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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders is headlining the event, as Democrats seek to drum up support and excitement for James Talarico and other downballot candidates ahead of November..

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.

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

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 have hosted primary elections, but much of the political world is 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.

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.

Graham Platner’s wife has responded to news reports about his alleged sexually explicit texts 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.

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 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 the 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.

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 leading 2028 presidential prospects are warning African Americans that President Donald Trump is actively working to undermine their right to vote in 2026.

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 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.

Primary elections set up major Senate fights in Texas and North Carolina, and they also expose fresh tension over voting rules.

Maine Democrat Graham Platner has picked up another endorsement in his bid to flip a key Senate seat blue.

North Carolina voters will narrow down the field of candidates Tuesday in a competitive U.S. Senate race that could decide control of the closely divided chamber in November.

The state lawmaker favored to succeed Nancy Pelosi in the House is no stranger to the national spotlight.

Bernie Sanders has traveled to Los Angeles to kick off a campaign for a proposed “billionaires tax” that has set off an uproar in the Silicon Valley and led to divisions among Democrats.

Analilia Mejia, a longtime progressive organizer allied with Sen. Bernie Sanders, has won a crowded special Democratic House primary to fill the open seat formerly held by New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill.

Former congressman Tom Malinowski has conceded to Analilia Mejia in New Jersey’s Democratic primary for the U.S. House special election.

The New Jersey U.S. House Democratic primary between a onetime political director for Sen. Bernie Sanders and an ex-congressman is too early to call.

A Democratic lawmaker is raising new concerns about a Food and Drug Administration program designed to drastically shorten the review of certain drugs.

Maine’s leading Republican and Democratic officials are taking different approaches to Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s sweeping ongoing action in the state.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders are rallying with nurses in Manhattan during the ninth day of their strike.

President Donald Trump isn't waiting for future generations to decide to name important things in his honor — he's doing it himself.

Bilt has announced an overhaul of its credit cards, introducing an 10% introductory interest rate for one year.

Senate Democrats are expressing optimism they'll be able to flip the chamber this year after it looked all but impossible last year.

A proposal to tax the accumulated wealth of California billionaires has ignited a political uproar in Silicon Valley and across the state.

President Donald Trump says he wants a one-year, 10% cap on credit card interest rates.

Zohran Mamdani is reveling in what he calls a “new era” for New York City.

Zohran Mamdani will become mayor of New York City as the clock ticks over into 2026 — but the celebrations are set to last through New Year’s Day.

The New York City transit system is retiring the MetroCard after more than 30 years.

U.S. Sen. Ruben Gallego is emerging as a key figure for the Democratic Party as it aims to regain Latino support lost in 2024.

New York City officials say Starbucks will pay about $35 million to more than 15,000 New York City workers to settle claims it denied them stable schedules and arbitrarily cut their hours.

A special election in Tennessee has gained national attention in a heavily Republican district.

Billionaire businessman and activist Tom Steyer is running for California governor as a Democrat.

President Donald Trump has signed a government funding bill that ends a record 43-day shutdown.

The Senate has passed legislation to reopen the government, bringing the longest shutdown in history closer to an end after a small group of Democrats struck a deal with Republicans.

Eight senators are facing criticism from Democrats for their deal with Republicans to end the federal government shutdown.

The Senate has taken the first step to end the government shutdown after a group of moderate Democrats agreed to proceed without a guaranteed extension of health care subsidies.

The Senate’s first weekend session since the shutdown began has yielded few signs of progress.

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s decision to step aside after nearly four decades in Congress kicks off a wide-open contest to replace her at a time when her home city of San Francisco is roiled in debate about what its future should look like.

Republicans are swatting down an offer from Democrats to end the government shutdown.

President Donald Trump is hosting leaders of five Central Asian countries at the White House.

Bipartisan talks to reopen the government are intensifying.

Democrats are hopeful again.

There were signs in the AP Voter Poll that there’s plenty of room for Democrats to make up ground among groups that moved toward President Donald Trump in last year’s election.

Signs of a potential end to the government shutdown are intensifying with behind-the-scenes talks.

Zohran Mamdani has been elected mayor of New York City, capping a stunning ascent from little-known state lawmaker just a year ago to one of the most talked-about politicians in the country.