IN THE STATES: Democrats Win Big in Special Elections While Turbocharging Voter Outreach and Mobilization Ahead of November
The DNC is all hands on deck to support Mikie Sherrill and New Jersey Democrats down the ballot. Just this week, we announced an additional $1.5 million investment into the New Jersey Coordinated Campaign, bringing our total investment to $3 million — the largest amount the DNC has ever sent… Read More
DNC Chair Ken Martin on the Start of Early Voting in Virginia
As in-person early voting kicks off in Virginia today, the DNC is all hands on deck to support the Virginia Democratic Coordinated Campaign and ensure that Abigail Spanberger, Ghazala Hashmi, Jay Jones, candidates for the House of Delegates and every other Virginia Democrat running up and down the ballot emerge… Read More
DNC Chair Slams Republicans for Voting to Send Health Insurance Premiums Skyrocketing and Shut Down the Government
Republicans in Congress voted against funding the government and fixing the health care crisis they created by voting against Democrats’ budget bill, which would have reversed Trump’s $1 trillion cut to Medicaid and permanently expanded the Affordable Care Act insurance premium tax credit set to expire at the end… Read More
ICYMI: Trump’s Cuts to the Food Safety System Threaten Americans’ Health
New reporting underscores growing concerns from experts as the Trump administration dismantles the public health system’s ability to track and prevent food-borne illnesses, especially as deep funding cuts to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ripple across states. In response, DNC Rapid Response Director Kendall Witmer released the… Read More
Another GA Hospital to Shut Down Labor and Delivery Unit Due to Trump’s $1 Trillion Cut to Medicaid, Forcing Women to Drive an Extra Hour for Care
St. Mary’s Sacred Heart Hospital in rural northeast Georgia announced that it is shutting down its labor and delivery unit due to the $1 trillion Medicaid cut Donald Trump championed and every Georgia Republican supported. When seconds matter, women in the region will now have to drive… Read More
Trump Continues Most Aggressive Crackdown on First Amendment Rights in Modern History
Tonight, Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr publicly pressured ABC to punish late-night host comedian Jimmy Kimmel and take him off the air following his criticism of President Donald Trump. In response, DNC Chair Ken Martin released the following statement: “The state under Donald Trump has amassed a chilling record… Read More
Trump’s Disastrous Economic Agenda Is Leaving Latinos Behind
Donald Trump is steering the economy off a cliff: The U.S. economy is slowing down while inflation ticks up, and wages decrease. Data shows that the vast majority of households are barely keeping their spending up with inflation. Latinos are feeling the effects and are paying… Read More
Federal Reserve Makes Modest Interest Rate Cut in Response to Trump’s Collapsing Economy & Dramatically Cooling Labor Market
Today, the Federal Reserve made a small cut to interest rates to bolster a weakening job market driven by Donald Trump’s disastrous economic agenda. The Federal Reserve determined that the job market is no longer solid because “job gains have slowed, and the unemployment rate has edged up,”… Read More
WATCH: DNC Chair Ken Martin Condemns Political Violence and Calls for Unity: ‘We Must Be Better’
Watch here DNC Chair Ken Martin: “This is Ken Martin, Chair of the Democratic National Committee. “Last night, in my home state of Minnesota, there was a special election. And do you know why? Because voters had to fill the seat that was left empty by the… Read More
Under Trump, the Rich Get Richer and Working Families Get Screwed
Economic data from Bank of America shows that the income gap continues to grow: low-income household wage growth is the slowest on record, while high-income household wage growth is the fastest in years. More data shows that the bottom 80% of households are barely keeping their spending up… Read More