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splinter 'This Is Outrageous': Senate Democrats Walk Out in Protest as Chuck Grassley Ignores Rules to Force Emil Bove Vote
By Dave Levitan July 17, 2025 | 12:22pm
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splinter Republicans Miraculously Offer Just Enough No-Votes to Still Win
By Dave Levitan July 2, 2025 | 8:13am
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splinter For Republicans in Congress, Retirement is a Helluva Drug
By Dave Levitan June 30, 2025 | 8:00am
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splinter Can You Enjoy Things and Also Worry, or Are You Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy?
By Dave Levitan June 6, 2025 | 9:26am
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splinter Senate Democrats Finally Show Some Backbone (UPDATE: Maybe Not!)
By Jacob Weindling March 12, 2025 | 4:03pm
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politics > abortion Missouri Rejects Rape Exceptions, Senator Says Forced Birth Can Be ‘the Greatest Healing Agent’
By Kylie Cheung February 8, 2024 | 7:25pm
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politics > abortion Democrats Flip the Virginia House, Blocking Governor’s Proposed Abortion Ban
By Susan Rinkunas November 8, 2023 | 4:25am
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politics > congress Dianne Feinstein Has Died at Age 90
By Caitlin Cruz September 29, 2023 | 1:30pm
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politics Connecticut Man Pulls a Dr. Oz, Launches Bid for Pennsylvania Senate Seat
By Susan Rinkunas September 22, 2023 | 2:00pm
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politics MTG, Who Showed Hunter Biden’s Nudes, Laments Lack of ‘Respect’ Over Senate Dress Code Change
By Susan Rinkunas September 19, 2023 | 6:16pm
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politics We Regret to Inform You That Joe Manchin Is Flirting With a Presidential Run
By Susan Rinkunas July 18, 2023 | 9:02pm
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politics > abortion Republican Who's Holding Up Military Promotions Over Abortion Finally Calls Back Defense Secretary
By Caitlin Cruz July 13, 2023 | 9:45pm
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politics Nancy Pelosi Is Campaigning for the Man Running to Replace Sen. Kyrsten Sinema
By Laura Bassett June 27, 2023 | 10:15pm
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politics Oregon Republicans Have Walked Out and Formed a Shadow Government Over an Abortion Bill
By Kylie Cheung June 7, 2023 | 9:51pm
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politics Kyrsten Sinema Insists She Isn’t a Republican As Her Poll Numbers Tank
By Kylie Cheung May 8, 2023 | 6:30pm
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politics Nebraska Democrat Is Accused of Ethics Violation in Opposing Anti-Trans Bill
By Caitlin Cruz April 27, 2023 | 5:00pm
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politics Nebraska State Senators Deliver Master Class in Dealing With Anti-Trans Bills
By Caitlin Cruz March 24, 2023 | 8:45pm
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politics New York’s Democratic Governor May Sue Her Own Party to Force Through Anti-Abortion Judge
By Nora Biette-Timmons January 19, 2023 | 5:29pm
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politics > abortion The Supreme Court Returned Abortion to the States, and This What We Get
By Caitlin Cruz January 13, 2023 | 9:30pm
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politics Herschel Walker's Closing Message: 'I Don't Even Know What the Heck Is a Pronoun'
By Kylie Cheung December 5, 2022 | 6:40pm
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politics Herschel Walker and Raphael Warnock Head to Dec. 6 Run-Off for Crucial Senate Seat
By Kylie Cheung November 9, 2022 | 6:00pm
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politics Conservatives Humiliate Themselves Defending Herschel Walker's Fake Police Badge
By Laura Bassett October 16, 2022 | 5:15pm
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entertainment The Cringiest Public Figure Sexts of All Time
By Kylie Cheung September 22, 2022 | 9:55pm
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politics Marsha Blackburn Is a Prime Example of the Self-Victimized White Woman
By Susan Rinkunas March 24, 2022 | 7:40pm
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politics > news-politics Candidate Drops Out of Congressional Race, Citing Anorexia, Anxiety and Alcoholism
By Caitlin Cruz March 24, 2022 | 5:20pm
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politics Goodbye and Thanks for Nothing
By Marie Solis November 24, 2020 | 1:44pm
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politics > news-politics Senator Hirono Came for Attorney General Barr's Neck
By Ashley Reese May 1, 2019 | 10:30pm
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politics > news-politics Looks Like Republicans Got the Sham FBI Investigation They Wanted
By Prachi Gupta October 4, 2018 | 4:35pm
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politics > news-politics Congressional Intern Arrested for Allegedly Doxxing Republican Men After Christine Blasey Ford Hearing
By Prachi Gupta October 4, 2018 | 1:52pm
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politics > news-politics Mitch McConnell Says the Kavanaugh Vote Will Happen on Friday
By Prachi Gupta October 1, 2018 | 10:30pm
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politics > news-politics Predictably, the FBI's Brett Kavanaugh Investigation Has Turned Into a Depressing Mess
By Prachi Gupta October 1, 2018 | 2:54pm
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politics Nearly One Third of Trump's Judicial Nominees Oppose LGBT Rights
By Prachi Gupta December 20, 2017 | 6:30pm
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politics Trump Judicial Nominee Withdraws After Embarrassing Hearing
