Jay Jones, the Democrats’ scandal-plagued attorney general nominee who sparked a Republican-led backlash over violent text messages, secured victory in what turned into a high-profile race in Virgi...
NEW YORK — The political, social and economic turmoil awaiting Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, whose ascendence has been tracked closely by both national Democrats and Republicans, will make his job es...
A democratic socialist wasn’t supposed to be able to win a major office like New York City mayor over the objections of billionaires. Yet Zohran Mamdani and the movement behind him built a campaign...
Zohran Mamdani will be the unlikeliest mayor in New York City history. A 34-year-old backbench state assemblyman and self-proclaimed democratic socialist, Mamdani ran on the promise of affordabilit...
Reps. Mikie Sherrill and Abigail Spanberger, seen here in 2019, will both be governors next year. | Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call
The pendulum of American politics has swung again.
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The Democratic sweep on Tuesday night delivered a forceful signal that backlash is building against the Trump administration’s policies.Many voters also sent another message: They’re done with Bide...
California voters approved Gavin Newsom’s plan to oust Republican incumbents with a new congressional map that could give Democrats up to five more seats in next year’s midterm elections, buoying t...
The looming Supreme Court showdown over President Donald Trump’s tariffs amounts to an epic clash between two of the most deeply ingrained tenets of the conservative legal movement.The first is tha...
Donald Trump attributed Republicans’ Tuesday night losses in part to his absence from the ballot. Some of his closest allies blamed poor candidate quality. One Republican said the GOP failed to add...
President Donald Trump phoned into a private Indiana Senate Republican caucus meeting Friday, pressing reluctant Hoosier lawmakers to undertake mid-cycle redistricting, according to two people brie...
Graham Platner’s campaign manager is stepping down after less than a week on the job, the latest departure on a campaign that has seen several high-profile shake-ups in recent weeks as it attempts ...
The finance director for Graham Platner’s Senate campaign announced his resignation on Friday, the latest in a series of personnel departures for the Maine hopeful’s high-profile bid that has been ...
Democrats, knocked down by a Trump tsunami last year, rode a blue wave back to relevance Tuesday night. On an off-cycle Election Day, as voters hit the polls in a few states, the down-and-out party...
NEW YORK — The common theme that emerged from Democrats’ trio of wins in New York, New Jersey and Virginia on Tuesday was affordability.For all their ideological differences, Zohran Mamdani, Mikie ...
SACRAMENTO, California — Gavin Newsom challenged blue state leaders to follow California in redrawing their election maps minutes after voters here overwhelmingly approved Democrats’ redistricting ...
SACRAMENTO, California — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday vetoed a bill that threatened massive fines when social media companies intentionally feed their users violent or extremist content, avoiding a ...
Zohran Mamdani kisses his wife Rama Duwaji after winning the 2025 New York City Mayoral race, at an election night rally in Brooklyn (Picture: Reuters)
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