Tag: Democratic Party

Senate Democrats chose their new leader, Chuck Schumer, an unparalleled expert at blending policymaking and fundraising. (AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz)

Schumer, favorite senator of Wall Street and K Street, takes over Senate Dems

Timothy P. Carney · January 4, 2017 4:30 am

The Democrats' saviors had done their side in. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

The sins of the gods

Noemie Emery · January 3, 2017 5:03 am

Labor Secretary Tom Perez has pitched himself as someone who can marry progressivism with pragmatism in the same style as the Democratic Party's still-popular president. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

Obama’s new fight to secure his legacy: The DNC race

Sarah Bedford · January 3, 2017 5:01 am

Obama, born to run, not to govern

Washington Examiner · January 2, 2017 5:01 am

Van Jones: ‘The Clinton days are over’

Caitlin Yilek · January 1, 2017 4:13 pm

Nancy Pelosi took a notably less generous view of minority rights while she wielded the speaker's gavel. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Beltway Confidential

Can both parties live up to new ethics rules?

Philip Wegmann · December 30, 2016 10:35 pm

Alan Dershowitz said Friday he would rather leave the Democratic Party than be a member under Rep. Keith Ellison, the front-runner to lead the Democratic National Committee. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)

Dershowitz will leave the Democratic Party if Ellison becomes DNC chairman

Kyle Feldscher · December 30, 2016 7:17 pm

Democrats accused GOP leaders of planning an unconstitutional crackdown on their speech rights. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Ryan plans fines for House Dem sit-ins

Joel Gehrke · December 30, 2016 5:27 pm

President Obama will reportedly meet with congressional Democrats next week to discuss efforts to preserve portions of his signature healthcare law despite the incoming administration's promise to repeal it. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama to plot Obamacare defense with top Democrats

Gabby Morrongiello, Robert King · December 30, 2016 4:32 pm

Rep. Sean Duffy, R-Wis., said Obama's decision to impose sanctions and expel 35 Russians intelligence agents for overstepping their diplomatic bounds into intelligence affairs isn't tough. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

National Security

GOP lawmaker questions Obama’s motive for sanctioning Russia

Kyle Feldscher · December 30, 2016 2:48 pm

How the Democratic Party's religion problem cost them the 2016 presidential election. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Beltway Confidential

From the inside, a Democrat points to his party’s blind spot on religion

David Freddoso · December 29, 2016 11:50 pm

The intense sniping between the outgoing and incoming administrations over the stalled Middle East peace process is the latest sign of a growing partisan divide over Israel. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

National Security

UN resolution finally makes Israel a partisan fight

W. James Antle III · December 29, 2016 5:23 am