By Prachi Gupta December 18, 2017 | 8:23pm
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politics Some Democrats Are Now Urging Al Franken to Remain in the Senate
By Stassa Edwards December 18, 2017 | 4:00pm
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politics Watch Trump's Shitty Judicial Nominee Historically Bungle Every Single Question
By Ellie Shechet December 15, 2017 | 3:50pm
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politics Alleged Child Molester Still Refuses to Concede Alabama Special Election
By Prachi Gupta December 14, 2017 | 3:43pm
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politics Minnesota Lt. Gov. Tina Smith Will Replace Al Franken, and Run in 2018
By Ellie Shechet December 13, 2017 | 7:55pm
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politics > news-politics The Senate Is Slated to Vote on the No Good, Very Bad Tax Bill Soon
By Stassa Edwards November 30, 2017 | 10:50pm
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politics Al Franken's Apology Tour Has Begun
By Stassa Edwards November 27, 2017 | 7:25pm
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politics Bipartisan Gun Legislation Introduced to Prevent Domestic Abusers From Purchasing Guns
By Stassa Edwards November 16, 2017 | 6:55pm
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politics 'I Thought He Was Going to Rape Me': Another Woman Has Accused Roy Moore of Sexual Assault
By Stassa Edwards November 13, 2017 | 9:44pm
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politics > news-politics Sen. Jeff Flake Announces He Won't Seek Re-election, Citing 'The Daily Sundering of Our Country'
By Ellie Shechet October 24, 2017 | 10:25pm
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politics Alabama Senate Candidate Roy Moore Pulls Out Gun at Campaign Rally
By Prachi Gupta September 26, 2017 | 5:10pm
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politics Trump Administration Threatens to Punish Alaska in Retaliation For Murkowski's Vote Against Trumpcare
By Prachi Gupta July 27, 2017 | 2:25pm
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politics Sen. Susan Collins Said Some Real Good Shit on a Hot Mic
By Ellie Shechet July 25, 2017 | 6:15pm
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politics The Senate Is Likely to Vote on 'Skinny' Repeal of Obamacare [Updating]
By Stassa Edwards July 25, 2017 | 4:55pm
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politics John McCain Will Return to Senate Tuesday to Vote On Healthcare Bill
By Rachel Vorona Cote July 25, 2017 | 3:00am
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politics Benevolent Hero Donald Trump Will Meet With 'Victims Of Obamacare'
By Rachel Vorona Cote July 24, 2017 | 3:00am
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politics John McCain Has Been Diagnosed With Brain Cancer
By Hannah Gold July 20, 2017 | 1:10am
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politics CBO Says Obamacare Repeal Would Leave Millions Uninsured
By Stassa Edwards July 19, 2017 | 10:05pm
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politics > news-politics The GOP Really Fucked Itself Into the Ground on Healthcare, Huh?
By Ellie Shechet July 18, 2017 | 10:35pm
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politics Caitlyn Jenner Is Considering a Senate Run
By Prachi Gupta July 17, 2017 | 2:20pm
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politics Republicans Want John McCain to Recover from Surgery STAT So They Can Ram Through Their Garbage Health Care Bill
By Lauren Evans July 16, 2017 | 9:02pm
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politics Republicans Don't See Pain, Only 'Suffering'
By Stassa Edwards June 29, 2017 | 5:20pm
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politics CBO Says Senate Healthcare Bill Would Leave 22 Million More Uninsured
By Stassa Edwards June 26, 2017 | 9:15pm
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politics Senate Republicans Have Finally Released a Draft of Their Unsurprisingly Awful Health Care Bill
By Stassa Edwards June 22, 2017 | 4:05pm
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politics At Jeff Sessions's Senate Testimony, Silence and Ignorance Are Good Enough
By Stassa Edwards June 14, 2017 | 12:15am
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politics Jeff Sessions, Before and After Stonewalling: 'I Am Not Stonewalling'
By Ellie Shechet June 13, 2017 | 9:10pm
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politics Like Everyone Else, Al Franken Hates Ted Cruz
By Stassa Edwards June 1, 2017 | 4:15pm
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politics James Comey Agrees to Publicly Testify, Believes Trump Tried to Interfere With Russia Investigation
By Hannah Gold May 20, 2017 | 7:28pm
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politics > news-politics Senate Republicans Reluctantly Invite Woman to Join Health Care Group Meeting
By Ellie Shechet May 9, 2017 | 10:45pm
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politics We Have Confirmation That Sally Yates Rules
By Ellie Shechet May 8, 2017 | 10:35pm
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politics > news-politics Jeff Sessions's Justice Department Is Prosecuting a Woman for Laughing at Jeff Sessions
By Ellie Shechet May 2, 2017 | 10:20pm
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politics Someone Please Sneak Me Into Rand Paul's Class on 'Dystopian Visions'
By Ellie Shechet April 28, 2017 | 2:00pm
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politics > news-politics The Senate Has Gone Nuclear
By Stassa Edwards April 6, 2017 | 10:00pm
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politics > news-politics Report: Blackwater Founder Erik Prince Met Secretly With a Putin Ally on Trump's Behalf
By Ellie Shechet April 3, 2017 | 10:05pm
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latest Phew! John McCain Doesn't Think Trump Wants to Be 'a Dictator'!
