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“Squad” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Saturday demanded Senate Democrats block funding for ICE after federal agents shot and killed an armed 37-year-old anti-ICE protestor in Minneapolis. “Americans are being killed in the street by their government,
The Senate plans to take up the package next week to meet a Jan. 30 deadline, but a potential snowstorm could present a hurdle.
The House is voting Thursday on the remaining bills to fund the government as the deadline to avoid another shutdown nears.
With a series of candidate recruiting successes, Democrats have established a plausible, if still difficult, path to recapturing the Senate this year. But to regain the majority, the party will need to overcome the blue-collar barricade.
Jasmine Crockett told Newsweek an "unprecedented candidate is exactly what it's going to take" for Democrats to win in Texas.
Two of the Democrats’ rising stars, Jasmine Crockett and James Talarico, are seeing if a red state should be won courting disaffected Republicans or focusing on the party’s base.
The New Mexico Senate handed the governor an early legislative victory Friday, passing three priority bills she had set a goal of getting through the chamber in the first week of the legislative session.
Former NBC sports reporter Michele Tafoya launched Republican Senate campaign in Minnesota, seeking to flip an open Democrat-held seat in November's elections.