George Santos Aide Accused of Impersonating McCarthy Staffer Now Charged
Samuel Miele has been accused of impersonating the chief of staff to Republican House leader Kevin McCarthy to raise campaign funds for George Santos.
August 16, 2023
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MAGA executive blames Richard Grenell, not homophobic speech, for Kennedy Center firing
Floyd Brown called homosexuality a “punishment” and said that Republican legislators are intimidated by gay staff members who live to work all day and have sex all night.
June 2, 2025
Former pages surveyed in Foley probe
Lawmakers, following a request from the House Ethics Committee, are surveying aides and former House pages to find out if any of them had knowledge of ex-congressman Mark Foley's inappropriate conduct toward male pages.
October 10, 2006
The Republicans Failed America and the Nation's Founders
The Constitution's crafters never imagined a political party would allow the president to extort a foreign leader.
December 19, 2019
House Ethics Committee ready to probe Foley case
House speaker Dennis Hastert's job is on the line as members of the Ethics Committee decide how to launch a credible investigation of former congressman Mark Foley's salacious computer messages to teenage pages.
October 5, 2006
Stephen Colbert Takes on Donald Trump's Very, Very Bad Week
Trump initially refused to support fellow Republicans, creating animostiy within his party, but he thinks things are going just fine.
August 8, 2016
Spokesman for antigay senator says he's gay
U.S. legislator's aide tells a Washington blog that he stands by his boss, Pennsylvania Republican Rick Santorum.
July 15, 2005
Rep Barney Frank talks about the Foley scandal
One of the few out politicians on Capitol Hill, Democratic congressman Barney Frank of Massachusetts (who survived his own scandal involving a male prostitute in 1989) gives us his take on Foley and on being a gay politician in Washington.
October 4, 2006
Bi Rep. Katie Hill Under Investigation for Alleged Affair With Aide
Hill is also alleged to have had an affair with a female campaign staffer, although the investigation apparently does not involve the woman.
October 23, 2019
Purging the gays McCarthy style
The scapegoating of gay people in light of the scandal surrounding disgraced former congressman Mark Foley is nothing new. It is a tactic honed in the dark days of the Cold War during the McCarthy-led "purge of the perverts."
October 25, 2006
Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin Will Not Seek Reelection, Leaving West Virginia Seat Up for Grabs
The conservative Democrat announced his retirement from the Senate, sparking speculation about the future political landscape and a potential third-party presidential run.
November 9, 2023
Kolbe investigated over camping trip with male pages
Overseers of the House of Representatives' page program this week discussed a camping trip that Republican congressman Jim Kolbe of Arizona took with two former interns and others in 1996--an outing now under review by the Justice Department, a congressional source said Tuesday.
October 17, 2006
Which Democratic U.S. Senators Have the Gayest and Least Gay Staffs?
Democratic senators have released their annual survey of staff diversity, and LGBTQ+ representation has risen.
July 21, 2023
Giuliani Disavows Former Aide Over Homophobic Mailer
The former New York City mayor endorsed state Senate candidate Eric Ulrich, who had been targeted with an antigay mailer by Juan Reyes.
September 13, 2012
Bush weighs in on Foley as investigation continues
President Bush on Wednesday called ex-congressman Mark Foley's conduct regarding House male pages ''disgusting'' and expressed support for Speaker Dennis Hastert's efforts to determine how officials handled the problem.
October 12, 2006
Ind. Rep. Jackie Walorski, Who Had Anti-LGBTQ+ History, Dies in Crash
Congresswoman Jackie Walorski and two staff members died Wednesday afternoon in the accident on an Indiana highway.
August 3, 2022
Out Republican Officially Loses Tight Bid for House
Provisional and absentee ballots cast for California's 52nd district put Rep. Scott Peters over the top to keep his seat.
November 8, 2014
Congressional Equality Caucus rips House Republicans’ bill abandoning transgender veterans’ health care
Republicans are stripping those who served their country of medical care.
June 27, 2025
