Tag: Democratic Party

The Department of Education building is seen in Washington.

Beltway Confidential

Shutdown shows why it’s time to defund the Education Department

Pedro Rodriguez · November 3, 2025 11:12 am

Zohran Mamdani smiles as he's surrounded by reporters.

Beltway Confidential

How to understand Mamdani, the Muslim at the gay bar

Timothy P. Carney · November 3, 2025 11:09 am

Democratic candidate for Virginia attorney general Jay Jones.

Community and Family

Virginians must draw the line at the ballot box

Tiffany Justice · November 3, 2025 6:00 am

Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) participates in a debate at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the Senate.

Fetterman says Democrats ‘really need to own’ blame for shutdown

Zach Halaschak · November 2, 2025 11:52 am

Hakeem Jeffries and Zohran Mamdani.

Jeffries dismisses NYC mayoral front-runner Mamdani as ‘future’ of Democratic Party

Zach Halaschak · November 2, 2025 10:53 am

State Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, urges members of the Senate to reject a soda tax measure, Thursday, June 28, 2018, in Sacramento, Calif. Lawmakers passed the bill to ban local taxes on soda for the next 12 years and sent it to Gov. Jerry Brown.

How Democrats fuel the prostitution industry

Timothy P. Carney · November 2, 2025 8:00 am

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY).

Beltway Confidential

Democrats pulled the plug and forgot they were standing in water

Elizabeth Stauffer · November 2, 2025 5:00 am

A collage of Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) and Jersey City Mayor Jason Fulop (D).

Jersey City’s Democrat mayor sounds alarm about ‘upset’ in Garden State governor election

Joseph Nepomuceno · November 1, 2025 3:41 pm

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks during a press conference after weekly Senate caucus luncheons on the 28th day of the government shutdown at the U.S. Capitol on Oct. 28. (Bonnie Cash/UPI via Newscom)

Trump has ushered in a new mode of American politics that Democrats have largely embraced

Jeremy Lott · October 31, 2025 5:35 am

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) holds a news conference on the 29th day of the federal government shutdown at the U.S. Capitol on October 29, 2025 in Washington, DC. While keeping the House of Representatives out of session and away from Washington, Republican leaders blamed Democratic lawmakers for the continued federal government shutdown. (Graeme Jennings / Washington Examiner)

The Democrats’ government shutdown has turned staff into indentured servants. Will the party set them free?

Tiana Lowe Doescher · October 31, 2025 4:00 am

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), appear at a rally on Oct. 26 in New York. (Heather Khalifa/Associated Press)

The rise of Zohran Mamdani: Beneath a veneer of inclusivity lies a profound unease for Jewish New Yorkers

Daniel Ross Goodman · October 31, 2025 2:50 am

Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) speaks at the Capitol.

Warner fumes that Republican-only Senate briefing on Venezuela boat strikes ‘corrosive’ to democracy and ‘dangerous’

Brady Knox · October 30, 2025 5:19 pm