Abby Livingston

3 days ago | puck.news | Abby Livingston

Naturally, there was incredible relief on the Hill this morning when the White House announced that the United States and China would pause economic hostilities for 90 days, rolling tariff rates back toward “Liberation Day” levels. Sure, it was widely understood that the Trump team had capitulated in the face of impending economic calamity, but any misgivings were largely outweighed by the consolation that the next quarter may not be engulfed in economic tumult.

1 week ago | puck.news | Abby Livingston

On Friday, Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett may have set off yet another generational conflict among Democrats when she announced that she’d run to lead her party on the Hill’s most political committee: House Oversight. “If given an opportunity to lead, I am ready to go on day one,” she told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins. With Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez now pouring cold water on the idea of running again, that opportunity seems more open than ever.

2 weeks ago | puck.news | Abby Livingston

Last Friday, the 38-year-old Georgia Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff surprised Hill Democrats when he declared, at a town hall in Cobb County, that President Donald Trump “has already exceeded any prior standard for impeachment.” The remark struck a chord for a couple reasons beyond the obvious jitters that attend any deployment of the “I” word.

3 weeks ago | puck.news | Abby Livingston

In the weeks since Donald Trump’s tariff blitz shocked the markets, the Democrats seemed to regain some momentum. The president’s polling took a hit, Cory Booker uncorked his record-breaking, 25-hour, non-filibuster filibuster, and the party was still basking in its victory in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race, where a Democrat-backed candidate overcame $20 million in campaign spending by Elon Musk, buoying hopes of retaking the House in the midterms.

1 month ago | puck.news | Abby Livingston

Over the past 15 years, the Democratic Party has perfected a playbook for avoiding blue-on-blue violence, employing heavy-handed management of Senate primaries to guide the will of voters and preserve general election cash. Dating back to Chuck Schumer’s stewardship of the D.S.C.C. in 2006, the modus operandi was to identify a preferred candidate and implicitly or explicitly back them, which effectively cut off party-aligned funding for potential rivals.