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19 Jan 2024, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal A New Republican Mom Wants to Change House Rules for Postpartum Voting DNyuz – Anni Karni (New York Times) | Published: 1/16/2024 When she arrived in Congress last year, Rep. [read post]
17 Jun 2022, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Bipartisan Bill Aims to Curb Foreign Influence in U.S. [read post]
7 Jun 2019, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal A ‘Bridge’ to China, and Her Family’s Business, in the Trump Cabinet MSN – Michael Forsythe, Eric Lipton, Keith Bradsher, and Sui-Lee Wee (New York Times) | Published: 6/2/2019 Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao has no formal affiliation or stake in her family’s shipping business, Foremost Group, which has deep ties to the economic and political elite in China. [read post]
21 Jan 2022, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal DirecTV Says It Will Sever Ties with Far-Right Network One America News MSN – Timothy Bella (Washington Post) | Published: 1/15/2022 DirecTV announced it will sever ties with One America News (OAN) after this year, pulling the conservative news channel from millions of homes. [read post]
9 Sep 2022, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal ‘Fat Leonard’ Goes on the Lam Weeks Before Sentencing in Navy Bribery Scandal Portland Press Herald – María Luisa Paúl (Washington Post) | Published: 9/6/2022 The Malaysian defense contractor who pleaded guilty to bribing Navy officials with sex parties, fancy dinners, and alcohol in a corruption scandal has escaped just weeks before his sentencing date. [read post]
11 Sep 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal $2,933 for ‘Girl’s Night’: Medicaid chief’s consulting expenses revealed Politico – Dan Diamond and Adam Cancryn | Published: 9/10/2020 A House investigation showed how Seema Verma, the Trump administration’s top Medicaid official, spent more than $3.5 million on a range of GOP-connected consultants, who polished her public profile, wrote her speeches and Twitter posts, brokered meetings with high-profile individuals, and even billed… [read post]
14 May 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal ‘A Perpetual Motion Machine’: How disinformation drives voting laws New York Times – Maggie Astor | Published: 5/13/2021 Former President Trump’s months-long campaign to delegitimize the 2020 election did not overturn the results. [read post]
11 Jun 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Abbe Lowell Is the Go-To Lawyer for Embattled Politicians. [read post]
2 Feb 2023, 9:37 pm by Jim Sedor
National/Federal At the Supreme Court, Ethics Questions Over a Spouse’s Business Ties Seattle Times – Steve Eder (New York Times) | Published: 1/31/2023 After Chief Justice John Roberts joined the U.S. [read post]
9 Feb 2024, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Luxury Spending, Internal Strife Leave NRA Staggering Into 2024 Election Anchorage Daily News – Beth Reinhard and Sylvia Foster-Frau (Washington Post) | Published: 2/4/2024 In 2016, the National Rifle Association (NRA) endorsed helped catapult Donald Trump to the White House with $31 million in campaign spending. [read post]
17 Mar 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal No Rest Between Censuses for Congressional Mapmakers DNyuz – Reid Epstein (New York Times) | Published: 3/10/2023 For just about all of the nation’s history, politicians would fight over redistricting for a short period after each once-a-decade census, then forget about congressional maps until the next reapportionment. [read post]
9 Jun 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Prosecutors Scrutinize Political Nonprofit Groups for Fund-Raising Fraud DNyuz – David Fahrenthold, William Rashbaum, and Tiff Fehr (New York Times) | Published: 6/1/2023 Federal prosecutors are scrutinizing at least 10 political nonprofit groups seeking to determine if the organizations defrauded donors, according to subpoenas. [read post]
3 Jan 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal 2020 Democrats Are Naming Their Fundraising ‘Bundlers’ Amid a Fight Over Big Money in Politics Philadelphia Inquirer – Jonathan Lai and Julia Terruso | Published: 12/26/2019 When it comes to political fundraising, rich people are great. [read post]
24 Jun 2022, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal 2022 Primary Results: Alabama Senate runoff, D.C. and Virginia primaries CBS News – Fin Gómez and Aaron Navarro | Published: 6/21/2022 Virginia and the District of Columbia held primaries on June 21 and Georgia also held runoff elections, but perhaps the most closely watched race was the Alabama Republican U.S. [read post]
8 Oct 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Court Orders FEC to Rule on Complaints Against NRA’s Alleged Campaign Coordination Scheme MSN – Soo Rin Kim (ABC News) | Published: 10/1/2021 A federal court ordered the FEC to rule on pending complaints that allege the National Rifle Association (NRA) used shell entities to illegally coordinate campaign spending with federal candidates, including with the 2016 presidential campaign of Donald Trump. [read post]
1 Sep 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal A Lawmaker Hid One Key Fact as He Fought Checks on Gun Shops DNyuz – Glen Thrush (New York Times) | Published: 8/25/2023 Rep. [read post]
29 Jul 2022, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal A Record Number of Trans and Nonbinary People Are Running for Office MSN – Anne Branigan (Washington Post) | Published: 7/27/2022 In 2017, former journalist Danica Roem made history when she was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates, making her the first out transgender state legislator in the U.S. [read post]
21 Jul 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Supreme Court Justices and Donors Mingle at Campus Visits. [read post]
17 Nov 2023, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Trump Compares Political Opponents to ‘Vermin’ Who He Will ‘Root Out,’ Alarming Historians ABC News – Soo Rin Kim and Lalee Ibssa | Published: 11/13/2023 Donald Trump vowed to “root out” his political opponents, who he said “live like vermin” as he warned supporters that America’s greatest threats come “from within” – extreme rhetoric that echoes the words of fascist dictators like Adolf Hitler… [read post]