Retiring GOP lawmaker: Death threats are ‘a detriment getting good people to run’
Michigan’s longest-serving congressman said extreme far-right members in his party have caused leadership issues.
By Kaishi Chhabra - April 18, 2022Michigan’s longest-serving congressman said extreme far-right members in his party have caused leadership issues.
By Kaishi Chhabra - April 18, 2022House Republicans are angry over comments Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) made on a podcast on March 24.
By Emily Singer - March 29, 2022Kevin McCarthy instead said he would allow Georgia GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene to regain her committee assignments if Republicans retake the House majority.
By Emily Singer - March 09, 2022Recent polls show President Joe Biden’s approval rating is up, despite Republican criticism of his response to the Russian invasion.
By Emily Singer - March 08, 2022‘We can maybe all agree that Lauren Boebert is classless,’ a former GOP House member tweeted Wednesday.
By Josh Israel - March 02, 2022Racism, Islamophobia, antisemitism, and anti-LGBTQ extremism remain endemic in the Republican conference.
By Josh Israel - March 01, 2022Donald Trump, Kevin McCarthy, and the National Republican Congressional Committee apparently all think the disgraced former Interior secretary should be back in Congress.
By Josh Israel - February 16, 2022A National Republican Congressional Committee spokesperson criticized Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-NJ) for not wanting to take the virus to work with him.
By Josh Israel - February 04, 2022On Wednesday, Fox News used a 2011 photo taken in Japan to attack Biden for ’empty shelves.’
By Oliver Willis - January 13, 2022Analysts predicted that President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better plan would have supported millions of additional jobs annually.
By Josh Israel - January 07, 2022Registered voters generally prefer Democrats over Republicans on the congressional ballot, according to a recent USA Today/Suffolk University poll.
By Josh Israel - January 04, 2022A majority of Americans blame former President Donald Trump for the attack on the U.S. Capitol, new polling shows.
By Oliver Willis - January 03, 2022The House minority leader is falsely blaming Democrats for the problems his party helped perpetuate.
By Josh Israel - January 03, 2022The federal government’s funding is set to expire on Friday.
By Josh Israel - December 01, 2021GOP lawmakers are mad that Biden is releasing some of the federal petroleum supply to reduce fuel costs ahead of the holidays.
By Josh Israel - November 23, 2021Republican lawmakers are plotting what they’ll do if they win back the House and the Senate next year.
By Josh Israel - November 22, 2021Every House Republican voted against President Joe Biden’s sweeping social safety net plan.
By Josh Israel - November 19, 2021Democrats will introduce a censure resolution against the Arizona Republican, who posted a video that depicts him murdering Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
By Emily Singer - November 11, 2021The National Republican Congressional Committee’s ‘Young Guns’ include an ethically challenged former Trump Cabinet member and Proud Boys defenders.
By Josh Israel - November 11, 2021House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy released a video decrying a provision that was cut from the Build Back Better plan two weeks ago.
By Josh Israel - November 10, 2021The Arizona Republican is not sorry for posting a video depicting him murdering Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
By Emily Singer - November 10, 2021The Arizona congressman tweeted a video Sunday night depicting him killing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and threatening President Biden with swords.
By Josh Axelrod - November 09, 2021The loudest right-wing members in the House are attacking other GOP members for daring to support the Biden-backed infrastructure plan.
By Emily Singer - November 09, 2021The latest numbers show again that Republicans’ claims about job growth under President Joe Biden are false.
By Josh Israel - November 05, 2021Over 3,900 children have been identified as separated from their families under Donald Trump’s ‘zero-tolerance’ immigration policy.
By Oliver Willis - October 29, 2021GOP Rep. Bill Posey of Florida on Friday used a phrase standing in for the profane insult against the president on the House floor.
By Emily Singer - October 22, 2021Just nine Republicans joined every Democrat in voting to punish the ex-Trump aide.
By Emily Singer - October 21, 2021Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) called out Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy for ‘attempting to block the investigation’ of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
By Emily Singer - October 20, 2021House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy claims the Biden administration is trying to ‘intimidate’ and ‘silence parents.’
By Oliver Willis - October 06, 2021House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy made a misleading claim about Biden’s plan in a Fox News appearance on Monday.
By Josh Israel - September 27, 2021