An Arizona lawmaker says GOP “extremism” has led many state voters to increasingly back Democrats. “The Republican party has become extreme in the age of Trumpism,” the state senator told Politico. Arizona in recent years has become a hotly-contested swing state up and down the ballot. In recent years, Arizona — after decades as a […]
The Biden administration’s actions finalizing revised Title IX regulations represent a victory for powerful teachers unions, which have fueled Democrats’ 2024 election campaigns. On Friday morning, the Department of Education finalized sweeping new Title IX rules that it said will “strengthen vital protections” from sex-based harassment and prevent discrimination based on gender identity. The regulations […]
Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) on Sunday dared his Republican colleagues to join him by “honoring” Donald Trump by naming one specific government facility after the former president. “There’s a nice federal penitentiary right near Mar-a-Lago,” he told MSNBC’s Jonathan Capehart. GOP lawmakers have pitched renaming Washington Dulles International Airport after Trump. Connolly and Reps. Jared […]
A House GOP committee formed to investigate Attorney General Kris Mayes for alleged weaponization of her office and malfeasance held its first meeting Thursday, receiving a lesson in how state law applies to Arizona’s top prosecutor. The roughly 80-minute hearing came after Mayes made a trek to the Capitol, holding a press conference to dismiss […]
If you ever doubted your vote counted, ask the Democrats running to replace California Rep. Anna Eshoo. One month and six lead changes after the March 5 primary, state lawmaker Evan Low and Santa Clara Supervisor Joe Simitian find themselves in the same place: locked in a 30,249-vote tie for the second general election spot. […]
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) has a Wiener problem. The conservative lawmaker appeared to confuse California state Sen. Scott Wiener (D) with disgraced former Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) in an insult that quickly backfired on Wednesday. “Wait, I thought this guy was thrown out of Congress for sending naked pictures of himself?” Cruz tweeted, perhaps jokingly, […]
One El Paso candidate — barring a need for a runoff election — is only days away from being elevated to a seat in the Texas House of Representatives. The District 77 race for the Texas House sees three well-known El Paso politicos and one political newcomer facing off to fill the shoes of longtime, […]
Rep. Judy Chu (D-Calif.) was absent from the House vote to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas Tuesday evening due to testing positive with COVID-19. “Unfortunately, I recently tested positive for COVID-19 and am isolating in accordance with CDC guidelines. Today, I was unable to be on the Floor to vote once again against impeaching […]
Sen. Chris Murphy spent months negotiating a bipartisan border security bill with Sens. James Lankford (R-Okla.), Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) and the White House. Then, in a flash last Sunday, hours after the bill was released, Republicans sabotaged the effort. Before the Connecticut Democrat went to sleep that night, he knew the legislation was dead. “They’re […]
Democratic governors lashed out Friday against a report from special counsel Robert Hur, which cleared the president of wrongdoing on his handling of classified information but took digs at his age and memory. “I smell a rat,” Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, a surrogate for President Joe Biden’s reelection, told reporters when asked about the Hur […]
Money in politics is a fact of American life. But how does it work in Kentucky? While outside groups funded by large national donors and entities have recently made big waves in Kentucky politics — they played an outsize role in the most recent gubernatorial election — the majority of political cash raised for races […]
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) stormed out of a committee meeting on Tuesday as a Democratic lawmaker gave her a reminder about her own recent past during a hearing on crime in Washington, D.C. Greene, a conspiracy theorist who spoke at a white nationalist event in 2022, went on a lengthy rant on everything from […]