If You Think Congress Is Bad Now, You Should Hear About What Happened in 1838
Library of Congress Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In 1838, Rep. William Graves, a Kentucky Whig, shot and killed Rep. Jonathan Cilley, a Democrat from Maine, and became the only member of Congress to murder one of his colleagues. The events that led to the fatal duel were convoluted and—even…
If It Bleeds It … Gets Ignored?
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Pew Research released a note today about perceptions of crime in the US, most of it based on Gallup poll numbers. The main takeaway is well known: crime is way down over the past couple of decades but people still think crime is going up.…
It’s Time to Start Eating Roadkill
Jessica Matthews/The Washington Post via Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by High Country News. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. My mother texts me four photos of a dead moose the week I leave Alaska. It is freshly hit. The pebbled pink brains…
President Trump Just Used a White House Press Briefing to Double Down on Funding for the Wall
Evan Vucci/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. President Donald Trump made his first presidential appearance at the White House briefing room podium on Thursday afternoon to continue to insist on border wall funding amid a partial government that has lasted 13 days so far. The president was joined by officials from…
Nancy Pelosi Is Voted Speaker of the House, Which Means Democrats Are Officially in Control
Rep. Nancy Pelosi of California is applauded at the Capitol ahead of the vote that made her speaker of the House for the second time.Carolyn Kaster/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Thursday afternoon, Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) was elected speaker of the House for the 116th Congress. In the biggest…
Democrats Just Took Back Control of the House. Bask in These Joyous Photos From the Historic Day.
J. Scott Applewhite/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Does the air suddenly feel a bit lighter? For the first time in what surely feels like a lifetime for many voters around the country, Washington, DC, on Thursday provided a reason to celebrate, as Democrats regained control of the House of…