David Sivak

1 week ago | washingtonexaminer.com | David Sivak

The Left is finding new fronts in a battle over age as the Democratic Party slowly gives way to a younger generation of leadership. David Hogg, the gun control activist-turned-party official, rekindled long-simmering tensions over what he called a “culture of seniority politics” on Tuesday when he confirmed his outside group, Leaders We Deserve, would funnel millions into challenging Democratic incumbents.

1 week ago | washingtonexaminer.com | David Sivak

Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) raised less than $43,000 in the first three months of 2025, fueling fresh speculation that he will not run for a sixth term in the Senate. The first quarter total, reported to the Federal Election Commission ahead of a Tuesday deadline, pales compared to other in-cycle senators and suggests Durbin, 80, is doing little to fundraise for another reelection campaign.

1 week ago | lucianne.com | David Sivak

Original ArticlePosted By: ConservativeYankee, 4/11/2025 9:58:53 AMA shadow primary for Sen. Dick Durbin's (D-IL) Senate seat could soon spill into the open as Democrats wait with bated breath to see whether he runs in 2026. Durbin, the No. 2 Senate Democrat, is weeks, perhaps days, away from announcing if he will retire at age 82 or pursue a sixth term that would put the aspirations of a younger crop of Democrats indefinitely on hold.

2 weeks ago | denvergazette.com | David Sivak |Rachel Schilke

A shadow primary for Sen. Dick Durbin’s (D-IL) Senate seat could soon spill into the open as Democrats wait with bated breath to see whether he runs in 2026. Durbin, the No. 2 Senate Democrat, is weeks, perhaps days, away from announcing if he will retire at age 82 or pursue a sixth term that would put the aspirations of a younger crop of Democrats indefinitely on hold.

2 weeks ago | washingtonexaminer.com | David Sivak

President Donald Trump expressed openness to a new tax on millionaires to offset the cost of his legislative agenda, according to two sources familiar with the matter. In a meeting last week with Senate Budget Committee Republicans, Trump was receptive to allowing the top marginal tax rate to revert back to 39.6%, where it was before he signed his 2017 tax cuts into law. The suggestion was raised by Sen.