“I Don’t Have to Stop Being an Activist”
Rashida Tlaib speaks at a Muslim Get Out the Vote rally in Dearborn, Michigan, on July 29, 2018.Jim West/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Rashida Tlaib was nearly breathless. It was 1:30 on Tuesday afternoon, and the newly elected congresswoman told me that she’d been racing from one meeting to the…
Kyrsten Sinema Just Officially Beat Martha McSally to Be Arizona’s Next Senator
Matt York/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Monday night, Democratic Rep. Kyrsten Sinema officially defeated Republican Rep. Martha McSally to be Arizona’s next senator. The campaign to replace retiring Republican Sen. Jeff Flake proved incredibly tight and put the country on edge over the past week; on election night,…
A Good Climate Policy Rises Above Politics
Britta Pedersen/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Grist and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. As the results of the midterms continue to trickle in, one thing is clear: Bipartisan climate action in the US is over. For decades, there’s been the dream that one…
The Most Extreme Wing of the House GOP Just Got More Powerful
Members of the House Freedom Caucus, (L-R) Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI), Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Chairman Mark Meadows (R-NC) participate in a Politico Playbook Breakfast interview in Washington, DC.Mark Wilson/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. For the first time in eight years, the House of Representatives has turned…
House Dems Already Have Their List of Trump Scandals to Investigate. Here It Is.
Evan Vucci/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Here comes the flood. With the Democrats having won control of the House of Representatives, President Donald Trump and his crew in the White House and assorted federal agencies can expect to be hit by a wave of investigations and subpoena requests from…
What’s the Real Deal With This GOP Megadonor Who’s Claimed He Wants Climate Action?
A ClearPath Action ad for Fred Upton (R-Michigan), who is in a competitive race.ClearPath Action, YouTube Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Three years ago, Jay Faison, a businessman from Charlotte, North Carolina, made a big splash by promising to change the Republican party’s views on climate change. He pledged a total of $175 million…