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What Kamala Harris and Donald Trump's music choices say about the 2024 race
Harris, Trump, and their running mates have fine-tuned their playlists ahead of the election.
Brent D. Griffiths,Alice Teco…
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Lis Smith says the future of the Democratic Party is local and young
Smith told Insider what she looks for when scouting talent, and why the decline of local news has m…
Jake Lahut
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Democratic campaign vet warns that the left's 'schoolmarm' tone is alienating middle America
Lis Smith said it would be a "lot healthier for our body politics" to back young politicians who ca…
Lauren Frias
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Former President Bill Clinton encouraged Andrew Cuomo to appeal to New York voters and tell them his 'fate was in their hands, not the politicians' instead of resigning amid sexual harassment scandal
Cuomo's advisors believed following Clinton's advice would "do more harm than good," Lis Smith wrot…
Jake Lahut,Bryan Metzger
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Lis Smith says she wanted 'Mr. Brightside' to be the Pete Buttigieg campaign song, but a campaign lawyer said it had 'Me Too undertones'
Despite losing out to "High Hopes" by Panic! at the Disco, Smith told Insider the anthem would've b…
Jake Lahut
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In crisis PR mode, Lis Smith told top Cuomo aide Melissa DeRosa to 'just have your fucking assistant text people' and 'this is insane' as sexual harassment scandal blew up
The texts came the same day that Albany's Times Union published its story detailing groping allegat…
Rebecca Cohen,Jake Lahut
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The best way to 'go after' Republicans like Ron DeSantis is through the 'vibrant right-wing news ecosystem,' a Democratic political strategist says
DeSantis has been floated as a potential 2024 presidential hopeful, though the Florida governor has…
Lauren Frias
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White House says there isn't 'anything to clarify' when asked about Trump's 'stand by' comments to Proud Boys
"I don't know who the Proud Boys are," Trump said Wednesday, adding that he wanted them "to stand d…
Jake Lahut
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NY AG investigation confirms that CNN's Chris Cuomo helped his brother respond to sexual assault allegations
Chris Cuomo advised his brother to justify sexual assault allegations in a drafted press release wi…
Madison Hall
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10 Things in Politics: Buttigieg mafia becoming DC stars
And Bill Gates opened up for the first time since finalizing his divorce.
Brent D. Griffiths
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is on a 'victory tour' as his coronavirus response comes under deeper scrutiny
Cuomo's newly found popularity is clashing with closer examinations of how he presided over the hig…
Jake Lahut
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Democrats are determined to hold their August convention to boost Joe Biden's campaign, even as coronavirus continues to spread across the country
"The political stakes are very high. Neither party wants to be the first to cancel its convention,"…
Grace Panetta
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Fox News host Shep Smith lashes out at the Trump administration: 'It's one of those days when you just don't know what to do'
Trump lawyer Jay Sekulow said repeatedly last July that the president had no involvement in the dra…
Eliza Relman
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A senior adviser for Pete Buttigieg was accused of running a fake Nigerian supporter account
The theory that Lis Smith, the senior communications adviser for Buttigieg's campaign, was behind a…
Ellen Cranley,Ellen Cranley
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Democrats are suggesting a 'Fortnite'-style event for their convention, turning Biden into a gargantuan, digital avatar over the Grand Canyon
Democratic campaign strategist Lis Smith said in a Politico livestream that the 2020 Democratic con…
Palmer Haasch
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Teens are looking for total strangers to be their 'Internet Best Friends' and creating dramatic meet-up videos once they make a match
Teens are using platforms like TikTok and Snapchat to post personal ads searching for their Interne…
Danielle Braff
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Fox News host says Kim Jong Un 'got it all' from Trump for virtually nothing in return
"America demanded complete, verifiable, irreversible denuclearization. … There's no guarantee of th…
John Haltiwanger
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Andrew Cuomo has overnight become one of the US's most trusted leaders because his daily COVID-19 briefings are the opposite of Trump's
"And the things I hear about most from people about Governor Cuomo's press conferences is not the s…
Jake Lahut
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Democratic presidential candidate duped by fake news story in big Wall Street paper
Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton's relationship with top Wall Street institution…
Maxwell Tani
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Pete Buttigieg has been the breakout 2020 Democratic candidate. Here's his stunning rise in 1 chart
SurveyMonkey Audience polls from a national sample balanced by census data of age and gender. Respo…