Politics News How The Trump Effect Could Lift Democratic Senate Candidates

Can Democrats Reinvent Themselves as Washington Disrupters?

Since President Trump’s rise, Democrats have served as defenders of a political system many Americans believe is broken. Now the party is trying a new approach. Read More

Democrats face tensions over primary battles and candidate quality heading into 2026

Progressives and establishment Democrats are facing off in primary battles over control of the party's future before the 2026 elections. Read More

2 Democrats, 2 strategies: Texas Senate race shows party split on Trump-focus in midterm elections

In Texas, Democratic candidates Jasmine Crockett and James Talarico have launched their Senate campaigns with contrasting strategies ... Read More

How Democrats Used One Word to Turn the Tide Against Trump

Both parties are now preparing for “affordability” to play a major role in the midterm elections next year. How did it emerge so quickly? Read More

A controversial Democratic message makes a return: From the Politics Desk

🚨Breaking news: The Indiana Senate voted against a GOP-drawn congressional map, rejecting a monthslong pressure campaign from Trump. A majority of Republicans (21 of 40) in the chamber wound up ... Read More

It’s called the ‘six-year itch.’ Democrats hope it favors them for the Senate.

Sheldon Whitehouse, then a Democratic Senate candidate, greets supporters at a community dinner in Narragansett, Rhode Island, in 2006. (Joe Giblin/AP) Column by Paul Kane In early 2005, during gloomy ... Read More

The Democrats Had One Huge Shutdown Win. Trump Tried to Thwart It. He Just Failed.

On this week’s Slate Plus bonus episode of Amicus, co-hosts Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern discuss the ruling and its encouraging implications for the separation of powers and a bolstered ... Read More

As Rep. Jasmine Crockett ponders Senate bid, other candidates wait

The filing period for the March 3 primaries has been relatively calm, but a storm is on the horizon. U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crocket is considering running for the Senate seat held by Republican John Cornyn ... Read More

After clashes with Trump, could a Rep. Jasmine Crockett Senate run energize Republicans in addition to Democrats?

Dallas Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett (D) will announce tomorrow once and for all whether she is going to run for U.S. Senate and not run for re-election in her House district. Democratic and ... Read More

Jasmine Crockett calls would-be opponents as she weighs jumping into Texas Senate Democratic primary

Nikole Killion is a CBS News congressional correspondent based in Washington D.C., who has covered some of the biggest stories on Capitol Hill since 2021. Killion has also served a key role in CBS ... Read More