With Bernie Sanders unlikely to run for president again and Democratic voters fuming at party leaders, many progressives see an open lane. But who will fill it?
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The two progressive leaders, one young and one old, are touring Western cities with a similar message but a key difference in how they sell it.
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Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez criticized Senator Chuck Schumer for siding with Republicans on a plan to avert a government shutdown. Her tough language drew talk of a primary challenge.
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The New York progressive’s defeat was a counterpoint to generational change in the Democratic ranks, as House members chose younger members for top posts on other committees.
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The killing of the right-wing activist deepened lawmakers’ fears of violence directed against them, and the toxic discourse that has fed such threats.
By Annie Karni, Megan Mineiro, Michael Gold, Catie Edmondson and Robert Jimison
The I.R.S. says churches can now support candidates during services, but many denominations still forbid it. A Wisconsin pastor learned the hard way.
By David A. Fahrenthold and Elizabeth Dias
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez made a splash in 2021 with her “Tax the Rich” dress. Then the House Ethics Committee opened an investigation.
By Nicholas Fandos
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Bronx campaign office was defaced with red paint and a message citing the war in Gaza. The police are investigating.
By Nicholas Fandos
The term has no singular definition. But simply put, it’s an ideology rooted in its opposition to capitalism and wanting to shift power from corporations to workers.
By Kellen Browning
Robert Garcia, a second-term congressman and former mayor of Long Beach, Calif., prevailed over a more experienced member to take on the high-profile job on one of the House’s most contentious panels.
By Michael Gold
A bipartisan pair in the House and a Democrat in the Senate have moved to force votes in the coming days on requiring congressional approval before U.S. troops could take offensive action against Iran.
By Robert Jimison
Ten Democratic lawmakers sent a letter to the tech company this week asking about its expanding contracts under the Trump administration.
By Sheera Frenkel
Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and Zohran Mamdani, the two front-runners in the Democratic mayoral primary in New York City, delivered closing-stage speeches.
By Emma G. Fitzsimmons and Jeffery C. Mays
The Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Memorial Arch in Grand Army Plaza, at the entrance to Prospect Park, had not been renovated in decades.
By James Barron
The New York City congresswoman said she would list Adrienne Adams second on her Democratic primary ballot and urged the left to unite to defeat Andrew Cuomo.
By Nicholas Fandos
The 47-year-old Democrat is facing another younger colleague and two septuagenarians in a contest next month to lead their party on the Oversight Committee.
By Michael Gold
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Democrats’ emphasis on seniority led her not to seek a leadership role on the powerful Oversight Committee.
By Michael Gold
Bernie Sanders and his apparent heir, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, have drawn enormous crowds on their “Fighting Oligarchy” tour, energizing a beaten-down Democratic Party.
By Kellen Browning
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The Georgia congresswoman purchased at least tens of thousands of dollars in stock the day before and the day of President Trump’s pause of a sweeping set of tariffs that sent the market soaring.
By Annie Karni
Mark Zuckerberg has appeared before Congress more times than any other tech leader. He will testify again soon — as a witness in a federal antitrust trial. Cecilia Kang, a technology reporter for The New York Times, recalls some of Zuckerberg’s past congressional hearings and explains why the stakes are even higher this time.
By Cecilia Kang, Christina Shaman and Pierre Kattar
Some elected officials and those in power are making use of a classic bit of fashion to deliver big ideas.
By Jacob Gallagher
Ro Khanna, who represents Silicon Valley, sees the vice president — a likely heir to President Trump’s political movement — as a unique threat to the constitutional order.
By Shane Goldmacher
An aging star playing to massive crowds of supporters in head-to-toe merch? It’s not the Grateful Dead, it’s the Fighting Oligarchy tour.
By Jacob Gallagher
Nancy Pelosi has represented San Francisco in Congress for nearly four decades. Challengers are lining up as she weighs running again or retiring.
By Heather Knight
A generational divide, seen in newer lawmakers’ impatience with bipartisanship and for colleagues who don’t understand new media, has emerged as one of the deepest rifts within the party.
By Shane Goldmacher
A series of events in all 50 states aims to capitalize on a recent warning from Republican leadership that its lawmakers should avoid such public forums.
