Sherrod Brown Decided Not to Run for President. But He Has Big Ideas for How Democrats Could Take Back the Country.
Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) speaks at a culinary union hall in Las Vegas on February 23, 2019.John Locher/AP Sherrod Brown was going to run for president. But he wrote a book instead. Well, not exactly, the Ohio senator protests when I say as much. “I didn’t think, ‘Well, it’s a presidential primary and we gotta…
In Resignation Speech, Katie Hill Blasts “Misogynistic Culture” That Enabled Abuse
(Tom Williams/Getty) During her resignation speech on the House floor Thursday afternoon, Rep. Katie Hill (D-Calif.) took responsibility for mistakes she had made that helped end her brief career in Congress. But she also denounced the “misogynistic culture” that pushed her out of office while preserving Donald Trump’s presidency. In recent days, conservative publications have…
Top Trump Homeland Security Pick Admits He Made the Call to Subject Sick Kids to Deportation
Ken Cuccinelli testified at a House Oversight subcommittee hearing on deportation of critically ill immigrants Wednesday.Jose Luis Magana/AP Ken Cuccinelli, whom President Donald Trump is considering appointing as homeland security chief using an obscure and legally dubious maneuver, admitted Wednesday that he made the controversial decision to subject critically ill immigrant children to deportation. The…
“What Happened to Her Isn’t Right”: Democratic Women Grapple with the Fallout of Katie Hill’s Resignation
Rep. Katie Hill (D-Calif.) speaks at a press conference outside of the Capitol on Tuesday, June 25, 2019.Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call via AP “It’s just fucked.” Since Rep. Katie Hill (D-Calif.) announced she was leaving Congress on Sunday night, Democratic lawmakers and their staffers on Capitol Hill are grappling with the complicated circumstances of that…
Progressive Challengers Hammer Incumbent Dems Over AIG Birthday Party
A man enters an AIG office building in 2009 in New York. American International Group Inc. used federal aid to pay out foreign and domestic banks, some of whom had received their own multibillion-dollar US government bailouts.Mark Lennihan/AP Insurance giant AIG held a 100th birthday party in the House Ways and Means Committee’s hearing room…
Revenge Porn Drove Katie Hill From Office. How Can She Fight Back?
Faye Sadou/AP On Sunday, Rep. Katie Hill (D-Calif.), announced she was stepping down, putting an end to a recently launched House Ethics Committee investigation into her alleged affair with a male aide. But her resignation won’t stop the spread of nude photos of Hill, published by the right-wing news site RedState and the British tabloid the Daily…