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AIPAC is not the only reason Jamaal Bowman lost
Rep. Jamaal Bowman on Tuesday became the first Squad member to lose reelection. His loss to George …
Bryan Metzger
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Jamaal Bowman may be the most endangered Squad member. He doesn't seem alarmed.
Jamaal Bowman, the Squad member who famously pulled a Capitol Hill fire alarm, may lose his seat in…
Bryan Metzger
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An AOC-backed New York candidate just pulled off a stunning upset over a powerful House Democrat in New York
Jamaal Bowman is a former Bronx middle-school principal who ran to Engel's left on a platform of Me…
Eliza Relman
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Jamaal Bowman unseats long-time congressman Eliot Engel in a major upset in New York's 16th Congressional District
Bowman defeated Engel, who has served in Congress since 1989 and chairs the powerful House Foreign …
Grace Panetta
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Progressive Democrats are making a play to sweep 4 hotly contested US House seats in New York next week
On June 23, progressive candidates are aiming to oust Democratic incumbents in two districts and wi…
Grace Panetta
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'This is not a dictatorship': Democratic congressman accuses Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of trying to 'anoint' his successor because she backed his primary opponent
Ocasio-Cortez has long argued that robust primaries strengthen democracy and she's has endorsed a s…
Eliza Relman
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Democratic Congressman Elliot Engel caught on a hot mic saying he 'wouldn't care' to speak about Black Lives Matter protests if he wasn't facing a primary challenge
Engel is facing his first strong primary challenge in 20 years from Jamaal Bowman, a progressive fo…
Eliza Relman
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State Department watchdog fired by Trump was investigating Pompeo's decision to expedite an $8 billion arms sale to Saudi Arabia
Steve Linick was the fourth inspector general pushed out by Trump in roughly a month, in what House…
John Haltiwanger
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez backs Democratic Rep. Eliot Engel's progressive challenger in a Bronx race that could replicate her stunning 2018 win
Engel, a 30-year incumbent, is facing an increasingly competitive primary challenge from Jamaal Bow…
Eliza Relman
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Young Black activists are done waiting their turn for political office. They're taking on the 'John Lewis generation' of elder lawmakers who they say are out of touch.
Activists in the Black Lives Matter generation say it's time for elder lawmakers to pass the torch.…
Elvina Nawaguna
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'Shameful': Progressives are angry Biden is considering a Cabinet post for Rahm Emanuel despite his handling of the police shooting of an unarmed Black teenager
Rahm Emanuel has faced criticism for his handling of the 2014 Laquan McDonald case. It exposed deep…
John L. Dorman
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A group of senior congressmen have told Boris Johnson to scrap his Brexit plans or abandon hopes of a trade deal with the US
Johnson is under growing pressure from Washington to scrap his plan to rewrite the Northern Ireland…
Adam Payne
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Trump's Northern Ireland envoy warns Boris Johnson not to create a hard border 'by accident'
Mick Mulvaney expressed concern that Johnson's plan for Northern Ireland might inadvertently bring …
Adam Payne
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Joe Biden was told to stop 'lecturing' the UK after he warned Boris Johnson not to break his Brexit deal with the EU
The Democratic presidential nominee waded into the UK's row with the EU over the Brexit Withdrawal …
Adam Payne,Adam Bienkov
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Trump aides 'take pride' in violating ethics laws because it upsets the media at no cost to them, reports say
Critics say the RNC has showcased a string of violations of the Hatch Act, a 1930 law that bans fed…
Sinéad Baker
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Ilhan Omar defeats primary challenger Antone Melton-Meaux in Minnesota's 5th District
Melton-Meaux, a Minneapolis attorney and mediator, ran against the first-term representative Omar i…
Grace Panetta
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Progressive challenger Cori Bush defeats 10-term incumbent Lacy Clay and voters approve Medicaid expansion in Missouri
The activist, nurse, and pastor Cori Bush defeated Clay in a stunning upset. The Clay family has re…
Oma Seddiq
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Embattled Kansas congressman Steve Watkins is ousted by primary challenger Jake LaTurner
Watkins, a first-term Republican member of Congress, was recently charged with four counts of voter…
Grace Panetta
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This is how democracy dies
Unmarked federal troops in Portland are just the latest worrying assault on America's democracy by …
David Plotz,Anthony L. Fisher…
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GOP Congressman Scott Tipton was defeated by right-wing primary challenger Lauren Boebert in Colorado's 3rd congressional district
Boebert, a business owner and gun rights advocate, manages a gun-themed restaurant called Shooters …