Despite low popularity ratings, Mr. Johnson said he wanted to double down on his progressive agenda and focus on improving life for working-class residents.
Despite low popularity ratings, Mr. Johnson said he wanted to double down on his progressive agenda and focus on improving life for working-class residents.
Communism, in the president’s hyperbolic telling, is a graver threat to the country than the Pearl Harbor or 9/11 attacks were. Whether this midterm strategy works is an open question.
Communism, in the president’s hyperbolic telling, is a graver threat to the country than the Pearl Harbor or 9/11 attacks were. Whether this midterm strategy works is an open question.
During the Republican Midterm Convention in Dallas this week, President Donald Trump returned — again and again and again — to baseless claims that Democrats were running as communists in the midterms.
William Lawrence, right, at an event at Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church in Lansing, Mich., last month. Mr. Lawrence has emphasized community-building efforts.
Three primaries for the House and the Senate on Tuesday pose a fresh test for the left, this time in a conservative-leaning state where socialism is often seen as a dirty word.
Three primaries for the House and the Senate on Tuesday pose a fresh test for the left, this time in a conservative-leaning state where socialism is often seen as a dirty word.
State Representative Angie Nixon of Jacksonville, Fla., spoke as Representative Rashida Tlaib of Michigan looked on during a rally for progressive candidates in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Friday.
At a national meeting of the Democratic Socialists of America, nervous energy and a sprawling tableau of sometimes-competing interests were on display.
At a national meeting of the Democratic Socialists of America, nervous energy and a sprawling tableau of sometimes-competing interests were on display.
Attendees listen as Katie Sims speaks during an afterparty at Maria’s Packaged Goods and Community Bar following the Democratic Socialists of America Summit on Friday in Chicago, Illinois.
In his first on-air conversation with the popular podcaster since 2024, the vice president cautiously defended the Iran war while also hinting at skepticism about it.
In his first on-air conversation with the popular podcaster since 2024, the vice president cautiously defended the Iran war while also hinting at skepticism about it.
Vice President JD Vance cautiously defended the war with Iran in an interview with Joe Rogan released Wednesday, while also hinting at his own skepticism about the conflict.
“We’re going to find ways to resist,” a defiant Janeese Lewis George, the democratic socialist who won the Democratic primary last week in Washington, said in an interview.
“We’re going to find ways to resist,” a defiant Janeese Lewis George, the democratic socialist who won the Democratic primary last week in Washington, said in an interview.
“It’s going to be different,” Janeese Lewis George, the democratic socialist who won the Democratic primary for Washington mayor, said in an interview.
Democratic socialists, harnessing generational frustration over affordability, lead New York and Seattle and are knocking on the door in Los Angeles and Washington.
Democratic socialists, harnessing generational frustration over affordability, lead New York and Seattle and are knocking on the door in Los Angeles and Washington.
“I don’t buy that the status quo is all we can do,” Janeese Lewis George, a City Council member in Washington, D.C., said voters told her ahead of her victory in the mayoral primary.
President Trump’s grip on the capital loomed over the race, and he threatened to tighten it if Councilwoman Janeese Lewis George is elected. She almost certainly will be.
President Trump’s grip on the capital loomed over the race, and he threatened to tighten it if Councilwoman Janeese Lewis George is elected. She almost certainly will be.