Democrats

adamkaz/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Democratic National Committee on Saturday is launching a new ad campaign targeted at rural voters to boost turnout in two southern battlegrounds in the final days of the presidential election. The effort, backed by a six-figure media buy, comes as Democrats are especially concerned that early vote turnout is low […]

Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Democrats again helped Republicans get a short-term government funding bill over the finish line on Wednesday to avoid a government shutdown at the end of the month. The measure is largely an extension of current funding levels but includes $231 million in additional aid to the […]

Joe Raedle/Getty Images (CHICAGO) — Vice President Kamala Harris will set out what Democratic officials are touting as a “bold vision for America’s future” at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago next week, as her campaign looks to maintain the momentum that has so irked former President Donald Trump. The Democratic National Convention Committee on […]

Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump walks onstage at a rally, on July 31, 2024, in Harrisburg, Pa. — Spencer Platt/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — When former President Donald Trump rallies across the country, voters in some of those states will read coverage of his events in their biggest papers — and new Democratic attack […]

Caroline Purser/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After Joe Biden’s disastrous debate, Democrats worried about the president’s chances in November are mired in a debate of their own: shut up or shout louder. Biden, whose decades-long career in Democratic politics has let him rack up chits across the party, has his fair share of defenders, both those […]

Joe Daniel Price/Getty Images/STOCK (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Supreme Court ruling granting presidential immunity for official acts — seen as benefiting Donald Trump in his Jan. 6 trial — has renewed calls to impeach or take other “aggressive oversight” against conservative members of the court. The day the ruling came down, New York Democratic Rep. […]

Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — Democrats are bracing for a painful waiting game in the next few weeks as the party continues to reconcile its future after President Joe Biden’s devastating debate last week. Democratic insiders told ABC News they anticipate the questions over Biden’s candidacy won’t be answered for at […]

Bonnie Cash/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Unless President Joe Biden removes himself from the 2024 presidential race, it’s essentially impossible for any other candidate to earn the Democratic nomination, according to party rules. And even if he does leave, it would be challenging to confirm a replacement. Following Biden’s debate performance on Thursday, a […]

Henrik5000/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The presidential election is taking up much of the political oxygen in 2024. But Democrats are urging voters not to forget the importance of state legislative races — and they’re spending big to make sure they don’t. The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, the Democrats’ campaign arm for state legislative races, launched […]

John Nacion/WireImage (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump opened the door to restricting access to contraceptives earlier this week, less than a week after Virginia’s Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin vetoed two bills that would have established the right to contraception in the state. Now, Democrats are sounding the alarm over the fact that access to […]