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Democrats

James Talarico

Detoxifying the Democratic Brand

A pair of increasingly influential inside-game Dems are trying to cure what ails their party by looking beyond the Beltway and way downballot—to the blue team’s signs of life in the nation’s state legislatures.
John Heilemann • August 5, 2025
Leigh Ann Caldwell • July 30, 2025
Is Schumer a Flip-Phone Guy in an A.I. World?
Chuck Schumer
The Senate Democratic leader is facing down the prospect of another government funding fight before he’s even recovered from the last one. This time, he’s trying to get ahead of it—but some in his caucus have other ideas.
Abby Livingston • July 28, 2025
The 2024 Donor Hangover
Roy Cooper
Democrats have had a sluggish start to fundraising for the midterms amid the party’s lingering post-election identity crisis. And yet, there are emerging signs that angry donors who swore off giving are slowly overcoming their trust issues and returning to the fold.
Marjorie Taylor Greene
Leigh Ann Caldwell • July 23, 2025
House Republicans’ Cruel Summer
G.O.P. members were hoping to spend the August recess focused on selling the (unpopular) Big Beautiful Bill to their constituents, and messaging about extended tax cuts. But the Epstein drama has consumed everything.
Lis Smith
John Heilemann • July 22, 2025
Crisis Comms: Epstein Edition
A conversation with the legendary Dem operative Lis Smith about how Trump is bungling the Epstein messaging, plus the Democrats’ opportunity with dude voters.
Leigh Ann Caldwell • July 13, 2025
The Senate’s Midterm Paralysis Problem
As the ’26 cycle ramps up, both Republican and Democratic Senate recruiting efforts have been slowed by uncertainty over Trump’s endorsement strategy, who is running, and whether the job is still worth the headache.
Zohran Mamdani
Abby Livingston • June 30, 2025
Mamdani Dearest
Democratic strategists and operatives are processing Zohran Mamdani’s shocking victory in New York in real time: the implications for incumbents, lessons for candidate recruitment, the challenge of managing the far left, and why the Israel issue isn’t going away. Herewith, some of their early takeaways.
tim kaine
Leigh Ann Caldwell • June 25, 2025
Tim Kaine’s War on War Powers
As Dems struggle to unify on whether Trump should have attacked Iran, they’re lining up to criticize how he did it—without congressional approval or input. Senator Tim Kaine discusses his latest resolution to claw back congressional war powers, and why he feels it’s more important than ever.
Rahm Emanuel
Abby Livingston • June 2, 2025
More Rahm Than Right
As Trump’s grip weakens, Democrats are recruiting candidates straight from the Rahm Emanuel 2006 playbook: military vets, small-business owners, health care workers, etcetera. Career politicians and Biden insiders need not apply.
Jake Tapper Alex Thompson
John Heilemann • May 27, 2025
The Biden Cover-Up Family
In the eye of the weeklong storm around the Biden-bruising, bestselling ‘Original Sin’ are authors Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson, who are as unwavering in their criticism of the former president, and his coven of enablers, as they are in their reporting. Here’s what they had to say.