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Senior Politics Editor, HuffPost
HuffPostRielle Hunter Reveals What It's Like to Be At The Center Of A Media Firestorm
In the summer of 2006, former North Carolina Senator John Edwards turned heads when he commissioned a series of web-based documentary shorts for his leadership PAC, the One America Committee. Rielle Hunter was Edward’s documentarian. In September of that year, I was three-months into my gig as a political reporter at the Huffington Post when I got a tip that Edwards and Hunter had had an affair.
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The lessons learned and not learned from the doomed Iraq War vote.
Two Democrats who voted against the war authorization discuss it on this week's "Candidate Confessional."
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What It Was Like To Be An Openly Gay Candidate For Congress In 1996
The latest "Candidate Confessional" podcast looks at a key race in the 1990s.
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How A Failed Vote To Bail Out Wall Street Predicted Trump's Rise
Candidate Confessional revisits the 2008 fight over the collapsing economy.
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The Inside Story Of How Congress Sent The Stock Market Tumbling
Everyone in Congress knew the 2008 bailout was politically toxic, but it was supposed to pass. When it didn't, there was no Plan B.
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When Congress Finally Allowed Openly Gay Service Members, The Vote Came With A Cost
A top priority of the immigration advocacy community was left behind, and lawmakers still haven't passed it.
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Barney Frank: Don't Blame Bill Clinton For 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
The former congressman says the former president has been unfairly maligned.
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Inside The Creation Of The Best Campaign Ad Of 2016
Unlike other Democrats, Jason Kander isn't awkward around guns. He doesn't shy away from gun control either.
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How The Cocaine Congressman Was Undone By Sheep
Trey Radel burned a bridge early in his career, and it came back to haunt him when he was embroiled in scandal.
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How A Tea Party Darling Became Washington's Cautionary Tale
Cocaine wasn't the only thing that brought down former Rep. Trey Radel. Hubris did too. Now, he has advice for lawmakers.
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You Don't Have To Run For President To Experience The Viciousness Of The Internet
David French weighed a presidential bid. Before he even made a decision, he got a heavy dose of racist vitriol from internet trolls.
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How Bill Kristol Briefly Blew Up The 2016 Presidential Race With A Single Tweet
The Weekly Standard editor wanted a #NeverTrump candidate. And he nearly got one.
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While Democrats Reveled In Donald Trump's Rise, Hillary Clinton's Campaign Panicked
“It was really scary watching what happened to Jeb."
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Hillary Clinton Campaign Aide To Press: We Told You Russia Was A BFD
A top aide details the many attempts to get the media to pay more attention to the election meddling.
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How A Senator Went From Parroting The NRA Line To Making Gun Control His Life's Work
“I realized that I was not going to consider myself a success in public service if I didn’t deliver on something here. And that still scares the hell out of me."
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How Congress Utterly Failed In Its Response To The Sandy Hook Shooting
A senator on the frontline of the Sandy Hook response explains why an opportunity was missed.
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Trump's Election Investigation Is Already Facing Trouble
State officials are refusing to disclose data the commission wants, sometimes pointing to their own laws.
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Bernie Sanders' Team Explains Why He Won't Hand Over His Donor List
“It’s like the hammer of Thor. You can have it but only a few people can wield it.”
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The Inside Story Of How Bernie Sanders Became The Greatest Online Fundraiser In Political History
The operatives who turned a septuagenarian independent socialist into a money-raising juggernaut explain for the first time how they did it.
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Mitch McConnell Caricatured And Mocked Obamacare's Process. Then He Adopted It.
“Americans believe that on issues of great importance, one party shouldn’t be allowed to force its will on everyone else,” he wrote.