Kate Nocera is the DC Bureau Chief for BuzzFeed News. Nocera is a recipient of the National Press Foundation's 2014 Dirksen Award for distinguished reporting on Congress.
“I might have postponed it if I realized this was going to blow up. We don't have any other embryos, this is it. I’m trying to be positive but it’s so hard.”
Assume decade dead.
BuzzFeed News sued the US government for the right to see all the work that Mueller’s team kept secret. We published the second installment of the FBI’s summaries of interviews with key witnesses.
Hill said her supporters should "no longer be subjected to the pain inflicted by my abusive husband and the brutality of political operatives."
"When I’ve looked at Trump these last few years, I see, like, the worst version of Joe Walsh."
Wen had worked to emphasize the group’s status as a health care provider, leading to concerns among some staff that the organization was moving away from politics.
"There were times that I would wonder ... Am I just going to be forever associated with embarrassing headlines and, you know, being an accuser? ...But I’m so glad it happened because it helped me move on with my life."
You don't know the whole story of how close we came to one of the deadliest political shootings in US history last year.
The news comes after BuzzFeed News reported that a former staffer for the Nevada Democrat said she quit Kihuen's campaign after he harassed and made repeated sexual advances toward her.
Rep. Ruben Kihuen is refusing to quit two weeks after the first woman accused him of sexual harassment. Although an ethics investigation is now underway, the stalemate shows that Congress has no clear process to handle allegations in a quick and conclusive manner.
In 2011, he resigned in disgrace. So why is former Rep. David Wu still wandering the halls of Congress?
You don't know the whole story of how close we came to one of the deadliest political shootings in US history last year.
The Texas Republican takes some time to read a bedtime story to his daughters in the middle of a long floor speech to protest Obamacare.
"No one should ever confuse me with a partisan; I’m clearly an ideologue," says Thomas Massie, the libertarian, gun-rights stalwart, MIT grad who is a surprising bipartisan.
Last year, a 25-year-old woman left her job on Democratic Rep. Ruben Kihuen’s campaign because of what she says were repeated, unwanted propositions for dates and sex. Responding to these allegations, the chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee said Kihuen should resign. Kihuen said on Friday, “I sincerely apologize for anything that I may have said or done that made her feel uncomfortable.”
Update: A major rules change in the Senate today, with support from 52 Democrats. Republicans accuse Democrats of creating a "fake fight."
The retiring Senator's name is mud on both sides of the aisle in Washington. "Maybe we'll actually get things done now," one Democrat snarked.
“I might have postponed it if I realized this was going to blow up. We don't have any other embryos, this is it. I’m trying to be positive but it’s so hard.”
The South Carolina Democrat fears a younger generation has grown complacent. "I don't think there's an urgency of what's happening now. I don't think people see the correlation between today and 50 years ago," he tells BuzzFeed.
"This should not surprise anybody that the NRA would be gathering names or frankly isn’t that opposed to it," said NAGR executive director Dudley Brown in light of BuzzFeed report.