By Shane Goldmacher
Many Democrats are taking guests who they say have been hurt by Elon Musk’s gutting of the federal bureaucracy. Several others will skip the speech and host counterprogramming, such as live fact-checking.
By Maya C. Miller
After years of challenging her party from the left, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a New York Democrat, announced a bid to join its leadership ranks in Congress.
By Nicholas Fandos
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Democrats have widely acknowledged that they have no answer for the online ecosystem of conservative influencers popular with Gen Z men. Some have argued for a rethink of media strategy.
By Benjamin Oreskes and Kellen Browning
Democrats will soon have a leadership vacuum, and there will be no shortage of highly ambitious governors, senators and transportation secretaries looking to fill it.
By Reid J. Epstein
Playing Madden football and Crazy Taxi, Mr. Walz discussed building coalitions and opposing the Senate’s filibuster with Ms. Ocasio-Cortez on Twitch.
By Benjamin Oreskes
The New York congresswoman’s foray onto the presidential campaign trail may be a turning point for her and her party.
By Nicholas Fandos
The indictment of Mayor Eric Adams has led to a wave of fresh calls for him to step down.
By Dana Rubinstein
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez became the most prominent elected official to call for Mayor Eric Adams to no longer lead New York City.
By Nicholas Fandos
Speeches and videos seek to shrink Donald Trump in order to rise above him, as Kamala Harris and her allies work to minimize him and disengage from him.
By Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan
The first night of the convention introduced the party’s new protagonist, and gave the old one a curtain call.
By James Poniewozik
The vice president garnered public endorsements from progressives at the Democratic National Convention, but she must also keep corporate supporters on board.
By Andrew Ross Sorkin, Ravi Mattu, Bernhard Warner, Sarah Kessler, Michael J. de la Merced, Lauren Hirsch, Ephrat Livni and Benjamin Mullin
In a prime-time speech, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez gave a forceful endorsement of Kamala Harris.
By Nicholas Fandos
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Monday’s headliners include President Biden and the first lady, Jill Biden, along with Hillary Clinton, who was defeated by Donald J. Trump in the 2016 election.
By Neil Vigdor
At least three Republicans will have prominent speaking roles this week, as the Harris campaign taps into opposition to Donald J. Trump from within his own party.
By Tim Balk
For years, America’s left has been wary of charismatic figureheads. But a movement without leaders has its limits.
By Ross Barkan
Senator Ron Wyden sent a letter to the wealthy conservative donor Harlan Crow’s lawyer after records showed undisclosed flights between Hawaii and New Zealand with the Supreme Court justice in 2010.
By Abbie VanSickle
The lawmakers and donors who have been the most outspoken about keeping President Biden in the race are driven by a concern that ditching him could also mean bypassing his vice president.
By Zolan Kanno-Youngs, Robert Jimison, Erica L. Green and Erin Schaff
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said the idea of having an open Democratic convention where candidates would compete for the nomination was “crazy.”
By Nicholas Fandos
The Vermont senator, whom President Biden defeated in the 2020 Democratic primary, vouched for the president in a guest essay in The New York Times.
By Neil Vigdor
The New York congresswoman was blamed for not being supportive enough of the Palestinian cause and efforts to end the war in Gaza.
By Nicholas Fandos
Impeachment has no realistic chance of advancing in the Republican-controlled House, but it speaks to a motivating issue for Democrats: the Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority.
By Maggie Astor
Her continued support gives President Biden the backing of an influential member of the party’s progressive wing.
By Maggie Astor
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Is moral leadership possible without parliamentary power? Two very familiar congresswomen battle it out onstage.
By Jesse Green
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Bernie Sanders rallied with Jamaal Bowman on Saturday, three days before the primary on Tuesday.
By Nicholas Fandos and Claire Fahy
They say their options are limited by the court’s status as a separate branch of government and deep Republican opposition.
By Carl Hulse
Under the bill, New York nonprofits that provide financial support to Israel’s military or settlements could be sued for at least $1 million and lose their tax-exempt status.
