Democratic Party

Washington • Ari Rabin-Havt could not stop smiling in the winter of 2020.When a reporter asked the deputy campaign manager for Bernie Sanders why he was so happy, he replied, “Simple. I work for a 78-year-old Jewish socialist, who had a…

Last year, Brian Kemp, the governor of Georgia, signed into law one of the nation’s most comprehensive voter-suppression bills, while sitting under a painting of a plantation. It was a fitting metaphor for a man who, as Georgia’s…

SPRINGFIELD -- Democrats in the Illinois Senate on Friday announced a $1.8 billion package of mostly temporary tax relief proposals that they hope to include in the Fiscal Year 2023 budget as the legislative session…

Democrats’ midterm election prospects are daunting.   They are defending razor-thin majorities in the House and Senate in a year when voters are pessimistic about the state of the country and the economy and are frustrated that the party…

Fed up with his party’s kowtowing to its “progressive” wing with soft-on-crime policies, a former conservative Democratic Brooklyn lawmaker switched his party registration to Republican as he plots a run for his…

The midterm congressional primaries are in sight — with potential consequences for the general election.This especially is the case in the Senate, currently 50-50, where the outcome of competitive contests — facing both parties — in four…

Amid a stalled legislative agenda and sagging approval ratings, President Joe Biden held a formal news conference last week for only the second time in his presidency.  President BidenJoe BidenSunday shows preview: US reaffirms support…

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Attorney General Josh Shapiro, the Democratic Party's presumed nominee for governor this year, endorsed a Pittsburgh-area state lawmaker, Austin Davis, to be his running mate and lieutenant governor Tuesday. Davis announced…

President Joe Biden prepares to sign a series of executive orders at the Resolute Desk (Photo ... Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Getty Images The New York Times published a Christmas Eve article…