Schumer said ‘Democrats support voter ID’ — then every Senate Democrat voted against GOP bill

Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats blocked Jon Husted's voter ID bill despite Schumer's past claims that Democrats support ...

Immigration, fraud shape high-stakes Democratic Senate primary in Minnesota

Minnesota’s U.S. Senate primary will test both the mood of the state’s Democratic Party after a year marked by President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement crackdown in the state, and whether ...

Democrats Face Their Next Big Fight Between Moderates and the Left

The Senate primary race in Minnesota will be the latest test of left-wing energy in the party, in a state that was convulsed by the Trump administration’s deadly immigration crackdown this winter.

Senate Democrats are putting red states in play. That might not be good enough anymore

The big hurdle for Democrats’ Senate majority hopes at the start of the 2026 election cycle seemed clear: The map was ...

Mississippi Senate race highlights shifting map as Democrats and Republicans battle for majority

Mississippi does not top the list of hotly contested U.S. Senate races this fall. But the traditionally conservative state is ...

Democratic divide: Socialist candidates raise concerns ahead of midterms

With more and more so-called “Democratic Socialists” winning primary elections, including Abdul El-Sayed in the U.S. Senate race in Michigan, there are concerns in the Democratic Party that they might ...
Government Executive

Senate clears spending measure, leaves other major bills unfinished

The Senate adjourned for its summer recess early Saturday after approving a stopgap spending bill but declining to advance legislation that would require photo ID for voting. In a rare overnight ...

Will Mississippi send a Black Democrat to the US Senate? Scott Colom says don’t count him out

Scott Colom is a gregarious prosecutor who grew up in Mississippi with a Republican father who campaigned for Ronald Reagan ...

Josh Turek blasts Senate Democrats for blocking farm bill in committee

Democrats on the Senate Agriculture Committee blocked the passage of a new Farm Bill over SNAP concerns. Turek says he would ...