By Karen Zraick
Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican, insulted the appearance of Representative Jasmine Crockett, a Democrat, in a session of the House Oversight Committee leading the meeting to break out into shouting.
A recent congressional meeting devolved into a back-and-forth that reflects a changing norm in politics — one that rarely makes anybody look good.
By Vanessa Friedman
In an after-hours session on Capitol Hill, insults by the right-wing Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene led to a raucous exchange with Democrats, featuring insults about personal appearance, intellect and more.
By Luke Broadwater
Representative Ilhan Omar made the comments at Columbia University, where her daughter was among the students arrested protesting against Israel’s actions in Gaza. The protests have drawn visits by leaders across the political spectrum.
By Maggie Astor
Summer Lee, the first Black woman to represent Pennsylvania in the House, got help from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Justin Jones as she faced criticism over her stance on Gaza.
By Anjali Huynh
Her contribution to the campaign arm of House Democrats is a symbolic moment in the New York lawmaker’s own evolution inside the Democratic Party.
By Shane Goldmacher
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Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez had called for a permanent cease-fire in the war between Israel and Hamas, but had resisted labeling the conflict a genocide.
By Nicholas Fandos
The New York Democrat had top billing at a recent concert event in Florida that took a partisan approach to politics as entertainment.
By Rachel Janfaza
Three new books look at the tensions — left, center, right and further right — in the Democratic and Republican parties.
By Anna Heyward
The Friends Committee, a Quaker lobbying group, has been pushing in Washington for a cease-fire, going up against more powerful and better-funded groups backing Israel.
By Kate Kelly
Representing neighboring districts in the Bronx, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ritchie Torres have staked sharply divergent positions on the Israel-Hamas war.
By Nicholas Fandos
In her perceptive cultural history, “Eyeliner,” Zahra Hankir shows that liquid versus pencil is only the beginning.
By Cat Marnell
The furor over a pro-Palestinian rally in Times Square exposed political divisions that were instantly heightened when Hamas attacked Israel.
By Nicholas Fandos and Jonah E. Bromwich
After New York City’s mayor begged for help from the federal government, Congressional Democrats, including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, came to visit the city’s main migrant shelter.
By Andy Newman
Each week, we share the best of new audio journalism and storytelling.
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The congresswoman from New York says she’s different from when she first took office. But she’s not ready to call herself an insider.
By Lulu Garcia-Navarro
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For years, American consumers have had to look abroad if they want the latest in sunscreen innovations. Some, including Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, think it’s time to revisit F.D.A. approval procedures.
By Sandra E. Garcia
After a leading progressive called Israel “a racist state,” Democratic leaders criticized the statement. But a planned boycott of the Israeli president’s speech by liberals underscored tensions.
By Karoun Demirjian
The Supreme Court’s ruling represented another blow to liberals, one year after it eliminated the constitutional right to abortion.
By Neil Vigdor
“We must never sacrifice human rights at the altar of political expediency,” four of the protesting House members said, objecting to the Indian leader’s human rights record.
By Karoun Demirjian
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is staying out of local politics right now, while Ingrid Lewis-Martin is a major figure behind the scenes.
By James Barron
With early voting in the New York City Council primaries underway, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has yet to endorse any candidate.
By Nicholas Fandos
Lawmakers and Sam Altman, the chief executive of OpenAI, agreed that artificial intelligence should be regulated. How to do that remains an open question.
By Andrew Ross Sorkin, Ravi Mattu, Bernhard Warner, Sarah Kessler, Michael J. de la Merced, Lauren Hirsch and Ephrat Livni
After a homeless man was killed on the subway, New Yorkers and elected officials are mourning his death and debating how the city should address mental health and public safety.
By Emma G. Fitzsimmons and Maria Cramer
A push and pull between progressive and moderate Democrats is shaping the party’s policies and politics.
By Jazmine Ulloa and Lisa Lerer
The decision by a Texas judge to overturn F.D.A. approval for the abortion pill mifepristone could upend the pharmaceutical industry.
By Andrew Ross Sorkin, Ravi Mattu, Bernhard Warner, Sarah Kessler, Michael J. de la Merced, Lauren Hirsch and Ephrat Livni
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First Citizens agreed on Sunday to acquire the failed lender’s retail operations. Will the move convince investors that recent turmoil in the sector is over?
