Democrats Take Fight to Republicans’ Own Turf With ‘People’s Town Halls’
Democrats have announced a series of “People’s Town Halls” as a form of counterprogramming after several high-profile protests derailed Republican town halls, prompting GOP leadership to advise party members to stop holding the events. Newsweek reached out to the Democratic National Committee (DNC) via email on Friday afternoon for comment. Why It Matters Republicans have […]
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AOC Rages at Democrats for ‘Betrayal’ Amid Government Shutdown Talks
Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York went off on members of her own party Thursday amid a looming government shutdown, saying, “American people, whether they are Republicans, independents, Democrats, are up in arms about Elon Musk and the actual gutting of federal agencies across the board.” Why It Matters The House passed a continuing […]
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New Hampshire Senator’s Announcement Adds to Democrats’ Senate Struggle
By Gabe Whisnant is a Breaking News Editor at Newsweek based in North Carolina. Prior to joining Newsweek in 2023, he directed daily publications in North and South Carolina. As an executive editor, Gabe led award-winning coverage of Charleston church shooter Dylan Roof’s capture in 2015, along with coverage of the Alex Murdaugh double murder […]
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John Fetterman Rips Democrats for Making Trump ‘Look More Presidential’
Democratic U.S. Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania ripped his colleagues in the House for their reaction to President Donald Trump‘s speech Tuesday night. Newsweek reached out to Fetterman’s office for comment via email on Wednesday night. Why It Matters Trump addressed Congress in his second term’s biggest speech since the inauguration of January 20. Minutes […]
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MAGA Accuses Democrats of Stealing House Seat in California
In an extremely tight race that remains uncalled, Republican lawmakers and conservative commentators are already raising allegations of election fraud after Democratic challenger Derek Tran took a narrow 36-vote lead over incumbent GOP Rep. Michelle Steel in California‘s 45th Congressional District. According to the California Secretary of State’s office, the latest ballot count shows Tran […]
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Democrats Shouldn’t Make a Sharp Right Turn. It Won’t Help | Opinion
As Democrats sort through the wreckage of their 2024 catastrophe, they would do well to take some time to reflect on the path forward rather than jumping to knee-jerk conclusions, especially since higher-quality election data about the scale of losses with groups like Black and Latino voters will soon be coming from researchers, including gold-standard […]
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Full List of Democrats Who Voted for Bill That Gives Trump Admin More Power
Over 50 House Democrats voted to give President-elect Donald Trump‘s Treasury secretary more power over nonprofit organizations. The House voted against the GOP-led Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act Tuesday, with 256 representatives voting in favor, shy of the 270 needed to pass the bill. Over 200 Republicans along with 52 Democrats […]
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Can Democrats Replace Sonia Sotomayor Before Donald Trump Takes Office?
Now that Donald Trump has been elected the next president of the United States, speculation has swirled around whether Democrats can replace U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor before he takes office in January. The short answer is yes, but it comes with a significant caveat: Sotomayor, 70, would have to agree to retire. Sotomayor […]
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Democrats Should Become Liberals | Opinion
Here we are now, aghast and uncertain, with the body politic outstretched upon the autopsy table. It’s rightful to fear that Donald Trump‘s re-ascendance into the Oval Office, with practically unchecked power granted to him by his party and the Supreme Court, is the death knell for democratic values. Hopefully, though, it will also signal […]
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Donald Trump Didn’t Win. The Democrats Lost | Opinion
Forget about 270. Today, the number that matters most is 92—former and future President Donald J. Trump will now be presidents 45+47. But anyone who thinks the Republicans just won the election and the Democrats didn’t lose hasn’t been paying attention. The Democrats outworked nobody in this election. All they did was outspend and out-fundraise […]
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