Tag: Democratic Party

Followers of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, displayed on the poster, celebrate in Tahrir Square, Baghdad, Iraq, early Monday, May 14, 2018. The political coalition of influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr took an early lead in Iraq's national elections in partial returns announced late Sunday by the Iraqi electoral commission.

The myth of realignment in modern politics

Philip Klein · November 20, 2018 9:57 pm

Michael Avenatti leaves the Los Angeles Police Department's Pacific Division after being released from police custody following his arrest on a felony domestic violence charge, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018, in Los Angeles. Avenatti says he's confident he will be fully exonerated after police complete a thorough investigation.

Washington Secrets

Avenatti-backed PAC helping Espy in Miss. despite assault charges

Paul Bedard · November 20, 2018 9:12 pm

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., participates in a panel during a campaign event for Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. Friday, Jan. 31, 2020, in Clive, Iowa.

Beltway Confidential

Democrats only care about religious freedom when it helps one of their own

Nicole Russell · November 20, 2018 4:41 pm

President Donald Trump listens during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Pollsters tell Democrats: Focus on Trump wrongdoings, not subpoenas

Katelyn Caralle · November 20, 2018 1:49 pm

Bernie Sanders Is Shrinking

David Byler · November 20, 2018 2:02 am

"No. I have asked for him to resign. No, it doesn't at all," Pelosi said. "I've asked for him to resign right from the start." (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Democrats divided on who should be House speaker: Poll

Naomi Lim · November 20, 2018 12:24 am

A display from The Satanic Temple-Chicago has been placed in the Statehouse rotunda at the Capitol in Springfield, Ill. It joins the Nativity scene to mark the Christmas season and the Menorah to mark Hanukkah.

Trump can do better than these Schitty insults

Washington Examiner · November 19, 2018 11:54 pm

Researchers found remains of crocodile-like animals called phytosaurs in an area that President Trump cut off from the Bears Ears National Monument in Utah. "Based on our small, initial excavation, we believe that this 63-meter site may be the densest area of Triassic period fossils in the nation, maybe the world," one researcher said.

Energy and Environment

Democratic lawmakers join court fight against Trump’s rollback of national monuments

John Siciliano · November 19, 2018 11:07 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin visits the Geropharm-Bio Plant in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Beltway Confidential

Whoever convinced most Democrats that Putin hacked the election tallies is doing Putin’s bidding

Tom Rogan · November 19, 2018 10:43 pm

Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colo., gestures as she questions Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt before the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 26, 2018.

Diana DeGette bows out of House leadership race, cites ‘pressure’ to elect old guard Democrats

Naomi Lim · November 19, 2018 6:03 pm

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., meets with reporters following escalation of tensions this week between the U.S. and Iran, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The House will vote Thursday on a measure limiting President Donald Trump's ability to take military action against Iran as Democratic criticism of the U.S. killing of a top Iranian general intensified.

Washington Secrets

New House: More Democrats from California than from 36 other states combined

Paul Bedard · November 19, 2018 5:04 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.

16 Democrats, minus potential challenger Marcia Fudge, commit to ousting Nancy Pelosi

Laura Barrón-López · November 19, 2018 2:42 pm