Paul Ryan Decries Tribalism as His Super-PAC Spreads It
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. House Speaker Paul Ryan lamented the increasingly personal tone of American politics at a National Press Club event Monday. “I worry about this a lot,” he said. “The incentive in politics is invective; it’s outrage; it’s hysteria.” He ought to know. Ryan’s super-PAC, the Congressional Leadership…
For the First Time in Decades, Devin Nunes’ Local Paper Won’t Recommend Him
Andrew Janz, the Democratic candidate for California’s 22nd DistrictThomas McKinless/ZUMA Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. For more than two decades, the Fresno Bee‘s editorial board has supported Rep. Devin Nunes’ political ambitions, starting in 1996, when, at just 23 years old, he unseated a longstanding incumbent on a community…
A Republican Stuck a New Nickname on Florida’s Black Gubernatorial Candidate And It Didn’t Go Well
Tallahassee Mayor Andrew GillumWilfredo Lee/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A conservative congressman is under fire after rolling out a new nickname for the Democratic candidate in Florida’s governor’s race. At a rally on Saturday for Republican Ron DeSantis, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) criticized crime rates in Tallahassee, where Democratic…
A Bitterly Divided Senate Elevates Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court
Mother Jones illustration Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Senate today voted 50 to 48 to confirm Brett Kavanaugh as an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, replacing retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy. The closeness of his confirmation vote is unprecedented. Kavanaugh won even fewer ayes than Justice Clarence…
This Texas Republican Would Really Prefer You Don’t Ask Him About the Violence Against Women Act
Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, speaks with reporters as he leaves the House Republican Conference meeting in the Capitol.Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Violence Against Women Act, a landmark law passed by Congress in 1994 aimed at protecting women who are victims of domestic abuse and…
A Red-State Senator Just Issued a Moving Statement On Why She’s Voting Against Kavanaugh
Tom Williams/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Embattled North Dakota Sen. Heidi Heitkamp announced Thursday that she will vote against the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, putting to rest weeks of speculation on how the conservative Democrat would vote amid a tight race against her Republican challenger, Rep. Kevin Cramer,…