NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Analilia Mejia, a one-time labor organizer backed by progressive champions Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, is headed to Congress. Mejia, running on a platform that emphasized Medicare for All, a $25 minimum wage with the first $40,000 tax-free, a wealth … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Graham Platner’s past controversial comments are once again garnering negative attention for the surging progressive candidate in a crucial Senate race in Maine that could determine the chamber’s majority. Platner, a U.S. Marine and Army veteran who served four combat tours of duty in the wars in … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman is facing escalating backlash from within his own party, with one House Democrat saying this week she has more success working with a Republican senator and another calling for him to step down. The criticism reflects growing friction between Fetterman and his progressive … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Hasan Piker, a progressive media personality and streamer, downplayed the severity of rolling blackouts in Cuba while on a recent trip to the communist island, telling viewers that the population was “partying.” “There are rolling blackouts that take place throughout the day, every day, all around the … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Progressive influencer Kat Abughazaleh closed out her failed Illinois congressional bid Tuesday night with an expletive-laced tirade against President Donald Trump and federal immigration authorities, telling supporters, “F— Trump, f— ICE, free Palestine.” The comments came at the end of her concession speech after losing the Illinois … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Rep. Greg Casar, D-Texas, got into a heated exchange Monday afternoon over Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding after the progressive lawmaker attempted to interrupt the senator’s news conference. “Why don’t you tell the Democrats to vote to pay these poor people,” … Read more
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Chuck Collins figures he won life’s lottery by inheriting vast sums of money through his great-grandfather Oscar Mayer’s processed meat company, but rather than fight to protect every dime Collins has helped push to hike taxes on the ultrarich like himself. He was successful in helping implement a higher tax in Massachusetts … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Progressive Durham County Commissioner Nida Allam conceded Wednesday after challenging U.S. Rep. Valerie Foushee in a high-profile, razor-thin North Carolina congressional 4th District Democratic primary race. In a fiery statement posted to social media, Allam accused Democrats of “caving to corporate Super PACs and warmongering lobbies,” claiming … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Progressive star Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, has conceded her race for the U.S. Senate after suffering an “embarrassing” defeat to a lesser-known Democrat, state Rep. James Talarico. A second-term congresswoman widely seen as one of the top voices in the Democratic Party, Crockett lost her primary to … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! AUSTIN, TEXAS – James Talarico, a Democratic state lawmaker from Texas with a surging national profile, defeated Rep. Jasmine Crockett, a nationally known politician, progressive firebrand, and vocal critic and foil of President Donald Trump, to win the Democratic Senate primary in Texas, according to the Associated … Read more