spends final stretch of Georgia Senate runoff attacking LGBTQ...

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Bouquets of flowers sit on a corner near the site of a mass shooting at a gay bar Monday, Nov. 21, 2022, in Colorado Springs, Colo. Club Q on its Facebook page thanked the "quick reactions of heroic customers that subdued the gunman and ended this hate attack.”
National

Anti-LGBTQ Republicans offer thoughts and prayers after Colorado club shooting

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Senate Leadership Fund ad screenshot of Raphael Warnock
National

New GOP ad lies about Sen. Raphael Warnock's role in Atlanta...

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Herschel Walker
National

Does Herschel Walker understand the issues he's talking about?

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Kevin McCarthy
National

House Republicans vow to use new majority to investigate right-wing conspiracy...

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Tammy Baldwin
National

37 Senate Republicans vote to block bill to protect same-sex and...

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Club for Growth Action Arizona campaign ad
National

Super PAC ad against Arizona Sen. Kelly uses border patrol images...

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Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call via AP Images
Elections

Adam Laxalt's Nevada 'leadership team' has fake electors and extremist group...

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Tiffany Smiley
National

Washington GOP nominee Smiley blames climate change on 'enemy countries that...

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evada Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Adam Laxalt speaks at the Gun Owners of America 2A Freedom Rally at the Pro Gun Club near Boulder City, Nev., on Saturday, May 28, 2022.
Elections

As attorney general, Nevada GOP nominee Laxalt helped clients of adviser's...

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Dr. Mehmet Oz speaks on the campaign trail in Springfield, Pennsylvania on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022.
Local

Meet the anti-abortion leaders Mehmet Oz wants involved in Pennsylvanians' health...

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Mehmet Oz, Donald Trump
National

Republican Senate candidates are already preparing to claim fraud in the...

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Adam Laxalt
National

Meet an anti-democracy Senate candidate: Adam Laxalt

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JD Vance
Elections

J.D. Vance has a history of countenancing antisemitism and white supremacy

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Mehmet Oz
Elections

Mehmet Oz proposes to send federal education dollars to pay for...

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Blake Masters
National

Arizona GOP Senate candidate Blake Masters promises obstruction if he's elected

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Republican candidate for New York's 17th Congressional District Mike Lawler speaks to supporters
Elections

Oil and gas industry lobbyist turned GOP House candidate blames Biden...

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A woman identified as "Jennifer" in a Senate Leadership Fund attack ad targeting GA Sen. Raphael Warnock. The same person is in an attack ad targeting Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto in Nevada.
Elections

McConnell-tied super PAC ads present same person as outraged Nevadan and...

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Marco Rubio
Elections

Marco Rubio touts endorsement from YouTube influencer with history of racism

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Don Bolduc
National

New Hampshire GOP Senate nominee Bolduc spouts lie that kids are...

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