Democrats are trying to win back Congress by criticizing their own party to appeal to voters in more conservative areas.

Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Greg Casar are introducing legislation that would ban artificial superintelligence, pause development of advanced AI systems and create a new Department of Artificial Intelligence.

The Kennedy Center board has voted to close most of the iconic performing arts venue just hours after a federal judge blocked the institution from returning President Donald Trump’s name to the building.

The technology industry is urgently warning about the potential harm of artificial intelligence, but political inaction in Washington poses a challenge.

Wisconsin Democrats are hoping to unseat a Republican congressman with close ties to President Donald Trump.

Lawmakers are demanding information from OpenAI with separate queries that underscore growing concerns in Washington about the potential for artificial intelligence programs eluding human control.

Republican congressman David Valadao has defied the odds before, winning elections in California districts with big Democratic registration advantages.

A government report finds that the U.S. Secret Service faced several drone-related incidents without updating its protection policies or documenting reasons it didn't.

Former Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner is no longer set to speak at a Labor Day rally when he makes his first major public appearance since ending his campaign against Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine.

U.S. Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts has secured the Democratic nomination in his bid for a third term in office.

U.S. Sen. Ed Markey faces a competitive Democratic primary challenge in Massachusetts on Tuesday from U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton in his bid for a third full term.

A political transition is underway during the late days of summer.

Hundreds of protesters have rallied on the National Mall for a march in support of voting rights and racial justice ahead of the midterm election.

Some Republican candidates are quietly distancing themselves from President Donald Trump ahead of the midterm elections that will determine control of Congress.

Two senators who are set to retire have embarked on a mission to save tens of millions of Social Security beneficiaries from a projected 22% cut in their benefits, starting in just six years.

Rick Mullaney, head of the Jacksonville University Haskell Public Policy Institute, joins News4JAX anchor Bruce Hamilton on this week’s episode of Politics & Power to discuss the November midterms. How new faces, new fault lines, and turnover and turnout could decide the Congressional balance of power.

Democratic voters are turning out for this year’s primaries at levels not seen in more than 20 years.

Democrats seeking the party’s presidential nomination in 2028 will need to prove themselves early on in states where Black and Latino voters and union members are key supporters.

David Jolly, a former Republican now running for Florida governor as a Democrat, is trying to revive the state's political battleground status.

Results in Democratic primaries in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Connecticut have reiterated that Democratic voters are hungry for change, even as they remain divided over the party’s ideological future.

Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan won the Minnesota Democratic Senate primary in the latest victory for an insurgent progressive over the party’s establishment.

Fresh on the heels of Abdul El-Sayed’s Democratic U.S. Senate primary win in Michigan, Wisconsin voters will decide another high-profile clash between the party’s establishment and progressive wings in a gubernatorial primary on Tuesday.

Minnesota Democrats will decide a competitive U.S. Senate primary Tuesday in another face-off between moderate and progressive candidates that could define the party’s identity heading into the midterm elections.

The Democratic Senate primary in Minnesota is heating up and immigration has become a central issue.

Wisconsin is the latest state where the battle over the direction of the Democratic Party will play out.

Michael Fuqua couldn't immediately recall the name of the candidate he voted for in Michigan's 13th Congressional District primary.

Abdul El-Sayed has won Michigan’s Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in a victory for the party’s progressive wing in a battleground state.

The Democratic Senate race between Rep. Haley Stevens and former public health official Abdul El-Sayed is one of the clearest tests yet of the party’s future.

U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens and progressive Abdul El-Sayed are in a close race for the Democratic Senate nomination in Michigan.

Abdul El-Sayed’s victory in Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary is the latest and perhaps biggest example yet that the party’s voters are looking to turn the page on establishment-backed candidates in must-win battlegrounds.

Michigan voters will decide a competitive Democratic U.S. Senate primary Tuesday in a contest that will have major implications for control of the chamber next year.

U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens and Abdul El-Sayed are spending the final hours of Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary in settings that reflect their starkly different campaigns.

Democrats are seeing a fresh opportunity for an upset in a northeast Ohio congressional seat.

Michigan Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed says his Muslim faith shapes his progressive views.

President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has cleared a hurdle in the Senate.

More progressive Americans are swearing off traditional media.

Former state lawmaker and logger Troy Jackson has secured the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Maine.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has endorsed Rep. Haley Stevens in the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate over progressive Abdul El-Sayed.

The progressive movement may already have hit its high point in the 2026 midterms.

Former Maine lawmaker and logger Troy Jackson is set to become the state's Democratic Senate nominee after Graham Platner's exit.

Former Maine lawmaker Troy Jackson has moved into a strong position to replace Graham Platner as the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Maine after several of his opponents dropped out of the race.

U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens is benefiting from tens of millions in pro-Israel spending in her race to be the Democratic nominee for Senate in Michigan.

Democrats hoping to replace Graham Platner on the Maine ballot for U.S. Senate are scrambling to woo his supporters.

August primaries in Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota will be another gauge of Democratic voters’ frustration with the establishment.

Retiring Michigan Sen. Gary Peters is endorsing U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens to succeed him.

Democrats in Maine are beginning a sprint to nominate a new candidate for a pivotal U.S. Senate seat.

Democratic socialists have recently won elections in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Denver.

U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens is closing Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary by arguing she is the party’s strongest candidate to beat Republicans.

As Democrats scramble to contain a political disaster in Maine, the Republicans on the front lines of the GOP’s fight to hold the U.S. Senate majority are breathing a sigh of relief.

