Tag Archives: Democrats

CBS News reports: Most polling sites in New Hampshire close at 7 p.m. ET, but some are open until 8 p.m. ET. New Hampshire primary results start trickling in once polls have closed. Historically, New Hampshire has counted a substantial portion of votes within a few hours of polls closing. Polling places that close earlier can announce their results once …

“Upon my return home, I was shocked to find my belongings and furniture in complete disarray. Among other things, I noticed that certain interior doors (including doors I generally keep unlocked) had been forcibly broken down; furniture had been haphazardly moved around; filing cabinets, desk drawers, dressers, wardrobes, and closets had all been rummaged through and their contents strewn about; …

Axios reports: Generation Z adults are less likely than older generations to join an established religion, far more likely to identify as LGBTQ and generally are less likely to be Republican, a new survey shows. Gen Z adults — who now make up about 1 in 6 of the Americans eligible to vote — are more politically left than older …

The Hill reports: Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.), the long shot challenging President Biden for the White House, will not run as a candidate with No Labels. Phillips’s leading campaign adviser Jeff Weaver confirmed to The Hill that the congressman and insurgent candidate does not intend to seek a third-party or independent bid with the group, despite the candidate’s apparent flirtation …

The Washington Post reports: The White House on Monday is announcing new steps intended to ensure access to contraception, abortion medication and emergency abortions at hospitals. It represents President Biden’s latest bid to contrast himself with Republican challengers who support strict abortion limits and arrives on the anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling that guaranteed abortion rights for nearly 50 …

The Associated Press reports: The leader of the California Senate on Friday said she would run for governor in 2026, entering a campaign that is far from the minds of voters but is quickly filling with candidates in a state that requires frequent fundraising to compete in some of the nation’s most expensive media markets. Toni Atkins, a Democrat from …

The Messenger reports: Former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang has pledged his support to Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minn., in the 2024 presidential campaign. “If you want to run for president, your time is right now. In this time of need, only one person decided to place his country above his professional aspirations,” Yang said during an event with Phillips at …

Boston’s NBC affiliate reports: Massachusetts state senators passed a bill Thursday that will strike so-called “archaic laws” from state statutes. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled anti-sodomy laws unconstitutional in 2003 and Massachusetts has legally recognized same-sex marriage since 2004, but sections of state law still feature discriminatory restrictions on sexual interactions between consenting adults, lawmakers said Thursday. Massachusetts still has …

The New York Times reports: The Senate on Thursday passed a bill to avert a partial government shutdown as Congress raced one day before its spending deadline to send President Biden stopgap legislation to fund federal agencies through early March. The 77-to-18 vote cleared the way for a vote in the House later Thursday on the measure, which would provide …

St. Louis’s NBC affiliate reports: After months of private deliberations, the abortion-rights campaign Missourians for Constitutional Freedom has launched a new website asking abortion advocates to circulate petitions on a ballot question that would restore some legal abortions in Missouri. The website, which appears to have gone public Thursday night, promotes a plan that would “end the government’s cruel ban …

“If you go to the Drudge Report, and I think it will still be up, there is a story that talks about Trump having hand cuts and you can link to it. They don’t look like cuts to me. They look like sores. And I’ve asked a number of MDs what medical condition manifests itself through hand sores and the …

Politico reports: Democratic presidential candidate Dean Phillips removed a reference to promoting “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” on his campaign website after one of his top financial backers, a leading DEI opponent, prodded Phillips publicly on the subject. That donor, the hedge fund investor Bill Ackman, has at different times called Phillips’s language about DEI a “mistake” and said the candidate …

Roll Call reports: The Senate overwhelmingly voted Tuesday night in favor of the first procedural move needed to avert a partial government shutdown at the end of this week. The chamber voted 68-13 to end debate on the motion to proceed to the shell legislative vehicle for the stopgap spending measure, which would run to March 1 for four of …

The New York Times reports: Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey and his wife, Nadine Menendez, were both charged last fall in a broad federal corruption case in which they were accused of accepting cash and gold bribes. Now their marriage itself is the centerpiece of a new legal argument. Both Mr. and Ms. Menendez are seeking to split their …

Politico reports: In a forum with Elon Musk on Monday afternoon, Democratic presidential primary challenger Dean Phillips floated a possible Cabinet post for the billionaire and his tech allies. Phillips, who is running a longshot bid against President Joe Biden, spoke with Musk, hedge fund billionaire Bill Ackman and podcast host Jason Calacanis for a wide-ranging conversation on Musk’s X …

The Messenger reports: President Joe Biden announced Monday that his campaign and the Democratic National Committee raised $97 million in the final three months of 2023, continuing its fundraising dominance with a sizable $117 million in the campaign’s bank account. The Democratic haul from October to December – which includes money raised by the Democratic National Committee and through Biden’s …

From the editorial board of the Los Angeles Times: California voters are lucky this year. They have three strong contenders in the March primary for the U.S. Senate seat that was held by the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein. Reps. Barbara Lee, Katie Porter and Adam B. Schiff, all Democrats, are smart, experienced, savvy members of the House who could represent …

Axios reports: Some Iowa Democrats and independents are planning to crash the state’s Republican caucuses Monday night and become “Republicans for a day” to vote for Nikki Haley — but mostly, against former President Trump. It’s unclear how many will show up, but “crossover” voting is a low-key tradition in Iowa’s caucuses — and it’s one of the big unknowns …

Axios reports: John Kerry, the U.S. special presidential envoy for climate, will leave the administration later this winter, and plans to help President Biden’s campaign, Axios has learned. Kerry, 80, thinks Biden’s reelection is the “single biggest” difference that can be made this year for climate progress at home and globally, a source close to the administration told Axios. Kerry …

Politico reports: A federal judge on Friday rejected a bid to require Florida Democrats to hold a presidential primary in March. Florida’s Democratic primary was scuttled because President Joe Biden was the lone candidate certified to state election officials. It was a decision that rankled other Democrats, including Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) who is challenging Biden and called it “intentional …