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'No Kings' protests give badly needed spark of optimism to Democrats

Democrats have been looking for a jolt of energy since their devastating November loss of the White House to President Trump, and they finally feel...

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Padilla backlash could backfire on Democrats, some in party worry

Democratic Party officials have been united in their public and vigorous support of Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) after he was forcibly removed and...

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Newsom becomes a fighter, and Democrats beyond California are cheering

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is meeting the moment, Democrats say. Amid the growing storm over the Trump administration’s response to protests...

13.06.2025 10

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Trump, Newsom collide over LA unrest

The fight between President Trump and California Gov. Gavin Newsom over unrest in Los Angeles reached new heights on Monday, with Trump saying he’d...

10.06.2025 40

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Jean-Pierre triggers Democratic fury with public split from party

Democrats are furious with former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre’s decision to publicly leave the party and announce she’s a...

05.06.2025 2

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Rahm Emanuel flirts with Democratic run for the White House

While Democrats search for a new party leader, one old name keeps coming up in conversation: Rahm Emanuel. The Democrat has been an investment...

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Democrats say their problems run much deeper than money

Democrats outraised and outspent President Trump in 2024, underscoring how money wasn’t the party’s biggest problem in its loss of power last...

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From Biden to RBG, Democrats feel the anguish of age

The Democratic Party is feeling the anguish of age. The deaths of three House Democrats since March has dispirited the caucus and given GOP leaders a...

27.05.2025 10

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Democrats wince as Trump leans into Biden argument

When news broke about former President Biden’s cancer diagnosis and most Democrats were extending well wishes to the former president, one source...

21.05.2025 30

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Democrats want Biden to take responsibility for loss to Trump

Democrats are tired of Joe Biden saying he would have won. What they want, they say, is for the former president to admit to his part in the...

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Trump’s tariffs threaten to become his Achilles’ heel

Republicans typically love President Trump — no matter what he does. But a growing chorus of those supporters has quietly been expressing...

10.05.2025 3

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Trump’s Hollywood tariff threat greeted with skepticism

President Trump is threatening to rewrite the script on how Hollywood does business, with his talk of a tariff on foreign films alarming entertainment...

06.05.2025 10

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Newsom searches for what went wrong for Democrats

Usually, I’m the one asking the questions. But last week I flew out to California to appear on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s podcast to talk about "FIGHT,"...

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EXCLUSIVE: Newsom on Democrats: 'I don't know what the party is'

SAN ANSELMO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom is accusing the Democratic Party of not yet performing a thorough autopsy on what went wrong in...

22.04.2025 20

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Democrats want Joe Biden to stay away

Democrats trying to find their way back from their 2024 election losses are taking aim at former President Biden for reemerging on the national stage....

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5 lessons from the Harris, Trump campaigns we learned in writing our book

"Fight: Inside the Wildest Battle for the White House," which chronicles the 2024 race for the White House between Donald Trump, Kamala Harris and Joe...

14.04.2025 9

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Walz reemerges as Democratic fighter with shots at Musk

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) all but disappeared after he and former Vice President Kamala Harris lost the presidential race to President Trump in...

23.03.2025 30

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Wes Moore’s star is rising as Democrats look for a comeback

When Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) took the stage at the annual Gridiron Club dinner on Saturday night, he mockingly made mention of the thing Democrats...

20.03.2025 40

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Democrats set themselves up for year of primaries in 2026

Progressives are vowing to run primary challenges against Democrats who do not do enough to stand up to President Trump and the GOP, an effort that is...

18.03.2025 20

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Exclusive: How 'no daylight' from Biden crippled the Harris presidential campaign

Excerpted from "FIGHT: Inside the Wildest Battle for the White House" by Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes, to be published April 1 by William Morrow....

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Newsom, Ocasio-Cortez lead Democrats searching for an audience

When California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) launched his podcast last week, his comments on transgender athletes made headlines.  Republicans used it to...

12.03.2025 30

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Democrats suffer Trump joint address hangover: 'Self owns and unhinged petulance'

Democrats woke up furious the morning after some sought to bring the fight to President Trump during his address Tuesday to a joint session Congress,...

06.03.2025 40

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Democrats grapple with Trump, democracy and an argument that didn’t work

Democrats say they are wary of the D-word. On the heels of a grueling loss in the presidential election in November, Democrats find themselves...

03.03.2025 10

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Andrew Cuomo seen as possible White House candidate by some Democrats

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is days away from potentially entering the New York City mayor's race. But even before Cuomo is set to make that...

27.02.2025 20

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Angry Democratic donors turn off the flow of money

Democrats are anxious to rebuild their party on the heels of President Trump’s victory in November. But they have a major problem as they try to...

