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Warnock and Talarico anchor an election-year boomlet for progressive Christianity

Democratic pastors and seminarians are linking their Christianity with their politics on the campaign trail.
US Senator Raphael Warnock (D-GA), a senior pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church, speaks ahead of the holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr., in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.,Joshua Roberts/Reuters

Insurgent left becomes Democratic leaders’ next headache

Both Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer live in the five boroughs where establishment Democrats got swept away.
Claire Valdez, Brad Lander, and Darializa Avila ChevalierEduardo Munoz/Reuters

Socialists sweep in New York primary

Left-wing challengers ousted two House Democrats in New York on Tuesday, a victory for Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his faction of the party.
Zohran Mamdani greets Brad LanderEduardo Munoz/Reuters

Mamdani makes a big bet on Democratic socialism

The mayor is staking his clout on three congressional challengers.
Brad Lander, Mayor Zohran Mamdani, and Darializa Avila ChevalierEduardo Munoz/Reuters

Democrats start forging a post-Trump and post-Biden foreign policy

National security Democrats are eyeing a new future for the party’s foreign policy — and new personnel to run it.
U.S. Senator Brian Schatz, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy, and Bridget Brink.Annabelle Gordon/Elizabeth Frantz/Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

Chris Murphy vs. the cults

The Connecticut senator thinks Democrats need to pick bigger fights.
U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) looks on during an interview with Reuters on Capitol Hill, in Washington, US.Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters


Mamdani-backed democratic socialist leads incumbent Espaillat in key House race

Darializa Avila Chevalier leads incumbent Rep. Adriano Espaillat 39-35 in a new poll from Data for Progress.

Why Democrats rejected ‘class traitor’ Steyer in California

As Steyer grew more ambitious, the donor-doer billionaire came to embody the Democratic Party’s problems.

Beleaguered in DC, Platner enters his comfort zone

Democrats’ presumptive Senate nominee in Maine isn’t going anywhere, despite the wishes of some in his party.

How one Tennessee student started a red-state anti-Pride push

The movement to counter June’s role as a celebration of LGBTQ rights is catching on with Republicans.

Platner asks for the Biden treatment from skeptical Democrats

Both Jill Biden and Graham Platner have highly scrutinized marriages (and families) that have made them political celebrities, and both argue that the public interest in their past missteps is a waste of time.

Busy primary day sweeps the nation

What to watch for as voters head to the polls in California, Iowa, and New Jersey.

Democratic primaries get an even bigger AIPAC problem

The group’s toxicity within the party is now so acute that it’s tied to both the war in Iran and the backlash against “dark money.”

Black Democrats confront their post-Voting Rights Act crisis

The scramble for a shrinking map is getting more intense as southern-state redistricting forces competition.

Platner: Collins ‘trying to offload her mistakes’

Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner isn’t backing down from his comments that GOP Sen. Susan Collins “sent me” to fight in Iraq, charging her with “trying to offload her mistakes” for pointing out that he chose to enlist.

Why Democrats prefer their own messy primaries

The US political parties are best understood by looking at Texas and California, whose 2026 primaries tell a story: Republicans are run from the top, Democrats aren’t run at all.

‘Circular firing squad’: Democrats question state conventions after Michigan debacle

The party is reevaluating its nominating practices that some warn could result in activist-driven sideshows.

DNC autopsy prompts more questions

The Democratic National Committee’s incomplete 2024 “autopsy” report contains no mention of the war in Gaza.
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