House Democrats are pushing caucus leaders to change a messaging game they say cost their party the election. Lawmakers made their way back to Washington, D.C., last week for the first time since Democrats saw stinging losses in the White House, Senate, and House on Election Day. As the House Democratic Caucus gathered to debrief […]
(The Center Square) – Sparks flew at a Monday afternoon meeting of the Hurricane Response and Recovery Subcommittee as committee members called for the resignation of Laura Hogshead, the chief operating officer of the state’s Office of Recovery and Resiliency, for the office’s poor response to Hurricanes Matthew and Florence. The meeting was called after Hogshead’s […]
President-elect Donald Trump’s Capitol Hill supporters are demanding that if a secret ethics report on attorney general nominee Matt Gaetz is going to be released by Democrats, all sealed reports on wayward members and past scandals should be made public. With Democrats eager to embarrass Trump and Gaetz by releasing a report on ethical charges […]
Ken Martin, chairman of the Minnesota Democratic National Committee, is running for chairman of the Democratic National Committee. Leading his state party since 2011 and serving as vice chairman of the national party since 2017, Martin has already garnered the endorsement of 83 members of the DNC — nearly one-fifth of the body. Martin is […]
President Joe Biden was not in attendance for a “family photo” of world leaders at the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrived at the photo area late, after the photo had been taken and world leaders were dispersing, so they were both excluded. A senior U.S. […]
Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI) will continue to serve as the chairwoman of the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee after defeating Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) handily Tuesday. A source in the room during leadership elections told the Washington Examiner that the tally results were 152 for Dingell and 59 for Crockett. Crockett launched her challenge for […]
The Washington Examiner‘s Salena Zito contended the legal battle over Pennsylvania‘s Senate race is somewhat “funny,” specifically how the state Supreme Court spelled out its decision against a recount “in all caps.” Two weeks after Election Day, Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) has yet to concede his race against his Republican opponent, Dave McCormick, even though […]
President-elect Donald Trump‘s Nov. 26 sentencing in his New York criminal hush money case was adjourned by the court as a judge mulls over how to handle the prosecution after Trump won reelection earlier this month. The sentencing, which was scheduled for next week, was called off without explanation on Tuesday in a brief note […]
Independent Senate candidate Dan Osborn announced a new hybrid political action committee for working-class candidates Monday following his narrow loss to Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE). Osborn, a steamfitter by trade, is fresh from his senate campaign as an independent candidate. Now, with his experience as a former union president and Navy veteran, he’s created a […]
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) won reelection to serve as Democrats’ top leader in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, with no contenders but an overarching challenge to lead the party in the minority. The 2024 election yielded disappointing results for the party as a whole, with Republicans flipping the Senate and White House and maintaining […]
