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Abdul El-Sayed is midway through his stump speech, telling a crowd of about 100 in a brick-lined event hall that he won’t take corporate donations and will raise taxes on billionaires. The Democratic candidate then turns to where those tax dollars should – and should not – be spent. Taxpayer money should not go to

After KFF Health News reported that the Trump administration is seeking federal workers’ medical records, Democratic lawmakers are insisting that the Office of Personnel Management drop its request. (Bryan Dozier/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images) Democratic lawmakers are demanding that the Trump administration halt plans to collect sensitive medical records for millions of federal workers

As Democrats vie to take control of Congress in the midterms this fall, their main message on health care policy is fairly straightforward: Undo Republicans’ Medicaid cuts and restore the health care subsidies that lapsed at the end of last year.  But some analysts and lawmakers say momentum is growing for a bigger health care

TLDR Senate Democrats urged the Justice Department and Treasury to investigate Binance over alleged Iran sanctions violations. Lawmakers cited reports that $1.7 billion in digital assets moved to Iranian entities through Binance. The senators raised concerns that Binance may have breached its 2023 federal settlement obligations...

In an interview that aired Sunday, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) urged his party to take a more aggressive governing posture to fight back against the Trump administration and regain popularity. “There’s something that we have to make sure that we do better and that’s actually meet people where they are and move with a...

Senate Democrats voted to continue blocking the funding for the DHS ahead of President Trump’s State of the Union address on Tuesday. The vote was a 50 – 45 split, but 60 votes were needed to overcome the filibuster, according to The Hill. Senate Majority Leader John Thune posed the question as to whether Democrats

The small business landscape is facing renewed uncertainty as the Trump administration announces a sweeping 15% tariff on all imports entering the United States, an action that has drawn criticism and concerns from small business owners across the country. In response, Senate Democrats, led by Ranking Member Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), have launched the Small