Last week, amid mounting sexual harassment allegations, three dozen Democratic senators called for Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) to resign. In total, eight women had accused Franken of sexual misconduct, claiming that he had groped them during photo-ops or forcibly kissed them. Franken’s colleagues had apparently had enough. Twenty-four hours later, Franken was on the Senate […]
Doug Jones, a progressive Democrat in a ruby red Southern state, did something that few believed possible: he won a statewide election in Alabama. What’s more, he’s a white man who went out of his way to court black voters and then afterwards, to praise them for his victory. That’s a major political development, one […]
During a hearing on Capitol Hill Wednesday, Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY), ranking member on the House Judiciary Committee, scolded his Republican colleagues for attempting to undermine Special Counsel Robert Mueller by calling for an inquiry into Mueller’s team, and for refusing to focus on more pressing matters. “[…] With the year coming to a close, […]
During a speech on the House floor on Wednesday, Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) announced that he has prostate cancer. “Don’t ever, ever, take your health or family for granted. During the holidays, enjoy your family, because no one, no one, is promised tomorrow,” Brooks said, adding that he learned he has cancer following a doctor’s […]
If there was one part of the GOP tax framework President Donald Trump was adamant about, it was a 20 percent corporate rate. House and Senate Republicans, however, decided today they aren’t so set on it. Republicans in both chambers have reportedly reached an agreement on the final version of the bill, which includes a 21 […]
In the wake of Democratic Senate candidate Doug Jones’ historic upset in the Alabama special election on Tuesday night, Republicans are distancing themselves from Republican candidate Roy Moore — who’s been accused of sexual misconduct involving minors — once again. On Wednesday morning, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) tweeted a scripture about how the “perverse” were […]
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has, once again, brought up the idea of diplomatic negotiations with North Korea over its nuclear and ballistic missile programs, saying on Tuesday: “We can talk about the weather if you want. We can talk about whether it’s going to be a square table or a round table.” But […]
Parental notification laws requiring parents to be involved in a minor’s decision to get an abortion result in delayed abortion care and a decrease in abortions for minors, according to a new study. These laws do not increase certainty in a minor’s decision to get an abortion or help improve parental support. The study, published […]
It’s unclear just how much Alabama and the Senate’s Republican leadership can drag their feet to delay actually seating Senator-elect Doug Jones (D-AL) after his victory in Tuesday’s special election. But if Republican lawmakers try to force through the tax cut bill without letting Jones have a say, they will be diverging from a tradition […]
A wave of their own incompetence is about to come crashing down on the Republican Party. After barely passing a tax bill costing $1.4 trillion — cutting taxes for corporations and most rich people, hiking taxes for the poor, and destabilizing health insurance markets — Senate Republicans discovered a $250 billion drafting error in the bill. One Republican, […]
People who don’t have health insurance through work have two more days to sign up for coverage if they purchase plans on HealthCare.gov. The deadline is December 15 at 3 a.m. for all residents, except for those in areas impacted by hurricanes and those in 11 states and Washington, D.C., who have longer sign-up periods. About 4.7 million […]
There’s a well-worn joke that has circulated among religion writers for at least the past decade: every year, someone publishes a piece prophesying the “rise” of the Religious Left. And every year, the prediction turns out to be laughably overblown. And then 2017 happened. These days, nobody’s laughing at the Religious Left. Granted, the core […]
Moments after calling the Alabama U.S. Senate race for Democrat Doug Jones, Fox News pondered what the defeat of Republican Roy Moore — a candidate who faced numerous credible sexual misconduct allegations — could mean for President Trump, who has himself been accused of assault by 14 women. “Laura, to your point, I think that […]
Black voters were instrumental in Democratic Senate Candidate Doug Jones’ historic win in Alabama Tuesday night. Turnout was very high in heavily black counties, between about 72 and 77 percent of the 2016 election turnout, while it was just 55 to 60 percent in rural white counties, according to the Cook Political Report. In one […]
Democrat Doug Jones captured a major victory on Tuesday night, wining the special election to fill Alabama’s vacant U.S. Senate seat and delivering a substantial blow to the Republican legislative agenda. Jones, a former U.S. attorney, beat Republican Roy Moore in an election day marked by unusually high turnout throughout the state, particularly among African-Americans. […]
During Tuesday’s White House press briefing, press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders excoriated reporters inquiring about President Donald Trump’s controversial comments to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), saying their minds were “in the gutter.” Sanders was responding to a question from April Ryan, Washington bureau chief and White House correspondent for American Urban Radio Networks, regarding a […]
It’s been two weeks since Hondurans headed to the polls to elect a new president. Since then, there have been reports of electoral fraud, widespread protesting and rioting that have rocked the already-precarious Central American state. And the U.S. response? Send them military aid. The crisis started in late November when Honduras held a hotly-contested […]
DOTHAN, ALABAMA — Dechauna Jiles was excited to cast a ballot on Tuesday for Democratic Senate candidate Doug Jones. She said her parents grew up two blocks from the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, which was bombed by the KKK during the civil rights movement, and it would be a dishonor to her family […]
