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Former Vice President Dick Cheney first began his political career as an assistant during the Nixon administration.

The government shutdown on Wednesday entered its 36th day, officially becoming the longest shutdown in U.S. history. That ...

Redistricting is on the ballot in California and competitive gubernatorial races are underway in Virginia and New Jersey.

Mamdani, a democratic socialist in the state Assembly, will become New York City's first Muslim mayor and its first mayor of ...

Plus, Democrats look to their gubernatorial candidates in New Jersey and Virginia for a boost of momentum.

Sen. Tim Kaine said Sunday he doesn't see the present funding impasse in terms of politics, insisting what Democrats are ...

A Democratic Socialists of America leader says New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani offers a "powerful way forward" for ...

After a stinging loss in 2024 and close to a year of near-powerlessness in Washington, many Democrats are heading into Tuesday’s elections with something they haven’t felt in some time: hope.

Wide majorities of Americans say it is important that Republican and Democratic elected officials admit when they are wrong.

Proposition 50 would allow California Democrats to replace the state’s congressional maps with ones the party hopes will help them to flip five GOP-held seats.

The new leaders of the Working Families Party, the coalition of progressive groups and labor unions, sent around invites to a secret meeting in November 2023.