Biden: Trump wants ‘division and chaos’ because ‘his campaign is failing’
Joe Biden says Donald Trump is trying to distract attention from racial inequalities and economic turmoil.
By Associated Press - July 29, 2020Joe Biden says Donald Trump is trying to distract attention from racial inequalities and economic turmoil.
By Associated Press - July 29, 2020‘This isn’t just a wink to white supremacists — he’s throwing them a welcome home party,’ said Sen. Kamala Harris.
By Associated Press - June 12, 2020Trump is holding his first in-person rally since March on the holiday commemorating the end of slavery.
By Emily Singer - June 11, 2020The effort is spearheaded by the Congressional Black Caucus.
By Associated Press - June 04, 2020‘We must make sure the pandemic does not impede full, unfettered access to the ballot box,’ said Rep. Marcia Fudge, a lead sponsor of the bill.
By Dan Desai Martin - May 12, 2020Also: Virginia has a new law defending reproductive health, and former President Barack Obama endorses a friend.
By Dan Desai Martin - April 17, 2020Democrats ‘are going to ruin the country that our founders built because they want to control our whole lives,’ Florida Sen. Rick Scott claimed.
By Emily Singer - April 10, 2020The California senator responded to colleague Elizabeth Warren’s decision to drop out of the 2020 Democratic primary.
By Oliver Willis - March 05, 2020The California Democrat gave her staff the news in a phone call on Tuesday.
By Emily Singer - December 03, 2019There’s bad news out of Georgia for Donald Trump, who also faces difficult impeachment numbers in the state.
By Dan Desai Martin - November 13, 2019The recently released plan to minimize the reach of violent world leaders such as Trump simply doesn’t go far enough.
By Lisa Needham - October 17, 2019Sens. Kamala Harris, Amy Klobuchar, and Elizabeth Warren schooled CNN’s Anderson Cooper at Tuesday’s Democratic debate.
By Josh Israel - October 15, 2019For the first time since the House announced an impeachment inquiry, 12 candidates will meet on the debate stage Tuesday night at 8 p.m. ET.
By Dan Desai Martin - October 15, 2019Five Democratic presidential candidates in the span of 24 hours have released sweeping plans to address climate change, ahead of a series of town halls devoted to the issue.
By Associated Press - September 04, 2019But Fox News has regularly used sexist attacks against progressives and Democrats.
By Oliver Willis - August 01, 2019Ten candidates meet in Detroit to discuss health care, climate change, the economy, and more as they seek the Democratic nomination.
By Dan Desai Martin - July 31, 2019Trump can’t get more than 44% support when facing top Democratic challengers in a new poll from NBC News and the Wall Street Journal.
By Dan Desai Martin - July 15, 2019Trump’s ‘Social Media Summit’ is gearing up to be a celebration of bigotry and conspiracy theories.
By Oliver Willis - July 08, 2019The race to oust Trump from the White House continues Thursday night at 9 pm ET.
By Dan Desai Martin - June 27, 2019‘Be sure of your answer, sir.’
By Caroline Orr - September 06, 2018Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) struggled to explain why he’s the only Republican who has co-sponsored a bill that would make lynching a federal hate crime.
By Tommy Christopher - August 12, 2018Your tax dollars are paying for this.
By Caroline Orr - July 02, 2018Sen. Kamala Harris has had enough of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen’s lies about Trump’s policy ripping children from their families.
By Emily Crockett - June 18, 2018The NRA has repeatedly opposed laws restricting gun violence in Maryland, but a would-be murderer who targeted Sens. Bernie Sanders and Kamala Harris said the state’s laws blocked him from getting a gun.
By Oliver Willis - June 14, 2018As special counsel Robert Mueller’s inquiry into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia reaches the highest levels of federal government, one senator made clear that Donald Trump should be on notice. California Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris told MSNBC’s Ari Melber that the Senate may well seek Trump’s testimony as the investigations continue. Mueller’s […]
By Alison R. Parker - September 08, 2017When a disturbingly giddy-looking Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that the Trump administration would be terminating the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, it sent shockwaves of fear through the 800,000 young immigrants directly affected, as well as their friends and families. But there were also immediate signs of resistance and strength among immigrant […]
By Alison R. Parker - September 06, 2017At his rally in Phoenix Tuesday night, Donald Trump spent a seemingly interminable amount of time loudly insisting that he definitely does not in any way support or condone white supremacy — something his own past words clearly contradict. In the wake of the hate-filled neo-Nazi riot in Charlottesville, Virginia, and Trump’s horrifying comments in […]
By Alison R. Parker - August 23, 2017It has been troubling to see the limited but vocal rumblings against California Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris — and particularly against her prospects as a future presidential candidate — already emerging from some corners. As SiriusXM’s Zerlina Maxwell wrote for Shareblue, Harris is quickly becoming one of the most attacked Democratic leaders — even while […]
By Alison R. Parker - August 05, 2017Please let’s not do this again. Do not preemptively attack a rising bonafide star in the Democratic Party who happens to be an imperfect human being who shares a gender with Hillary Rodham Clinton. No politician is perfect. Sometimes they make mistakes and take positions that aren’t progressive enough, only to evolve over time. (Hey […]
By Zerlina Maxwell - August 04, 2017Sen. Kamala Harris has had a lot to contend with in recent days. The freshman Democratic senator from California questioned both Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and Attorney General Jeff Sessions during critical Senate Intelligence Committee hearings on the FBI’s Russia investigation. And both times, Harris’ white male Republican colleagues made their lack of respect […]
By Alison R. Parker - June 15, 2017