It’s Tough Being A Blue City In A Red State

In November, California will choose a new governor to replace Gavin Newsom, pitting Democratic candidate Xavier Becerra, a former US Secretary of Health and Human Services, US Congressman and state attorney general, against an unlikely Republican rival: Steve Hilton.Hilton was bo ...  Show more

On July 1, 2025, the US effectively ended operations of the United States Agency for International Development, the global aid organization founded in 1961, cutting most staff and moving it into the US State Department. Samantha Power, who led the agency under President Biden unt ...  Show more

Georgia, a once reliably red state, has been turning more and more purple in recent years. In response, the Republican state legislature has passed a package of laws aimed at restricting voting.

Today, we look at those measures and how Democrats are bracing for similar l ...

As Democratic Party leaders assessed their vulnerabilities in this year’s midterm elections, the one state they did not worry about was New York. That — it turns out — was a mistake.

Despite being a blue state through and through, and a place President Donald J. Trump lo ...

The midterm elections are less than two months away. The chances the Democrats take back the House are high. But what's on the agenda if a Blue Wave washes over the GOP-controlled House? David Meyers speaks with Bloomberg News National Correspondent Sahil Kapur. FOLLOW UP Sahil's ...  Show more

Republican-led legislatures are racing to restrict voting rights, in a broad political effort that first began in the state of Georgia. To many Democrats, it’s no coincidence that Georgia — once a Republican stronghold — has just elected its first Black senator: Raphael Warnoc ...