The sole Black Republican in the Senate, Scott offers his own life story as a rebuttal to progressive claims about the inescapability of systemic American racism. He has accused Democrats of weaponizing race and of fostering a culture of “grievance” — music to the ears of conservatives who ...
Iowa surrenders, falls back to Super Tuesday for Democrats in 2024 By ELENA SCHNEIDER and LISA KASHINSKY 10/06/2023 10:19 AM EDT Elections Dems set to (again) take a pass on deciding fate of New Hampshire’s primary By HOLLY OTTERBEIN and LISA KASHINSKY 09/13/2023 02:43 PM EDT ...
Several of the Democrats running to lead the national party defended Biden or supported his pardon. Former Gov. Martin O’Malley, who is campaigning to head the DNC, said, “I don’t blame the president for protecting his son from a man who has vowed to persecute his political enemies and...
Ten members of Congress, four members of the House and five Senate Democrats plus one Independent, including 2004 presidential hopeful John Kerry, went to Yale University. (And along with Harvard, Yale is one of only two Ivy League giants to make this list.) Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio Rep...
Lauren Lasry, chief of staff at Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin, is also a top Wisconsin donor to Democrats. Lasry’s husband,Alex, is a former co-owner and senior vice president of the NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks. He worked in the Obama and Biden administrations, and unsuccessfully ran ...
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After a bitter loss to John Quincy Adams in the 1824 presidential election, Jackson and his followers broke away from the Republican Party and formed a new party called the Democrats. (Republicans who disliked Jackson began to call themselves Whigs.) President Andrew Jackson He was a ...
"We made it clear to the president that any proposal he endorses that does not include the House-passed universal background checks legislation will not get the job done," they said. "The Senate must pass this bill and the President must sign it." ...
No major Texas Democrats have jumped into the race against Cornyn yet. O'Rourke opted to run for president. Rep. Joaquin Castro has reportedly considered a bid to challenge the senator. So has MJ Hegar, an Air Force veteran who fell short in her bid to upset GOP Rep. John Carter in T...
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