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Summer Lee has won a five-way Democratic primary for a Pittsburgh-based U.S. House seat, making her the favorite in the heavily Democratic district to win the fall general election and become the first Black woman elected to Congress from Pennsylvania. Lee, a second-term state House member, lawyer and former labor organizer, comes from the party's progressive wing. Lee beat out second-place Steve Irwin, who was endorsed by the Allegheny County Democratic Party and backed by prominent Democrats from the county.

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has confirmed she’s engaged to her longtime partner, Riley Roberts.

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A new round of primary elections across the U.S. this week is exposing heightened tensions within the Democratic Party.

Carlson’s gain is one of several early signs that Musk’s takeover is already shifting the dynamics of one of the most influential social networks in the country. A Washington Post analysis of hundreds of Twitter accounts found that right-leaning accounts, including Republican members of Congress, received a surge in followers since the deal was announced last month, even as their Democratic counterparts’ followings flatline.

Graham urged Sanders to hold a vote on his signature policy idea, betting Democrats would splinter on single-payer healthcare.

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) addressed the Senate on Wednesday in support of the Women’s Health Protection Act. Democrats are working to force a vote on the bill in the wake of the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion signaling the Court would overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 landmark case establishing a woman’s constitutional right to have an abortion. WHPA passed the House in 2021 but failed in the Senate in February.

Employees from companies ranging from airlines to retail and tech are unionizing more than ever before.

Vice President Kamala Harris and Labor Secretary Marty Walsh met Thursday with union organizers at the White House as the administration looks to boost unionization campaigns.

Democrats have called for re-upping the child tax credit expansion that helped millions of families last year. But that process has not been clear cut.

The hearing examined whether Amazon and other companies should be barred from receiving federal contracts if they engage in anti-union activities.

In key Senate and House primaries, voters lined up behind candidates in the mold of the current and former president.

With the Supreme Court poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, many Democrats want to codify abortion protections under federal law. But it will be near impossible.

President Biden responded in a Tuesday statement by saying that while it’s unclear if the drafted opinion reflected the final decision of the Supreme Court, his administration “will be ready when any ruling is issued” to codify Roe.

President Joe Biden has congratulated Democratic U.S. Rep. Shontel Brown of Ohio for her primary victory over former state Sen. Nina Turner.

The first multistate contest of the 2022 midterm election season takes place Tuesday.

Russia launched missiles at the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv while the U.N. secretary-general was visiting. Anne-Marie Green and Vladimir Duthiers spoke with Mike Vickers, a former U.S. undersecretary of defense for intelligence, about the message Russia was trying to send and what it will take for the war in Ukraine to end.

Twenty Starbucks stores have now unionized. Around 220 Starbucks stores have sought elections, with more added every day.

In the aftermath of their hard-won labor victory, Amazon workers in the New York City borough of Staten Island popped Champagne, cheered their victory and danced in celebration.

The infrastructure wars in a Democratic primary, a 2024 campaign memo from Bernie Sanders, and an interview with a Florida GOP candidate who's ready to get to Washington and start impeaching.

What could happen if Biden doesn't run — or even if he does.

John Pierre Dupont took from thousands of donors who thought they were giving money to Bernie Sanders, Beto O'Rourke, and reuniting immigrant families.

Barry Biffle is juggling his day job as CEO of Frontier Airlines while also working to save a proposed merger with Spirit Airlines that would create the nation’s fifth-biggest carrier by some measures.

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's speech at the White House went to the heart of both the triumphs and struggles of Black Americans in her lifetime.

Pennsylvania's U.S. Senate primaries get real, special elections unfold in every time zone, and Wisconsin holds the year's most contentious local races yet.

Sarah Palin has joined a field of 50 other candidates who are vying for Alaska’s lone U.S. House seat.

The Democratic debate about dumping Iowa, another special election in a safe GOP seat, and a pair of Ohio debates that said everything about 2022.

Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson had to endure hours of public scrutiny from skeptics during her Senate hearings this past week, and that's something familiar to many Black women.

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright’s death from cancer this week sparked American women to reflect on the 84-year-old diplomat’s sweeping influence on their lives, 25 years after Bill Clinton made her the United States’ representative to the world.

Pete Kadens, who made the bulk of his fortune as CEO of a billion-dollar cannabis operation, may be chasing a pipe dream.

Being anti-war isn’t naive, but a serious, considered, and humane position.

Team Bernie Sanders is reportedly quietly encouraging Ro Khanna to run in 2024 if Biden sits out

Several congressional Democrats are raising doubts about the proposed merger of Frontier and Spirit airlines.

