senate
State Sen. Kim Jackson on Making History As the First Openly LGBTQ+ Senator in Georgia
"I wish that there were other people who could do it with me. So there is that pressure. But it's also a gift."
By Fortesa Latifi
AOC Blasts GOP For Caring More About Their Anti-Trans Agenda Than Averting Government Shutdown
Ocasio-Cortez said that the Republican party is “completely out of step with the American people.”
By James Factora
Senate
Gavin Newsom Appoints Laphonza Butler to Feinstein's Seat
Butler is the president of EMILY's List.
By Eric Lutz
Government Shutdown 2023: What Does It Mean?
A 45-day extension was passed to avoid a government shutdown. Here's what happens now.
By Fortesa Latifi
Biden Impeachment
Surprise: The GOP's First Biden Impeachment Hearing Was a Complete and Utter Flop
The witnesses all but confirmed that House Republicans have no evidence of wrongdoing, only adding to the party’s humiliation amid their disastrous funding standoff.
By Eric Lutz
Private Equity Companies Are Taking Over the World
“What private equity does looks a lot like looting.”
By Jacqui Germain
Senate
Mitch McConnell Froze Up Again While Talking to Reporters
The 81-year-old Senate minority leader stopped speaking for more than 30 seconds.
By Eric Lutz
SCOTUS
The Conservative Justices Sure Love Taking Free Trips From Republican Donors
Samuel Alito took a private jet to Alaska for a luxury trip with a conservative billionaire.
By Eric Lutz
Joe Biden Just Announced He’s Running for President Again
And Vice President Kamala Harris will be his running mate.
By Emma Specter
John Fetterman Opens Up About His Hospitalization and Mental Health
“Address your depression. I was skeptical it would make anything better, but it did.”
By Maggie O'Neill
Senate
Dianne Feinstein Is Becoming a Big Liability—And Republicans Know It
The 89-year-old senator, who has been on medical leave since February, is giving Mitch McConnell and Co power to block Joe Biden's court nominees by refusing to step down.
By Eric Lutz
It Is a Lot of Work to Be Poor and Disabled
The rollback of emergency public health measures enacted during the pandemic will make things worse.
By Alice Wong
Fetterman's Fitness
Senator Fetterman Is Expected To Return To Work After Treatment for Depression
The Pennsylvania senator has been praised for speaking openly about his health.
By Kelly Rissman
2024
It Looks Like a Lot of Republicans Will Enter the 2024 Presidential Primary
That's what happened in 2016 too.
By Caleb Ecarma
Congress
A Progressive Arizona Congressman Is Running to Unseat Kyrsten Sinema
“The rich and the powerful, they don’t need more advocates,” Rep. Ruben Gallego said.
By Abigail Tracy
Ticketmaster Faces Congressional Hearing After Taylor Swift Debacle
Resale tickets went up to over $22,000.
By Lex McMenamin
What the Democratic Party Owes Young Voters
Young people need policies that actually benefit them!
By Thea Sebastian
Meet the Teenagers Who Keep the US Senate Running
Here’s an inside look into the hectic life of Senate pages.
By Seamus Kirst