Parkland dad says Kavanaugh asked security to kick him out of hearing
Brett Kavanaugh was already historically unpopular going into Tuesday’s hearing, where he snubbed the father of a slain teenager.
By Caroline Orr - September 05, 2018Brett Kavanaugh was already historically unpopular going into Tuesday’s hearing, where he snubbed the father of a slain teenager.
By Caroline Orr - September 05, 2018In private, Trump railed that he never should have rebuked white nationalists.
By Eric Boehlert - September 04, 2018Trump really thinks it’s the Justice Department’s job to help Republicans win the midterms.
By Tommy Christopher - September 04, 2018More Americans oppose Kavanaugh’s nomination than support him, which is extremely unusual for a Supreme Court nominee.
By Eric Boehlert - September 04, 2018Sen. Chuck Grassley thinks Republican Supreme Court nominees should never be criticized.
By Oliver Willis - September 04, 2018There’s no doubt about it: Brett Kavanaugh will rule against Roe v. Wade and privacy rights if he is confirmed to the Supreme Court.
By Emily Crockett - September 04, 2018Sen. Patrick Leahy laid to waste the GOP’s attempt to ram through Trump’s Supreme Court nominee without a thorough paper trail.
By Tommy Christopher - September 04, 2018The governor of Arizona is filling John McCain’s Senate seat with a notorious liar and far-right conservative — just long enough to make sure there’s one one more ‘yes’ vote for Trump’s extremist Supreme Court nominee.
By Oliver Willis - September 04, 2018The Senate Republicans who are trying to ram through Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination are the same ones who blocked the nomination of Merrick Garland.
By Oliver Willis - September 04, 2018The confirmation hearing for Brett Kavanaugh is a ‘charade and a mockery’ and should not go forward.
By Emily Crockett - September 04, 2018Two new polls show voters are ready to throttle the GOP.
By Eric Boehlert - September 04, 2018Trump’s legal team is about to pull one of its most desperate maneuvers yet.
By Caroline Orr - August 31, 2018Republicans begin the process of abandoning candidates in unwinnable races.
By Eric Boehlert - August 31, 2018Some of Trump’s longtime allies are flipping on him, but he’s sure the CFO of the Trump Organization — who has an immunity deal — isn’t one of them. At least not yet.
By Dan Desai Martin - August 31, 2018The Trump administration is still keeping 497 children from their families.
By Oliver Willis - August 31, 2018All the news is bad for Trump in the latest ABC/Washington Post poll.
By Eric Boehlert - August 31, 2018Trump’s blatant disrespect of the late senator has appalled the country. But Trump, as always, has a great excuse for his behavior.
By Kaili Joy Gray - August 31, 2018Rep. John Culberson (R-TX) is accused of raiding campaign funds for personal use, including a purchase of fossils to allegedly help him “understand climate science.”
By Tommy Christopher - August 30, 2018Trump is waging an increasingly dangerous war on the free press, and Mike Pence is a fan.
By Oliver Willis - August 30, 2018The uber-rich are getting even richer, thanks to the GOP tax scam, but now Trump says there is no money left for folks like park rangers to get a modest raise next year.
By Dan Desai Martin - August 30, 2018Being in bed with Trump has not been good for business at the National Enquirer.
By Eric Boehlert - August 30, 2018Brett Kavanaugh wanted to put a cap on the amount of money families of 9/11 victims could receive.
By Oliver Willis - August 30, 2018Trump’s war on the free press is not merely ugly and unpresidential — it’s also incredibly dangerous.
By Kaili Joy Gray - August 30, 2018A huge 20 percent tariff affecting publishers got quashed.
By Eric Boehlert - August 30, 2018Trump admitted on TV that he obstructed the Russia investigation. Now he’s claiming the infamous interview is fake. It isn’t.
By Eric Boehlert - August 30, 2018The same day Ron DeSantis used a racist dog-whistle to attack his opponent, the Florida Republican was exposed as a moderator of a virulently racist Facebook page.
By Caroline Orr - August 30, 2018A record number of women are running for office in this year’s election, but the Republican gender gap is probably about to get even worse.
By Emily Crockett - August 29, 2018Trump used to say that even a birth certificate doesn’t prove you’re really an American citizen. Now his government is putting that into action.
By Kaili Joy Gray - August 29, 2018Hurricane Maria had a higher death toll than Hurricane Katrina — but Trump claimed his administration’s botched response to Maria was ‘fantastic.’
By Oliver Willis - August 29, 2018Informal Trump adviser Alex Jones said he’s the one who got Trump to promote a conspiracy theory alleging that Google is censoring conservatives.
By Oliver Willis - August 29, 2018