ICE Killed a Longtime Houston Resident. Greg Abbott Said Nothing for 8 Days.
After ICE shot and killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott went silent for over a week — then offered only that 'any loss of life is tragic.'
MAGA is Ruining America
A $274,300 Check, and One Day Later Ken Paxton Went to Bat for the Donor
A Texas Tech regent gave $274,300 to a committee backing Ken Paxton's Senate run. The next day, Paxton's office threatened to sue the Big 12 on the school's behalf.
A Voucher School Had Kids Scrub Floors and Beat a Classmate. Sarah Sanders Still Funds It.
An Arkansas private school that took state voucher money had students attack a 13-year-old and scrub floors as punishment — and Gov. Sarah Sanders' program keeps the checks coming with almost no oversight.
The $100 Million Woman: Two Decades of Payday Lenders, Private Prisons and Billionaires Buying Marsha Blackburn
A Tennessee Lookout investigation adds up the money behind Marsha Blackburn's rise: more than $100 million over 20 years, from payday lenders, a private prison company, and billionaires now poised to cash in if she becomes governor.
Marsha Blackburn Says She'll 'Hold Big Tech Accountable' — Right After Big Tech Handed Her $100,000
Weeks after Marsha Blackburn praised data centers as 'good and important' for Tennessee, her campaign reported more than $100,000 from AI and data-center employees — including a top Oracle executive. Her opponents got nothing from Oracle or Anthropic employees.
Mike Rogers Is Worth Millions. He's Still Cashing Taxpayer Pension Checks.
Michigan Senate candidate Mike Rogers has collected $125,600 from a state pension since 2022 — even though his financial disclosures show he's worth many millions of dollars.
ICE Killed Two More People in One Week — and Lied About Both
In one week this July, ICE agents shot and killed two men — a father of three in Houston and a young dad in Maine. Neither was the person ICE was looking for. And in both cases, witnesses and members of Congress contradicted the government's story.
14,441 Arkansans Just Lost Obamacare — and Their Republicans Let It Happen
New federal data shows Arkansas lost 14,441 ACA enrollees this year after Congress let health subsidies expire. The state's all-Republican delegation had the power to stop it.
Hal Rogers Represents the Heart of Black Lung Country. He Won't Help Raise Miners' Benefits.
Kentucky has more black lung recipients than any state, and eastern Kentucky's coal country is Hal Rogers' district. Local Republicans want their benefits raised. Rogers won't back the bill — and he voted against the law that saved the fund that pays them.