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Democrats will argue for months about what led to their defeat at the ballot box on Tuesday -- whether it was their messaging, their candidates or their president. But there was consensus that the first step is to get something done on economic issues.

One day after an embarrassing loss in the Virginia gubernatorial election and a dispiritingly tight race in New Jersey, Democrats from

“A closely contested race for governor in Virginia entered its final hours Monday with Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Glenn Youngkin both hoping for last-minute momentum amid a contest that’s emerging as a referendum on Joe Biden’s presidency.” (AP News)

As of early Tuesday morning, Youngkin leads by 1.7 percent according to RealClearPolitics and 1.0 percent according to 

When the Supreme Court rejected a long-shot challenge to Obamacare last month, it closed off the last remaining avenue to take down the law. The event should force Republicans into a long-overdue conversation about what approach to health care they want — and they should have it before Democrats strike again.

Over the decades, health-care policy has followed a familiar pattern. Liberal

Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) used campaign money to cover legal expenses for a lawsuit relating to his time as a church minister — transactions that raise questions about whether the spending runs afoul of federal rules governing personal use of campaign funds.

The case, first filed in 2019 by Atlanta resident Melvin Robertson, involved baffling and seemingly baseless allegations