A growing sense of dread is spreading through Democratic circles as a rapidly shifting political landscape threatens to complicate the party’s path back to House control in November. Democrats entered the year with momentum after California voters approved Proposition 50, a mid-decade redistricting overhaul that redrew congressional lines to benefit the party through the 2026, […]

Retiring Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) has a warning for the three Democrats fighting to replace him in Michigan’s marquee Senate race: Keep it civil. In an interview with the Washington Examiner, Peters expressed concern that the candidates will get increasingly “chippy” with one another as the primary draws closer. Holding Michigan in the Democratic column is crucial for the party to […]

President Donald Trump is coming under increasing pressure to cut household costs as he seeks to broker a more permanent peace deal with Iran. Six months before November’s midterm elections, nearly two-thirds of polling respondents disapprove of the job Trump is doing regarding the economy, as the continued closure of the Strait of Hormuz has […]

When Ben Sasse walked onto the Senate floor in November 2015 to deliver his first speech as a member of the upper chamber, he did something unusual: He had waited a full year to speak. It’s part of a Senate tradition known as the “maiden speech.” A historian by training and a management consulting associate […]