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Michelle CottleThe Atlantic |
Mary Peltola’s entry into the Alaska Senate race is a building block in an electoral strategy Democrats have been working on for months.
Thomas Massie says his primary against a Trump-supported challenger will be a referendum on whether you can “have a thought that diverges from the...
How much more chaotic could a second Trump term be? 2025 did not disappoint.
The speaker emerita is disappointed and a little surprised that the presidential glass ceiling remains intact, but confident that it will change.
Rare pushback from his party and troubling poll numbers reflect the newly precarious situation in which Trump finds himself.
Caregivers are at the brink of despair.
Lauren Boebert, Marjorie Taylor Greene and Nancy Mace resisted pressure from the president and made the vote to release the Epstein files possible.
The House Democratic leader’s fatal flaw may be that he is too unobjectionable for a Democratic Party spoiling for a fight with President Trump.
The constructive, if messy, path forward is for the party to embrace an all-of-the-above approach.
Mike Johnson, the speaker, won’t swear in the Democratic representative-elect from Arizona.
When the president starts rigging the system for his own benefit, no one is safe.
The Democratic Party is counting on a new type of leader to counteract Trump.
Creative obstructionism in the Senate, says Tina Smith of Minnesota, has become “a fine art” that has nearly paralyzed the institution.
The Republican redistricting effort in Texas has emerged as a clear opportunity for Democrats to prove they have the stomach for a fight.
The state leaders may be the party’s best shot at reconnecting with the American people.
Democrats need to figure out how to elevate new voices.
As he strives to stay relevant, Matt Gaetz, the former Florida congressman, is showing how, in Trump World, political resurrection remains a...
The New York progressive believes economic populism is the path forward for Democrats. Can she unite her party around that?
A focus on bread-and-butter issues, not the culture wars, helped an Iowa Democrat win in a red area. His playbook is now being used in Pennsylvania.
The Minnesota moderate has thoughts on how her party can move forward.
The vibe around the halls of Congress has been quite different from this time four years ago.
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How party control of the Senate may come down to Maryland Democrats taking a big gamble.
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