Tag: Todd Akin

Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) speaks as congressional Democrats hold their news conference on the shut down of the U.S. Agency for International Development in Washington, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025. Employees and supporters gathered outside USAID after Elon Musk posted on social media that he and President Donald Trump would shut down the agency.

Beltway Confidential

Democrats prove once again that they’re the stupid party

Peter Laffin · August 13, 2025 4:38 pm

Magazine - Obituary

Todd Akin, 1947-2021

Philip Terzian · October 8, 2021 11:38 am

Former Rep. Todd Akin, whose abortion remark sunk his political career, dies at 74

Kate Scanlon · October 4, 2021 2:15 pm

Beltway Confidential

Nancy Pelosi and liberals in general should be punished for ‘murder’

Quin Hillyer · June 25, 2020 8:34 pm

Some in the Republican Party see State Sen. Chris McDaniel, R-Ellisville, as a candidate in the mold of Roy Moore, Todd Akin, and Richard Mourdock. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Republicans fear Roy Moore, Todd Akin repeat in Chris McDaniel

Al Weaver · March 8, 2018 5:01 am

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., is currently in her full fifth term in the Senate. However, her positions on healthcare and national security were good enough to cost Feinstein, 84, the California Democratic Party's endorsement. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)

9 primaries to watch in 2018

W. James Antle III · March 6, 2018 5:01 am

On Thursday, Planned Parenthood announced the first round of states set to benefit from a $20 million spending dump on behalf of pro-choice politicians this year. Missouri, whose congressional delegation includes Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill (pictured above), was not on the list. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

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Is Sen. Claire McCaskill a lost cause for Planned Parenthood?

Emily Jashinsky · March 2, 2018 12:23 am

In a statement responding to questions about women's rights, Missouri Republican Senate primary candidate Courtland Sykes said: "I want to come home to a home cooked dinner at six every night, one that she [Sykes' fiancee] fixes and one that I expect one day to have daughter learn to fix after they become traditional homemakers and family wives — think Norman Rockwell here, and Gloria Steinem be damned." (Picture via SykesforSenate / Twitter)

GOP Senate candidate on women’s rights: ‘I want to come home to a cooked dinner every night’

Mandy Mayfield · January 25, 2018 7:33 pm

If Republican Roy Moore were to win the Alabama Senate seat after most Republicans in Congress shunned him over multiple accusations of sexual misconduct, it could boost a budding populist insurrection claimed by former White House strategist Steve Bannon. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Future of the GOP civil war comes down to Roy Moore and the Alabama Senate race

David M. Drucker · December 12, 2017 5:01 am

Is Claire McCaskill Lucky or Good?

David Byler · November 30, 2017 4:50 pm

On the ballot in Alabama, it will be Roy Moore versus Doug Jones come Dec. 12. The special Senate election, however, is widely seen as a proxy war between Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and former White House strategist Steve Bannon. (AP Images)

Mitch McConnell and Steve Bannon fight the battle of Roy Moore

W. James Antle III · November 16, 2017 5:01 am

On Monday, another woman alleged Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore sexually assaulted her. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is now trying to block Moore's election without sparking a grassroots conservative backlash. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Mitch McConnell moves to block Roy Moore without sparking grassroots backlash

David M. Drucker · November 14, 2017 5:01 am