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Eric Cortellessa
Eric Cortellessa is a staff writer for TIME, covering Congress and national politics.
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Sugar Merger Advances, Despite US Opposition
Admnistration officials were frustrated that a government bureaucrat testified for the merger, undermining the administration's position.
By Eric Cortellessa
September 28, 2022
Why Ukraine Could Matter in Ohio Senate Race
Support for Ukraine is likely to be a pivotal issue for much of Ohio's large Ukrainian community, especially as Russia escalates the conflict.
By Eric Cortellessa
September 22, 2022
House Moves to Tweak Law, Avoid Jan. 6 Repeat
The race is on for Congress to amend the statute that Trump and his acolytes cited in their scheme to overthrow an election.
By Eric Cortellessa
September 20, 2022
Vote on Big Tech Bill Unlikely Before Election
Multiple sources tell TIME Sen. Chuck Schumer is unlikely to bring the bill known as AICO for a floor vote before the midterm elections.
By Eric Cortellessa
September 15, 2022
Mary Peltola Plans to Beat Sarah Palin Again
Alaska's newest congresswoman was friends with her predecessor, Republican Don Young. “No one will ever be able to fill his shoes.”
By Eric Cortellessa
September 14, 2022
What’s Next for the Jan. 6 Committee
While the House committee investigating Jan. 6 had originally signaled it would hold final hearings in September, they may now bleed into October and could include significant revelations.
By Eric Cortellessa
September 9, 2022
Why 'Never Trump' PACs Aim to Boost Democrats
Liz Cheney's group is the latest entrant in a network of GOP-run organizations spending millions to weaken their party's embrace of Trump.
By Eric Cortellessa
September 7, 2022
Fact-Checking Biden’s Student Loan Plan
Will Biden’s new plan make inflation worse? Is it an abuse of executive power? Here’s what to know.
By Eric Cortellessa
August 26, 2022
Masters Bets on Immigration Outcry in Arizona
Few Republican candidates are pushing immigration as hard as Blake Masters is ahead of November.
By Eric Cortellessa
August 26, 2022
Vote.Org Faces Lawsuit by Founder
The lawsuit is the latest episode in a saga surrounding the voter registration outfit that has partnered in past elections with the likes of Barack Obama and Taylor Swift.
By Eric Cortellessa
August 18, 2022
Liz Cheney Loses Wyoming GOP Primary
Cheney’s national profile rose during the Jan. 6 committee's hearings, while alienating her from the GOP's Trump-loving base.
By Eric Cortellessa
August 16, 2022
House Republicans' No Good, Very Bad Day
House Republican opposition lacked the urgency of previous battles, as Democrats sent a historic climate and tax bill to President Biden Friday.
By Eric Cortellessa
August 12, 2022
No, Biden is Not Hiring 87,000 New IRS Agents
The IRS will get nearly $80 billion in new funding from the Inflation Reduction Act, but most of it won't go to hiring new agents.
By Eric Cortellessa
August 9, 2022
Why Schumer Is Stalling an Anti-Big-Tech Bill
The bill, which Amazon, Meta and Google oppose, appears to have the support of enough Senators for it to pass.
By Eric Cortellessa
August 4, 2022
Did Schumer Dupe Republicans Or Outsmart Them
Republicans claim they were deceived, after Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin announced a surprise deal on a climate and tax bill.
By Eric Cortellessa
July 28, 2022
Republican Congressman Adam Kinzinger on Where the Jan. 6 Committee Goes Next
When Adam Kinzinger came to Congress in 2011, the 32-year-old Air Force vet was considered a rising star in the GOP. Today he's persona non grata within his own party. The Illinois lawmaker, among the...
By Eric Cortellessa
July 25, 2022
Trump Refused Multiple Requests to Call Off Mob, Jan. 6 Panel Details
Trump's refused multiple requests from his allies to call off the mob at the Capitol.
By Eric Cortellessa
July 21, 2022
How Bennie Thompson and Liz Cheney Turned the Jan. 6 Hearings Into Must-See TV
Thompson and Cheney plan to tie a bow around the narrative they have been piecing together over the last six weeks.
By Eric Cortellessa
July 20, 2022
Jan. 6 Hearing: Trump Drafted Tweet Urging March to Capitol
Trump and his allies encouraged his supporters to march to the Capitol, the Jan. 6 committee said.
By Eric Cortellessa and Vera Bergengruen
July 12, 2022
Lawmaker Helping Lead Jan. 6 Hearing First Fled Vietnam, Then Capitol Rioters
Murphy is set to lead the next Jan. 6 hearing. She tells TIME how her career, and in some ways her whole life, has led her here.
By Eric Cortellessa
July 11, 2022
How a First-Time British Director Scored Unprecedented Access to the End of Trump’s Presidency
Alex Holder gained access to the Trumps through his work on a yet-to-be-released documentary about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
By Eric Cortellessa
July 7, 2022
What Trump Knew
"I think he has gone into a whole different category of potential criminal liability,” says one legal expert, citing Cassidy Hutchinson's hearing.
By Eric Cortellessa and Vera Bergengruen
June 29, 2022
Trump Attacked His Own Security Detail on Jan. 6, Top White House Aide Testifies
Cassidy Hutchinson, an aide to former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, gave explosive testimony to the Jan. 6 committee.
By Eric Cortellessa
June 28, 2022
Democrats Want Biden to Do More on Abortion, But He Faces Tricky Legal Challenges
“Federally, we’re at a dead end," a House Democratic aide says.