On the day the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus a pandemic, Koloud “Kay” Tarapolsi reflected the views of many people when she told an Associated Press reporter: “If we avoid each other and listen to the scientists, maybe in a few weeks it will be better."

Pennsylvania’s Democratic Party committee members backed U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb by 2 to 1 in an endorsement vote over Lt. Gov. John Fetterman in the primary race for the state's open U.S. Senate seat.

Pivotal Sen. Joe Manchin has floated the broad outlines of a reconfigured social and environment package that aims half its resources at reducing federal deficits.

Sanders told comedian Stephen Colbert that President Joe Biden "likes people more than I like people."

Republican Gov. Greg Abbott will face Democratic challenger Beto O’Rourke after voters in Texas opened what could be a lengthy, bruising primary season.

Sanders is prodding the Biden administration to impose severe sanctions on the Russian leader, a step normally reserved for brutal autocrats.

Austin police say officers facing indictments over tactics used during the 2020 protests over racial injustice have been placed on administrative duty.

The whispers and chatter about top contenders for the Supreme Court are growing as President Joe Biden zeroes in on a nominee to replace retiring Justice Stephen Breyer.

Democrats have conflicting views of what they're accomplishing in the 50-50 Senate and of how to take advantage of their control on the chamber.

Bernie Sanders and Chuck Schumer have very different takes on how things are going in their chamber. “I know we're spending the week dealing with assistant secretaries of something or other, and that's terribly important," Sanders, the progressive firebrand and Vermont independent, said dryly on Wednesday. The Senate confirmed 15 nominees last week for the Federal Maritime Commission, judgeships and other posts.

"Blaming the rising cost of a burrito on a minimum wage worker who got a 50 cent pay raise. That's not inflation. That's price gouging," Sanders said.

More than 600 sitting senators have died or resigned since the first Congress met in 1789.

Congressman Adam Kinzinger of Illinois is calling on Democrats and independents to form an “uneasy alliance” with Republicans to fight former President Donald Trump’s influence in Republican politics.

Host Jesse Watters wasted no time in painting the Reddit thread’s moderator as a clumsy, ‘lazy’ caricature Fox News host Jesse Watters interviewing Doreen Ford, the longest serving moderator on Reddit's /r/antiwork on 26 January 2022. Photograph: Fox News In 2013, the subreddit r/antiwork was born. “Unemployment for all, not just the rich!” read its tagline. America was experiencing a mood change at that time. Occupy: The Movie had just hit theaters, lodging the eponymous movement in the nationa

Build Back Better may still include changes to the $10,000 SALT limit, despite reports the measure may be out.

He spoke with Newsy during an unannounced visit to address state lawmakers at the West Virginia capitol.

He spoke with Newsy during an unannounced visit to address state lawmakers at the West Virginia Capitol.

Manchin also scoffed at the notion that he should be afraid of any potential primary challenger.

Antagonizing President Biden and getting him to slip up should be written into his formal job description.

Amid harsh criticisms from some in Washington, many in his home state say they have his back.

Amid harsh criticisms from some in Washington, many in his home state say they have his back.

Mackenzie Salmon 'overreacts' to the biggest storylines from the AFC Divisional round games and looks ahead to the AFC title game.

"They have not had to cast one bloody vote — which shows us where they're at," Sanders said of the legislative inaction. "We have got to change that."

President Joe Biden often cites the critical role that South Carolina played when he won the Democratic nomination in 2020.

Leaders of the Arizona Democratic Party have voted to censure Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema.

These are some of the stories and videos that made us smile this week.

At Trump’s first rally of the year, the former President wasn’t the only person selling a fantasy.

For about half of President Joe Biden's news conference, it was a traditional, organized affair, with the president calling on reporters from a pre-arranged list.

Sen. Bernie Sanders is suggesting he’d support primary challengers against Democratic colleagues Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema.

Just over a year ago, millions of energized young people, women, voters of color and independents joined forces to send Joe Biden to the White House.

Sens. Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Tammy Baldwin pressed BlackRock CEO Larry Fink to intervene in a coal miners' strike.

A senior strategist at the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Thursday responded to a floor speech by Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., encouraging Democrats to keep attacking her

President Joe Biden said the White House next week will announce how it is providing highly quality masks to Americans for free.

California Democrats have taken their first step toward creating a universal health care system.

MSNBC says it has hired former Biden aide Symone Sanders to host a weekend television show and another on its Peacock streaming service.

