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March For Our Lives founder David Hogg launches bid for DNC leadership
Hogg and classmates founded the gun safety group March For Our Lives, which now boasts of having helped pass more than 250 gun safety laws.
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Democratic jockeying for the 2028 presidential election is already underway
Nearly two dozen Democrats are seen as possible contenders ahead of an invisible primary that will be shaped partly by Trump and his second term.
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Democrat Ruben Gallego becomes Arizona's first Latino US senator
The GOP is set to have 53 seats in the 100-member Senate following Dem. Ruben Gallego’s victory over Rep. Kari Lake in Arizona.
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Muslim voters once abandoned the GOP. Now they may leave the Democrats
Arab and Muslim voters moved away from the Democratic Party this year in ways that led some community leaders to warn of a lasting shift from a voting bloc that has been reliably Democratic for two decades since it abandoned the GOP, NBC News reports.
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New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez seeks acquittal in bribery case
Attorneys for New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez filed a motion Monday seeking their client’s acquittal in connection to the bribery case Menendez was found guilty in last month. “Senator Robert Menendez respectfully renews his motion for judgment of acquittal on all counts for failure to introduce sufficient evidence to satisfy each of the elements of each offense, or, in...
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New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez will resign from Senate after bribery convictions
The 70-year old Menendez was convicted on charges that he used his influence to meddle in three different state and federal criminal investigations to protect the businessmen.
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Biden plans to use his convention speech to hand off to Harris and make case against Trump
In his speech Monday night, he’ll be making a symbolic handoff of his party to Vice President Kamala Harris and pressing the case for what he says is the threat to the country if Donald Trump returns to the White House.
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NJ's unique primary ballot design seems to face skepticism from judge in lawsuit
New Jersey’s one-of-a-kind method of drawing primary ballots has prompted some apparent skepticism from a federal judge. The judge held a hearing Monday as he considers a lawsuit claiming the system favors preferred candidates of establishment party leaders and gives them a more prominent position on the primary ballot. The lawsuit was filed by Democratic Rep. Andy Kim and others...
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What about Bob? Some NJ Dems want Menendez to move on so they can fight for his Senate seat
Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey has vowed he’s not going anywhere amid a federal corruption case against him, but the party he once held considerable sway over is looking beyond him. Party leaders, from Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy to local officials, have called on Menendez to resign. His home county party has dropped its endorsement, and in a year...
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5 things to know about Marianne Williamson
Self-help guru Marianne Williamson has pledged to tackle food insecurity and climate change. Here’s what you need to know about the Democratic presidential candidate.
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5 things to know about Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Here’s what you need to know about Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the controversial member of one of America’s most famous political families.