#Progressive Democrat brings pitch to rural America

#Progressive Democrat brings pitch to rural America

DES MOINES, Iowa — Democrats have watched in dismay as voters in rural and old industrial strongholds say they want more of what the Republican Party is offering, resisting the establishment’s approach to win them back and raising questions about their party’s strategy.  One progressive — a suited-up, camera-ready U.S. congressman from California — is…

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#How Trump turned the tables on DeSantis

#How Trump turned the tables on DeSantis

Former President Donald Trump is leaning on a network of personal and political relationships to rack up broad congressional support for his 2024 White House bid and undercut his chief Republican rival, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, before the governor’s campaign formally gets off the ground. The depth and influence of Trump’s retail politicking abilities have…

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#Abortion politics roils Senate GOP 

#Abortion politics roils Senate GOP 

Abortion politics is emerging as a major headache for Republicans heading into the 2024 election and threatens to derail their chances of winning control of the Senate, as some Republicans think happened in last year’s midterm election. Republicans are all over the map on what role the federal government should play in limiting abortion.  …

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#Sherrod Brown, JD Vance form unlikely partnership

#Sherrod Brown, JD Vance form unlikely partnership

The environmental disaster in East Palestine, Ohio, has resulted in a rare display of bipartisanship from the state’s two senators, a hardline, Trump-endorsed, vocal critic of President Biden and a progressive populist facing the reelection fight of his life.   In the wake of the February train derailment that released toxic chemicals into the Ohio town, Sens. J.D….

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#Stormy Daniels: Trump indictment ‘poetic’ but ‘bittersweet’

#Stormy Daniels: Trump indictment ‘poetic’ but ‘bittersweet’

The woman whose hush money payment sparked the Manhattan District Attorney’s investigation into former President Donald Trump called his indictment “poetic” but “bittersweet” in her first comments since the district attorney’s office announced the decision Thursday. Stormy Daniels, an adult film actress, alleges she had an affair with Trump in 2006. While Trump denies the…

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