An unusual set of primary interventions by the party’s congressional campaign arm has infuriated progressive candidates, who accuse out-of-touch leadership of putting their thumb on the scale. Democratic sources argue the committee just wants to win.

Many Democrats aren’t happy that Jake Sullivan and the other Biden bros who rode shotgun for Barack and Joe’s foreign policy adventures are positioning to return to power: “The idea that the same foreign policy leadership that brought us the Afghanistan withdrawal and the cover-up of Biden’s decline should be in charge of staffing the next Democratic administration,” said one insider, “is tone deaf at best.”

The former president may be deeply unpopular in red districts and an embarrassment even in some blue ones, but for many Democrats, his endorsement still matters… a lot. And as Trump’s polling slips below his predecessor’s, plenty of midterm candidates are happy to receive the Biden bump. The lifelong politician, now 83 and battling cancer, is more than happy to oblige.

With the Supreme Court gutting the Voting Rights Act and essentially legalizing even the most extreme gerrymandering, party leaders say they need to fight fire with fire—even if it means mutually assured destruction.

Janet Mills’s suspension of her Senate bid came with a dig at Chuck Schumer, who had pressed her to run without committing the financial resources.

As the House Republican majority continues to dwindle, Hill insiders are contemplating something unprecedented: Could Democrats gain control of Congress before the midterms?

A decade ago, there was a perception that political violence came mostly from right-wing extremists. Now that U.S. politics have degraded further, and social media–drawn battle lines have hardened, more Americans are putting the blame on the far left.