Democrats are still licking their wounds from then-Vice President Kamala Harris's defeat last November — and grappling with the implications of President Trump's second term.
For the moment, they are essentially a leaderless party. But that will change in due course.
The 2028 presidential field looks wide open from this distance. But some prominent Democrats have already been making moves that seem plainly geared toward the next presidential cycle. |
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A growing number of Republican and Democratic women are gearing up to run for governor in the 2025 and 2026 elections as more women take the helm of state capitals across the country.
History will be made in Virginia this November as Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears (R) and former Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) vie to be the commonwealth's first female governor. Meanwhile in New Jersey, Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-N.J.) is running to become that state's second female governor.
A number of incumbent female governors, including New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) and Arkansas Gov. Sarah Sanders (R), are running for reelection while other candidates including Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms are running to become governor of their respective states for the first time. |
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International students looking to study in the U.S. are getting very mixed signals from the Trump administration.
Days after President Trump said it is "very important" to have Chinese students at American schools, prompting backlash from his MAGA base, his administration proposed a rule change capping a foreign student's stay to four years to complete a degree and requiring special approval to stay longer. |
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As Democratic governors have become vocal critics of President Trump, one governor's response has been more muted.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, who is frequently mentioned as a possible contender for the 2028 presidential contest, has kept her focus on Michigan, a pivotal swing state Trump won in 2024.
Whitmer has been quiet as other potential Democratic contenders for the White House get louder and louder when it comes to battling the president and the GOP. She's also shown a willingness to work with Trump, several times even appearing alongside him as she did this summer. |
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Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani was seriously injured in a car crash on Saturday evening in New Hampshire, according to a statement from his security team.
Giuliani's vehicle was "struck from behind at high speed," Michael Ragusa, head of Giuliani's security, said in an official news release. |
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Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) is stepping back into the political arena as a crusader against partisan redistricting.
Urging Californians to "terminate gerrymandering," the former governor and Hollywood icon has joined the likes of former GOP Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), donor Charlie Munger Jr. and state GOP legislators in pushing back on the plan, which could net five Democratic House seats by temporarily bypassing the state's independent redistricting commission.
Schwarzenegger has long been a champion of the commission, which voters approved during his tenure as governor. Political experts see him entering the spotlight to defend his legacy — even as current California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) stresses that the redistricting plan won't undercut the existing system. |
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BY ALEJANDRA O'CONNELL-DOMENECH | The Mississippi Department of Health recently declared a public health emergency in response to rising infant deaths in an unusual move to help speed up efforts to cover gaps in care. Lowering the state's infant mortality rate won't be easy, health experts warn, and will potentially be made trickier by the ongoing overhaul of the federal public health system. |
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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Sunday teased the potential for further federal law enforcement intervention in Chicago and other Democratic-run cities nationwide following President Trump's recent crime crackdown in Washington, D.C.
Noem added that her department plans to "add more resources" to its operations in Chicago when asked about forthcoming plans for the Windy City by Ed O'Keefe on CBS's "Face the Nation."
"We've already had ongoing operations with ICE in Chicago and throughout Illinois and other states, making sure that we're upholding our laws. But we do intend to add more resources to those operations," she said. |
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Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) said in a Sunday interview that Federal Reserve board member Lisa Cook should release her mortgage documents to dispel claims of fraud coming from the Trump administration, which is seeking her ouster.
Pressed in an interview on NBC News's "Meet the Press," Khanna said Cook should release the documents to prove that the claims are nothing more than political. |
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OPINION | President Trump's recent remarks tying U.S.-China trade talks to the admission of 600,000 Chinese students have caused uproar among his restrictionist base. But there are reasons to treat this claim with skepticism.
First, there are currently only about 277,000 Chinese students in the U.S. Admitting 600,000 would represent a twofold increase at a time when Chinese enrollment is trending downwards. |
OPINION | Hi. I'm Scott, and I'm an alcoholic.
I have lived the truth behind every flawed assumption, policy misfire and well-intentioned myth about addiction. I have walked through the depths of hell with suffering as my only companion. I know what lives there — and I know the way out. |
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BY MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT AND NINA AGRAWAL |
Robert S. Mueller III, the former special counsel who investigated ties between President Trump's campaign and Russia, was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease four years ago, his family said in a statement on Sunday.
In recent months, Mr. Mueller, a former F.B.I. director, has had difficulty speaking and experienced mobility issues, people familiar with his condition said. As a result, a congressional committee has withdrawn a request for Mr. Mueller to give testimony this week in its inquiry into the government's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein investigations. |
DENVER—At a Kia dealership here on the city's south side, a steady stream of shoppers navigate around noisy renovation work in search of electric vehicles with supercheap lease deals.
How cheap? As of last week, Emich Kia offered to lease the small Niro EV for $40 a month before taxes. The EV6 lease was being marketed for less than $100 a month, while a $65,000 three-row EV9 could be had for $189 a month before taxes.
Colt Emich, the store's general manager and a fourth-generation car salesman whose last name adorns dealerships around this region, said his family long had a rule of thumb: If a monthly lease payment is as little as 1% of the sticker price, that deal was "as good as it gets" for consumers. |
Desperate Afghans clawed through rubble in the dead of the night in search of missing loved ones after a strong earthquake killed some 800 people and injured more than 2,500 in eastern Afghanistan, according to figures provided Monday by the Taliban government.
The 6.0 magnitude quake late Sunday hit towns in the province of Kunar, near the city of Jalalabad in neighboring Nangarhar province, causing extensive damage. |
Chinese leader Xi Jinping has welcomed a large group of foreign dignitaries to China for meetings that he hopes will unite regional powers in their shared grievances with the U.S.-led global order and the policies of President Donald Trump.
Vladimir Putin of Russia, Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus and India's Narendra Modi are among 20 foreign leaders attending the two-day Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit, which began Sunday in this port city 90 miles southeast of Beijing.
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