A new accusation that Graham Platner once sexually assaulted a woman he was dating has rocked the U.S. Senate race in Maine and cast fresh doubt on Democrats’ path to a Senate majority.

Democratic nominee Graham Platner hasn’t resigned from the Maine U.S. Senate race following an allegation of sexual assault.

President Donald Trump and fellow Republicans are reviving attacks on Democrats, labeling them communists.

Democratic socialist Melat Kiros has defeated U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette in a Colorado House primary.

Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen is endorsing Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has stepped into the national spotlight this week as a surging political force within the Democratic Party.

Mallory McMorrow is trying to turn the delayed opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge into a campaign issue in Michigan’s Senate race.

The latest round of primary elections is underway in four more states.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has successfully backed three allies in Democratic U.S. House primaries.

New York’s congressional candidates are delivering closing arguments ahead of primary elections Tuesday, as an ascendent progressive left takes on establishment Democrats.

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A California labor union has offered to scale back a proposal to temporarily increase taxes on billionaires, but it wasn’t enough to get the governor on board.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is testing the limits of his newfound political muscle in a bid to reshape the Democratic Party, even if it means challenging his own party’s leadership.

Sen. Bernie Sanders is proposing a plan to give Americans ownership stakes in the country’s largest artificial intelligence companies.

An endorsement from President Donald Trump is worth a lot in Republican primaries.

United States Senator Bernie Sanders is taking aim at a large maritime company in Jacksonville, accusing the company of “illegal union-busting” and unsafe work conditions.

Washington, D.C., will hold a districtwide primary that will be unlike previous elections.

Democrats are rallying behind Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner despite a series of controversies that might have derailed a Democratic campaign during the height of the #MeToo movement.

Randy Villegas, a populist insurgent, has won the Democratic primary for a House seat representing California’s Central Valley.

Anthropic has joined calls for the AI industry to find ways to cushion people from AI's disruptions to the workforce.

Nevada, South Carolina and North Dakota hosted primary elections, but much of the political world was focused on Maine’s high-stakes U.S. Senate contest.

Graham Platner has won the Maine Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, setting up a high-stakes race against Republican Sen. Susan Collins.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has met with Sen. Bernie Sanders to discuss public ownership in AI companies — a meeting that highlighted the tension between AI powerhouses and policymakers.

Graham Platner, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Maine, insists voters will support him despite controversies about his past.

An ex-girlfriend alleges U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner repeatedly grabbed her hard enough to leave marks, pulled her from a cab by the wrist, and, in one incident, twisted her arm behind her back and held her in a room when they dated more than a decade ago.

U.S. Senate hopefuls Ken Paxton and Graham Platner are in Washington, D.C., to rally party support.

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders says he is standing by Graham Platner in the wake of media reports that the Maine Senate candidate previously exchanged sexually explicit text messages with several women.

California voters face a crowded ballot with 61 names during Tuesday's primary to replace outgoing Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom.

The top Democratic candidates competing for the party's U.S. Senate nomination in Michigan are debating at the state party’s annual policy conference.

Graham Platner began Memorial Day weekend by releasing an ad on the cable station that airs Boston Red Sox games accusing team owners of ruining the storied franchise.

Tulsi Gabbard has resigned as President Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence, saying she needed to leave office as her husband battles cancer.

Twelve U.S. Democratic senators have asked the U.S. Central Command about coordination with Israel on evacuation zones in Lebanon and Iran.

President Donald Trump’s deals with drugmakers requiring many of their U.S. prescription prices to drop could save the economy $529 billion over the next decade.

Restless Democratic voters are rejecting their party’s establishment.

Democratic Maine U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner says he hopes to work with Gov. Janet Mills to turn Republican Sen. Susan Collins’ seat “blue again” now that Mills has dropped out of their primary.

Billionaire climate activist Tom Steyer is selling himself as a class traitor in his bid for California governor.

Maine Gov. Janet Mills has decades of experience in public office and the backing of the party establishment as she seeks the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate.

Supporters of a controversial California proposal to implement a one-time tax on billionaires say they have enough signatures to qualify it for the November ballot.

Democrats are boasting of eye-popping fundraising hauls in some of this year's most competitive Senate contests.

New Jersey Democrat Analilia Mejía has won a special election to fill the U.S. House seat that was vacated by Democratic Gov. Mikie Sherrill after she was voted into that office.

More than three dozen Democrats supported an effort by Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders on Wednesday to block arms sales to Israel, signaling a growing discontent in the party with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the wars in Gaza and Iran.

Dozens of protesters were arrested at a demonstration urging Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand to block the sale of U.S. bombs to Israel.

Democrats are grappling with a surge of outside spending in their primaries.

Many young voters say politics isn’t delivering and they want candidates who offer something new, not just opposition.

The Democratic Party’s most ambitious politicians are courting African American activists in New York this week as the party’s unofficial 2028 presidential nomination contest begins to take shape.

Progressive Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is teaming up with online streamer Hasan Piker for campus events that are already sparking backlash.

Democrats are trying to win back the Senate.

Tens of thousands of people have joined “No Kings” protests across the U.S. and in Europe against the war in Iran and President Donald Trump’s actions.

Minnesota will be the flagship of the “No Kings” protest movement Saturday when Bruce Springsteen performs “Streets of Minneapolis” in a state where emotions are still raw over President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown and the deaths of two residents who were shot by federal officers.

A growing faction of concerned citizens across America's suburbs are positioned on the front lines of the anti-Trump resistance.

A bill introduced by two high-profile progressive lawmakers would pause new data centers in the United States until national safeguards are in place to protect workers and consumers and ensure the technologies don’t harm the environment.