Democrats

Biden To Raise Record $25 Million In NYC Fundraiser

Politico reports: President Joe Biden will shatter fundraising records with a star-studded event on Thursday, with his campaign saying that it will bring in $25 million for an event featuring former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton and late-night host Stephen Colbert. The one-night extravaganza will all but certainly increase Biden’s sizable financial advantage over former President Donald Trump, who …

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Pro-Choice AL Dem Flips Deeply Red Seat In Election To Replace GOP State Rep Who Pled Guilty To Voter Fraud

The Alabama Reflector reports: Democratic candidate Marilyn Lands, who campaigned on ending Alabama’s near-total abortion ban and protecting access to contraception and in vitro fertilization, won a special election Tuesday for a Huntsville-area state House seat. Lands will succeed former Rep. David Cole, R-Madison, who resigned in August after pleading guilty to voter fraud charges. In a statement, Lands said …

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NJ Democrat Tammy Murphy To End US Senate Bid

The New Jersey Globe reports: Tammy Murphy will announce today that she is dropping out of the race for United States Senate, abruptly ending her campaign after four months, the New Jersey Globe has confirmed. That clears the way for insurgent Rep. Andy Kim (D-Moorestown) to likely win the Democratic nomination and become the strong favorite to replace indicted Senator …

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WH Vows Repeal Of Ban On Pride Flags At Embassies

Bloomberg News reports: The White House criticized congressional Republicans for adding a ban on US embassies’ flying the LGBTQ pride flag to a government funding bill, saying it abused the budget process and that President Joe Biden will work for its repeal. House Speaker Mike Johnson promoted the flag restriction as a win for Republicans during negotiations that led to …

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Biden Targets Latinos With Trump’s “Poisoning” Claims

The Hill reports: President Biden’s reelection campaign dropped a Latino-focused ad targeting former President Trump for his remarks in which he called immigrants “rapists” who were “poisoning the blood” of the country. The 30 second ad entitled “Change,” shared exclusively first with The Hill, features remarks from Biden in Arizona this week calling out his political rival’s controversial rhetoric. “This …

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New York May Repeal 1907 Law Criminalizing Adultery

The Associated Press reports: For more than a century, it has been a crime to cheat on your spouse in New York. But adultery may soon be legal in the Empire State thanks to a bill working its way through the New York Legislature, which would finally repeal the seldom-used law that is punishable by up to three months behind …

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Menendez: I’ll Run As Independent If I’m Exonerated

CBS News reports: Indicted Sen. Bob Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat, announced Thursday that he won’t run in the Democratic primary as he faces allegations he traded his political influence for money, but said he could seek reelection as an independent if he’s exonerated. “I will not file for the Democratic primary this June. I am hopeful that my exoneration …

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House Dem Wears Putin Mask To Hunter Biden Hearing

The Hill reports: Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) donned a rubber mask of Russian President Vladimir Putin on his way to the House Oversight Committee’s hearing investigating Hunter Biden’s business dealings on Wednesday, mocking the GOP effort. Moskowitz told media outside the hearing that he was there to thank Chairman Jim Comer (R-Ky.) “for taking our of all intelligence and using …

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Biden Campaign Launches Outreach To Latino Voters

Axios reports: President Biden will use a stop at a Mexican restaurant in Phoenix today to announce a national program to reach Latino voters — “Latinos con Biden-Harris” — as his campaign rushes to reverse gains that former President Trump appears to be making with Hispanic voters. Why it matters: Four years ago, Biden won Latino voters 2-to-1 over former …

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Ex-NYC Cop Sues Mayor Over Alleged Sexual Assault

The New York Daily News reports: A former police colleague of New York City Mayor Eric Adams claims in a bombshell new lawsuit alleging sexual assault that he exposed himself to her and demanded she perform oral sex on him in exchange for help with a job issue more than three decades ago. The accuser, Lorna Beach-Mathura, first came forward …

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Biden Order To Bolster Women’s Health Research

Axios reports: President Biden on Monday will issue an executive order to bolster women’s health research, while federal agencies are announcing new steps to close long-standing gender gaps in clinical trials and care. They’re among the first concrete steps the White House is taking on a new women’s health research initiative led by first lady Jill Biden, and they come …

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Netanyahu Blasts Schumer’s Call For Israeli Election

The Hill reports: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu went after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Sunday, labeling his floor speech criticizing Netanyahu’s government as “totally inappropriate.” “It is totally inappropriate,” Netanyahu told CNN’s Dana Bash on “State of the Union” about Schumer’s criticism. “It’s inappropriate to go to a sister democracy and try to replace the elected leadership …

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Biden Campaign Raised Record $53M In February

Bloomberg News reports: President Joe Biden raised more than $53 million for his reelection campaign and the Democratic Party in February, a record amount for the month. The president and his party ended the month with $155 million cash on hand, the most ever amassed for a Democrat at this point in the calendar, and had its biggest haul from …

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Biden Backs Schumer’s “Good Speech” On Netanyahu

Reuters reports: President Joe Biden said on Friday that U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer echoed the concerns of many Americans when he called for new elections in Israel and harshly criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as an obstacle to peace. “He made a good speech,” Biden said in the White House’s Oval Office, when asked by reporters about remarks by …

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Grammy Winners Join Dozens Of Artists In Song To Support Dem’s Bid To Unseat Sen. Marsha Blackburn

The Tennessean reports: Three dozen well-regarded Americana, country and pop vocalists — including Grammy winners Allison Russell, Brittany Howard, Maren Morris, Brandi Carlile, Emmylou Harris and Amanda Shires — have joined forces to record and release the new soul anthem “Tennessee Rise.” It is being released to support of the U.S. Senate campaign of state Sen. Rep. Gloria Johnson, D-Knoxville. …

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NBC: Menendez May Seek Reelection As Independent

NBC News reports: Indicted Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., is considering running for re-election in November as an independent, two sources who spoke with him directly tell NBC News. Menendez, who along with his wife Nadine Menendez is facing 18 federal counts and is alleged to have accepted bribes, has not yet publicly said if he would run again this year. …

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Harris To Make History With Abortion Clinic Visit

NBC News reports: Vice President Kamala Harris plans to tour a Planned Parenthood clinic in Minnesota that provides abortion services Thursday, according to three sources familiar with the planning. The sources said they believed this was the first time a president or vice president has ever visited a clinic that provides abortion services in U.S. history. Harris plans to tour …

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Schumer Calls For Israeli Election To Replace Netanyahu

The Associated Press reports: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is calling on Israel to hold new elections, saying he believes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has “lost his way” in the Israeli bombardment of Gaza and a growing humanitarian crisis there. Schumer says the prime minister has put himself in a coalition of far-right extremists and “as a result, he …

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Biden Clinches Dem Nomination With GA Primary Win

The Hill reports: President Biden is projected to win the Georgia Democratic primary, giving him enough delegates to clinch the Democratic presidential nomination and all but guaranteeing he will face off against Donald Trump again in November, according to Decision Desk HQ. DDHQ projected Biden the winner in Georgia at 7 p.m. ET Tuesday. Biden is expected to notch at …

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Biden Submits $7.3 Trillion Budget Proposal For FY25

The Washington Post reports: President Biden called for major new spending initiatives Monday to lower costs for health care, child care and housing, and enough new taxes on the wealthy and major corporations to pay for those proposals and also shave $3 trillion off the national debt over the next decade. With Republicans in control of the House, the proposals …

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