Author: Gabe Kaminsky

A Democratic senator who is a key player in the TikTok fight on Capitol Hill has seen several of her senior aides depart to work on behalf of the Chinese-owned social media app, records show. Senators on both sides of the aisle raised concerns on Wednesday after receiving a classified briefing from national security officials…

TikTok lobbyists sprinkled cash into the campaign coffers for some House Democrats who later voted against a bill that could lead to the popular social media app being banned in the United States, records show. In March, Reps. Jim Clyburn (D-SC), Greg Casar (D-TX), and Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) opposed the bipartisan Protecting Americans from Foreign…

A federal judicial nominee under fire for sitting on the boards of an anti-Israel think tank and a group that sought to free police killers looks increasingly doomed in the Senate. The White House continues to rally behind Adeel Mangi, President Joe Biden‘s pick for a spot on the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.…

Tech giant Google has “interfered” in elections in the United States 41 times since 2008 to censor speech and boost certain Democrats, according to a right-of-center watchdog group. Researchers found repeated examples in which Google “utilized its power to help push to electoral victory the most liberal candidates … while targeting their opponents for censorship,”…

Sandy Pensler, a wealthy Republican businessman running in the primary to be Michigan’s next senator, delivered what he thought was a straightforward message in a March television advertisement. “You’ve seen the invasion at our southern border,” Pensler, 67, said in the ad. “It’s worse than you think. Sleepy Joe [Biden] is using our tax dollars…

Senate Democrats facing tough reelection challenges in 2024 accept regular checks from the same corporations they have accused of profiting off reducing product sizes, or “shrinkflation,” records show. In order to combat GOP-led attacks on rising inflation under President Joe Biden, Democrats have sought to cast blame on private companies, which lawmakers, including Sens. Tammy…

EXCLUSIVE — A federal judicial nominee issued an apology over the weekend to senators for failing to disclose his participation at a conference with anti-Israel activists that was first reported on by the Washington Examiner. Adeel Mangi, who is President Joe Biden‘s pick for the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, wrote in a letter…

The campaign arm for Senate Democrats is “itching” to paint Republicans owning million-dollar homes outside states they’re running in as out-of-touch “carpetbaggers,” Axios reported. There’s just one problem: By that definition, so are wealthy Democratic lawmakers, according to property records reviewed by the Washington Examiner. Sens. Jon Tester (D-MT) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) own Washington,…

EXCLUSIVE — A left-wing group linked to Democratic superlawyer Marc Elias appears to have violated federal law, a watchdog alleged in a complaint. The complaint, which the conservative Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust filed on Monday with the Federal Election Commission, requests an immediate investigation into whether the American Mainstream Policy Leadership Institute “made…

In his third State of the Union address, President Joe Biden on Thursday evening railed against so-called dark money. Biden, before a joint session of Congress, urged lawmakers to pass legislation that Democrats say would make it easier to vote in elections. Almost 60 years after the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, the…