Politics News How The Trump Effect Could Lift Democratic Senate Candidates

Why Trump’s political shadow is a mixed blessing for the GOP in 2026

The biggest lesson of this month’s sweeping Democratic election victories is that President Donald Trump is continuing to cast an outsize shadow over every other election during his presidential term. Read More

Should Democrats Help Trump Kill the Filibuster?

Democrats very recently tried to curtail the use of the filibuster. But they probably won’t disarm themselves in the current Trump 2.0 emergency. Read More

Chuck Schumer Faces Pushback From a ‘Fight Club’ of Senate Democrats

A group of liberal senators is quietly challenging the minority leader over his approach to the midterms and President Trump, in a sign of the party’s deep frustration. Read More

State Democrats Extend Influence Over Party Amid Turmoil in DC

As D.C. Democrats struggle to counter Trump, state leaders are making the case of why the party should turn their way. Read More

Trump’s strength, Democrats’ message and the shutdown effect. What to watch on Election Day 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — Tuesday marks the nation’s first major Election Day since President Donald Trump returned to the White House, and his leadership and policies dominated the debate in almost every ... Read More

Psaki: Shutdown fight shows need for a new kind of Democratic politics

Jen Psaki reacts to the collapse of Democratic resistance in the shutdown fight and the fact that no Democratic Senate candidates support the deal, while Republicans remain in abject disarray. Sen. Read More

These Democrats helped flip the House in Trump’s first term. They’re coming back to try to do it again

Seven years ago, they were part of a wave of first-time candidates who helped Democrats retake the US House. But their tenures in Congress were brief. Read More

How Democrats Could Take Back Control of House From GOP Before 2026 Midterm

Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene's resignation will shrink the GOP's already razor-thin majority in the House. Read More

Will Jasmine Crockett run for Senate? 3 questions loom as candidate filing period opens

Though campaigns for the 2026 midterm elections have raged for months, the candidate field for March primaries won’t be official until they are approved by local political parties and the secretary of ... Read More

Trump's strength, Democrats' message and the shutdown effect. What to watch on Election Day 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — Tuesday marks the nation’s first major Election Day since President Donald Trump returned to the White House, and his leadership and policies dominated the debate in almost every ... Read More