Steve Benen
House Republican chaos pushes U.S. closer to government shutdown
The latest madness reinforces the increasingly obvious fact that electing a GOP House majority has brought a ridiculous level of chaos to Capitol Hill...
Navy admiral: It’ll ‘take years to recover’ from Tuberville blockade
The more Tommy Tuberville claims his radical blockade is inconsequential, the more military leaders who know what they're talking about explain otherwise...
Far-right intimidation campaign turns to FBI agents, prosecutors
Threats against federal prosecutors and FBI agents have reached an “unprecedented” level. Unfortunately, they're not the only ones...
Raskin describes Comer’s anti-Biden crusade as ‘an epic flop’
As many Republicans eye a presidential impeachment inquiry, Jamie Raskin released a report characterizing James Comer's anti-Biden crusade as "an epic flop...
Trump attacks unemployment rate as ‘phony,’ ‘fake,’ and ‘crooked’
In 2016, Donald Trump attacked good economic news by telling voters not to trust the shrinking unemployment rate. Seven years later, he's doing it again...
Prosecutor to Jim Jordan: ‘You lack a basic understanding of the...
Fani Willis could've simply ignored Jim Jordan. Instead, the prosecutor told the Judiciary Committee chairman that he doesn't know what he's talking about...
The ripple effects of red-state abortion bans take their toll
As obstetricians abandon one red state in response to abortion restrictions, the broader post-Roe ripple effects are becoming tougher to ignore...
Why Vivek Ramaswamy’s new take on Pence, Jan. 6 is so...
Vivek Ramaswamy has a problem with how Mike Pence handled his duties on Jan. 6, but the Republican entrepreneur's alternate vision is a confusing mess...
GOP finds yet another Cabinet secretary it’s eager to impeach
The GOP’s impeachment list now includes the sitting president, sitting vice president, six Cabinet secretaries, the director of the FBI, and a prosecutor...
Unrepentant, Trump participates in fundraiser for Jan. 6 defendants
First, Donald Trump participated in a fundraiser for Jan. 6 defendants. Then he did it again. The word “unrepentant” keeps coming to mind...
