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Ruben Gallego’s rollout was strong. And a credible Democratic candidate means Sinema’s path to reelection is awfully narrow.

Raphael Warnock’s impressive win in Georgia not only gives the Democrats crucial control of committees in the next session of Congress. 51-49 is far more powerful than 50-50—and provides some insurance for 2024.

"Senate Republicans and Joe Manchin have yet AGAIN failed working Americans by voting down seven days of paid sick leave for rail workers," lamented Rep. Jamaal Bowman.

Details on the permitting reform demanded by Senator Manchin remain scant. Many fear it could prove a giveaway to fossil fuel companies. The majority leader seems determined to see it through, despite ever more Democrats expressing their skepticism.

Thank the people who put their bodies on the line to block new fossil fuel infrastructure – without their grassroots embargo of the Mountain Valley pipeline, for instance, Schumer might not have had the leverage to finally coax Manchin on board.

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We must reject the legal liberalism that attempts to cordon off constitutional questions from democratic politics.

Georgia Republicans have embraced Walker because they think any old Black person will do when it comes to their cynical strategy for defeating Raphael Warnock.

In the confirmation hearings of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, Sen. Ted Cruz cited the famous “I Have a Dream” speech to suggest King would have opposed race-conscious policies. It was a striking moment, in a day full of them.

In a memo shared with Teen Vogue, the youth-led climate group warns Democrats to pay more attention to young voters. The memo strikes a clear tone: Stop taking us, and our voters, for granted.