By Rachel Vorona Cote February 20, 2017 | 1:15am
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latest Foreclosure King Steven Mnuchin Confirmed As Treasury Secretary
By Rachel Vorona Cote February 14, 2017 | 2:00am
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politics Sen. Tim Kaine's #HoldTheFloor Speech Recaps Virginia's Racist History With School Vouchers
By Ellie Shechet February 7, 2017 | 3:40pm
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politics Senate Democrats Will Debate All Night to Stop Betsy DeVos's Confirmation
By Stassa Edwards February 6, 2017 | 8:20pm
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latest Mike Pence Expects to Confirm Betsy DeVos With Tie-Breaking Senate Vote
By Rachel Vorona Cote February 6, 2017 | 2:00am
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politics Betsy DeVos's Confirmation Might Be in Trouble, But Probably Not
By Prachi Gupta February 1, 2017 | 10:05pm
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politics Facing Dem Obstruction, Republicans Ignore Senate Rules and Do Whatever the Fuck They Want
By Ellie Shechet February 1, 2017 | 5:32pm
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politics Democrats Unite to Vote Against Betsy DeVos
By Prachi Gupta January 27, 2017 | 9:25pm
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politics Budget Director Pick Forced to Testify That Trump's Inaugural Crowds Were Smaller Than Obama's
By Gabrielle Bluestone January 24, 2017 | 7:15pm
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latest Senate Confirms Mike Pompeo As CIA Director
By Rachel Vorona Cote January 24, 2017 | 3:00am
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politics Senator Interrupts Mnuchin Hearing to Argue About Who, If Anyone, Should Take a Valium
By Gabrielle Bluestone January 19, 2017 | 9:55pm
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politics Watch Sen. Michael Bennet Lecture a Shaken Rep. Tom Price About GOP Health Care Hypocrisy
By Julianne Escobedo Shepherd January 18, 2017 | 6:20pm
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politics Stop this Train, I Wanna Get Off: It's Another Senate Confirmation Hearings Liveblog
By Julianne Escobedo Shepherd January 18, 2017 | 2:50pm
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politics Watch Elizabeth Warren Beautifully Grill Ben Carson on Trump's Ethics Conflicts
By Julianne Escobedo Shepherd January 12, 2017 | 4:50pm
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politics For Some Reason, Cory Booker and 12 Other Dems Helped Kill a Bill That Would Lower Drug Prices [Updated]
By Ellie Shechet January 12, 2017 | 3:55pm
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politics Both Dumb and Terrifying: We're Liveblogging Another Round of Senate Confirmation Hearings
By Anna Merlan January 12, 2017 | 2:30pm
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politics So Much Bad at Once: It's Our Senate Confirmation Hearings Liveblog
By Ellie Shechet January 11, 2017 | 1:55pm
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politics Attorney General Nominee Says Grabbing Women by the Pussy Is For Sure Sexual Assault
By Gabrielle Bluestone January 10, 2017 | 9:00pm
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politics What Would It Take for Trump-Loving Louisiana Voters to Elect a Democrat to the Senate?
By Ellie Shechet December 9, 2016 | 8:15pm
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in-depth Virginia Senate Contender Thinks Gays Should Have Separate Bathrooms
By Mark Shrayber June 1, 2015 | 4:25pm
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latest Today's the Last Day Todd Akin Can Legitimately Drop Out of the Senate Race
By Erin Gloria Ryan September 25, 2012 | 6:30pm
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latest Report Discusses Ex-Senator's Sexting, Pants
By Anna North May 13, 2011 | 8:15pm
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latest Scott Brown Won't Vote To Defund Planned Parenthood. Or Maybe He Will.
By Irin Carmon March 22, 2011 | 10:45pm
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latest Senate Women's Dinner Club Has A Few Rules
By Irin Carmon February 4, 2011 | 3:10pm
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latest Celebrities Predictably Make "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Repeal All About Them
By Erin Gloria Ryan December 19, 2010 | 4:35pm
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latest Senate Votes to Repeal Don't Ask, Don't Tell
By Lauri Apple December 18, 2010 | 8:55pm
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latest Don't Ask Don't Tell Repeal Vote Scheduled For Saturday
By Irin Carmon December 17, 2010 | 3:24pm
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latest Dan Choi Hospitalized As House Votes On Standalone DADT Repeal
By Irin Carmon December 15, 2010 | 3:05pm
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latest Christine O'Donnell's "I'm Not A Witch" Declared Quote Of The Year
By Erin Gloria Ryan December 12, 2010 | 5:20pm
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latest Senator Saxby Chambliss Fires Staffer For Homophobic Comments
By Irin Carmon October 1, 2010 | 6:55pm
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latest Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski Concedes To Tea Partier
By Irin Carmon September 1, 2010 | 1:19pm
