It Could Take Weeks to Find Out If Democrats Won the House
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Remember this? Alan Diaz / APIf you’ve been nervously counting down the days until the November 6 election, we’ve got some bad news for you: You might have to wait quite a bit longer before you know who will control the House. That’s because roughly…
Meet the Luckiest Democrat in the World
Facebook Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Eleven days after Rep. Chris Collins (R-N.Y.) was indicted for insider training last August, his long-shot opponent, a 43-year-old town supervisor from Niagara County named Nate McMurray, donned a black helmet, knee-pads, and an old pair of weathered jeans, and drove an old Cadillac into…
The Midterms Could Spell the End of the Bipartisan Climate Caucus
David Greedy/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Grist. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In the past two years, dozens of Republican and Democratic members of the US House of Representatives have banded together in the name of tackling climate change. This bipartisan…
Unleash the Investigations! What Dems Could Do If They Win the House.
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Doug ChaykaIf Democrats win one or both houses of Congress in November, they’ll have a real say in how the country is run for the first time since Donald Trump’s inauguration. Even if the White House and the GOP won’t cooperate with them, there are…
More Than a Dozen Candidates Linked to #MeToo Allegations Will Appear on the November Ballot
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Incumbents The Challengers Sherrod BrownDemocrat, Senate, Ohio Brown’s ex-wife, Larke Recchie, filed a restraining order against Brown in the 1980s while the two were in the middle of a contentious divorce. In related court records, Recchie alleged that Brown had…
President Trump Defends Saudi Leader as “Incredible Ally”
Evan Vucci/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Saturday night, President Donald Trump defended Saudi Arabia as an “incredible ally” while at the same time criticizing the monarchy’s explanation that Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was killed during a fistfight with 15 men inside the Saudi consulate in Turkey. Turkish investigators have…