Abigail Tracy
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Kevin McCarthy’s Impeachment Push Isn’t Going to Satisfy House Republicans
Even as the Speaker kicks off an evidence-free inquiry into Biden, his right flank is stepping up its demands and steering the government toward a shutdown. As one Democratic rep tells VF, “The McCarthy-MAGA brand is chaos and distraction.” → Read More
Is North Carolina Going to Become Like Ron DeSantis’s Florida?
Mark Robinson, the leading Republican candidate for governor in North Carolina, has a history of sharing sexist, homophobic, and transphobic views, as well as trivializing assault. Already with a veto-proof GOP majority in the state legislature, North Carolina may be poised to lose its purple state cred. → Read More
Kamala Harris’s 2024 Role Crystallizes Around Abortion Rights
The Biden-Harris ticket is going all in on the one-year anniversary of the Dobbs decision, betting the Republican assault on reproductive rights will continue to galvanize voters in the presidential election. → Read More
Hunter Biden to Plead Guilty in Justice Department Probe
The Justice Department has inked a deal with the president’s son to plead guilty to two counts of tax misdemeanors. Biden will also face a charge—but not prosecution—for the illegal purchase of a handgun, according to a Tuesday court filing. → Read More
“We Don’t Know How Long We Have”: Minnesota Democrats Are Passing as Many Progressive Laws as They Can
Democrats have full control of Minnesota’s state government for the first time since 2014. In the face of conservative extremism in red states, they have a motto for passing progressive laws around issues like gun control and voting rights for formerly incarcerated felons: “Let’s f--king go.” → Read More
Kevin McCarthy’s Standing Among House Republicans Is Only Looking Worse
Not only are the hard-line conservatives pissed off over the debt deal, the Speaker is now playing a blame game with his own deputy in leadership. → Read More
Kevin McCarthy Got a Debt Deal Passed. It May Cost Him
Several House Republicans are already calling for McCarthy’s Speaker gavel. → Read More
House Democrats Are Clearly Not Happy With Joe Biden’s Handling of the Debt Ceiling Fight
As Republicans and the White House say they are getting much closer to a deal, Democrats are frustrated that their leaders are ceding the political messaging to Kevin McCarthy. → Read More
“They’re Afraid of the Majority”: Republicans Are Pushing a Quiet Assault on Direct Democracy
After reproductive rights activists secured major victories last election cycle on ballot measures, Republican lawmakers across the country are driving forward a flurry of legislation that could cement minority rule in state constitutions. → Read More
“The National Model for How to Lose Elections”: North Carolina Republicans Pass 12-Week Abortion Ban, Overriding Governor’s Veto
The vote, the final scene of a clash between the Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper and the state’s conservative supermajority in the legislature, has re-emboldened Democrats’ intentions of making North Carolina a battleground in 2024. → Read More
Kevin McCarthy Really Didn’t Want to Talk About Donald Trump’s Sexual Abuse Verdict
Plus, the Republican House Speaker said he would hold off on addressing George Santos’s indictment until a ruling came down. → Read More
“Don’t Get in Our Way”: Kamala Harris Kicks Off Biden’s Reelection Bid With a Battle Cry on Abortion
As Republican politicians struggle to sell the party’s extreme antiabortion agenda to the American public, Harris made clear that reproductive rights will be on the ballot in 2024. → Read More
Abortion Drug Mifepristone Stays Legal For Now, Supreme Court Rules
The high court put a hold on a conservative Texas judge’s ruling banning the medication until an appeals process can play out. The case could still have major implications for abortion access and the power of the FDA. → Read More
Democrats Argue Biden Should Just Ignore Abortion Medication Ruling
As the Biden administration appeals a Trump-appointed judge’s decision to halt the FDA’s approval of mifepristone, Democrats censure the ruling, calling it a clear extension of the antiabortion movement. → Read More
A Trump-Appointed Judge Has Halted the FDA Approval Of a Leading Abortion Pill
Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk has stayed the FDA’s approval of a medication used in nearly half of abortions carried out nationwide, in what could be the most far-reaching limit on abortion since the end of Roe. The federal government has seven days to respond. → Read More
“It Will Be Bruising”: Jockeying for Dianne Feinstein’s California Senate Seat Has Already Begun
With heavy-hitters like Adam Schiff, Katie Porter, and Barbara Lee waiting in the wings, party insiders say the showdown is destined to be one for the ages. “Democrat-on-Democrat contests are ugly and expensive,” one strategist tells Vanity Fair, “and this isn’t just any Senate seat, this is California.” → Read More
George Santos “Shouldn’t Be There”: Republican Infighting Spills Over at Joe Biden’s State of the Union
Mitt Romney calls New York’s Santos a “sick puppy.” Lauren Boebert appears to distance herself from Marjorie Taylor Greene and Kevin McCarthy tries very hard to keep his party civil. → Read More
“She Is Absolutely Separated From Reality”: Kyrsten Sinema’s Davos Appearance Emboldens Detractors Eyeing Her Senate Seat
Arizona congressman Ruben Gallego, a possible contender for Sinema’s seat in 2024, called the senator’s decision to pal around with the rich and powerful at the World Economic Forum a “tacky” piece of “performance art.” → Read More
Kevin McCarthy, Still Not Speaker
The California Republican has a lot of detractors who seem more than happy to continue blocking his bid for the speakership. McCarthy, though, maintains he has a shot. → Read More
Will Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s US Visit Win Over Kevin McCarthy?
Kevin McCarthy said a Republican-majority House wouldn’t be giving Ukraine a “blank check.” Now, the Ukrainian president is making his first trip to the United States since the war with Russia broke out, and is set to address Congress. → Read More