A year after devastating Trump loss, have the Democrats begun to find their way back?

8 novembre 2025 à 13:00

Party was shell-shocked after 2024 defeat but Tuesday night’s coast-to-coast romp signals brighter times ahead

It has been a year of soul-searching, hand-wringing, and self-flagellation for Democrats after a ballot-box rejection so thorough that some had come to believe that the party had lost not only the White House and Congress but the culture itself.

Shell-shocked, Democrats entered Donald Trump’s second term in a political stupor – unsure of who they were or what they stood for. Their base had lost faith in its aging leadership class, and their brand, in Democrats’ own words, had become “toxic”: a party increasingly confined to coastal states, big cities and college towns. And even there, warning signs were flashing.

Nancy Pelosi, a force on Capitol Hill for decades, to retire from Congress

The Guardian

Par :Lauren Gambino in Los Angeles

6 novembre 2025 à 20:10

Decision marks the close of a storied 20-term congressional career for the first woman to serve as House speaker

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Nancy Pelosi, a California Democratic representative and the first woman to serve as speaker, announced on Thursday she will retire from Congress, two years after stepping down from House leadership.

Pelosi, who has represented San Francisco in Congress for nearly 40 years, said in a video address to her constituents that she would “not be seeking re-election”. Smiling as the music swelled over footage of a storied 20-term congressional career that saw Pelosi rise to the apex of American politics, she said she would finish out her final year in office.

New York mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani challenges Donald Trump in victory speech as Democrats win key US election races – live

The Guardian

Par :Amy Sedghi (now) · Nick Visser,Lauren Gambino and Fran Lawther (earlier)

5 novembre 2025 à 11:34

Mamdani condemns ‘oligarchy and authoritarianism’ in speech directly talking to Trump as Democrats win California redistricting vote and New Jersey and Virginia gubernatorial elections

at the Ziegfeld Ballroom in midtown Manhattan

There’s a couple of hundred Cuomo supporters at his watch party now. I just saw a man down a bottle of Stella Artois. No sign of Cuomo yet. Among the attenders is Suzanne Miller, a realtor who volunteered for the Cuomo campaign. She said she is “50-50” about his chances of winning. Miller said she was nervous because of Zohran Mamdani’s energetic closing few days of the campaign.

Mamdani‑Cuomo race draws Trump into New York City politics amid high‑stakes elections across US – live

The Guardian

Par :Lauren Gambino (now) · Lucy Campbell, Shrai Popat, Frances Mao and Yohannes Lowe (earlier)

5 novembre 2025 à 01:05

Trump throws support to former New York governor as Democratic socialist hopes to become city’s first Muslim mayor

The former US vice-president, Dick Cheney, has died aged 84, according to a family statement.

“Richard B. Cheney, the 46th Vice President of the United States, died last night, November 3, 2025. He was 84 years old,” Cheney’s family said in a statement quoted by The Hill and other media outlets.

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