It was just a phrase uttered to reporters gathered around Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota last week as she showed up at a Columbia University encampment to greet pro-Palestinian protesters, including her daughter, a student activist. to show their support – to demonstrate against the Israeli attacks on Gaza. Ms. Omar, a leading pro-Palestinian voice…
The House of Representatives took a crucial step Friday toward approving a long-stalled aid package for Ukraine, Israel and other American allies, as Democrats provided crucial votes to push the bill past Republican opposition for consideration in the full House could be. The 316-94 vote cleared the way for the House to take up the…
Harry Dunn, a former Capitol Police officer whose violent clashes with former President Donald J. Trump’s supporters on and after January 6, 2021, brought him political fame, was greeted like a celebrity on Tuesday evening in Annapolis, Maryland. But there was also an underlying skepticism among patrons at the Beacon Waterfront Restaurant, where he appeared…
Wenn Sie Präsident werden wollen, sollten Sie wahrscheinlich Wisconsin gewinnen. Und wenn Sie Demokrat sind, gibt es einen bewährten Weg, dies zu tun: Erhöhen Sie die Zahlen in Dane County, dem schnell wachsenden und zutiefst fortschrittlichen Teil des Staates, in dem sich Madison und die riesige öffentliche Universität befinden, die den Namen des Staates trägt….
Simon Rosenberg was right about the 2022 congressional elections. All of the conventional wisdom — the polls, the punditry, the anger of other Democrats — revolved around the expectation of a big red wave and Democratic extinction. He disagreed. The Democrats would surprise everyone, he said again and again: There would be no red wave….
Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-VT) questions witnesses along with Ranking Member Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) during a hearing on work hours in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on the Capitol Hill in March February 14, 2024 in Washington, DC Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images Sen. Bernie Sanders and Senate…
Democrats are beginning to dream that President Biden can take North Carolina away from Donald J. Trump in November. They are less confident that Mr. Biden can hold Georgia. The two southern battlegrounds represent a tricky strategic calculation for Mr. Biden’s campaign as it ramps up and decides where to direct its money, advertising and…
A spirited President Joe Biden delivered a fiery, partisan State of the Union address Thursday, fitting for an election year with enormous stakes in a divided nation. “Not since President Lincoln and the Civil War have freedom and democracy here at home been under such attack as they are today,” Biden said at the start…
A liberal political organization that promotes economic policies for working families, the Campaign for a Family Friendly Economy, will spend $40 million to support President Biden’s re-election bid and other Democratic candidates for the House and Senate. The program, announced Monday morning, is the Democratic-allied organization’s largest political investment, aimed at supporting Mr. Biden and…
