Congress

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., speaks during the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing titled

Rand Paul Is Absolutely Right About Getting US Troops Out of Syria Rand Paul Is Absolutely Right About Getting US Troops Out of Syria

An unlikely left-right coalition of a dozen senators just backed his proposal to end the authorized deployment.

Dec 15, 2023 / John Nichols

House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) looks on during a press conference on House Republicans' impeachment inquiry into President Biden at the US Capitol on November 29, 2023.

The GOP’s Ruling Mantra: When You Can’t Govern, Attack The GOP’s Ruling Mantra: When You Can’t Govern, Attack

Republicans are launching an impeachment inquiry against President Biden to distract voters from their abysmal congressional record.

Dec 13, 2023 / Chris Lehmann

Kevin McCarthy, photographed from the side, holding a podium in the Capitol building and looking downward.

Hasn’t Kevin McCarthy Humiliated Himself Enough? Hasn’t Kevin McCarthy Humiliated Himself Enough?

Leaving Congress, he endorses Trump and says he’s even open to a cabinet job in a second Trump term.

Dec 11, 2023 / Joan Walsh

Attendee interact with a SoftBank Group Corp. Pepper humanoid robot at the COP28 Climate Conference.

The Pentagon’s Rush to Deploy AI-Enabled Weapons Is Going to Kill Us All The Pentagon’s Rush to Deploy AI-Enabled Weapons Is Going to Kill Us All

While experts warn about the risk of human extinction, the Department of Defense plows full speed ahead.

Dec 6, 2023 / Michael T. Klare

Antisemitism hearing

The House of Representatives Rules That Anti-Zionism Is Antisemitism The House of Representatives Rules That Anti-Zionism Is Antisemitism

After a more than four-hour hearing of the House Education and Workforce committee, the resolution passed, with only 14 votes against it.

Dec 5, 2023 / Chris Lehmann

Senator Ted Cruz (R-Tex.), speaks during the Senate Judiciary Committee markup hearing on Thursday, November 30, 2023.

Why Senate Republicans Threw an Epic Hissy Fit Yesterday Why Senate Republicans Threw an Epic Hissy Fit Yesterday

GOP Judiciary Committee members stormed out of a committee meeting after Democrats tried to hold a vote to subpoena wealthy judicial influence-buyers.

Dec 1, 2023 / Elie Mystal

George Santos speaks during a press conference outside the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on November 30, 2023.

The George Santos Show Was Fun, but It’s Time for the Series Finale The George Santos Show Was Fun, but It’s Time for the Series Finale

Santos is undeniably captivating, but he is not a lovable scammer. He’s a hard-right ideologue, and we will all be better off without him.

Dec 1, 2023 / Faith Branch

From left, Senators James Lankford (R-Okla.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) hold a news conference in the Capitol on the Succeed Act, which would create a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants on September 25, 2017.

Republican Border Theatrics Go Into Overdrive Republican Border Theatrics Go Into Overdrive

Senate negotiations over immigration policy have become a proxy for warmongering foreign policy rhetoric.

Nov 30, 2023 / Chris Lehmann

Representative Jim Banks (R-Ind.) leaves the US Capitol on May 18, 2023.

Congressman Jim Banks’s Pressure on Indiana University to Police Antisemitism Is Duplicitous and Dangerous Congressman Jim Banks’s Pressure on Indiana University to Police Antisemitism Is Duplicitous and Dangerous

Campus debates about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict can be challenging, fractious—and sometimes triggering. But they are debates, not acts of bigotry.

Nov 29, 2023 / Jeffrey C. Isaac

Former speaker of the House Representative Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) listens during a press conference with members of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party at the Cannon House Office Building on November 15, 2023.

Kevin McCarthy’s Empire of Lies Kevin McCarthy’s Empire of Lies

The former House speaker is currently spouting a wildly inaccurate take on the history of American empire.

Nov 28, 2023 / John Nichols

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