New: Former Vice President Kamala Harris criticized the indictment of New York Attorney General Letitia James during an event Thursday in Washington, DC, that was repeatedly disrupted by demonstrators protesting Israel’s war in Gaza: www.cnn.com/2025/10/10/p...

New: Liberal billionaire Tom Steyer announced Thursday that he would spend $12 million backing California Democrats’ redistricting push this fall, becoming the latest megadonor to enter the high-stakes contest. www.cnn.com/2025/10/09/p...

New: The sharp divides between New Jersey’s candidates for governor in Wednesday night’s second debate were crystallized by the grades each gave President Donald Trump. www.cnn.com/2025/10/08/p...

New: "OK, so, I don’t want to keep doing this. I’m going to call it, thank you.” Katie Porter, a Democrat running for governor of California, is drawing blowback after threatening to walk out of an interview with CBS News Sacramento: www.cnn.com/2025/10/08/p...

“Our chair has something he loves to say all the time: Saquon Barkley is possibly the best player in the NFL, and not even he gets a 10-year contract,” said James Markley with the PA GOP. www.cnn.com/2025/10/07/p...

“This is, in many respects, the most important race in the country that nobody’s talking about,” said @malcolmkenyatta.bsky.social, a vice chair of the Democratic National Committee. www.cnn.com/2025/10/07/p...

NEW: Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is wading into a state Supreme Court race this fall that both parties say has far-reaching implications for the 2028 presidential race, upcoming midterms and future redistricting in the premier battleground state. www.cnn.com/2025/10/07/p...

NEW: Maine Rep. Jared Golden, the only Democrat in the House to vote for the Republican-led government funding bill, drew a primary challenger Monday who accused him of consistently siding with the GOP over his own party. www.cnn.com/2025/10/06/p...

The rare public comments from the former president on the war in Gaza come as world leaders are gathered in New York for the United Nations General Assembly, a meeting roiled by the grinding conflict:

Obama: “I think that it is important for us to acknowledge those of us who are not direct parties to the violence to say, right now, children can’t starve. Right now, there’s not a military rationale for continuing to pummel what is already rubble"

NEW: Former President Barack Obama tonight criticized Israel’s ongoing military action in Gaza, saying that “there’s not a military rationale for continuing to pummel what is already rubble” and arguing for Palestinian statehood. www.cnn.com/2025/09/26/p...

"Andy Barr, groomed by Mitch McConnell as an intern” "Groomed by Mitch, Trump-hater like Mitch" "Fake Nate Morris, fully woke and full of s**t" "Perhaps you could both show us the seat of your britches so we can finally understand exactly where Mitch’s hand goes in" www.cnn.com/2025/09/25/p...

New: Former President Barack Obama on Wednesday said the Trump administration engaged in “violence against the truth” with its announcements this week linking autism and Tylenol. www.cnn.com/2025/09/25/p...

New: On the precipice of retirement, Mitch McConnell has become a pariah among the Republicans trying to succeed him. www.cnn.com/2025/09/25/p...

New: In CNN interview, Schwarzenegger criticizes Trump for calling climate change a ‘con job’ www.cnn.com/2025/09/24/p...

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New: Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly and Glenn Beck among conservatives who will help complete Charlie Kirk’s college tour www.cnn.com/2025/09/22/p...

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The closures, Augusta Medical Group said in its statement, were part of the company’s “ongoing response to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and the resulting realities for healthcare delivery": www.cnn.com/2025/09/22/p...

New: Rural health clinics are closing after Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill,’ raising the legislation’s political risks www.cnn.com/2025/09/22/p...

New: Democrat Mikie Sherrill and Republican Jack Ciattarelli clashed Sunday over their responses to political violence and solutions to the rising cost of living in the first general election debate of New Jersey’s 2025 gubernatorial race. www.cnn.com/2025/09/21/p...

Sherrill tonight: “Right now we need to produce power here in our state, because the market has been screwed up by PJM and because Virginia has a million data centers which are sucking all the power out of our market."

Electricity bills a major flashpoint in first debate between Democrat Mikie Sherrill and Republican Jack Ciattarelli in NJ tonight -- Ciattarelli blaming offshore wind farms, Sherrill calling out "a million data centers in Virginia" connected to the grid. www.cnn.com/2025/09/05/p...

