Tag: Democratic Party

President Trump is set to give his first State of the Union address Tuesday. No less than six Democrats have announced separate rebuttals to Trump's address. (Aaron P. Bernstein/Bloomberg)

Beltway Confidential

The danger of split political personalities and the six different Democrat responses to the State of the Union

Philip Wegmann · January 31, 2018 12:37 am

The Democrats have chosen Rep. Joe Kennedy, D-Mass., to give the State of the Union rebuttal. The party of Sen. Elizabeth Warren and former Vice President Joe Biden is giving this speech opportunity to someone 30 years their junior. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Red Alert Politics

Young relative of JFK to deliver Democratic ‘State of the Union’ response

Angela Morabito · January 30, 2018 9:46 pm

The questions for Democrats: Is Trump asking for three times more than he wants? (Chris Kleponis/Pool via Bloomberg)

Beltway Confidential

Byron York: On immigration, Trump goes for it all

Byron York · January 30, 2018 9:40 pm

Rep. John Delaney, D-Md., announced his bid to run for president on July 28, 2017.

Rep. John Delaney airing 2020 presidential campaign ads in Iowa on Super Bowl Sunday

Tristan Justice · January 30, 2018 6:10 pm

House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md., center, told reporters Tuesday that even though government funding will expire after Feb. 8 — right in the middle of the Democratic retreat — they will still leave the Capitol and head to the shore for their annual gathering. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrats still plan on attending annual retreat despite next week’s funding battle

Al Weaver · January 30, 2018 5:48 pm

House Speaker Paul Ryan said a memo authored by Democrats on the intelligence panel that is meant to serve as a rebuttal to the GOP memo will be released to the public after it is screened by the Department of Justice to ensure it does not contain information damaging to national security. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

National Security

Paul Ryan backs memo release, cites possible ‘malfeasance at the FBI’

Susan Ferrechio · January 30, 2018 3:42 pm

Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., spoke just hours after the House Intelligence Committee voted Monday to release a GOP memo that Republicans say describes abuses of federal surveillance authority. "They voted unanimously to not allow the public to see that, and that's a shame," he said. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

National Security

Democrat accuses GOP of releasing ‘brainwashing’ surveillance memo

Pete Kasperowicz · January 30, 2018 12:43 pm

"[I]f President Trump chooses a real, direct, federal investment in infrastructure, he will have a chance to pass an effective, bipartisan bill. We Democrats will gladly work with him on it," Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., wrote in an op-ed. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Chuck Schumer: Democrats will still ‘gladly’ work with Trump on infrastructure

Anna Giaritelli · January 30, 2018 12:29 pm

Historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr. passed away in 2007 of a heart attack in a Manhattan steakhouse. He is remembered most for his work for and writings on Democratic politicians Adlai Stevenson and John and Robert F. Kennedy. (AP Photo/David Pickoff)

The tale of Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., historian

Noemie Emery · January 30, 2018 5:01 am

Ivana Brancaccio is the communications director for Rep. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Staffer had perfect training for the Hill: ‘My family likes to argue’

Steven Nelson · January 30, 2018 5:01 am

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., on Monday told CNN's Chris Cuomo that House Republicans are "deadly afraid of the Russia investigation" and are going to great lengths to impede it or distract from it. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Nancy Pelosi: House Republicans are trying to ‘cover up’ the Russia probe by releasing FISA memo

Naomi Lim · January 30, 2018 4:44 am

Democratic National Committee CEO Jess O'Connell did not give a reason Monday why she would be leaving the Democratic Party's governing body. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Democratic National Committee CEO stepping down: Report

Naomi Lim · January 30, 2018 2:31 am