Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC) voiced his support for expanding the Supreme Court to 13 justices and lamented his defense of Clarence Thomas during the conservative justice’s confirmation in 1991. In an appearance on NBC News’s Meet the Press, the Democratic kingmaker leaned into some of the more controversial proposals of the Democratic Party’s left flank, […]

Former Obama adviser Rahm Emanuel said that he doesn’t view socialists as part of the Democratic Party, a rare pushback against attempts to establish a big-tent party that includes its left flank. In an appearance on Fox News Sunday, Emanuel broke with the Democratic consensus over how to handle its surging Democratic Socialists of America […]

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) said that fellow progressive Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-NY) decision whether to run for president in 2028 wouldn’t affect his own decision. In an appearance on CNN’s State of the Union, Khanna was asked about his 2028 presidential ambitions and specifically about whether Ocasio-Cortez’s flirting with the prospect would affect his own […]

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) gave further indications that he intends to run for president in 2028, saying “there will be a time” when he would decide. In an appearance on NBC News’s Meet the Press, Cruz was asked directly if he was “seriously considering” a run for president in 2028, 12 years after his failed […]