Republicans are flailing going into the midterms and they can't blame it all on Trump. They've done nothing for the past two years but repeal regulations that kept corporations from preying on the middle class and working poor, tried and failed to repeal Obamacare, making a hash ...read more

Last year, local Democrat Randy Bryce shot to political fame when he released this ad declaring his candidacy against Paul Ryan in Wisconsin's 1st district. The "Iron Stache," a military veteran, steelworker, and cancer survivor, became a phenomenon. It was even rumored that his ...read more

In an exclusive audio recording released last night by The Rachel Maddow Show, Congressman Devin Nunes admitted that he and his fellow Republicans want to hold on to the House in the 2018 midterms to impede and, just maybe, end Robert Mueller's investigation into Donald Trump's ...read more

Note: This is the second of a two-part series of articles concerning the Magnitsky Act. To read the first article, go here. The Magnitsky Act, which cut off Russian oligarchs' access to their American holdings as punishment for the death of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, represents a ...read more

“It’s quite a huge journey for a scientist to run for Congress in a big district like this as their first foray into politics, but I do hard things for a living.” So says Elaine DiMasi, Democratic candidate for New York’s 1st Congressional District (the eastern tip of Long ...read more