Things Are Going Great for Almost Every Democratic Senate Candidate—With One Big Exception.
Scott Anderson/ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Heading into the 2018 midterm elections, Democrats faced long odds of taking back the Senate. With 10 incumbents up for reelection in states carried by President Donald Trump—five representing places he carried by double digits—the party needed just about everything to go…
In Landmark Court Ruling, Nevada Can’t Use a Controversial Drug to Execute an Inmate
Sue Ogrocki/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A judge has made it nearly impossible for the state of Nevada to execute a death row inmate. Clark County District Judge Elizabeth Gonzalez banned prison officials from using its supply of midazolam, a controversial sedative responsible for several botched executions in the…
California College Students Won’t Have Access to Medication Abortions on Campus
Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On the last day he could sign or veto bills from the California Legislature’s latest session, Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed SB 320, which would have required all 32 University of California and California State University campuses to provide students with access to medication abortions at…
Rachel Mitchell’s Former Colleague Slams Her Kavanaugh Memo as “Absolutely Disingenuous”
Rachel Mitchell questions to Dr. Christine Blasey Ford before the Senate Judiciary Committee.Michael Reynolds/Pool/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A former colleague of Rachel Mitchell, the sex crimes prosecutor hired by Senate Republicans to question Christine Blasey Ford, blasted Mitchell for writing a memo casting doubt on Ford’s allegations against Supreme Court…
Bud Light and the Labour Party: For the Many, Not the Few
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The White House Has Placed All Sorts of Limits on the FBI in New Kavanaugh Probe
Saul Loeb/ZUMA Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Friday morning, two women confronted Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) in a Senate elevator and told him about their sexual assaults. Hours later, in a dramatic eleventh-hour move, Flake held up the Senate Judiciary Committee’s vote to advance Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh to the Senate…