Matt Laslo
Saudi Arabia
2 Years After Jamal Khashoggi's Brutal Murder, the Saudi Government Still Isn't Being Held Accountable
The Trump administration has refused to send Congress an official assessment of intelligence findings. They're focused on increasing arms sales to the regime.
Matt Laslo
10.2.20
music industry
Musicians Are Begging Mitch McConnell to Save Live Music Before It's Too Late
Smaller clubs – most of which weren’t eligible for PPP loans – have been warning for months that they’re on the brink of closing permanently.
Matt Laslo
8.11.20
Coronavirus
Why Is Congress on Recess in the Middle of a Pandemic?
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell refuse to even entertain the idea of remote voting.
Matt Laslo
4.2.20
Coronavirus
The GOP's Coronavirus Bailout Would Let Trump's Hotels Get a Loan But Not Planned Parenthood
Democrats are demanding GOP leaders remove the clause barring Planned Parenthood and increase restrictions and transparency on the loans to businesses, a senior Senate aide told VICE News.
Greg Walters
Matt Laslo
3.23.20
Coronavirus
Coronavirus Has Hit Congress. But They Will Still Vote *in Person* on This Pandemic Relief Bill.
There is no Plan B.
Daniel Newhauser
Matt Laslo
Jesse Seidman
3.21.20
joe biden
For Some Reason the GOP Is Suddenly Interested in Digging Into Ukraine Corruption Again
The GOP is putting its Hunter Biden investigation into high gear now that Joe is the front-runner.
Matt Laslo
3.6.20
2020
Joe Biden Has Won Some Early Super Tuesday States—but Sanders Supporters Aren't Worried
They're hoping to see Sanders crush Biden in delegate-rich Texas and California.
Matt Laslo
3.4.20
2020
The Virginia Primary Is a Huge Test of Biden's Fresh Endorsements and Bloomberg's Cash
Polls in Virginia close early enough that the results could impact voter sentiment in Texas and California.
Matt Laslo
3.3.20
right-wing politics
'You're Scumbags': We Went to the GOP's Annual Confab and Had a Nice Chat With Seb Gorka
He's just one of the fringe-right conservatives dominating CPAC this year who have no use for mainstream media.
Matt Laslo
2.28.20
Coronavirus
Lawmakers Fear Trump's Making Coronavirus Worse
The president doesn't seem to have any idea how much to spend fighting the virus.
Matt Laslo
2.27.20
Trump
Post-Acquittal Trump Really Is Democrats' Worst Nightmare
“We're going to be strategizing and doing everything possible to protect democracy.”
Matt Laslo
2.13.20
state of the union
Trump's State of the Union Was His Best Campaign Rally Yet
“Four more years, four more years, four more years,” the president’s supporters chanted before he launched into his address.
Matt Laslo
2.5.20
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