House Republicans ClusterMusk
House Republicans on Thursday failed to pass their backup plan to fund the government temporarily. The bill’s demise left lawmakers with few options to avert a looming shutdown Friday, after President...
20 Dec 202422min
Abortion in Trump's America
The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear a case over South Carolina’s effort to defund Planned Parenthood. The state wants to cut off Medicaid funding for all of Planned Parenthood’s healthcare s...
19 Dec 202421min
Media Braces For Trump's Revenge
President-elect Donald Trump made good on his promise late Monday to sue The Des Moines Register, the newspaper's former pollster, Ann Selzer, and the paper's parent company, Gannett. His lawyers argu...
18 Dec 202422min
Will Senators Let A Vaccine Skeptic Run Public Health?
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. started making the rounds on Capitol Hill Monday to lobby Senators on his nomination to be the next secretary of Health and Human Services. There are plenty of reasons why he cou...
17 Dec 202427min
Biden Puts His Stamp On Federal Courts
President Joe Biden and Senate Democrats are expected to score a big win this week. If all goes to plan, they’ll get their 235th judge on the federal bench, one more than President-elect Donald Trump ...
16 Dec 202420min
What Happens When Rebels Take Over Your Country?
It’s been a week since Syrian rebels overtook the country’s capital and forced out the longtime dictator, Bashar al-Assad. This has all been a long time coming, but now a lot is happening very quickly...
14 Dec 202429min
What Praising The UnitedHealthcare Shooter Says About America
The murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson has sparked a massive reaction online that’s veered into support for the alleged shooter, with an outpouring of sympathy on social media. This week we...
13 Dec 202424min
How Senate Dems Can Fight feat Sen. Tammy Baldwin
We are just 39 days away from President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration. But Democrats are still trying to figure out what went wrong in 2024, and how to fix it before 2026. Wisconsin Democratic Sen...
12 Dec 202425min
