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“What your people have been describing is the biggest cut in the American safety net in history. The Yale Budget Lab estimates that it will kill, over 10 years, 100,000 people. That is 2,000 days of death like we’ve seen in Texas this weekend. In my 70 years, I’ve never been as embarrassed for my country on July 4th. “These …

The Hill reports: Gov. Andy Beshear (D-Ky.) said he’ll consider a 2028 White House bid in an article published while seething over the “big, beautiful bill” backed by Republicans in Congress. “Two years ago, I wouldn’t have considered [running for president]. But if I’m somebody who could maybe heal and bring the country back together, I’ll think about it after …

ABC News reports: More than 175 Democratic members of Congress have filed an amicus brief opposing the Trump administration’s overhaul of the U.S. Department of Education. “The law couldn’t be clearer: the president does not have the authority to unilaterally abolish the Department of Education,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren wrote in a statement first obtained by ABC News, adding, “Donald Trump …

Politico reports: Democrats believe President Donald Trump’s tax-and-spend megabill gives them a heavy cudgel ahead of the 2026 midterms. Now they have to effectively wield it as they try to reclaim the House. Ad-makers have quickly prepped attack ads to air as soon as the holiday weekend is over, including in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin. House Democrats are plotting to …

“Independence Day is a reminder that America is not the project of any one person. The single most powerful word in our democracy is the word ‘We.’ ‘We The People.’ ‘We Shall Overcome.’ ‘Yes We Can.’ America is owned by no one. It belongs to all citizens. And at this moment in history—when core democratic principles seem to be continuously …

Gothamist reports: Zohran Mamdani said he wants to “introduce himself once more” to New Yorkers — and now his calendar is full of meetings with VIPs. House Majority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer are on the list of those planning a sit-down. So is Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who was widely criticized last week for misrepresenting Mamdani and …

The Associated Press reports: North Carolina Democratic Gov. Josh Stein vetoed on Thursday three anti-DEI bills and another measure that in part would target transgender rights. His actions set up more showdowns with Republican lawmakers who pitch the legislation as doing away with structured racial bias in government and public education, protecting women and empowering parents. Stein criticized the Republican-controlled …

The New York Times reports: Representative Hakeem Jeffries of New York, the Democratic leader, passed the eight-hour mark on Thursday morning in a marathon speech in the House opposing Republicans’ signature legislation carrying out President Trump’s domestic agenda. Beginning his remarks before dawn, Mr. Jeffries said that he was “planning to take my sweet time” with his speech. It was …

The Hill reports: As House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’ (D-N.Y.) speech enters its fifth hour, five Republicans and more than three dozen Democrats are in the chamber watching. Lawmakers have been shuffling in and out throughout the so-called magic minute, which allows Jeffries to speak as long as he wants. At around the four-hour mark, Jeffries invoked a line he’s …

“I suppose I don’t mind being called a loser several times by Donald Trump, given that he’s our only president who has lost the popular vote for president in two different elections. It upset him so much that he incited an insurrection against the Constitution, against his own vice president, and against the Congress of the United States. “I suppose …

Newsweek reports: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’ “magic minute” speech is still going after an hour as Republicans race to pass President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act before a self-imposed July 4 deadline. While other members of the House of Representatives have time limits on the length of time they can speak during debates, party leaders receive a …

Politico reports: Andrew Cuomo is scrambling to shore up backing for a general election run, even as pillars of support for his New York City mayoral campaign crumble. The former governor and his advisers have courted Democratic elected officials, business leaders and labor chiefs who endorsed his failed primary bid in an attempt to keep them in his fold for …

“The president of the United States just threatened to have me arrested, stripped of my citizenship, put in a detention camp and deported, not because I have broken any law but because I will refuse to let ICE terrorize our city. “His statements don’t just represent an attack on our democracy, but an attempt to send a message to every …

The Texas Tribune reports: Democrat Colin Allred launched his campaign for U.S. Senate on Tuesday, making a second run at the upper chamber after failing to unseat U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz last year. “Texans are working harder than ever, not getting as much time with their kids, missing those special moments, all to be able to afford less,” Allred, a …

The New York Times reports: Zohran Mamdani, the democratic socialist whose blend of populist ideas and personal magnetism catapulted his upstart candidacy, won the Democratic primary for mayor of New York City by a significant margin, according to The Associated Press. The race was called for Mr. Mamdani on Tuesday afternoon, shortly after New York City’s Board of Elections released …

Axios reports: North Carolina Democrats are getting closer to the gift they’ve have been asking for all year, with former Gov. Roy Cooper (D) leaning toward a Senate run in the state President Trump has won three times. The field is essentially frozen until Cooper and Lara Trump, the president’s daughter-in-law, decide if they want to be their party’s nominees. …

Just in via press release: Congressman Dwight Evans (D-PA-3) today announced that he will not seek re-election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2026, concluding a distinguished career in public service spanning over four decades. “Serving the people of Philadelphia has been the honor of my life,” said Evans. “And I remain in good health and fully capable of …

CBC News reports: Sen. Mark Warner, a Virginia Democrat, said Sunday that President Trump’s tax bill that’s nearing a final vote in the Senate will be a “political albatross” for Republicans, citing the cuts to social safety nets and its projected effect on the national debt. “I think many of my Republican friends know they’re walking the plank on this, …

The New York Times reports: Millions of people gathered on Sunday for the New York City Pride March, packing the streets of Manhattan for a celebration amid the most hostile political environment for L.G.B.T.Q. Americans in decades. Pride celebrations have always been equal parts party and protest, and those who planned to march on Sunday said that filling the streets …

The Hill reports: “You are a self-described democratic socialist. Do you think that billionaires have a right to exist?” NBC News’s Kristen Welker asked on “Meet the Press.” “I don’t think that we should have billionaires because, frankly, it is so much money in a moment of such inequality. And ultimately, what we need more of is equality across our …