MSNBC has hired Symone Sanders, former aide to President Joe Biden and spokeswoman for Vice President Kamala Harris, to host shows on its television and streaming services. Sanders announced only last month that she was leaving her job as chief spokesperson for Harris. Sanders, 32, will host a Washington-based weekend show on MSNBC, along with a program on “The Choice from MSNBC,” a news and analysis destination on the Peacock streaming service.

Sanders criticized Buffett for staying out of a dispute at the West Virginia firm Special Metals, where workers have been striking for three months.

Bernie Sanders asked Warren Buffett to get involved in a strike at Special Metals, which is owned by Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary Precision Castparts.

A prominent group of Democrats wants Biden to wipe out the debt for good.

The Fox host was referring to confrontational interviews in comments at conservative conference but leaned hard on violent imagery: "Boom! He is dead!"

Democrats are trying to pick up the pieces after West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin effectively crushed President Joe Biden’s big domestic policy bill.

Assessing the Democrats' sudden decision to get tough on Manchin -- and their lack of leverage.

Despite months of being courted and cajoled, Sen. Joe Manchin is still not a yes on President Joe Biden's big $2 trillion domestic package.

President Joe Biden has pledged to fight for stalled voting rights and police reform legislation.

President Joe Biden’s pick to lead the Food and Drug Administration deftly parried questions on crises ranging from the COVID pandemic to the opioid epidemic.

The head of a Senate panel that oversees Medicare says the Biden administration should cut back a hefty premium increase soon to hit millions of enrollees.

President Joe Biden is returning to South Carolina, the state that played a pivotal role in his march to the Democratic presidential nomination and the White House.

It's never easy to define a year in pop culture, especially in a rollercoaster year like 2021, when we were up and down again, and again, and again.

Starbucks workers at a store in Buffalo, New York, voted to unionize on Thursday, the latest sign that the labor movement is stirring after decades of decline.

A new $56,000-a-year Alzheimer’s medication that’s leading to one of the biggest increases ever in Medicare premiums is highlighting the limitations of President Joe Biden’s strategy for curbing prescription drug costs.

The Senate has rejected a bid to stop a U.S. arms sale to Saudi Arabia.

President Joe Biden is pledging his social agenda legislation will deliver tangible savings on prescription drugs for all Americans.

Eric Zemmour's poll ratings have faded since a splashy entrance into the French presidential campaign

Tesla CEO Elon Musk took a jab at older lawmakers, tweeting that there should be an upper age limit for anyone planning to run for political office.

Sen. Bernie Sanders is asking the White House to cut back a big Medicare premium hike set to take effect in weeks and tied to a pricey Alzheimer’s drug whose benefits have been widely questioned.

Sen. Bernie Sanders is asking the White House to cut back a big Medicare premium hike set to take effect in weeks and tied to a pricey Alzheimer's drug whose benefits have been widely questioned. In a letter Friday to President Joe Biden, the Vermont Independent called on the president to act immediately to prevent the portion of an “outrageous increase” in Medicare premiums that's attributable to Aduhelm, a newly approved Alzheimer's medicine from drugmaker Biogen priced at $56,000 a year. If Biden agreed and found a way to do it, a planned January increase of $21.60 a month to Medicare's “Part B” premium for outpatient care would be slashed closer to $10.

What qualifies as middle class? To Bob Menendez, it's everyone earning below $550,000. Bernie Sanders disagrees. The stakes are blue-state tax breaks.

Democrats have finally driven President Joe Biden’s $2 trillion package of family services, health care and climate initiatives through the House.

Vermont’s sole congressman, Democratic Rep. Peter Welch, says he'll run for Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy’s Senate seat next year.

Some Democrats have begun saying out loud what others are saying privately — that Joe Biden’s political standing is so weak less than a year into his presidency that he may not be able to win reelection in 2024 if he were to run again.

The Senate will try to pass the Build Back Better Act before Christmas, and it will likely make changes to the House bill.

Democrat Patrick Leahy’s announcement that he will retire after eight terms in the Senate has set off a scramble in Vermont over the rare opening in the state’s tiny congressional delegation.

The 80-year-old Vermont senator wrote, "We must demand that the extremely wealthy pay their fair share." Musk retorted, "I keep forgetting that you're still alive."

Tesla founder, the world's wealthiest person, sniped at the Vermont senator's push to raise taxes on the wealthy.

Twenty years ago, when Kyrsten Sinema was a Green Party activist running for the Phoenix City Council, she likened the practice of raising campaign cash to “bribery.”.

It’s big, messy and complicated as the Democratic leaders in Congress try to muscle President Joe Biden’s sweeping domestic policy package into law.

Joe Biden set out to be a president who under-promised and over-delivered.