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Beleaguered in DC, Platner enters his comfort zone
Democrats’ presumptive Senate nominee in Maine isn’t going anywhere, despite the wishes of some in his party.
David Weigel/Semafor
How one Tennessee student started a red-state anti-Pride push
The movement to counter June’s role as a celebration of LGBTQ rights is catching on with Republicans.
Anna Rose Layden/Reuters
Platner asks for the Biden treatment from skeptical Democrats
Both Jill Biden and Graham Platner have highly scrutinized marriages (and families) that have made them political celebrities, and both argue that the public interest in their past missteps is a waste of time.
Amanda Sabga/Reuters
Busy primary day sweeps the nation
What to watch for as voters head to the polls in California, Iowa, and New Jersey.
Manuel Orbegozo and Carlos Barria/Reuters
Democratic primaries get an even bigger AIPAC problem
The group’s toxicity within the party is now so acute that it’s tied to both the war in Iran and the backlash against “dark money.”
Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group/Getty Images
Black Democrats confront their post-Voting Rights Act crisis
The scramble for a shrinking map is getting more intense as southern-state redistricting forces competition.
Prince Williams/WireImage/Getty Images
Platner: Collins ‘trying to offload her mistakes’
Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner isn’t backing down from his comments that GOP Sen. Susan Collins “sent me” to fight in Iraq, charging her with “trying to offload her mistakes” for pointing out that he chose to enlist.
Why Democrats prefer their own messy primaries
The US political parties are best understood by looking at Texas and California, whose 2026 primaries tell a story: Republicans are run from the top, Democrats aren’t run at all.
‘Circular firing squad’: Democrats question state conventions after Michigan debacle
The party is reevaluating its nominating practices that some warn could result in activist-driven sideshows.
DNC autopsy prompts more questions
The Democratic National Committee’s incomplete 2024 “autopsy” report contains no mention of the war in Gaza.
Massie finally fell because of US-Israel politics, not Epstein
Before he became the president’s sharpest Republican critic in Congress, Massie was a libertarian scientist who hated government spending and the taxes that paid for it.
Four takeaways from a huge primary night
Rep. Thomas Massie’s defeat by the Trump machine claimed all the headlines, but other states brought key lessons.
Hill progressives endorse in a California race tearing at Democrats
Ammar Campa-Najjar and Marni von Wilpert are both at risk of a lockout in November as the party splits over their contest.
What to watch in May 19 primaries
Seven states hold their primaries on Tuesday, including two where Republicans are working to change electoral maps as soon as possible.
Trapped under ICE: Democrats still tripping over immigration debate
Fights over ICE break out in Democratic primaries.
AOC is taking her time ahead of 2028
She’s endorsing more cautiously in the midterms, and moving more slowly, than others in the Democratic presidential mix. And she’s okay with that.
Independent jumps into Nebraska race on “anti-monopolist” message
Progressive think tanker to test anti-corporate theory of politics.
What Spencer Pratt’s rise can teach both parties about AI-age campaigning
You don’t have to imagine what Los Angeles would look like under Mayor Spencer Pratt, because AI already did it for you.