Democrats

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. …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

“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 …

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. …

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,” …

“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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …

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 …