Jamaal Bowman

House progressives are ready to go back on the offensive and to protect their fellow members after tough primary losses this year.Why it matters: For the first time since The Squad burst onto the congressional scene six years ago, their ranks will be thinner in the next Congress.That's mostly due to the primary losses of Reps. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) and Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.), bringing their number from nine to seven.🎯 One target: Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), the outgoing chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, blames super PAC money for Bush's and Bowman's losses."The dark money in primaries stops us from electing true working-class candidates who are going to challenge corporate power," she told Axios at an Axios News Shapers event on Thursday.Zoom in: The Squad's most prominent member — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) — is locked in a heated race for power next week.AOC was endorsed Friday for ranking member on House Oversight by her Congressional Progressive Caucus allies. That was quickly followed by an endorsement from the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.She's battling against allies of House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), who's been making calls on her opponent's Rep. Gerry Connolly's (D-Va.) behalf.Connolly was endorsed Friday by the center-left New Democrat Coalition.Zoom out: The Israel-Hamas war put the pro-Palestinian lawmakers on defense, and in the case of Bowman and Bush, the Gaza war combined with additional scandals proved too much to withstand."Democrats will try to run to the right, will try to run to the center and be Republican light," Jayapal told Axios."Let's be real, most people don't like the light version of anything. They'd rather have the real version of the thing.""We need a very clear contrast between Republicans and Democrats."

'I wish I didn't pull that damn fire alarm'

President Biden’s surprise pardon of his son Hunter has prompted calls for the outgoing commander-in-chief to grant clemency to other Americans before he hands over the White House to President-elect Trump next month. Some Democrats have used the Hunter Biden pardon to call on the president to give clemency to death row inmates and nonviolent [...]

At least 20 House Democrats are demanding increased transparency over reports that Israel is not treating all U.S. citizens equally, as first reported by HuffPost.

Kamala Harris did her best to move her politics to the center, but she was weighed down by those left-wing purity tests she felt obligated to pass four years earlier. Suggesting that illegally crossing the border might not be a...

It shouldn't have been hard for Kamala Harris, not against the absurdly toxic politics of Donald Trump. An older Democratic Party, less beholden to the big megaphones on the fringes, would have had an easier time of it.

In a careful Thursday statement, the “Uncommitted” movement decried the Republican presidential nominee and third parties who could help him win while expressing frustration with Democrats.

The effort could complicate Harris’ balancing act around the Gaza War as she seeks to keep Jewish votes in the Democratic column.

Bipartisan efforts to ban TikTok nationwide will be scrutinized Monday by a federal appeals court tasked with weighing whether axing the social media giant’s U.S. presence runs afoul of the First Amendment. The social media platform and a group of content creators have sued over a new law that could ban the app, placing free [...]

Welcome to At the Races! Each week we bring you news and analysis from the CQ Roll Call campaign team. Know someone who’d like to get this newsletter? They can subscribe here. When House and Senate primary season began on March 5, Super Tuesday, President Joe Biden was running for reelection and Nikki Haley was still [...]The post At the Races: Recapping the season appeared first on Roll Call.

Our poll of Jewish voters in Pennsylvania and swing NY districts predicts their turnout, spurred by rising antisemitism, will be at an all-time high this November.

Shabbos Kestenbaum, a Jewish Democrat suing Harvard over antisemitism, says he is endorsing Donald Trump over Kamala Harris despite previously voting blue.

Vice President Harris' campaign didn’t disclose her stance on reparations when asked by Fox News Digital, despite past support and recent California reparation bill withdrawals.

'I think there has to be some form of reparations'

“I know first-hand that Israel has created an apartheid reality within its borders and through its occupation. The parallels to my own beloved South Africa are painfully stark indeed,” the late Anglican Bishop Desmond Tutu — standing up for Palestinian...

Breaking this cynical cycle requires getting honest about Biden and Harris’s roles in this blood-soaked charade.The post The U.S.-Led Ceasefire Talks Are Just Buying More Time for Israel’s Genocide appeared first on The Intercept.

Democrats open their national convention being welcomed to Chicago with jubilation while offering a bittersweet farewell to President Joe Biden.

Harris must use this opportunity to tell voters not only who she is, but also what are her plans to address the very real problems facing the country.

