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Apr 28 2014
Opinion
Opinion: After the midterms: Democrats fear President Obama could give in
Democrats have something else to fear after the November midterms besides just an all Republican-controlled Congress President Barack Obama. With Obamarsquos political career winding down and poll numbers continuing to languish his party brethren fret that their own president mdash forced to work with GOP majorities mdash would give away the...
PoliticoFeb 08 2020
Analysis
Who Won The New Hampshire Democratic Primary Debate?
On Friday, seven candidates faced off in a Manchester, New Hampshire, debate hosted by ABC News. (Note: ABC News owns FiveThirtyEight.) This could be voters’ last look at the candidates before the state casts its votes for a Democratic nominee on Tuesday, and we once again partnered with Ipsos to track how the debate affected likely primary voters’ feelings about the candidates on the stage.
538 (ABC News)May 08 2019
News
Asylum 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Backs Trump: OK to Make Asylum Seekers Wait in Mexico
A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that the Trump administration can make asylum seekers wait in Mexico for immigration court hearings while the policy is challenged in court, handing the president a major victory, even if it only proves temporary.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals — a frequent target of the president's complaints — reversed a decision by a San Francisco judge
Newsmax (News)Jul 31 2019
News
6 things to watch on night two of CNN's Democratic presidential debate in Detroit
Detroit (CNN)The drama on night two of CNN's presidential debate starts at center stage on Wednesday.
In the Democratic debate's first night, the race's two leading progressives, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, commanded the stage, beating back attacks from moderates who were clamoring for attention to boost their low-polling campaigns. The dynamics
CNN DigitalNov 16 2020
News
Democrats look to sharpen message after Senate setback
Senate Democrats are grappling with how to improve their messaging after failing to win back the majority for the third cycle in a row.
Democrats were the favorites to win the Senate heading into Nov. 3, but instead find themselves soul searching about strategy as they face the possibility of another two years in the minority.
Senators aren’t engaging in the high-profile spats
The HillSep 16 2014
Opinion
OPINION: The SS Barack Obama is sinking fast
The rising clamor over the beheading of two Americans, and rapidly sinking polls, forced President Obama to reassure the nation last week he had a plan to deal with the Islamic State. He did some of what he had to do, but only some, and so most military analysts believe the expanded airstrikes will not be a sufficient match for the size and weaponry of the terrorist army.
Fox News DigitalMay 06 2013
News
McConnell Tries To Show He's Still At Home In Kentucky
The Senate minority leader is up for re-election next year and polling in his state shows his popularity is suffering. Some voters complain that Mitch McConnell is out of touch with the people of the Bluegrass State and others say its time for some new blood. Still he will be hard to beat.
NPR (Online News)Jul 23 2020
News
Republican Group Uses Trump’s Own Words Against Him In Searing Swing-State Ad
Republican Voters Against Trump highlights the president’s coronavirus failures in an attack ad to air on Fox News in Arizona.
A group of Republicans opposed to President Donald Trump has taken out a TV ad in the battleground state of Arizona calling out the administration’s failures on the coronavirus pandemic.
Arizona has been hit especially hard, with more than 150,000 cases
HuffPostMar 09 2021
News
Biden stimulus showers money on Americans, sharply cutting poverty and favoring individuals over businesses
President Biden’s stimulus package, which passed the Senate on Saturday, represents one of the most generous expansions of aid to the poor in recent history, while also showering thousands or, in some cases, tens of thousands of dollars on Americans families navigating the coronavirus pandemic.
The roughly $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, which only Democrats supported, spends most
Washington PostJan 14 2015
News
Americans Don't Like New Congress Any Better Than The Last One
Since last year, Americans have grown increasingly positive about jobs, the direction of the country and even the president -- but they're not yet willing to extend the same goodwill to Congress.
Just 16 percent of Americans approve of Congress, according to a Gallup poll released Tuesday. That's up from a 9 percent low during the 2013 government shutdown, but virtually unch
HuffPost