By Eric Cortellessa
June 27, 2022
By Overturning Roe v. Wade, Supreme Court Makes Abortion a Top Election Issue
Abortion is now expected to be a core issue for campaigns across the country.
By Eric Cortellessa
June 24, 2022
Trump and His Allies Sought to Corrupt Justice Dept., Former Officials Tell Jan. 6 Committee
The committee also named several Republicans in Congress who allegedly sought pardons from Trump.
By Eric Cortellessa
June 23, 2022
'There is Nowhere I Feel Safe': Jan. 6 Panel Hears From Election Officials Trump Targeted
Officials explained in harrowing detail how Trump's scheme to overturn the election disrupted their lives, sometimes in ways they were still recovering from.
By Eric Cortellessa and Brian Bennett
June 21, 2022
Jan. 6 Committee Plans at Least One Additional Hearing
After originally saying it would hold six hearings, the committee is now planning a seventh, as more evidence comes in.
By Eric Cortellessa
June 20, 2022
Multiple Trump Allies Allegedly Sought Pardons After Jan. 6. Could Trump Have Issued Them?
The lawyer who advised former President Donald Trump on how to overturn the 2020 election requested a pardon from him in the days after Jan. 6, the committee investigating the Capitol attack revealed on Thursday....
By Eric Cortellessa
June 17, 2022
Eastman Told Trump That Pence Plan for Jan. 6 Was Illegal
John Eastman also requested a pardon from Trump in the days after the Capitol riot, the Jan. 6 Committee revealed.
By Eric Cortellessa
June 16, 2022
Jan. 6 Panel: Trump's Mail Voting Attacks Fed 'Big Lie'
Despite the pandemic, Trump encouraged his supporters to vote in person, which led to big swings in the reporting of some election results.
By Eric Cortellessa
June 13, 2022
Jan. 6 Hearings: What We Learned on Day One
Video footage by former Trump officials stirred many of those who attended the hearing.
By Eric Cortellessa
June 9, 2022
The Jan. 6 Committee Is About to Hold Public Hearings. Here's What to Expect.
Committee members are signaling that they've saved the most eye-opening and jaw-dropping information for the hearings, which start Thursday.
By Eric Cortellessa
June 7, 2022
Trump Pick for Nevada Senate Faces Tough Primary Challenge
Sam Brown, whose face bears the scars of an IED ambush, has made the primary competitive as early voting begins.
By Eric Cortellessa
June 2, 2022
The Strange Coalition in Congress Poised to Score a Major Win Against Big Tech
Congress doesn’t get much done these days, but one major piece of legislation stands a good chance of becoming law thanks to a bizarre coalition that includes virtually every Democrat not from California and some...
By Eric Cortellessa
May 31, 2022
Senate Hearing for Biden's ATF Nominee Displays Rigid Partisan Divide on Guns
Less than 24 hours after a shooter killed 19 children and two teachers in a Texas elementary school, lawmakers grilled President Joe Biden’s pick to become the nation’s chief regulator of guns. Frustrations over the...
By Eric Cortellessa
May 25, 2022
'I'm Sorry. I've Got Your Sister.'
Katherine Massey had a list. She needed to get meat, fruit, paper towels. The 72-year-old Buffalo native usually went to the grocery store every two weeks, and when she did, she stocked up. On Saturday,...
By Eric Cortellessa/Buffalo
May 20, 2022
Biden Condemns White Supremacy in Emotional Speech in Buffalo
President Joe Biden on Tuesday called the deadly supermarket shooting in Buffalo, N.Y. an act of terror and excoriated the white supremacist ideology that inspired the alleged gunman, but he stopped short of announcing a...
By Eric Cortellessa/Buffalo, NY
May 17, 2022
The Buffalo Shooter Targeted a City Haunted by Segregation
The gunman allegedly posted a racist manifesto online before the massacre.
By Eric Cortellessa/Buffalo
May 16, 2022
Why the Bipartisan Push to Prevent Another Jan. 6 Is Running Out of Time
The Electoral Count Act may not be updated before the 2024 election.
By Eric Cortellessa
May 12, 2022
Congressman's Campaign Finances Draw Scrutiny
Rep. Anthony Brown, Democrat of Maryland, wants to be the state’s top law enforcement officer, but his own campaign’s spending may violate state election law, according to campaign finance experts. The three-term congressman announced on...
By Eric Cortellessa
May 9, 2022
In Wisconsin, an 1849 Abortion Ban Could Make for a Chaotic Post-Roe Landscape
Wisconsin’s attorney general, a Democrat, has vowed to not enforce it but can’t stop local officials from doing so.
By Eric Cortellessa
May 5, 2022
Democrats Can't Do Much to Protect Abortion
Democrats in Congress were in a fighting mood on Tuesday. Just hours after Politico published a draft opinion by a Supreme Court majority that would strike down Roe v. Wade, senators issued fiery promises about...
By Abby Vesoulis and Eric Cortellessa
May 3, 2022
Congress Is Poised to Crack Down on Big Tech
Lawmakers say they expect to pass a bipartisan bill this summer that will prohibit platforms like Google and Amazon from giving preference to their own services over those of their competitors
By Eric Cortellessa
April 20, 2022
Lots of Democrats Loathe Kyrsten Sinema. Mark Kelly Is Trying To Be More Like Her
Over the last few weeks, a Democratic senator from Arizona blocked President Joe Biden’s nominee for a top job in the Labor Department, dealing a blow to the White House's pro-labor agenda. The same senator...
By Eric Cortellessa
April 13, 2022
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