While Democrats are in the midst of an identity crisis with no real leader for the party, the first new “rising star” of the second Trump era is hitting the stage in New York City. Zohran Mamdani, a New York assemblyman running for mayor of New York City, is the subject of the newest Democratic […]
Democrats are seeing signs of growing energy on the grassroots level, raising questions about the possibility of a Tea Party-style movement from the party’s progressive flank. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) drew tens of thousands on stops for their “Fighting Oligarchy Tour” over the weekend, illustrating what progressives say is their...
Sen. Ron Wyden (R-Ore.) on Monday said Democrats shouldn’t help Republicans tackle the debt ceiling this Congress, after a recent forecast warned the government was at risk of defaulting during the summer. “The economic agenda for Trump and Republicans is about running up the debt and inflicting pain on working families to make billionaires like...
Columbia University student Yunseo Chung is suing the Trump administration amid its efforts to deport the 21-year-old, who has been in the U.S. since she was 7 and has lawful permanent resident status. A lawsuit was filed Monday after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) got an administrative warrant for Chung's arrest and told the...
Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg slammed Trump administration officials for reportedly discussing plans for an attack against Houthi rebels in Yemen on a text chain that inadvertently included The Atlantic Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg. “From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of f‑‑‑up imaginable,” Buttigieg, a Navy veteran, wrote in a post on...
Vice President Vance reportedly said that he disliked “bailing Europe out again” when discussing Trump administration plans to bomb Houthi rebels in a group chat featuring other administration officials. According to a new report from The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, he gained access to a group chat on Signal featuring Trump administration officials such as...
The White House has picked Susan Monarez, the acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as the new nominee to lead the agency. Monarez’s selection comes after the White House abruptly withdrew the nomination of former Florida congressman Dave Weldon to lead the agency hours before his confirmation hearing was set...
Voters in Pennsylvania are heading to the polls Tuesday to fill one vacant state House seat that will likely hand Democrats back their majority, as well as a vacant state Senate seat. The elections are taking place in House District 35, to replace former state Rep. Matt Gergely (D) following his death in January, and...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is holding a press conference as lawmakers contend with reporting that Trump administration officials discussed sensitive attack plans against the Houthis in Yemen in a Signal group chat to which a reporter had been added. The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg reported Monday that national security adviser Mike Waltz had apparently...