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↵↵That's by far the most success they've had, both in the number of raw victory votes (1995's 345 was their previous high, number-wise) and percentage (89.7 percent in 2017 — Trump's first year in office
Christopher S.
↵↵For Democrats still healing from 2024's shattering loss, it's a fraught question — and the answer depends on who you ask.↵↵Count Michelle Obama in the "no" column.
And GOP nominee Mark S. Kirk prevailed in the president's home state of Illinois, which had backed Obama by 25 points. And that doesn't count Republican Scott P.
Seven months after Trump announced a Golden Dome missile shield, lawmakers say they have yet to learn meaningful information about the plans.
Starting gate↵↵Church and state: As Democrats look beyond 2024's bruising defeats, some candidates are challenging the idea that religion has no place in an increasingly secular party.
↵↵As Democrats look beyond 2024's lacerating losses, some candidates are challenging the idea that religion has no place in an increasingly secular party.
Ayanna S. Pressley is weighing a Senate run. Whoever emerges from the Democratic primary would be heavily favored in the general election.
Christopher S. Murphy told reporters. "I want us to show a backbone right now." That’s a strategy the activist wing of the party is applauding. "I am cheering on [Senate Minority Leader Charles E.]
District delegate: Democratic strategist Donna Brazile, who was chief of staff to D.C.’s nonvoting delegate, Eleanor Holmes Norton, in the 1990s, writes in The Washington Post that the longtime lawmaker
Kennedy Jr.’s nomination as Health and Human Services secretary, voicing concerns that Kennedy had emboldened a sector of the country to reject settled science around vaccines.Â
Donald S. Beyer Jr. and former Rep. Jennifer Wexton, both ex-colleagues of Connolly’s from neighboring districts, as well as the center-left New Democrat Coalition Action Fund.Â
Previous successful challengers backed by Justice Democrats have included New York’s Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Massachusetts’ Ayanna S. Pressley.
Kennedy Jr.’s plan to streamline operations and shift to focusing on chronic disease, though critics argue some of the cuts would undermine that effort.
But it marked a rebound from 2023’s 18.5 percent. It was also higher than the nine most recent years in which the House and presidency were controlled by opposite parties.
Christopher S. Murphy, D-Conn., called Patel a "joke." "This is the worst possible moment to put a person like Kash Patel in charge of the FBI," Murphy said.
Kennedy Jr.’s nomination to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.Â
Kennedy Jr.’s nomination to be head of the Health and Human Services Department, reflecting some of the widespread concerns lawmakers have as they approach Kennedy’s confirmation vote.
Donald S. Beyer Jr. was born in the Free Territory of Trieste, where his father was a U.S. Army officer at the time.