Mitch McConnell mystery deepens as health questions remain unanswered Senator’s office has released only sparse details about hospital stay, leaving fevered speculation to fill vacuum The Guardian - US · Jul 11
The Latest: National Guard deploys as ICE uses increasingly combative tactics in US cities It’s now Day 6 of the shutdown, and the Democratic minority leader has challenged the Republican House speaker to a televised debate on the impasse over reopening the federal government The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2025
Kentucky Democrat Amy McGrath launches second bid for Senate - Roll Call Former Marine fighter pilot Amy McGrath is running for Senate in Kentucky, five years after losing an election to unseat Mitch McConnell. Roll Call · Oct 6, 2025
‘This is what your America has become’: Trump’s repulsive mouthpiece wants America to watch its depraved decline "You might live to see how this chapter turns out." We Got This Covered · May 19, 2025
Insiders are torn on whether ‘nepo baby’ Andy Beshear should be Kamala Harris’s running mate ‘He’s a figurehead who hugs people when the weather gets bad. That’s effectively what he does’ The Independent UK · Jul 31, 2024
Britt pushes for pregnancy database The More Opportunities for Moms to Succeed Act (MOMS Act) would offer “relevant resources” for pregnant women Salon · May 10, 2024
Trump, Schiff and other top fundraisers channel voter anger into massive Q2 hauls They caricatured the opposition as uniquely evil to raise gobs of money for their campaigns. Axios · Jul 9, 2023
Biden's dragging poll numbers won't matter in 2024 if enough voters loathe his opponent even more Commentators were quick to note President Joe Biden’s low job approval and favorability ratings after he announced his long-expected reelection bid on April 25, 2023. The Conversation · May 5, 2023
Democrat Lucas Kunce focuses on Josh Hawley’s Jan. 6 actions in Senate campaign. It’s paying off WASHINGTON — Democrat Lucas Kunce easily outraised Sen. Josh Hawley in his first three months after declaring that he would take on the incumbent Missouri Republican in the 2024 Senate race, centering his campaign around Hawley’s role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Tribune News Service · Apr 20, 2023
In Kentucky’s Senate race, Democrats brace for another defeat. But how bad? WASHINGTON — Charles Booker still says he’s going to defeat Rand Paul and deliver “the shocker of the 2022 election cycle.” Tribune News Service · Nov 3, 2022
Are Democrats up to the job of preventing the next coup? Critical local and state contests this November will determine who counts the votes in 2024. Those unsexy races could make the difference in 2024 between an election and a coup. Chicago Sun-Times · May 19, 2022
It’s officially Charles Booker vs. Rand Paul in the fall for Kentucky’s US Senate seat WASHINGTON — Charles Booker became the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Kentucky on Tuesday, setting up his long-shot challenge to Sen. Rand Paul in November. McClatchy Washington Bureau · May 18, 2022
Progressive Democrats' early midterm successes reignite debates over electability Eight years ago, Jessica Cisneros was Texas Rep. Henry Cuellar's intern. Los Angeles Times · Mar 4, 2022