The Democratic National Committee has decided against hosting a midterm convention, as the party faces a fundraising crunch. The DNC also announced Monday that it would hold the 2028 presidential convention from Aug. 7 to Aug. 10, 2028. Five cities — Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Denver and Philadelphia — are under consideration to host it, officials…
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Hours after the American military strikes in Iran started, Third Way co-founder Matt Bennett scrambled to write up a presentation on how centrist Democrats should talk about foreign policy in 2028. On stage during Third Way’s “Winning the Middle” conference, Bennett described focus groups before the war in Iran started, where “the…
President Donald Trump’s Iran strikes are forcing a hypothetical debate into reality. And a president with extraordinary control over his party’s base will test how far his supporters will follow him on an issue that polling showed divided his coalition. Just half of 2024 Trump voters, 50 percent, supported military action in a POLITICO poll…
The United States’ attack on Iran is stirring up an already-roiling Democratic debate over Israel, just as primary season kicks off. The joint U.S.-Israel military operation has put the countries’ relationship squarely at the center of the national political debate — and the role of its big-spending allies like the American Israel Public Affairs Committee,…
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz finally got President Donald Trump on the phone seven weeks into the administration’s crackdown on Minneapolis — and the president had a complaint. Trump told the Democratic governor he didn’t “know what’s wrong with Minnesota,” comparing the state to cities like Louisville and New Orleans where there had been less fierce…
Democrats of all stripes quickly accused President Donald Trump of starting another prolonged conflict in the Middle East on Saturday and demanded limits to his war powers. That’s where their agreement ended. Progressives castigated the president for pursuing “dangerously illegal,” “totally unnecessary” and potentially “catastrophic” military action when diplomacy was still on the table. Some,…
DALLAS — When President Donald Trump pops up in Texas for an event at the Port of Corpus Christi on Friday, he’s not expected to put his finger on the scale in the closely watched Republican Senate primary between incumbent John Cornyn, state Attorney General Ken Paxton and Rep. Wesley Hunt — all of whom…
Former Vice President Kamala Harris is wading into the heated Texas Democratic Senate primary recording a robocall for Rep. Jasmine Crockett in the final days before Tuesday’s election. “Hi, this is Kamala Harris, and I’m calling to encourage you to please go vote for my friend Jasmine Crockett in the Democratic primary,” Harris says in…
Democrats have more work to do if they want to win over younger Black men ahead of the midterms, new research reveals. Black men 50 years old and below were more likely to show apathy toward President Donald Trump’s policies and less likely to say they were personally hurt by them, compared with other age…
Data centers, once popular with elected officials in both parties, are fast becoming a midterms bogeyman. Democratic governors are racing to rein in new warehouse projects they once offered up millions of dollars in tax incentives to secure as they face voters furious over soaring electric bills. And President Donald Trump, who has slashed red…
