Many states’ governor’s races become proxy battle over Trump
It's a resume that reads like an ideal springboard to higher office: investigated sexual assaults of Olympic gymnasts, charged government officials responsible for a tainted water crisis, bucked the governor on tax hikes. With that background and his party controlling…
Democrats OK limiting party leaders’ role in picking nominee
After two years of sometimes ugly public fighting, Democratic Party leaders on Saturday voted to limit their own high-profile roles in choosing presidential nominees, giving even more weight to the outcome of state primaries and caucuses.
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Tuesday’s winning Democratic pioneers broke ground and talked policy
It was a night of political firsts for Democrats. Christine Hallquist is the first openly transgender person to win a major party's nomination for governor. Jahana Hayes could become the first black woman in Congress from New England. And Ilhan…
The left’s strategy to block Kavanaugh from the Supreme Court
Liberal groups have already launched an all-out campaign to pressure key senators ahead of the confirmation hearings for Brett Kavanaugh, who they say will drastically shift the balance of the court to the right.
As Donald Trump's presidency stretches into its second year, democratic socialism has become a significant force in Democratic politics.
The bigger problem for Democrats is that two messages — fundamentally reshaping the nation's health care system versus defending Obama's popular law — divide the party as it tries grabbing control of Congress in this fall's elections.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is scheduled to hold a news briefing at 10:30 a.m. ET. Watch live here.
The Affordable Care Act has been a divisive issue for years. But now, Democrats are betting that a pro-Obamacare message will help them at the polls in November.
The debate over the agency's future follows the widespread outcry in recent weeks after the Trump administration separated more than 2,000 migrant children from their parents.
