A Republican Congressman Is Accused of Ignoring Sexual Abuse. Now He’s Attacking His Accusers.
June 26, 2018 – Washington, District of Columbia, U.S. – UNITED District of ColumbiaS – JUNE 26: Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, talks with reporters after a meeting of the House Republican Conference in the Capitol on June 26, 2018. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) (Credit Image: © Tom Williams/Congressional Quarterly/Newscom via ZUMA Press)Tom Williams/CQ…
A Top Gun Control Group Just Endorsed a Republican Gun Rights Defender
The March for Our Lives gun control rally in Washington, DC, on March 24, 2018Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Last week, Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick received a coveted endorsement that no other Republican has obtained this election cycle. Fitzpatrick, the GOP incumbent in Pennsylvania’s highly competitive 1st Congressional…
As Trump’s China Tariffs Kick In, US Farmers Watch Prices Slide
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. President Donald Trump’s long-simmering, multi-front trade war is about to escalate: On Friday, the United States plans to begin slapping a 25 percent tariff on $34 billion worth of goods from China, which has vowed to retaliate immediately with its own duties on US goods. …
Ben Jealous Is Trying to Succeed Where Bernie Sanders Couldn’t
Cheriss May/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. When I first spoke last summer with Ben Jealous, the former NAACP president who is seeking the Democratic nomination for governor of Maryland, he laid out his path to victory in clear, statistical terms. “My path is basically the two…
New York’s Democratic Primary Is a Big Test for the Party’s Progressive Wing
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The election of President Donald Trump sparked a grassroots resurgence in the Democratic Party, an organized resistance in red and blue America that has put Republican elected officials on notice. But in New York, the story has been a bit more complicated. Sure, Democrats are…
Dana Rohrabacher Finally Has an Official Democratic Challenger
Harley Rouda for Congress Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Democratic congressional candidate Harley Rouda will challenge incumbent Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher this November in an attempt to flip California’s 48th Congressional district from red to blue. Rouda’s competitor, stem cell scientist Hans Kierstead, has conceded the second place spot in California’s “top-two”…