Author: Michael Scherer

Washington Post – Politics:

The meeting comes as Biden enters a midterm campaign season that shares similarities for Democrats with the first-term midterm election that faced Clinton in 1994.

Washington Post – Politics:

The information that courses through both legacy publications and social media networks is increasingly shaped by billionaires and other wealthy dynasties.

Washington Post – Politics:

With an aggressive fundraising effort and a controversial policy plan, the Florida senator has been upsetting colleagues. He’s okay with that.

Washington Post – Politics:

Bids to host the Democratic Party’s next presidential nominating event are due by May 27.

Washington Post – Politics:

Democrats have indicated they will shuffle the nominating calendar in 2024, after complaints about Iowa’s caucus process, its non-diverse population and its status as a “red” state.

Washington Post – Politics:

The endorsement frenzy has brought lucrative paydays to more than a dozen Trump consultants and advisers working for Senate candidates, many of whom have lobbied the former president for his support.

Washington Post – Politics:

The ex-wife of Missouri Senate candidate Eric Greitens accused him in court documents of knocking her down, taking away her cellphone, physically abusing their children and repeatedly threatening suicide if she did not publicly support him during the 2018 scandal that led to his resignation as governor.

Washington Post – Politics:

A proposed framework would prioritize states that hold primaries, are competitive in the general election and are demographically diverse — three qualifications that do not apply to Iowa.

Washington Post – Politics:

The gathering in Washington came after months of growing complaints among some rank-and-file voting members who are put off by the top-down structure of the Democratic National Committee, which is directed by Biden advisers.