US Senate

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley to Introduce Resolution Calling for Kavanaugh Impeachment Inquiry

Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) speaks at a rally on October 1, 2018 in Boston.

'Decades of Progress Are at Stake' as Trump Reaches 150 Lifetime Judicial Appointments and Right-Wing Court Takeover Accelerates

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"Every network should be covering this. Trump's dangerous takeover of our courts will last a generation."

'Carnage That Could Have Been Prevented': Texas Mass Shooting Provokes Calls for Stricter Gun Laws

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Police cars and tape block off a crime scene

"We've already lost far too many to gun violence—Congress must act now."

Indivisible Launches Campaign to End 'Inherently Undemocratic' Filibuster in the Senate

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.)

"It's a gimmick that has been used to stop and delay vital progressive...

'What Oligarchy Looks Like': Sanders Leads 140 Lawmakers in Condemning Trump Plan to Rip Food Stamps From 3 Million Americans

Because the Climate Crisis Is the 'Number One Priority,' Says Harry Reid, Senate Democrats Must Kill Filibuster

Watch Susan Collins Drive Away as College Student Tells Her 'More Kids Are Going to Die' Without Gun Control Legislation

McConnell's Inaction in the Face of Gun Violence Angers Democrats, Progressives Calling for Reform

'This Is Big': House Democrats Praised for Requesting Kavanaugh's Concealed Bush Admin Records

Ocasio-Cortez Responds to Photo of McConnell Supporters Groping Cutout: 'Is This Just Standard Culture of Team Mitch?'

'This Is On You': Democrats Demand McConnell Reconvene Senate to Vote on Universal Background Checks After Months of Stalling

'We Cannot Keep Handing Over Billions to Military-Industrial Complex,' Says Sanders as Senate Passes Massive Pentagon Budget

With Nation's Attention on Democratic Debate, McConnell Advances Over a Dozen Lifetime Trump Judges

Sen. Ron Wyden Tears Into Trump Intelligence Chief Pick as 'Least Qualified Individual Ever Nominated'

McConnell Dubbed 'Moscow Mitch' for Blocking Debate on Election Security Bill Just As Senate Report Details 2016 Russian Interference

"He Might've Stayed a Minute": Coal Miners With Black Lung Slam McConnell for Brushing Them Off in Healthcare Meeting

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I Know You're Not Thinking, You Never Do: Alleged President to Female Journalists Doing Their Job

Another day, another act of egregious misogyny by a boorish douchebag drunk on power: At a presser for his "new" not-NAFTA deal much like the old one he trashed, President-I-Just-Keep-Becoming-A-Worse-Asshole bullied and belittled two women journalists asking about Kavanaugh - ie doing their tough job - after which he defended the "drinking problem" Boofer Brett never admitted to. As he insulted the women - the soundtrack of our lives - his army of enabling, entitled goons dutifully chuckled.