This Democrat Doesn’t Want to Ban Assault Weapons. Republicans Are Attacking Him Anyway.
Keith Srakocic/Associated Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Next month’s special election in Pennsylvania’s 18th district, between Republican state Sen. Rick Saccone and Democrat Conor Lamb, will be the first congressional election after last week’s school shooting in Parkland, Florida. While many Republicans, including President Donald Trump, have been put on…
The 2018 Election Started Tuesday With One Jaw-Dropping Stat
Fernando Cortes/Shutterstock Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The 2018 election officially began on Tuesday with the first day of early voting ahead of Texas’ March 6th primaries. Evidently, a lot of people got the message. In Harris County, which includes Houston and is the state’s largest population center, Republican turnout…
Here’s Another Reason Pennsylvania’s New Congressional Map Is Bad News for Donald Trump
Carolyn Kaster/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Democrats got some good news over the long weekend when the Pennsylvania Supreme Court released a new map for the state’s 18 congressional districts. If it survives a federal lawsuit from Republicans, the court-drawn map will replace what had been one of the most lopsided GOP…
Mueller’s Indictment of 13 Russians Strikes Fear Into the Trump White House
Andrew Harnik/AP; Dmitri Lovesky/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Friday, the ongoing investigation led by special counsel Robert Mueller issued an astounding 37-page indictment charging 13 Russians in a broad conspiracy to sabotage America’s 2016 elections. By Saturday, President Donald Trump and White House officials responded by tripling down…
A Major Texas Newspaper Just Told Ted Cruz to Take a Hike
Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Dallas Morning News‘ editorial board chose not to endorse Ted Cruz in the upcoming Republican primary, instead telling voters to cast ballots for a 37-year-old Houston energy lawyer. The board cited Cruz’s few legislative wins, infamous unpopularity in Washington, and his…
That “I Approve” Tagline on Political Ads May Have Precisely the Opposite Effect of What Congress Intended
Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. I’m Rowan Walrath, and I’m an editorial fellow at Mother Jones. Did that make you more likely to trust this article? Try this: I’m Rowan Walrath, and I approve this message. New research shows that putting the latter type of tagline on a candidate’s advertisement—as…