By Andrew Ross Sorkin, Ravi Mattu, Bernhard Warner, Sarah Kessler, Michael J. de la Merced, Lauren Hirsch and Ephrat Livni
She joined left-leaning colleagues to oppose a ban on the Chinese-owned app, which critics in both parties have said threatens national security.
By Nicholas Fandos
An investigation found that Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez might have broken House ethics rules by delaying paying for her gala expenses.
By Sharon Otterman
The Oversight Committee called the session to scrutinize whether the social media platform has censored the right, but it yielded new revelations about the company’s permissive approach.
By Luke Broadwater and Kate Conger
This documentary follows climate activists and politicians like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as they lobby for the Green New Deal.
By Teo Bugbee
Energy traders pushed crude prices higher on Monday following Europe’s embargo of seaborne Russian crude and a price cap by Group of 7 nations went into effect.
By Andrew Ross Sorkin, Ravi Mattu, Bernhard Warner, Sarah Kessler, Stephen Gandel, Michael J. de la Merced, Lauren Hirsch and Ephrat Livni
The Innovation Queens project will, after weeks of contentious negotiations, include 1,400 affordable units out of more than 3,000 new homes.
By Emma G. Fitzsimmons and Mihir Zaveri
Heartbreak and technical difficulties abounded as fans clamored to buy tickets for the pop star’s first tour since 2018.
By Madison Malone Kircher
Several Democratic House members said the company has become too much of a monopoly since its merger with Live Nation in 2010.
By Graham Bowley
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Democrats should not have adopted “Republican narratives on crime and safety,” and need to abandon “pure moderate” approaches.
By Nicholas Fandos
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Republicans flipped four congressional seats in New York, the most of any state in the country. How did this happen in one of the nation’s most liberal states?
By Nicholas Fandos
Gov. Kathy Hochul held an early lead in a surprisingly tight race against Rep. Lee Zeldin, a conservative Republican.
By Jesse McKinley
Violent political speech has increasingly crossed into the realm of in-person confrontation for members of Congress in both parties, raising the prospect of a disastrous event.
By Stephanie Lai, Luke Broadwater and Carl Hulse
The prime minister of Finland was caught on the dance floor. This is a bad thing?
By Valeriya Safronova
In a series of primaries in Wisconsin and a handful of other states, the power of a Trump endorsement resonated.
By Jazmine Ulloa and Reid J. Epstein
Four opponents, including the former Minneapolis city councilman Don Samuels, are competing to unseat the incumbent.
By Jazmine Ulloa
Their positions are popular. So why are they going extinct?
By Jason Zengerle and Justin Metz
Ms. Archila, who was endorsed by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the Working Families Party, hopes to defeat Gov. Kathy Hochul’s running mate, Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado.
By Luis Ferré-Sadurní
The initial response by President Biden and other Democratic leaders to the overturning of Roe struck many Democrats as painfully inadequate.
By Shane Goldmacher
The representative called for a House investigation into whether the justices, Neil Gorsuch and Brett M. Kavanaugh, were dishonest when discussing Roe v. Wade during confirmation hearings.
By Ed Shanahan
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Ana María Archila, who would be the first Latina elected statewide, gained national attention after she confronted a senator over the Supreme Court confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh.
By Jeffery C. Mays and Grace Ashford
The congresswoman, who has recently been vocal about New York City political players, denounced what she called “dirty politics.”
By James Barron
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez criticized Adrienne Adams, a fellow New York City Democrat, over her handling of budget negotiations.
By Jeffery C. Mays and Emma G. Fitzsimmons
By endorsing her colleague’s primary challenger, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has escalated a skirmish rippling beyond New York.
By Katie Glueck
The endorsement, which will include a fund-raising email on Tuesday, will add progressive credibility to Alessandra Biaggi’s campaign and intensifies the threat at home to Mr. Maloney.
By Shane Goldmacher
Mayor Eric Adams and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who represent divergent wings of the fractured Democratic Party, have not spoken one-on-one in nearly a year.
By James Barron
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