Daniel Strauss

2 months ago | nymag.com | Daniel Strauss

Mid-Wednesday afternoon, one of my Democratic campaign sources nervously texted me, "Are you hearing stuff on this ActBlue EO? Campaigns are freaking out."Democrats were experiencing a rising panic as rumors swirled that President Donald Trump would sign an executive order targeting ActBlue, the party's wildly successful online fundraising platform that has allowed Democrats to out-raise Republicans in small-dollar donations. So far this year, it has raised over $400 million.

2 months ago | businessinsider.com | Taylor Berman |Grace Eliza Goodwin |Daniel Strauss |Henry Blodget

Jerome Powell has served as the Federal Reserve Chair since 2018. His term is set to end in May 2026. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images 2025-04-21T18:24:05Z Facebook Email X LinkedIn Copy link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? . Fed Chair Jerome Powell has spoken out against Trump's tariff plans.

2 months ago | nymag.com | Daniel Strauss

Earlier this month, as Democrats in Wisconsin and across the country celebrated a victory in the most scrutinized state Supreme Court races in recent history, the leader of the state's party decided it was time to step down. Ben Wikler was elected to lead the Wisconsin Democratic Party in 2019 and since then molded the organization into the gold standard for a Democratic state party.

2 months ago | nymag.com | Daniel Strauss

Every Democrat seems to have their own diagnosis for why the party lost power in Washington last year, but only one of them was on the vice-presidential ticket. Minnesota governor Tim Walz catapulted himself over other Democrats to be Vice-President Kamala Harris's running mate by famously calling Republicans, especially J.D. Vance, weird.

Mar 21, 2025 | vanityfair.com | Daniel Strauss

A couple days before Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was confirmed as Health and Human Services secretary, Jon Ossoff received a harrowing email from a woman in Georgia. Amid the Trump administration’s slashing of federal departments, the woman, who has worked for decades at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which is headquartered in Atlanta, was “doxxed and publicly targeted,” as Ossoff put it on the Senate floor at about 1 a.m on February 13.