Tag: Elections

Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren speaks at the Phoenix Convention Center during the Netroots Nation convention Friday, July 17, 2015, in Phoenix. Warren on Friday pressed the 2016 presidential contenders to curb the influence of Wall Street banks, as she seeks to leave her imprint on the agenda of Hillary Rodham Clinton and rest of the Democratic field. (Cheryl Evans/The Arizona Republic via AP) MARICOPA COUNTY OUT; MAGS OUT; NO SALES; MANDATORY CREDIT

Beltway Confidential

Democrats still don’t have a Trump-era strategy

Emily Jashinsky · January 23, 2018 3:54 am

Democratic leadership — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.Â —Â played no small part in driving the government toward shutdown over the weekend. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The media always knew Democrats were going to lose the shutdown

Eddie Scarry · January 23, 2018 2:42 am

Sens. Cory Booker, Kirsten Gillibrand, Kamala Harris, Bernie Sanders, and Elizabeth Warren were united in their opposition.

Top 2020 Democrats vote no on shutdown deal

Madeleine Morgenstern · January 22, 2018 10:17 pm

FBI Director Christopher Wray threatened to resign if Trump and Sessions forced him to fire Andrew McCabe: Report

Naomi Lim · January 22, 2018 8:56 pm

Kid Rock donates over $100,000 from merchandise sold while teasing Senate run to GOP voter registration initiative

Mandy Mayfield · January 22, 2018 5:02 pm

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady, R-Texas, a steward of the GOP tax bill, and Rep. Peter Roskam, R-Ill., are both up for re-election this year. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Support for GOP tax law improves, giving Republicans hope for midterms

David M. Drucker · January 21, 2018 5:01 am

Without a spending deal between Democrat and Republican lawmakers, the U.S. government entered a partial shutdown Friday night. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Beltway Confidential

Government shutdowns prove America is the greatest country on Earth

Pete Kasperowicz · January 20, 2018 5:35 am

Twitter trends associated with more than 500 Twitter accounts linked to Russian influence efforts on the Internet show a sizeable spike within the last 48 hours, far exceeding any other topic. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

National Security

Twitter accounts linked to Russia are giving #ReleaseTheMemo a big boost

Daniel Chaitin · January 19, 2018 3:00 pm

President Trump has developed a tendency to push his party off message without warning, as evident Thursday after he nearly upended the GOP's whole strategy to avoid a government shutdown with a tweet. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Trump’s tendency to move Republicans off message is a major midterm concern

David M. Drucker · January 19, 2018 5:01 am

Last week, a three-judge panel voided the congressional map of North Carolina drawn by the GOP-controlled state legislature in 2016 and said it constitutes a "partisan" gerrymander.

Supreme Court puts order invalidating North Carolina congressional voting map on hold

Melissa Quinn · January 19, 2018 12:58 am

President Trump (pictured center-right) stands with many of the Pennsylvania delegation during an official visit at H&K Equipment, a rental and sales company for specialized material handling solutions in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, on Jan. 18, 2018. Trump visited the facility to talk about the Republican tax reform policy that was passed in late December. (Photo by Justin Merriman for the Washington Examiner)

Beltway Confidential

Trump returns to Pennsylvania touting tax cuts, the economy, and a little politics

Salena Zito · January 19, 2018 12:15 am

The Republican National Committee hauled in $11.1 million in December, making it one of nine months in 2017 that it broke its fundraising records for those months.(AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

GOP expects to double up Democrats on 2017 donations

Anna Giaritelli · January 18, 2018 4:13 pm