Kamala Harris Says “System Is Broken,” Won’t Seek Office
By Lauren Chadwick Former Vice President Kamala Harris said she would not run for public office because the system is “broken,” as she reflected on her decision not to pursue a gubernatorial run in California and spoke about what she views as “capitulation” by those tasked with guarding democracy during Donald Trump’s second administration. In the former 2024 presidential candidate’s first interview since losing the election, Harris spoke about her career as a public servant, noting that when she was young she thought that people who want to improve or change a system should not just do so from the
Smithsonian Removes Trump from Impeachment Exhibit Update
Written By Lexx Thornton The Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History has removed explicit reference to President Donald Trump from an exhibit about impeachment, a spokesperson said on Thursday. The museum in Washington D.C., made the change as part of a review that it agreed to undertake following White House pressure to remove an art museum director, the Washington Post, which first reported the removal, cited a source as saying. The spokesperson in a statement said, “A future and updated exhibit will include all impeachments.” Trump signed an executive order in March calling for “improper, divisive or anti-American ideology”
Cortez Masto Urges Moderate Path, Clashes with Cory Booker
By Natasha Korecki Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., clashed with Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., this week when Booker, in a fiery floor speech, tried to block a package of police funding bills as he called for greater resistance to President Donald Trump’s policies. Afterward, Booker alluded to his efforts in the face of criticism from Cortez Masto saying, “What’s bothering me right now is we don’t see enough fight in this caucus.” In an interview, Cortez Masto had her own message. “I don’t need a lecture from anybody about how to take on and push back and fight against Donald Trump,” Cortez Masto
Kamala Harris Won’t Run for California Governor in 2026
By Michael R. Blood Former Vice President Kamala Harris will not run for California governor next year, leaving open the possibility that she could mount a third run for the White House in 2028. “Over the past six months, I have spent time reflecting on this moment in our nation’s history and the best way for me to continue fighting for the American people and advancing the values and ideals I hold dear,” Harris said in a statement released by her office Wednesday. “I have given serious thought to asking the people of California for the privilege to serve as
South Carolina Battles to Stay First in 2028 Democratic Primary
By Alexandra Marquez Three years before 2028, the outlines of the next presidential race are already growing clearer, with large fields of potential primary candidates in both parties already making early moves. But one big thing is very much unclear for Democrats: which state will vote first when the primaries start. The 2024 election was the first in almost two decades that saw major change to the top of the Democratic primary calendar, booting Iowa — the longtime first-in-the-nation caucus — and sliding South Carolina’s primary to the fore, challenging New Hampshire’s traditional leading role. The moves came amid discontent with Iowa Democrats’ messy 2020
Democratic Governors Navigate Trump-Era Bipartisanship Shift
By Adam Edelman Linda McMahon and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have largely been skewered by Democrats for the way they have run President Donald Trump’s Education and Health departments. But over the weekend at a bipartisan summit of governors in Colorado Springs, they received a distinctly warm welcome — including from the Democrats on hand. Instead of pressing McMahon on her plans to eliminate the Education Department, a move that will substantially affect state budgets, Democrats who attended the National Governors Association meeting in the mountain foothills of Colorado offered praise to McMahon during a Friday session over the Trump administration’s decision to
Republicans are split on extending Obamacare tax breaks as higher costs loom
By Sahil Kapur The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office projects that about 5 million Americans will lose their insurance by 2034 if the money expires. Rep. Jason Smith, R-Mo., the chair of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, said “a lot of people” are discussing how to address the ACA subsidies. But the party is torn. “I’m not saying where I am on that issue, but it’s definitely part of the conversation,” Smith told NBC News. “There’s some interest to do something. There’s some interest to do nothing. So it’s threading that needle.” Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., who represents a swing district
Trump Targets “The View” After Joy Behar Obama Remarks
Written By Lexx Thornton President Donald Trump alluded that the next show to be canceled would be ABC’s hit daytime talk show “The View.” The commander-in-chief’s supposed threat comes after co-host Joy Behar said Trump is “jealous” of former President Barack Obama. In a statement to Entertainment Weekly, which was in response to Behar’s remarks, Trump said that “The View” would be the next show to be “pulled off the air.” The White House issued the response via White House spokesperson Taylor Rogers, who added that “Joy Behar is an irrelevant loser suffering from a severe case of Trump Derangement
Obama Allies Denounce Treason Claims as Distraction Tactic
By Natasha Korecki, Peter Nicholas and Monica Alba To former aides who worked in Barack Obama’s White House, the Trump administration’s allegations of “treason” carried the stench of desperation from a president straining to shift the focus from a burgeoning scandal around Jeffrey Epstein. Still, they’re grappling with how to contain the unprecedented accusations National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard has leveled, even as they dismiss them as asinine, interviews with more than half a dozen people who worked in Obama’s White House or on his campaigns reveal. These people say the events of the last week have turned into a messaging balancing act between unnecessarily giving oxygen to the
Trump Impeachment Fears Fuel GOP Midterm Strategy
By Peter Nicholas, Olympia Sonnier and Julie Tsirkin Impeachment may be nothing that Donald Trump wants, but it is shaping up to be a galvanizing midterm election issue that preserves his party’s control of Congress, Republican strategists said. Seldom do sitting presidents pick up seats in midterm congressional elections. Trump faces an especially daunting challenge in that he relies on a devoted electoral base that may feel no compelling reason to vote if his name isn’t on the ballot. One way to persuade Trump supporters to turn out is to press the point that he could face impeachment a third time if Democrats wrest control
