Alex Thompson

Democrats weighing runs for the White House want to forget many of the positions they took in 2020 — and they're hoping voters will too.Why it matters: Leaders and would-be leaders in the party hav...

Rahm Emanuel wants to shift billions of dollars from building new ICE facilities to funding community colleges — arguing they'll become more critical as AI disrupts the job market.Why it matters: I...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom says the idea that he and Kamala Harris don't like each other is "preposterous," but acknowledges the former vice president took a shot at him in her bestselling book l...

Some potential 2028 Democratic presidential candidates are introducing themselves to voters in a striking way: by documenting their childhood resentments, family chaos and fights with their parents...

Democratic National Committee chair Ken Martin is facing a growing crisis of confidence within his party, more than two dozen Democrats tell Axios.Donors, operatives and some DNC members are questi...

For many far-left Democrats, it's AOC or bust in 2028.Left-wing Democrats are quietly escalating efforts to persuade New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to run for president. One big reason: The...

Nancy Pelosi is retiring from Congress, but she has more campaigns in mind. Among them: Boost Gavin Newsom as a potential contender for the White House in 2028.Why it matters: Publicly and privatel...

Pete Buttigieg is widely admired as a first-class communicator. But many Democrats think he's lacking as an administrator — and are pointing to his time as President Biden's transportation secretar...

Liberal media, long dominated by a few big national players such as New York Times columnists, is splintering into countless micro-factions, much like the early MAGA movement.Why it matters: Gone a...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Arizona Sen. Ruben Gallego will headline a Democratic Party event in Nevada on Feb. 1 to celebrate the late Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), a person famili...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Many Democratic powerbrokers in D.C. are done with Kamala Harris. They see the former vice president as a politically toxic reminder of an unpopular president, Joe Biden.But among ...

WATER VALLEY, Miss. — Rahm Emanuel is coming — whether Democrats like it or not."There's two wings in our party right now, and I hope to dominate one of them," Emanuel, the fiery former Chicago may...