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Steve Scalise

  1. the national interest
    Steve Scalise’s Ignorant, Racist Case Against D.C. StatehoodRepublican from murderous, corrupt state says D.C. has too much crime and corruption to be a state.
    By Jonathan Chait
  2. politics
    House Votes To Override Trump Veto for the First TimeThe president vetoed the annual defense authorization bill, partially to protect Confederate-named installations. The key vote will be in the Senate.
    By Ed Kilgore
  3. republican national convention
    Republicans Promised a Convention, But Delivered Crazy TalkOn the first night of the RNC, speakers worshipped Trump but rarely mentioned their party, and many went over the brink with wild anti-Biden rhetoric.
    By Ed Kilgore
  4. politics
    QAnon Booster Marjorie Greene Continues March Toward CongressIt’s hard to be too extreme in pockets of red America like Georgia’s 14th District, where Greene just won the Republican primary.
    By Ed Kilgore
  5. impeachment
    Republicans Storm Closed Meeting, Demand Transparency for Stonewalling TrumpTrump’s allies want transparency from Congress, but not from him.
    By Ed Kilgore
  6. racism
    Steve King’s Political Prospects May Be Fading, but His Party’s Racism Is NotKing is one of his party’s most flagrant bigots — but not by much.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  7. ilhan omar
    Steve Scalise Delivers the GOP’s Most Cynical Ilhan Omar Rebuke YetScalise admitted to attending a white supremacist event in 2002. Now he is lecturing Americans about national security and anti-Semitism.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  8. republicans
    Kevin McCarthy Easily Wins Bid to Lead Diminished House RepublicansThe congressman from California finally won the job he nearly got in 2015 — though thanks to the midterms, it did not come with the Speaker’s gavel.
    By Ed Kilgore
  9. House Democrats Refuse to Take Bait on ‘Abolish ICE’ Vote Arranged by GOPRepublicans want to distract attention from their own immigration disagreements and burn a straw man, but House Democrats aren’t cooperating.
    By Ed Kilgore
  10. The Race for House Speaker Is Kevin McCarthy’s to LoseScalise has stepped aside, but the Californian has to overcome the conservative resistance that defeated his last bid for the speakership in 2015.
    By Ed Kilgore
  11. Paul Ryan’s Retirement Could Roil House RepublicansHe may be stepping down in anticipation of electoral disaster. But win or lose, House conservatives will keep pushing their leadership to the right.
    By Ed Kilgore
  12. Steve Scalise Returns to Congress 15 Weeks After Congressional Baseball Shooting“I’m definitely a living example that miracles really do happen,” Scalise said.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  13. Judge Tosses Sarah Palin’s Lawsuit Against New York Times“Negligence this may be; but defamation of a public figure it plainly is not.”
    By Benjamin Hart
  14. Six Weeks After Shooting, Steve Scalise Is Discharged From D.C. HospitalThe Louisiana Republican has made “excellent progress.”
    By Adam K. Raymond
  15. Senate Candidate Uses Audio of Scalise Shooting in Campaign AdScalise’s staff objected in strong terms.
    By Benjamin Hart
  16. Representative Scalise Remains in Serious Condition Following SurgeryDoctors said the congressman, who was shot last month, “tolerated the procedure well.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  17. Representative Steve Scalise Back in Intensive Care Three Weeks After ShootingHis staff said there are “new concerns for infection” and his condition is serious.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  18. Congressional Baseball Game Goes On As Normally As PossibleLawmakers took to the field just a day after the shooting of House whip Steve Scalise.
    By Olivia Nuzzi
  19. It’s Time to Redraw the Line Between Violent and Nonviolent Political ActivismInstead of finger-pointing or empty expressions of civility, the best reaction to today’s shooting is a clear refusal to support or incite violence.
    By Ed Kilgore
  20. Gunman Targets Congressional Baseball Practice, Shoots GOP WhipSteve Scalise has been shot after a gunman opened fire on a field where GOP members of Congress were practicing for their annual baseball game.
    By Eric Levitz and Jen Kirby
  21. After Shooting, Democrats Send Thoughts and Prayers to GOP LawmakersWashington is experiencing a rare moment of compassion and civility.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  22. oh congress!
    Congressman Sorry for Speaking to White-Supremacist GroupTwelve years ago.
    By Katie Zavadski
  23. washington
    GOP Congressman Can’t Recall Whether He Spoke to White SupremacistsBack in 2002.
    By Katie Zavadski