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U.S. House candidate who lost job to DOGE campaigns on grassroots fundraising, rural Kansas issues
Democratic candidate Lauren Reinhold decided to run for Congress in Kansas after the Trump administration’s U.S. Department of Government Efficiency — better known as DOGE — eliminated her federal position.
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Jul 271 min read
America’s debt is skyrocketing. Why isn’t Congress doing anything about it?
The United States government is shoveling money out the door at a breathtaking pace, well beyond the nation’s means – with a budget of $7.4 trillion for fiscal year 2026 against expected revenue of just $5.6 trillion.
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Jul 271 min read
Black voters may decide the nation’s biggest Democratic primary.
Larry Nix pulled into a cookout hosted by Abdul El-Sayed’s campaign on Sunday, rolled down his window and told the progressive Senate candidate he needed answers.
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Jul 271 min read
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Jul 240 min read
New poll shows Republicans losing their advantage over Democrats on immigration
Two years ago, immigration was seen as the Democrats’ top vulnerability. Now a major independent poll actually shows the GOP trailing on the issue.
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Jul 231 min read
4 Republicans help House Democrats pass Iran war powers resolution
The House on Thursday passed a Democratic-backed war powers resolution aimed at limiting President Trump’s military action in Iran.
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Jul 231 min read
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Jul 220 min read
Ranking Member Morelle Releases Committee Report Correcting the Record Following White House Attack on Smithsonian
Rep. Joe Morelle (NY-25), the top Democrat on the Committee on House Administration, issued this statement about his new Committee Report written to correct the record after the White House continued its partisan attack on the Smithsonian Institution:
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Jul 221 min read
Troy Jackson emerges as likely Senate pick for Maine Democrats
Troy Jackson, a former Maine lawmaker and fifth-generation logger from the North Maine Woods, has emerged as the likely new replacement for the state's Democratic Senate nominee after former candidate Graham Platner quit the high-stakes race less than two weeks ago.
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Jul 211 min read
Stanton Leads New Democrat Coalition in Calling on Trump Administration to Retain USMCA
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, New Democrat Coalition Global Competitiveness Task Force Chair Rep. Greg Stanton (AZ-04), alongside Trade and Tariffs Task Force Chair Rep. Don Beyer (VA-08), led 27 New Dem Members in a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer calling on him to retain and, if possible, strengthen the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), warning that prolonged uncertainty over the agreement threatens American jobs, hurts workers, raises costs for
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Jul 211 min read
My State Has an Answer for How Democrats Win. It’s Boring.
There are politicians who traffic in impassioned oratory or contagious fervor or ingenious catchphrases. Then there’s Roy Cooper, the Democratic nominee in the crucial U.S. Senate contest in North Carolina. His campaign slogan is so prosaic, so blunt, so gruff that every time I see it, I do a double take, wondering if it’s some parody or I’m hallucinating.
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Jul 201 min read
Don’t Let This Useless Debate Distract You, Democrats
Do Democrats want to win this year’s midterm elections? Or would they prefer to indulge in self-involved arguments over the relative merits of capitalism and socialism that are irrelevant to the choices they’ll face if they win power?
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Jul 201 min read
Ranking intel Democrat calls Trump's speech "more brazen" than expected
NPR's A Martinez discusses President Trump's speech on election security with Connecticut Rep. Jim Himes, the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee.
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Jul 181 min read
Memphis rallies for progressive Democrat after four fatal shootings by taskforce: ‘Fight of our lives’
More than a thousand people rallied for Justin Pearson, a Democratic state representative running for Congress, in the wake of four fatal shootings by members of the Memphis Safe Task Force over the last two months.
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Jul 181 min read
America is Woke and We Must Save It
If the United States is to survive, we must fight to continue the enlightened, woke, vision of our founding fathers.
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Jul 181 min read
Democrats call ‘bulls‑‑‑’ on Trump’s election interference claims
Democrats raised alarm after President Trump revived his unsubstantiated claims of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election during a Thursday evening address.
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Jul 171 min read
A new piece of Democrats’ midterm strategy: Being ‘practical’
Democrats are making a growing effort to adopt a pragmatic focus as they campaign on affordability in the midterms, as some within the party push for moving away from ideological arguments.
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Jul 171 min read
In historic shift, nearly half of House Democrats vote to end aid to Israel
A record 103 Democratic members of Congress side with a measure to eliminate $3.3 billion in annual assistance, in rebuke to Netanyahu, AIPAC and a longstanding bipartisan consensus
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Jul 161 min read
Democrats and Republicans engage in public life in similar ways
Democrats and Republicans differ on many issues. But when it comes to how partisans show up in public life, they look strikingly similar.
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Jul 161 min read
‘Stabbed in the back’: Unions, House Democrats call Whitmer’s veto of 9 bills a betrayal
Allies question Whitmer’s reasoning in vetoing long-sought worker protections and retirement reforms, saying technical issues could have been addressed laterhttps://michiganadvance.com/2026/07/16/stabbed-in-the-back-unions-house-democrats-call-whitmers-veto-of-9-bills-a-betrayal/
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Jul 161 min read
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