Tag: Democratic Party

Magazine - Washington Briefing

Putting pork back on the menu

Susan Ferrechio · December 28, 2018 5:01 am

People visit the Capitol as a shutdown affecting parts of the federal government appeared no closer to ending, with President Trump and congressional Democrats locked in a hardening standoff over border wall money, in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2018.

Poll: Republicans overwhelmingly support Trump in shutdown

Anna Giaritelli · December 28, 2018 12:04 am

Fox News guest: Democrats want a ‘Muslim transgender candidate’ but will get Joe Biden

Naomi Lim · December 27, 2018 11:19 pm

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks about his new book, 'Where We Go From Here: Two Years in the Resistance', at a George Washington University/Politics and Prose event in D.C.

Washington Secrets

Bernie Sanders gets closer, lays out 2020 agenda

Paul Bedard · December 27, 2018 10:56 pm

Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-NY., right, and Rep.-elect IIhan Omar, D-Minn., left, talk over coffee before heading to member-elect briefings on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018.

Beltway Confidential

Far-left Democratic freshmen are already getting leadership roles

Nicole Russell · December 27, 2018 7:51 pm

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg walks to his vehicle after touring the Paulson Electric Company, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Michael Bloomberg on 2020: I’ll be ‘demanding that anybody that’s running has a plan’

Naomi Lim · December 27, 2018 5:43 pm

A police officer guards the front steps of the Supreme Court in Washington as activists protest, Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2018. A Supreme Court with a new conservative majority takes the bench as Brett Kavanaugh, narrowly confirmed after a bitter Senate battle, joins his new colleagues to hear his first arguments as a justice.

Beltway Confidential

The Left hasn’t given up on smearing Justice Brett Kavanaugh

Thomas Jipping · December 27, 2018 5:41 pm

Evens Presendeaux of Haiti (center) speaks with coworkers on the floor of a factory in Tijuana, Mexico. Presendeaux is among about 4,000 Haitians to establish roots in Mexico's northwest corner after the United States abruptly closed its doors late last year. The Mexican government has welcomed them, and they are already having an outsize economic and cultural impact.

Mexico’s new minimum wage may not be enough for Democrats cool on trade deal

Sean Higgins · December 26, 2018 11:02 pm

Hillary Clinton appears at an event.

Beltway Confidential

Democrats and independents on 2020: Please, God, not Hillary

Becket Adams · December 26, 2018 6:32 pm

Sen. Bernie Sanders, former Vice President Joe Biden, and former first lady Michelle Obama are shown.

Washington Secrets

2020: Biden, Sanders, Obama lead Democrats, Trump 72 percent, Romney 9 percent in GOP

Paul Bedard · December 26, 2018 6:28 pm

Democrat Julian Castro talks about exploring the possibility of running for president in 2020, at his home in San Antonio, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018. The announcement Wednesday gives the 44-year-old Castro a jump-start on whatâs likely to be a crowded Democratic primary field that has no clear front-runner. He tells The Associated Press he plans to announce his ultimate decision in early January.

Julian Castro on Beto O’Rourke: There’s room for two Texas Democrats in 2020

Naomi Lim · December 23, 2018 3:57 pm

Democrats need to let go on the birth-control mandate

Washington Examiner · December 23, 2018 5:00 am