Live updates: GOP senators weigh fates of Trump’s more controversial Cabinet picks
With their confirmation hearings behind them, the fates of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump’s nominee for health secretary, and Tulsi Gabbard, his pick for director of national intelligence,
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The New DNC Chair Should Put the Working Class at the Center of the Democratic Party
To counter the tech oligarchy of Trump’s second term, Democrats need to offer a clear message: no to corporate power and economic elites, yes to more democracy and worker organizing.
Left-Wing Protesters Disrupt DNC Candidate Forum, Exposing Ideological Fault Lines
The event with DNC chair candidates temporarily devolved into chaos, but the slate took up corporate influence and climate issues raised by the protesters.
Jaime Harrison, outgoing DNC chief, says more Democrats "need to pause" on being "rigid"
DNC Chair Jaime Harrison, whose chairmanship is coming to an end, said in an interview with CBS News he hopes Democrats come to "understand that you've got to be more elastic than rigid."
Democrats Should Have Stuck With Joe Biden: outgoing DNC Chair
As the Democratic National Committee prepares to elect a new chair, outgoing leader Jaime Harrison says Democrats should have stood by Joe Biden in the 2024 race. In an interview, Harrison reflected on the party's defeat and argued that Biden, despite his struggles, had earned their loyalty.
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DNC criticizes Trump, GOP for potential elimination of Medicaid expansion
Some 900,000 Michigan residents on Medicaid could lose coverage if the decade-old expansion is reversed by the GOP-controlled Congress and President Donald Trump. The Democratic National Committee revealed estimated losses in 16 of 22 states that would be impacted by the elimination of the Medicaid expansion that took effect in April 2014 as part of the Affordable Care Act,
MSNBC Hosts Talk About Democrats’ Next Big Step In Returning From The Wilderness: Picking A DNC Chair
In the DNC race back then, Howard Dean was selected as the next party chair. In the midterms, Democrats routed the GOP and won control of Congress, and two years later Barack Obama was elected to the White House.
A Democratic Party in crisis will elect its new chairman on Saturday
The Democratic National Committee will elect a new chair Saturday as it tries to guide Democrats through Republican Donald Trump’s second presidency.

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Ken vs. Ben: The Midwestern men hoping to revamp the DNC
As Democrats plot a path back to power in Washington, Ken Martin and Ben Wikler are front-runners in the race to chair the Democratic National Committee.
The DNC’s outgoing chair says Democrats should have stuck with Joe Biden in 2024
The departing leader of the Democratic National Committee is reflecting on why his party lost to Donald Trump.
Leaderless Democrats move forward on anointing a new DNC chair
As President-elect Donald Trump is set to return to the White House on Monday, Democrats are still in the throes of deciding who will lead the Democratic National Committee after a bruising 2024 cycle.