Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Coverage

Fact check: AOC says Trump tax cuts were 'largest contributor' to national debt

In a brief walk-and-talk interview with reporters outside the U.S. Capitol, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., focused on the impact of tax cuts signed in 2017 by then-President Donald Trump as the primary reason the federal debt is close to hitting the statutory limit of $31.4 trillion.

Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact reporter

Fact check: Does AOC represent more people than Joe Manchin?

After Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., said he could not support President Joe Biden's safety net bill, the Build Back Better Act, a leading House progressive, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, appeared on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" and took aim at the senator. PolitiFact checks her claim.

Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact reporter

AOC describes terror as Capitol rioters searched for her

Ocasio-Cortez describes her fear as the rioters entered the Capitol building.

Fact check: Is AOC right about Medicare For All supporters winning?

After unexpected election losses, House Democrats have made headlines for internal divisions over how the party should appeal to voters. Moderates warn that supporting progressive policies will lead to more members losing their seats, while progressives say the party's base should be embraced. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said that House Democrats in swing districts who supported "Medicare for All" won re-election, without exception.

Jill Terreri Ramos, PolitiFact reporter

'Start eating babies': Stunt aimed at Ocasio-Cortez over climate change

"We got to start eating babies," the woman said. "There's too much CO2. All of you, you know, you're a pollutant."

Azi Paybarah, New York Times

Triangle women denounce Trump's 'go back' rhetoric

About a dozen women came together in Durham on Monday to denounce what they call racist comments made by President Donald Trump.

Sarah Krueger, WRAL reporter

Activists call on NC Congress members to denounce Trump comments

About a dozen women came together in Durham on Monday to denounce what they call racist comments made by President Donald Trump.

FRANK BRUNI: Trump wishes he was running against Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Wednesday, July 17, 2019 -- It's better to run against four people than against one. Four are more readily turned into an idea. A symbol. And what do Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilan Omar, Rashida Tlaib and Aynna Pressley symbolize? They suggest in aggregate that the future of both the Democratic Party and the country belongs as much to women and to people of color as to anyone else. Trump is betting that Americans threatened by that will be scared enough to drive up the turnout for him. He's wagering, too, that enough voters whose allegiances aren't predetermined will balk at that -- and will overlook his administration's dysfunction and his own indecency -- to keep him in the White House.

MAUREEN DOWD: Scaling Wokeback Mountain

Sunday, July 14, 2019 -- I imagined the most potent feminist partnership in American history: Nancy Pelosi as sensei, bringing her inside game, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the Karate Kid with a wicked Twitter game. But instead, the 79-year-old speaker and the 29-year-old freshman are trapped in a generational and ideological tangle that poses a real threat to the Democrats' ability to beat Donald Trump next year.

MAUREEN DOWD: Beware the furies, President Trump

Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019 -- After many false springs and discouraging backlashes, we are finally experiencing a revolutionary assertion of women's power that is transforming Congress. "Kill Bill"-style, the fiery Democratic women keep coming, driven by vengeance against the wicked man in the White House with the history of hurting women and swearing false oaths. Swooping toward 2020, the moment of truth for Donald Trump that is also aptly the centennial of women's suffrage.

MAUREEN DOWD: Boogie down, Bronx girl

Monday, Jan. 7, 2019 -- It was an electric visual. Two fierce women: A controlled 78-year-old capping her career and; An uncontrollable 29-year-old starting hers, joining forces to fight the 72-year-old Neanderthal in the Oval Office.