Like so many other progressive politicians, Rep. Chuy García (D., Ill.), seems to like posing as a defender of democracy more than he likes competitive elections. On his way out of office the Chicago ...

A group of Democrat lawmakers with military and intelligence backgrounds released a video Tuesday urging service members to "refuse illegal orders," a message conservatives blasted as a call to defy ...

Democrats were knocked back on their heels in 2024 by the party’s erosion of support among young men. They were gratified to see improvement with that group in key elections earlier this month. In ...

The future of President Donald Trump’s agenda remains at stake. While Democrats have been celebrating some recent wins in the ongoing mid-decade congressional map redistricting sweeping the country, ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck E. Schumer (D-New York) in D.C. on Nov. 5. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) It’s hard to see how the government shutdown and reopening is anything other than a defeat ...

WASHINGTON, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Democrats appear more fired up than Republicans about voting in next year's congressional elections following the party's victories in recent state and local contests, ...

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Caitlin Yilek is a politics reporter at CBSNews.com, based in Washington, D.C. She previously worked for the Washington Examiner and The Hill, and was a member of the 2022 Paul Miller Washington ...

For all the wailing and gnashing of teeth by Democrats unhappy with the deal to reopen the federal government, and for all the talk about a Democratic “civil war,” pretty much everyone in the party ...

WASHINGTON — A group of Senate Democrats is pushing for an investigation into the Trump administration’s use of federal agency websites and emails to post partisan messages blaming Democrats for the ...

The Senate voted 60-40 to overcome a filibuster on an updated continuing resolution proposed by the GOP, which would end the 40-day government shutdown. Eight Senate Democrats acquiesced to their ...

Back in September, when I was reporting an article on whether Democrats should shut down the government, I kept hearing the same warning from veterans of past shutdown fights: The president controls ...