A Capitol Police Officer faces two counts of obstruction for allegedly urging an accused Jan. 6 rioter to delete evidence that he’d entered the Capitol. In a Facebook message to an unnamed alleged Capitol rioter on Jan. 7, Capitol Police Officer Michael Angelo Riley allegedly referred to video and picture selfies of the rioter inside […] More
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Thursday declared that the new voting rights bill Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is set to bring to the floor next week is “going nowhere.” In his statement, McConnell accused Schumer of wanting to “stage another political stunt” by painting the majority leader’s plans to file cloture […] More
While Congress is in recess this week, we’ll be watching negotiations on the infrastructure bill and presenting them to you in an evening briefing. Check in here to find out how the sausage-making is shaping up. Some Democrats are freaking out about the Virginia gubernatorial election on November 2, with early voting already underway. Polls […] More
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) reportedly told House Democrats this week that she won’t support Democrats’ sweeping reconciliation package until the bipartisan infrastructure bill passes, according to Reuters. In an online meeting, Sinema and fellow centrist Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) told the group that they will not abide by any deadlines imposed by Democratic leadership to […] More
A Colorado judge has blocked Mesa County, Colorado Clerk Tina Peters from running the county’s elections this year — the result of a state lawsuit over Peters allowing an unauthorized person into a sensitive voting machine software update meeting, after which passwords and digital images of election software were leaked online. Peters’ deputy, Belinda Knisley, […] More
Contempt proceedings against Stephen Bannon will begin on Tuesday, the House Jan. 6 Committee announced. In a Thursday press release, the panel said that it intended to refer Bannon for criminal contempt of Congress. “The Select Committee will use every tool at its disposal to get the information it seeks, and witnesses who try to […] More
Alaska state Sen. Lora Reinbold (R), who has been banned from Alaska Airlines for refusing to wear a mask, announced earlier this week that she has been diagnosed with COVID-19. “Its [sic] my turn to battle Covid head on… game on!” Reinbold wrote in a Facebook post on Tuesday night. “Who do you think is […] More
House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) on Thursday called on the Senate to do away with the filibuster if the new voting rights bill Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is set to bring to the floor next week is blocked. Appearing on MSNBC, Clyburn was asked to respond to Schumer setting up a vote […] More
TWO of our kids are giving us drama about their schooling! One gets a big talking-to and we’re pulling our youngest from her preschool. Some lessons for our children here. Some lessons we are learning. And some lessons for fellow parents. PLUS, we do have a lot of fun going to the Halloween immersive experience […] More
The voting rights effort is alive! Sort of. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said Thursday morning in a letter to members that the chamber will vote on the Freedom to Vote Act next week, after he files cloture to set it in motion on Monday. That sets up a vote to overcome a Republican […] More
This story first appeared at ProPublica and Nashville Public Radio. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. In the days after ProPublica’s investigation of the juvenile justice system in Rutherford County, Tennessee, one state lawmaker wrote that she was […] More
The House Jan. 6 select committee is already preparing to make good on its threat to hold former White House senior adviser Steve Bannon in criminal contempt ahead of his scheduled hearing on Thursday, according to CNN. The panel is planning to draw up a criminal referral for the Justice Department against Bannon “immediately,” in […] More
