Democrats

HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge To Retire This Month

USA Today reports: Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge will step down from her top post in the Biden administration this month, she announced Monday, saying that after decades of public service, she’s retiring and returning to Ohio. “It’s time to go home,’’ Fudge told USA TODAY in an exclusive interview. “I do believe strongly that I have done …

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Fifteen Youth Activist Groups Jointly Endorse Biden

The Associated Press reports: Jack Lobel is a college sophomore who will be voting in his first presidential election this fall, casting a ballot for Joe Biden. At 19, he’s six-plus decades Biden’s junior, which isn’t lost on him. But Lobel is spokesperson for Voters of Tomorrow, one of 15 youth organizations that announced Monday that they are jointly endorsing …

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Dems Reserve $239M In Ads To Defend Senate Seats

The Washington Post reports: Senate Majority PAC, an independent group associated with Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.), announced Monday the reservation of nearly a quarter of a billion dollars worth of television advertising in seven states starting this summer — a massive investment aimed at attempting to maintain control of the chamber by a razor-thin margin. The retirement of …

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Buttigieg Knocks Britt For Sex Trafficking “Falsehoods”

“I’ll leave it to her to explain the falsehoods, but I think it illustrates the bigger issue. She’s a United States senator and the United States Senate right now could be acting to help secure the southern border. “We have a very clear choice between congressional Republicans who seem to prefer that this issue remain bad so that they can …

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Biden Took In Record $10M In First Day After SOTU

NBC News reports: President Joe Biden’s re-election machine brought in $10 million in the 24 hours following his State of the Union address on Thursday — a financial jolt as the campaign looks to build general election momentum off the speech. The sum, which was shared first with NBC News, is a record for Biden’s re-election effort, the campaign said. …

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Biden Builds On SOTU Response With $30M Ad Buy

Axios reports: The White House and Biden campaign call this State of the Union Month, and Thursday’s speech is being amplified by a $30 million ad buy (including spots during March Madness) and presidential travel to swing states — Pennsylvania Friday, Georgia Saturday. The campaign wants viewers to keep seeing President Biden as a feisty fighter — “Smokin’ Joe Biden,” …

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Jeffries Roasts “MAGA Extremists” For SOTU Whining

“That was an embarrassment last night. A complete embarrassment. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who’s basically running the Republican conference, shows up in campaign paraphernalia, and then these people want to lecture Joe Biden because he delivered a strong and forceful speech that made them uncomfortable because he exposed their lies and shamelessness? We have one message for extreme MAGA Republicans who …

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REPORT: Sen. Bob Menendez Won’t Seek Reelection

The New York Post reports: Embattled New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez will not run for re-election in November, although he still refuses to hand in his resignation, The Post has learned. “He will not be running,” a source close to the 70-year-old three-term senator told The Post. Menendez resigned his powerful position as chair of the Senate Foreign Relations …

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Biden Delivered Fiery State Of The Union Address

The New York Times reports: President Biden used his State of the Union address on Thursday to launch a series of fiery attacks against former President Donald Trump, a competitor whom he did not mention by name but made clear was a dire threat to American democracy and stability in the world. In a televised speech to a joint session …

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LIVE VIDEO: Biden Gives State Of The Union Address

NBC News reports: President Joe Biden will deliver his third State of the Union address tonight at 9 p.m. ET. In his remarks, Biden is expected to use his time to announce the construction of a new port in Gaza to allow humanitarian aid to reach the war-torn region. The annual speech carries extra significance in an election year and …

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NY Gov Deploys National Guardsmen To NYC Subway

Gothamist reports: Gov. Kathy Hochul’s decision to deploy the National Guard and state police to check bags on New York City’s subway system was immediately met with concerns that it was more rooted in politics than public safety. Then Hochul said as much on TV. “I’m also going to demonstrate that Democrats fight crime as well,” she said during an …

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Biden: US To Build Port On Gaza Shore For Aid Delivery

The Guardian reports: US forces will build a temporary port on the Gaza shoreline in the next few weeks to allow delivery of humanitarian aid on a large scale, Joe Biden will announce in the State of the Union speech. “We are not waiting on the Israelis. This is a moment for American leadership,” a senior US official said on …

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Biden To Hit Economy Under Trump In Tonight’s SOTU

Axios reports: President Biden will use tonight’s State of the Union address to admit that prices are still too high in some areas — but argue things were worse under former President Trump, White House chief of staff Jeff Zients tells Axios. Biden, in what could well be the most important speech of his presidency, aims to project fighting optimism …

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Dean Phillips Drops Out Of Race And Endorses Biden

NBC News reports: Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minn., has suspended his campaign for the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination, ending his longshot bid for the White House. “I’m going to suspend my campaign and I will be, right now, endorsing President Biden because the choices are so clear,” he said in a Minnesota radio interview on WCCO’s Chad Hartman’s show. Phillips, 55, …

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Dean Phillips Lashes Out After Super Tuesday Wipeout

The Insider reports: Rep. Dean Phillips of Minnesota didn’t seem too happy after getting wiped out on Super Tuesday. “Congratulations to Joe Biden, Uncommitted, Marianne Williamson, and Nikki Haley for demonstrating more appeal to Democratic Party loyalists than me,” Phillips wrote on X on Tuesday after losing his home state to President Joe Biden by a landslide. Philips announced his …

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Rep. Colin Allred Wins Texas Dem US Senate Primary

The Texas Tribune reports: U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas, will challenge Sen. Ted Cruz in November after defeating a crowded field of Democrats on Tuesday, according to the Associated Press. Allred easily prevailed over state Sen. Roland Gutierrez of San Antonio who was also vying for the nomination. “I want every Texan to know, whether you’re a Democrat, an independent …

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Menendez Hit With Twelve New Criminal Charges

CNN reports: New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez was indicted Tuesday on a dozen new criminal charges related to a years-long bribery scheme involving the governments of Egypt and Qatar. The new charges come days after one of the New Jersey businessmen who was previously indicted alongside Menendez, his wife Nadine Menendez, and two others agreed to plead guilty and …

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Biden: Trump Won’t Concede, Losers Aren’t Graceful

Axios reports: President Biden, during a rare Oval Office interview, told the New Yorker‘s Evan Osnos that he doesn’t think former President Trump will concede if he loses in November. “Losers who are losers are never graceful,” Biden says in the 14,000-word profile, “The Last Campaign,” which the magazine posted Monday morning. “I just think that he’ll do anything to …

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Kamala Harris Calls For Immediate Ceasefire In Gaza

Reuters reports: U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris bluntly called out Israel on Sunday for not doing enough to ease a “humanitarian catastrophe” in Gaza as the Biden administration faces increasing pressure to rein in its close ally while it wages war with Hamas militants. Harris, speaking in front of the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, where state troopers beat …

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Manchin Nearly Comes To Blows With Climate Activist

Salon reports: During a Harvard Institute of Politics event held on Friday morning, a man described by some outlets as a security guard and by others as an aide physically chucked a young protester out of the room after the individual confronted Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., calling him “a sick f**k.” As witnessed in the clip, Manchin took visible offense …

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