OBAMA, tonight: "Look, obviously I didn’t know Charlie Kirk. I was generally aware of some of his ideas. I think those ideas were wrong, but that doesn’t negate the fact that what happened was a tragedy and that I mourn for him and his family."

New: Geoff Duncan, the former Republican lieutenant governor of Georgia, announced Tuesday he will run for governor in 2026 as a Democrat, cementing a high-profile party switch and entering a key midterm contest. www.cnn.com/2025/09/16/p...

Good read from CNN's Eric Bradner on 2026 Democrats increasingly highlighting their faith in campaigns: "I think the challenge is to be precise and specific and not preachy about why you believe what you believe, and why it will help people" www.cnn.com/2025/09/14/p...

New: The Democratic candidates in this fall’s top statewide races have chosen a relentless focus on one word: affordability. www.cnn.com/2025/09/13/p...

Spectacular

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Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, a young progressive w/strong job approval seeking a 2nd term, is likely to advance today in a nonpartisan primary to a high-profile matchup with Josh Kraft, son of Patriots owner Rob Kraft, in a campaign jolted by Trump admin actions targeting the city:

New: Maryland Gov. Wes Moore announced Tuesday that he will run for reelection in 2026, seeking a second term in a deep-blue state even as the rising Democratic star sparks speculation about a potential 2028 presidential bid. www.cnn.com/2025/09/09/p...

New: As Democrats continue their internal debate over transgender rights, Abigail Spanberger, the party’s nominee for governor of Virginia, is directly responding to Republican ads that echo the commercials run against Kamala Harris last year. www.cnn.com/2025/09/08/p...

According to a May report from the US Energy Information Administration, “retail electricity prices have increased faster than the rate of inflation since 2022, and we expect them to continue increasing through 2026":

News: Texas state Rep. James Talarico is poised to launch his campaign for US Senate in the coming days, joining the Democratic primary in a state the party hopes will emerge as competitive in next year’s midterm elections www.cnn.com/2025/09/05/p...

Abigail Spanberger in Virginia and a few others have made the connection between AI data centers and spiking electricity bills. It opens a fraught debate about the rising cost of electricity to operate a technology, artificial intelligence, that could threaten some voters’ jobs:

NEW: The cost of power has set a record for two consecutive years in the country’s largest grid, covering a wide swath of competitive political territory that includes parts of Pennsylvania, Michigan, North Carolina, Virginia and New Jersey: www.cnn.com/2025/09/05/p...

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Winsome Earle-Sears, GOP candidate for governor in Virginia, is up with a new ad echoing the Trump campaign's "They/Them" ads from the 2024 election, criticizing Democrat Abigail Spanberger over pro-transgender policies:

I am once again wondering why I don't own a local TV station in the Philadelphia suburbs

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Smart of Taylor and Travis to get the announcement in before NVDA earnings

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are engaged Just like you should engage with my new piece about the fundraising juggernaut that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is building -- and what it means for her future: www.cnn.com/2025/08/26/p...

@waleedshahid.bsky.social: “History shows that independent political and fundraising operations often do more to change a party’s direction than the party’s own infrastructure" www.cnn.com/2025/08/26/p...

@faiz.bsky.social: "There’s too many in the Democratic Party who like to criticize Bernie or be in friction with him. Far fewer have seen the political power of embracing him. AOC always has"

On ActBlue, Democrats’ largest online fundraising platform, the New York congresswoman received the third-most small-dollar donations in the first half of the year. That trailed only the Democratic National Committee and the party’s Senate campaign arm, key party infrastructure:

NEW: How AOC built a Democratic fundraising juggernaut David Axelrod: “She has extraordinary communication skills…She’s done well and I’m sure her name will surface in speculation about future elections.” www.cnn.com/2025/08/26/p...

Obama: "Given that Texas is taking direction from a partisan White House that is effectively saying: gerrymander for partisan purposes so we can maintain the House despite our unpopular policies... I have tremendous respect for how Governor Newsom has approached this."

NEW: Obama calls Newsom’s redistricting plan ‘a responsible approach’ in response to Texas Republicans redrawing maps www.cnn.com/2025/08/20/p...