A Pro-Scientist Campaign Group is Attacking a Fellow Democrat
Hans Keirstead, left, and Harley Rouda at a candidate forum in Irvine, California, on May 22, 2018Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. As California’s primary nears, a new ad is attacking one of the Democratic frontrunners seeking to unseat Republican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher. The spot targeting businessman…
California Democrat Enlists Former “Seinfeld” Star to Mock Dana Rohrabacher
Jason AlexanderHarley Rouda for Congress Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Former Seinfeld star Jason Alexander has a new role. In a new campaign ad, he plays the moderator of a mock debate between Democratic congressional hopeful Harley Rouda and his Southern California district’s 15-term Republican incumbent, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher. The three-minute…
Elizabeth Warren’s Protégée Is Running for Congress in Orange County—and Might Actually Win
Bill Clark/Associated Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Katie Porter was a rookie law professor at the University of Iowa in 2006 when she started asking questions about mortgage fraud. Egged on by a $100 million lobbying campaign from the financial services industry, Congress had recently overhauled federal bankruptcy laws,…
The Kentucky House Majority Leader Wrote a Bill to Cut Teachers’ Pensions. A Teacher Just Beat Him at the Polls.
Travis Brenda, a teacher at Rockcastle County High School, defeated Jonathan Shell in a state House Republican primary on Tuesday. Wade Payne/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. When Kentucky passed a plan this spring that threatened the pensions of its future educators, thousands of teachers rallied outside the statehouse in…
Key Arizona Republican Freaks Out Over “Another Generation of DACA-like People”
Rep. Martha McSally (R-Ariz.)Bill Clark/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In a House hearing on immigration Tuesday, Rep. Martha McSally (R-Ariz.) accused most asylum seekers of immigration fraud and suggested that unaccompanied children who reach the United States are likely to become MS-13 gang members. She warned that if the asylum…
Last Night Was Huge for Black Women in Georgia—and Not Just Because of Stacey Abrams
McBath at a gun violence rally in 2013.Jaime Henry-White/AP Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. There was plenty for progressives to celebrate on Tuesday night in Georgia—and it was a moment that signaled a huge milestone in black women’s political power ahead of November. In a downtown Atlanta Sheraton packed with…