Tag: Democratic Party

In this Dec. 16, 2016, photo, President Barack Obama speaks to the media during a news conference at the White House in Washington. The Trump administration isn't the first to grapple with the question of how to handle tens of thousands of immigrant families arriving on the U.S.-Mexico border. Four years ago, Obama faced a similar crisis when record numbers of Central American immigrants fleeing violence began showing up at the border. Officials had to deal with the same court case the current administration began fighting Thursday, June 21, 2018, a day after President Donald Trump issued a new executive order on the treatment of migrants.

Obama set to join campaign trail in the fall to back Democrat candidates: Report

Diana Stancy Correll · June 28, 2018 1:03 am

President Trump speaks during a campaign rally on June 27, 2018, in Fargo, N.D.

Trump dubs Maxine Waters the 'new leader' of the Democratic Party: 'She's taking over'

Diana Stancy Correll · June 28, 2018 12:40 am

Former President Barack Obama and then-Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton wave to the crowd following Obama's speech at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia on July 27, 2016.

DNC moves to take power from superdelegates in choosing Democratic presidential nominees

Naomi Lim · June 27, 2018 10:05 pm

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez greets a reporter near Rockefeller Center in New York on June 27, 2018. The 28-year-old political newcomer upset incumbent Rep. Joe Crowley in New York's Democrat primary.

Bernie Sanders: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s win signals liberal values ‘will resonate’ in November

Naomi Lim · June 27, 2018 8:03 pm

The Democratic National Committee headquarters is seen in Washington.

‘Oh my God’: Hear the moment the Kennedy news broke during a DNC conference call

Mandy Mayfield · June 27, 2018 7:47 pm

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez talks to a reporter in New York, Wednesday, June 27, 2018. The 28-year-old political newcomer who upset U.S. Rep. Joe Crowley in New York's Democrat primary says she brings an "urgency" to the fight for working families.

Beltway Confidential

Rep. Joe Crowley’s loss to a socialist shows why GOP majorities in Congress are so important

Michael Steel · June 27, 2018 7:21 pm

Beltway Confidential

The new guard of the Democratic Party absolutely supports open borders

Philip Wegmann · June 27, 2018 5:51 pm

Donald Trump Jr. talks to reporters while campaigning for his father.

Trump Jr.: Democratic Party of JFK ‘is dead,’ replaced by ‘unbridled socialism’

William Nardi · June 27, 2018 5:47 pm

House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley, D-N.Y., noted Donald Trump's mocking of Sen. Marco Rubio, one of four Senate Republicans who worked on the "Gang of Eight" bill, during the Republican primary last year.

House Democrats in state of ‘disbelief’ after Joe Crowley’s defeat

Laura Barrón-López · June 27, 2018 5:31 pm

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., talks to reporters during her weekly news conference, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 7, 2018.

Pelosi: Joe Crowley’s defeat doesn’t mean democratic socialism is on the rise

Al Weaver · June 27, 2018 3:46 pm

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a 28-year-old political novice running on a low budget and an unabashedly liberal platform, upset longtime U.S. Rep. Joseph Crowley on Tuesday in the Democratic congressional primary in New York.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Twitter fights with Trump won’t help progressive agenda

Katelyn Caralle · June 27, 2018 1:22 pm

Kellyanne Conway: Democrats’ tilt toward socialism will boost Republicans

Pete Kasperowicz · June 27, 2018 1:08 pm