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The Internet Is OBSESSED with This Handsome 28-Year-Old Running for Congress
Meet Ammar Campa-Najjar.
By De Elizabeth
This Bot Turns Your Texts Into Faxes to Elected Officials
Because who has a personal fax machine?
By Emma Sarran Webster
Why Donald Trump’s Federal Budget Proposal Is Causing Controversy
His plans to cut funding from places like the EPA have been met with opposition.
By Emma Sarran Webster
Trump Announced a New Office to Track Crimes by Immigrants in His Joint Congress Speech
It will be called VOICE, which stands for Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement.
By Lily Herman
Democrats Are Bringing People Affected by Trump’s Muslim Ban to His Speech Tonight
They’re sending a message to the president with their plus-ones.
By Sarah Grace Hart
5 Things You Need to Know About Trump’s First Address to Congress
Including potential topics he’ll cover and who will attend.
By Lily Herman
Protesters Donning Fake KKK Robes Disrupted Jeff Sessions’s Confirmation Hearing
As he was being escorted out, one protester said, “White people own this government!”
By Lily Herman
Why Police Wanted a Student’s Painting Taken Down From the U.S. Capitol
It was an interpretation of the Ferguson shooting in 2014.
By Lindsey Romain
This U.S. Senator Just Made History TWICE
Kamala Harris became the first black woman that California elected to the Senate and the first Indian American to serve in Congress.
By Sarah Grace Hart
How ONE Senator Is Blocking a Bill That Could Help Thousands of Children
Senator Richard Burr claims to speak on behalf of foster care advocates in North Carolina.
By Emma Sarran Webster
Nancy Pelosi Will Continue as House Democratic Leader
She won re-election against Rep. Tim Ryan.
By Emma Sarran Webster
Paul Ryan Will Probably Remain Speaker of the House
Republicans re-elected him ahead of full House elections.
By Kate Dwyer
This Former Congressional Staffer Reveals How to ACTUALLY Get Your Representatives to Listen
Here’s what works — and what doesn’t — if you’re trying to get your lawmaker’s ear.
By Kate Dwyer
Elizabeth Warren Has Some Stern Words for Donald Trump and the Republican Party
She and her fellow lawmakers will "stand up to bigotry.”
By Kate Dwyer
A New Zika Virus Case in Utah Is Puzzling Health Officials
And this happened right as Congress went on vacation before addressing Zika-control funding.
By Brittney McNamara
This Is How Democrats Are Continuing the Fight for Stricter Gun Control Laws
Have you seen a member of Congress in your area?
By Colleen Curry
Our Elected Officials Didn't Pass a SINGLE Gun Control Law After the Deadliest Mass Shooting in U.S. History
We have to do better.
By Laura Stampler
Now Congress Is Getting Involved in the Stanford Rape Case
Rep. Ted Poe called Brock Allen Turner’s sentence “pathetic.”
By Kate Dwyer