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Senator Jon Ossoff, a Democratic favourite, is running for re-election in Georgia in the 2026 US midterms while Abdul El-Sayed is a Senate candidate in the battleground state of Michigan. The two Democrats have very different profiles and platforms, underscoring divergences within the party. They could also determine the party's future ahead of the 2028 presidential election.
Texas is working through a backlog of nearly 200,000 unprocessed voter registration applications, thanks to a software error involving state contractor Deloitte.
Two separate proposals to ban member stock trading while in office and address data center-related utility costs failed Wednesday amid Democratic opposition.
CBP funded government-paid Trump TV ads as Democratic appropriators say DHS dedicated $20 million to the campaign ahead of the midterm election.
The US Supreme Court on Friday ruled the Trump administration can use a controversial new federal database that would ostensibly verify voter citizenship in November’s elections. Critics argue the administration is exaggerating the threat of non-citizen voters – an extreme rarity in US elections – to implement policies that would disenfranchise likely Democratic voters.
President Donald Trump rolled out an unusually lavish welcome for Chinese President Xi Jinping, praising their personal friendship throughout a White House state dinner and other ceremonial events. While both leaders said they held frank discussions behind closed doors, the visit produced no major breakthroughs, prompting criticism from Democratic lawmakers who argued the pageantry overshadowed pressing issues including Iran, Taiwan, AI and trade.
US Democratic senator Chris Van Hollen has called Netanyahu a lying war criminal ahead of his visit to UNGA
The former vice president joins Abdul El-Sayed in Detroit to bolster Democratic unity in swing-state Michigan.
Data centers have been a flash point in the 2026 midterm elections, including Abbott's bid for reelection against Democratic state Rep. Gina Hinojosa.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom and other 2028 Democratic presidential hopefuls have called for a more aggressive approach to addressing AI fears.
“Democratic freedoms depend not only on protection from direct state violence but on citizens being able to organise without assuming their participation is permanently recorded.”
The U.S. Senate passed a stopgap spending bill Friday evening, averting a partial government shutdown and overcoming Democratic opposition to the measure. The bill passed 54-46 after clearing a more difficult procedural hurdle to stop debate on the measure, which required at least 60 votes. The Republican-controlled House of Representatives passed the bill earlier this week to meet a March 14 deadline to keep the government running. Senate Democrats had fractured over whether to support the short-term continuing resolution (CR) that would fund the government for the next six months, reduce tot
