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Democrats

Abigail Spanberger

Virginia Is for Vengeance

Critics complain that Abigail Spanberger’s first moves as governor of Virginia contradict her centrist campaign message. Her supporters contend she’s merely fighting fire with fire. Now, as the commonwealth heads toward redistricting, the question is: How far will she go?
Abby Livingston • January 26, 2026
Peter Hamby • January 20, 2026
Inside the Democratic ICE Storm
ICE protest
A remarkably candid conversation with Adam Jentleson, the founder and president of the Searchlight Institute, about the rhetorical fight over abolishing ICE that’s raging inside the Democratic Party.
Leigh Ann Caldwell • January 18, 2026
Will Democrats Impeach Kristi Noem?
Kristi Noem
While House Democrats are divided over how to challenge Trump, leadership is quietly building a case against the Homeland Security secretary—beginning with potential shadow hearings, outside the official committee structure, that would gather the evidence against her.
Republicans
Leigh Ann Caldwell • December 28, 2025
The G.O.P.’s Midterm Polling Paradox
A few months ago, Republicans thought they had the country on autopilot. Now the party is stuck with a souring economy, beholden to Trump for turnout—whether they like it or not—and staring down an increasingly unpredictable midterm map.
Dan Goldman
Abby Livingston • December 22, 2025
“The Mini Mamdanis Are Coming”
Dan Goldman, the popular resistance-lib congressman repping downtown Manhattan and much of brownstone Brooklyn, was a star on MSNBC. But in a year in which his rival was just endorsed by Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, Democrats fear he could be among the biggest names to fall in a Tea Party–style reckoning.
kathy Hochul
Peter Hamby • December 9, 2025
What the Dems Talk About When They Talk About A.I.
With an A.I. profiteer in the White House and no congressional mojo, Democrats have been shockingly impotent on A.I., an issue that infuriates or scares the hell out of most Americans. Now, even as they muster some resistance, they risk being outflanked.
Jasmine Crockett
Abby Livingston • December 8, 2025
Blue Jasmine
After a string of election victories, Democrats are pondering an honest-to-god blue wave in 2026. But progressive euphoria could be the party’s undoing in Texas, where human attack ad Jasmine Crockett just launched her Senate bid, and the moderate Colin Allred bowed out.
Aftyn Behn
Abby Livingston • December 1, 2025
The A.O.C. of the South
In the final hours of the Tennessee special election, the district Trump won by 22 points has suddenly become ultra-competitive—a supermagnet for donors and a potential early warning system for a Democratic tsunami.
Jaime Harrison
Leigh Ann Caldwell • November 30, 2025
Jaime Harrison on the Disappearing Rural Democrat
A frank discussion with the onetime Senate candidate and former D.N.C. chair about why he still thinks Democrats can compete in rural America—and what it will take to win back red states.
Hakeem Jeffries
Peter Hamby • November 21, 2025
Jeffries Democracy
Hakeem Jeffries, the presumptive future Democratic speaker, opens up about his “Trump 2028” moment with J.D. Vance, taking back the House, the next front in the A.C.A. fight, banning congressional stock trading, and his M.C. alter ego.