Democrats Try to Find Economic Message After Railing Against Trump

By MATT FLEGENHEIMER and ALEXANDER BURNS July 24, 2017 BERRYVILLE, Va. — For more than a year, Democrats have raged against now-President Trump, projecting their opposition as the party’s central message. In so doing, they have...

Democrats, Hoping to Retake House, Walk Tightrope in Unlikely Places

They are focusing on areas where Hillary Clinton prevailed, but also on districts where they hope to win back voters they lost to Mr. Trump last year.

Democrats Seethe After Georgia Loss: ‘Our Brand Is Worse Than Trump’

By ALEXANDER BURNS and JONATHAN MARTIN June 21, 2017 Democrats scrambled to regroup on Wednesday after a disappointing special election defeat in Georgia, with lawmakers, activists and labor leaders speaking out in public and private to demand a...

Democrats in Split-Screen: The Base Wants It All. The Party Wants to Win.

By ALEXANDER BURNS and JONATHAN MARTIN June 11, 2017 DUNWOODY, Ga. — Democrats are facing an open breach between the demands of their political base and the strict limits of their power, as liberal activists dream of transforming the health...

The Single-Payer Party? Democrats Shift Left on Health Care

By ALEXANDER BURNS and JENNIFER MEDINA June 3, 2017 For years, Republicans savaged Democrats for supporting the Affordable Care Act, branding the law — with some rhetorical license — as a government takeover of health care. Now, cast...

Democrats’ Bid to Regain Hold on House Begins in California

By ADAM NAGOURNEY and JONATHAN MARTIN June 1, 2017 VISTA, Calif. — Representative Darrell Issa was 2,500 miles away from his Southern California home the other day, on a fund-raising mission to Florida. Outside his congressional district...