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“For all of those of you who voted for President Trump, I understand the disappointment tonight. I’ve lost a couple times myself. But now let’s give each other a chance,” President-Elect Joe Biden said. “[Trump supporters] are not our enemies. They are Americans.”

Alethea Harney, a Democratic analyst who worked on a previous Joe Biden campaign, said she can’t stop smiling after it was announced Saturday Biden is the projected winner. My face hurts from smiling so much, she said. She also said it wouldn’t be 2020 if Biden’s win didn’t come without us having to struggle for a few days....

Despite a Democratic boycott, Republicans are powering ahead to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court by Election Day with the Senate Judiciary Committee voting Thursday to recommend President Donald Trump’s nominee to the full Senate.

The Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to advance Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court nomination to the full Senate.  Democrats on the committee boycotted the session in protest.

John Lewis, who carried the struggle against racial discrimination from Southern battlegrounds of the 1960s to the halls of Congress, has died

Democratic presidential contender and businessman Tom Steyer discussed on Monday global climate change, gun control and how he would beat President Donald Trump in his speech at “Politics & Eggs” in New Hampshire. From the beginning of his speech, Steyer said he is running for president because he believes the government is “broken” and is being run by big corporations….

Billionaire Tom Steyer was in New Hampshire Monday for Politics and Eggs.

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Pushing back against fellow Democrats who advocate a more moderate path to the White House, Sen. Elizabeth Warren said Tuesday her party will lose the 2020 presidential election if it settles for an agenda that’s “business as usual” and only “nibbles around the edges” of past U.S. policies. The Massachusetts senator said in a speech at a community college...

Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick will visit Iowa for the first time since announcing his bid in the presidential race.

Democratic presidential candidate Deval Patrick told NBC’s “Meet the Press” that he has a record of being a bridge builder, which the former Massachusetts governor said is important at a time when the nation is deeply divided.

Dozens of donors enjoyed a white-tablecloth dinner, an open bar and sweeping views of the U.S. Capitol this month when Elizabeth Warren strode on stage to headline a Democratic National Committee fundraiser. The setting was similarly swanky in August, when Warren addressed party contributors at the ornate Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco. And it’s likely to be much the same...

Massachusetts House Speaker Robert DeLeo is planning to seek another two-year term as the most powerful lawmaker in the 160-member House. The 69-year-old Winthrop Democrat has served as speaker since 2009. DeLeo told reporters Monday he still enjoys the job. The speaker has the power to appoint members to committees and guide bills as they make their way through the chamber.

Impeachment hearings were delayed by five hours on Wednesday when two dozen House Republicans stormed the deposition room to protest the proceedings.

Impeachment hearings were delayed by five hours on Wednesday when two dozen House Republicans stormed the deposition room to protest the proceedings.

Democratic presidential hopeful Steve Bullock tackled Donald Trump, the country’s apparent division and climate change during his speech Friday at a “Politics & Eggs” event in New Hampshire. “From my perspective, in so many respects, for the state of this country and this country standing in the world, and what we’re going to pass on to the next generation, I...

Facebook’s CEO said his company is ready to “go to the mat” to stop Elizabeth Warren from breaking up tech giants. Amazon accused her of getting facts wrong. And some Democratic donors with ties to Wall Street have quietly said they’ll sit out the election or vote for President Donald Trump if Warren wins her party’s presidential...

Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said Monday that Senate rules would require him to take up any articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump if approved by the House, swatting down talk that that the GOP-controlled chamber could dodge the matter entirely. “I would have no choice but to take it up,” McConnell said on CNBC. But he cautioned, “How long...

President Donald Trump took to Twitter over the weekend, demanding to “meet” the whistleblower who exposed his conversation with the President of Ukraine and leveling his own accusations that he was being spied on.

Presidential hopeful Sen. Cory Booker discussed prescription drug prices, racism and bipartisanship Thursday during his speech at the latest “Politics & Eggs” event in New Hampshire, Thursday. Beginning his speech by acknowledging bigotry in the U.S., the democratic senator said Americans need to reclaim a sense of patriotism based on love.