Welcome to At the Races! Each week we bring you news and analysis from the CQ Roll Call campaign team. Know someone who’d like to get this newsletter? They can subscribe here. From concerts to campaign cash, 2024 is shaping up as a test of the crypto industry’s political strength. On Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Charles [...]The post At the Races: Crypto campaigning appeared first on Roll Call.

Ilhan Omar scores a victory, Van Orden gets a Democratic opponent, and a Trump-backed candidate wins, not once, but twice on the same night.

Progressives are growing increasingly angry with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) after ‘squad’ member Rep. Cori Bush’s (D-Mo.) loss earlier this week. Bush was unseated by fellow Democrat Wesley Bell in a primary where AIPAC spent aggressively against her. Just weeks prior, the group poured $15 million in a primary to defeat Rep. [...]

In AIPAC's absence, a Samuels campaign staffer and pro-Israel super PAC donors strategize to oust another Squad member.The post Inside the “Zionists for Don Samuels” WhatsApp Group Raising Big Money to Oust Ilhan Omar appeared first on The Intercept.

Vagueness and mendacity are, of course, long-practiced habits and tactics when it comes to politicians and the Middle East

Voters will decide on Senate, House, and statewide races in the general election.

The fight for the 1st Congressional District — covering St. Louis city and parts of north, central and west St. Louis County — has been one of the most expensive House primaries in the country’s history.

The progressive lawmaker was defeated Tuesday in a primary race against a challenger backed by AIPAC

'Your antisemitism cost you your seat'

While a high-profile primary challenge in Missouri highlights a divide among Democrats, Republicans running for office in the state are showing just how united they are — at least when it comes to their loyalty to former President Donald Trump

Donald Trump falsely suggested Vice President Kamala Harris had misled voters about her race as he appeared before the National Association of Black Journalists in Chicago. The Republican former president wrongly claimed Wednesday that Harris had in the past promoted...

At least 21 lawmakers are skipping the Israeli leader's speech in protest of his military campaign in Gaza. Kamala Harris and JD Vance won’t be there, either.

Who has endorsed Kamala Harris for president now that Joe Biden has dropped out? Here is a list of the current Democrats who support her, and a few notable figures who haven't yet.

A number of Democratic lawmakers, governors and past leaders were quick to rally behind Vice President Harris as she pursues the Democratic Party's presidential nomination following President Biden's withdrawal from the race. Shortly after dropping out of the presidential race, Biden endorsed Harris as his successor, stating it is "time to come together and beat" [...]

Donald Trump broke two records with his speech at the Republican National Convention Thursday night – not only did he deliver the longest speech ever in the history of party acceptance speech, but it was also watched by the biggest audience to date.More than 25 million people tuned in to watch Trump’s keynote address, with Fox News raking in the most viewers, Axios reports. That’s a slight bump from 2020 but a 22% drop from 2016, when Trump closed out the RNC to more than 32 million TV viewers. Fox News raked in the most eyeballs with more than 10 million viewers, about 5 times the number of people that watched on CNN, according to Axios’ data via Nielsen. EXCLUSIVE: Trump ‘secretary of retribution’ won't discuss his ‘target list’ at RNCAs for Trump’s record-breaking speech, many viewers didn’t stick around through the end.While viewership on Fox, CNN and MSNBC peaked at the 15 minute mark, The New York Times reports that by the hour mark about 21 percent had changed the channel.Radio host Dean Obeidallah blamed “corporate media,” for overblowing the RNC’s cable ratings compared to previous years. “The last real RNC was 2016,” Obeidallah wrote on social media on Friday. “Don’t believe the corp media hype!”Corporate media still hyping Trump. Headlines say Trump's speech on Thursday attracted 20 million viewers which they say was more than 2020. But 2020 was a small Covid convention. The last real RNC was 2016. Then Trump got 32 million viewers. Don't believe Corp media hype!— (((DeanObeidallah))) (@DeanObeidallah) July 19, 2024

The hard-line pro-Palestinian group Within Our Lifetime has been protesting against, of all people, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Bernie Sanders. Where did the Democratic representative from New York and the independence senator from Vermont go astray? Didn't they denounce...