Tag: Democratic Party

Ralph Northam, who became governor of Virginia in January, ran his campaign on the promise to expand Medicaid under Obamacare. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

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Trump, in State of the Union, takes the high road on abortion

Tiana Lowe Doescher · February 6, 2019 3:02 am

President Trump delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, as Vice President Mike Pence and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., watch, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019.

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Democrats didn’t applaud Trump’s celebration of record-low minority unemployment

Tom Rogan · February 6, 2019 2:54 am

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass.

Elizabeth Warren identified herself as American Indian on 1986 document

Katelyn Caralle · February 6, 2019 1:19 am

Budget Director Mick Mulvaney listens during a meeting in the East Room of the White House in Washington.

Mick Mulvaney invites bipartisan group of lawmakers to Camp David

Katelyn Caralle · February 5, 2019 11:52 pm

Geraldine Mabagos, of Richmond, holds a sign during a protest in Richmond calling for Gov. Ralph Northam to resign on Monday Feb. 4, 2019.

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I’m a Virginia conservative, and I don’t think Northam should resign

Daniel Payne · February 5, 2019 8:23 pm

David Duke and Tulsi Gabbard are pictured.

Ex-KKK leader David Duke backs Tulsi Gabbard for president

Caitlin Yilek · February 5, 2019 7:20 pm

President Trump delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress.

State of the Union 2019: Trump, Democratic responses, speech times, and how to watch

Dominick Mastrangelo · February 5, 2019 7:14 pm

Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax, front right, is escorted from a press conference at the Capitol in Richmond, Va., Monday, Feb. 4, 2019. The Ivy League-educated lawyer and presiding officer in Virginia's Senate would become the state's second African-American governor should Ralph Northam resign over a racist photo on his 1984 medical school yearbook page.

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Justin Fairfax is testing the Left’s ‘believe all accusers’ standard

Philip Klein · February 5, 2019 6:44 pm

Environmental activists occupy the office of Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., the incoming majority leader, as they try to pressure Democratic support for a sweeping agenda to fight climate change, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Dec. 10, 2018.

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‘Green New Deal’ is the Democrats’ ‘Mexico will pay for it!’

Tiana Lowe Doescher · February 5, 2019 6:25 pm

In this Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019 file photo, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo meets with gun safety advocates in the Red Room during a news conference at the state Capitol in Albany, N.Y.

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Cuomo’s woe: More taxation means more out-migration

Tiana Lowe Doescher · February 5, 2019 5:16 pm

President Donald Trump speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House, Friday, Jan 25, 2019, in Washington.

Trump to ask Democrats to ‘heal old wounds,’ plead ‘the decision is ours to make’

Paul Bedard · February 5, 2019 4:44 pm

A California lawmaker introduced bill that would make Election Day a state holiday in order to boost voter turnout.

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What better way to celebrate democracy than with an Election Day holiday?

Erin Dunne · February 5, 2019 2:42 pm