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Carville: Democratic Party trailing on understanding media consumption
Veteran political strategist James Carville suggested early Tuesday that the Democratic Party needs to do a deep dive into where people get their information and, beyond that, how to retain voters. ...Politics - The Hill - 3 days ago -
President-elect Donald Trump nominates Pam Bondi for attorney general
President-elect Donald Trump has named former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi as his new pick for U.S. attorney general. The announcement follows Matt Gaetz's withdrawal amid a storm of sexual ...Top stories - CBS News - November 22 -
Note to Democrats: To succeed next time, avoid these words
Democrats should abandon the use of terms such as "undocumented workers" and "Latinx" in order to appeal to voters, as these terms are seen as dishonest and confusing.Politics - The Hill - November 14 -
Beyoncé leads the 2025 Grammy noms, becoming the most nominated artist in the show’s history
The 2025 Grammy Award nominations are hereEntertainment - ABC News - November 8 -
What’s Next for Kamala Harris? Here Are Six Options.
Her friends, aides and political allies say it’s too soon for her to even contemplate her next career move. But the speculation has already begun.Top stories - The New York Times - November 7 -
Here are the top contenders for Trump's next Pentagon chief
President-elect Trump is quickly lining up Cabinet nominees for his next administration, including China hawks and hard-line Israel supporters in key national security and foreign policy roles. But ...Politics - The Hill - November 12 -
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Who is the richest U.S. president ever?
Here's how former presidents stack up against each other in terms of their peak wealth.Top stories - CBS News - November 5 -
What Democrats should focus on ahead of a Trump presidency
The transition of power began following President-elect Donald Trump's win, while Democrats worked to understand what went wrong in the 2024 election. Trump picked his chief of staff, Susie Wiles, ...Top stories - CBS News - November 7 -
Trump's political comeback and what could come next
President-elect Donald Trump pulled off a political comeback with the help of an expansive base of support and despite a campaign filled with false and offensive rhetoric. In claiming victory, ...Politics - CBS News - November 6 -
What the next Trump administration could look like
Major Garrett takes a look at some of the names being floated for Cabinet positions in the second Trump administration and what their potential appointments could mean.Top stories - CBS News - November 12 -
Who will be the next — and potentially last — secretary of Education?
State superintendents, outside organizers and even former rivals of President-elect Trump have all been floated as potential picks to lead his Department of Education. Trump's Cabinet picks are ...Politics - The Hill - November 12 -
John Thune elected as Senate Republican leader to succeed McConnell
Senate Republicans returned to Washington for the first time since they secured the Senate majority to determine who will be the new party leader in the chamber.Top stories - ABC News - November 13 -
How Democrats could win back Latino men
CBS News exit polling showed Vice President Kamala Harris lost Latino men to Donald Trump by 12 points. Adrian Carrasquillo, national political reporter, and Sabrina Rodriguez, national politics ...Top stories - CBS News - November 18 -
Where does the Democratic Party go after Trump elected again
Former President Donald Trump has been elected president again and Republicans are making big gains in Congress. Democratic strategist and CBS News political contributor Joel Payne has more on what ...Top stories - CBS News - November 6 -
Scarborough: Democratic Party 'has been just wiped out this morning'
MSNBC host Joe Scarborough said former President Trump's victory in the 2024 election is bigger than just retaining the White House for Republicans. "The scope and scale of this victory is ...Politics - The Hill - November 6 -
Sanders: Democratic Party 'has abandoned working class people'
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Wednesday accused the Democratic Party of largely ignoring the priorities of the working class and pointed to that as the biggest reason for why they lost control of ...Politics - The Hill - November 6 -
Bernie Sanders blasts Democratic Party following Kamala Harris loss
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders issued a scathing statement on what he called the Democratic Party's "disastrous" campaign following Kamala Harris' loss.Top stories - ABC News - November 6 -
New York Democrat: Far left has 'outsized impact' in shaping perception of party
Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.) said Thursday that the far left had an “outsized impact” in shaping public perception of the Democratic Party, which he argued hurt them in the 2024 election cycle. In ...Politics - The Hill - November 7 -
Jeffries congratulates Trump, says Democrats are not party of ‘election denial’
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), a fierce critic of President-elect Trump, congratulated him Thursday, emphasizing that Democrats respect the will of the voters and won’t challenge ...Politics - The Hill - November 7 -
Stephen A. Smith: Trump 'annihilation' of Harris ‘a referendum on the Democratic Party'
Sports commentator Stephan A. Smith reflected on President-elect Trump’s victory over Vice President Harris this week, saying the “annihilation” is a larger call for “a referendum on the Democratic ...Politics - The Hill - November 8 -
Axelrod: Democrats becoming 'smarty-pants, suburban, college-educated party'
Political strategist David Axelrod argued Thursday that Democrats are becoming a "smarty-pants, suburban, college-educated party" that could keep losing electorally if it does not change course. ...Politics - The Hill - November 8 -
Texas Democratic Party Chair to step down after brutal defeats
In the aftermath of his party’s brutal shellacking in the 2024 elections, Texas Democratic Party chair Gilberto Hinojosa has announced he will step down in March. Over his 12-year tenure, Hinojosa ...Politics - The Hill - November 8 -
Some Democrats blame party's position on transgender rights in part for Harris' loss
Desperate for answers on what went wrong on Election Day, finger-pointing among Democrats and media pundits has been swift.Politics - NBC News - November 8 -
‘No time to pull punches’: is a civil war on the horizon for the Democratic party?
Accusations and recriminations abound as Democrats try to figure out what went wrong after an electoral trouncing. Joe Biden stood before the American people, millions of whom were still reeling ...World - The Guardian - November 10 -
Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna says party needs "to be emphasizing the economic issues"
After President-elect Donald Trump won the White House and Republicans are poised to take control of the Senate, Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna tells "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that the ...Top stories - CBS News - November 10 -
The Cheney-loving Democratic party needs a reckoning about war | Stephen Wertheim
Election outcomes have multiple causes, of course. Yet foreign policy was one of the reasons Americans gave Trump the largest Republican victory in decades. Last October, Joe Biden made the most ...World - The Guardian - November 11 -
Arizona Senator-elect Ruben Gallego on future of Democratic party
Democrat Ruben Gallego beat Trump ally and Republican Kari Lake in Arizona's Senate race. He drew suport from Hispanic men, a group that drifted toward President-elect Donald Trump in Arizona and ...Top stories - CBS News - November 13 -
The Democrats must become an anti-establishment party | Robert Reich
The lesson of this election is that Democrats must attack inequality – and not cede working-class voters to Trump. A political disaster such as what occurred last Tuesday gains significance not ...World - The Guardian - November 14 -
We warned the Democratic party that disaster was coming. They didn’t listen | Dustin Guastella
Can they change course? Maybe, but they need a message of commonsense solidarity without liberal elitism . Before the election it was clear that Kamala Harris ’s closing message was not landing ...World - The Guardian - November 15 -
The Republican and Democratic parties are killing electoral reform across the US | David Daley
There are elements on both right and left who prefer to govern without majorities and view competitive elections as a threat. Ohio’s extreme gerrymanders have enabled more than a decade of ...World - The Guardian - November 16 -
The Democrat Picking a Fight With His Party Over Transgender Rights
Even as Democrats rebuked Representative Seth Moulton of Massachusetts for saying he didn’t want his daughters “getting run over” by “formerly male” athletes, he defended his remarks.Top stories - The New York Times - November 17
