A Pennsylvania state senator and former Republican gubernatorial candidate whose support for Donald Trump drew him to the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 is suing a Canadian university and nearly two dozen academics

Former Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams is no stranger to voter suppression in Georgia and she sees a nightmare scenario for how Republicans could nullify a Democratic victory in the state in November. In August, after Donald Trump praised three Republican appointees to the Georgia State Election Board by name at a rally in Atlanta, […]

On July 15, when former President Donald Trump first appeared at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, he brought along two new accessories. One was a large bandage covering his ear, which had been nicked by a would-be assassins bullet. The other was Ohios first-term senator and Hillbilly Elegy author JD Vance, who was about […]

Steve Benen @ The Maddow Blog: New reporting makes Vances handling of Springfield story look even worse According to the city manager in Springfield, Ohio, JD Vance knew the truth about Haitian immigrants. The senator and Donald Trump kept lying anyway. Angry White Men: Jeremy Carl: The Racist Lie About Haitians Eating Pets Is Gonna […]The post

A Republican US Senator has told an Arab American advocate to hide your head in a bag.

Republican lawmakers think the second assassination attempt against former President Trump could give his struggling campaign a needed boost by energizing GPO voters and putting Democrats on the defensive over their warnings that his reelection represents a threat to democracy. Republican senators are reluctant to talk about Trumps latest brush with death in crass political...

Senators and parents are ratcheting up pressure on House lawmakers this week to push forward with legislation aimed at increasing childrens digital safety and privacy as a House committee prepares to mark up the bill Wednesday. Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), the co-author of the Kids Safety Online Act (KOSA), kicked off these efforts Monday morning amid the roadblocks...

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Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.), chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC), indicated the party is not yet committed to devoting financial resources to Texas or Florida despite its claims that it is in striking distance to flip the two GOP-held seats. Peters told reporters Tuesday morning that while the pair of seats, now held by Sens. Ted Cruz (Texas) and Rick Scott...

In this episode of NTDs Profiles of Service, we sit down with Senator and former Florida governor, Rick Scott. Scott talks about what it takes to get things done in the U.S. Senate and his approach to leadership. You don’t lead through dictatorships, you lead by having a great mission and a great team and […]

Republican VP nominee claims at Wisconsin rally that constituents told him theyd seen something in SpringfieldJD Vance defended his comments about Haitian immigrants eating pets during a rally Tuesday, saying that the media has a responsibility to fact-check stories not him.The rally in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, came two days after the Ohio senator

A second attempt to pass legislation guaranteeing access to in vitro fertilization for women who need it failed after Republican senators filibustered it on Tuesday.

Senators will vote for second time as Democrats highlight election issue after controversial Alabama court decisionThe Senate will vote for the second time this year on whether to consider legislation that would establish a nationwide right to in vitro fertilization Democ...

A bipartisan group of senators is calling on President Biden to reinstate duties on Mexican steel to guard against Chinese backdoor access to the U.S. market. In a letter led by Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), the lawmakers ask Biden to set a 25 percent tariff on all Mexican steel imports, following a 2019 agreement that...