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Ex-presidents' silence on Trump dismays some Democrats

Former Presidents Clinton, Obama, Biden and George W. Bush have barely uttered a word about President Trump's actions a month into his second term, to...

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Democrats push for tougher resistance to Trump as anger mounts

Democrats are starting to push for a stronger response to President Trump as his policies fuel anger with the party’s base. Members of the party...

13.02.2025 30

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Musk provokes battle among Democrats over how to fight back

Democrats are grappling with how to take on Elon Musk and his unprecedented efforts to remake the federal government, with some favoring direct...

07.02.2025 20

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Democrats struggle with big question: Who is the leader of their party?

A big question has been on the minds of Democrats since their grueling loss in November: Who is the leader of the Democratic Party? Senate Minority...

05.02.2025 10

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Democrats fume over weak early response to Trump

Democrats are fuming about their party leadership's early response to President Trump.  Strategists say the reaction to Trump is inconsistent and not...

03.02.2025 20

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Democratic infighting is rising as Trump takes center stage

Democrats are finding themselves mired in infighting and schoolyard sniping just as President Trump begins his new term. Former first lady Jill Biden...

22.01.2025 4

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Biden endures painful but active last day of presidency

When President Biden walked through the Capitol on Monday with mere minutes left in his presidency, a reporter asked how he was feeling. “Well,”...

21.01.2025 20

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Elon Musk already has a White House email address

On President Trump's first day in office, Elon Musk already has a coveted White House email address. A source tells The Hill that Musk, the...

21.01.2025 20

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Vice President Harris faces tough decisions on political future

Advisers and allies are privately deliberating Vice President Harris’s next steps as she prepares to leave office Monday facing an uncertain future...

20.01.2025 30

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Democrats nonplussed by their prospects want ‘political exorcism’

Democrats are down in the dumps this inauguration weekend, and their hopes are not being lifted when they look at their prospects for winning back the...

18.01.2025 5

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Michelle Obama signals she’s done with Trump

Michelle Obama is done with President-elect Trump, if her decision to skip next week's inauguration means anything.  The former first lady, who once...

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Democrats warn party must look beyond 'blue wall' to win

When Democrats lost the White House in November, and watched the Senate flip and the House remain in Republican control, they immediately set their...

09.01.2025 4

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Democrats look for places to work with Trump 2.0

Democrats say one thing is certain: 2025 won't be 2017, when it comes to the start of the Trump administration. Two months after their grueling and...

05.01.2025 4

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Ranking the Democrats: Here's who the party could nominate next as president

Democrats are licking their wounds after Vice President Harris’s defeat to President-elect Trump, but already are looking toward who might lead...

29.11.2024 20

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Trump win leaves Democrats talking about how to start over

Democrats say they need a fresh start after President-elect Donald Trump’s decisive victory over Vice President Harris, which saw him sweep the...

08.11.2024 2

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Democrats play blame game after devastating Harris loss

Democrats spent the immediate aftermath of election night on Wednesday looking for answers. In the early hours of what one called a “bloodbath,”...

07.11.2024 30

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Democrats feel 2016 all over again in Harris-Trump battle

Democrats started election night feeling genuinely optimistic about Vice President Harris’s chance of becoming the nation’s first female president....

06.11.2024 30

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Harris camp thinks she’s regained edge on Trump

Vice President Harris and her supporters believe they have the edge in the final hours of the presidential campaign, after several weeks when the...

05.11.2024 40

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Harris, Trump both see paths to victory as election nears

The presidential race is tight, and neither candidate has a clear lead. But in the final weekend before Election Day, both Vice President Harris...

04.11.2024 10

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Democrats start to point fingers even as they hope for Harris win

Vice President Harris could win the presidential election next week. But fingers in Democratic circles are already being pointed behind the scenes,...

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Democrats think ground game can save Harris, beat Trump

Democrats say they have the secret sauce when it comes to defeating Donald Trump: It all comes down to their ground game. During the final stretch...

27.10.2024 30

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Democrats say Harris holds several campaign advantages over Trump

Democrats are nervous, but they say they haven't given up hope that they're going to win the presidential race. Quite the opposite. They say Vice...

24.10.2024 40

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Democrats fear race may be slipping away from Harris

There is growing fear in Democratic circles that the presidential race could be slipping further away from Vice President Harris. To be sure,...

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Harris steps up negative attacks on Trump

Vice President Harris is entering the “negative” phase of the campaign.  With polls exceptionally tight in the seven swing states likely to...

20.10.2024 20

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Momentum shifts against Harris in presidential race

The tides of the election are turning against Vice President Harris. During the late summer and heading into fall, Harris appeared to be the...

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