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Marie Gluesenkamp Perez’s Wilderness Survival Guide for Dems

3 weeks ago | nationaljournal.com | Erika Filter

Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA 03) has a simple message for her fellow Democrats: make politics more relevant to regular voters. The co-chair of the moderate Blue Dog Coalition said the party can find its way out of the political wilderness by tackling issues that impact everyday Americans, such as right-to-repair laws or even dimming the brightness of headlights.
The AI campaign is here

3 weeks ago | nationaljournal.com | Natalie Jackson |Erika Filter |Katie Cannon

Mark Robinson stood at a podium marked with the Illuminati insignia in front of a cork board covered in red string. “It’s time to restore common-sense ideas, like Bill Cosby was the victim of an Illuminati conspiracy, and climate change is a hoax just like 9/11 and Pearl Harbor,” said the uncanny-looking then-lieutenant governor. The lighting on his face differed from the lighting on his dark suit and red tie. Viewers would be forgiven for taking this video at face value.
‘Trojan horse’: Public-lands debate emerges amidst budget reconciliation

1 month ago | nationaljournal.com | Savannah Behrmann |Erika Filter |Casey Wooten |Bella Timmerding

As etched into the landscape and history of the rugged Southwest as its characteristic red rock terrain is a centuries-old struggle between local and federal government over ownership of thousands of miles of the desert region.
Trump’s Ukraine peace plan demands much of Kyiv and little of Moscow

2 months ago | nationaljournal.com | Cristina Maza |Natalie Jackson |Erika Filter |Zac Weisz

President Trump is demanding that Russia and Ukraine strike a permanent ceasefire. But many in Europe fear that the Trump administration might abandon Kyiv entirely if progress isn’t made to end the three-year-old war soon, and that Trump is demanding far too much of Ukraine and little from Russia. The messaging from the White House is mixed. Trump lashed out at Russian President Vladimir Putin last week for striking the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv amidst an ongoing push for a peace process.
Trump views El Salvador as the perfect country to send deported immigrants. Here's why.

2 months ago | nationaljournal.com | Casey Wooten |Cristina Maza |Lauren Green |Erika Filter

Democratic lawmakers have been visiting El Salvador to demand information about the Trump administration’s agreement with the country to hold men deported from the United States, seemingly indefinitely and without due process. But experts note that El Salvador was chosen as a prime destination for the deportees because there’s so little oversight in the country. Four House Democrats—Reps.
OUTLOOK: Democrats get Hogg-tied

2 months ago | nationaljournal.com | Erin Durkin |Lauren Green |Savannah Behrmann |Erika Filter

A senior member of the Democratic National Committee declared war on his party’s incumbents, vowing to spend millions of dollars to oust House Democrats in safe blue seats. David Hogg, the 25-year-old survivor of the 2018 Parkland shooting and a newly minted DNC vice chair, said a separate organization that he controls plans to invest $20 million in solid-blue districts to drum out the “culture of seniority politics,” according to The New York Times.
'Now or never': Trump launches new nuclear talks with Iran

2 months ago | nationaljournal.com | Cristina Maza |Lauren Green |Erika Filter

The Trump administration launched its first round of nuclear talks with officials from Tehran over the weekend amid concerns that Israel could take out Iran’s nuclear facilities and potentially pull the U.S. into a war to defend its Middle East ally. Trump’s goal is to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. Leading the talks is his Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, who is also the administration’s leading negotiator to end the wars between both Russia and Ukraine and Israel and Hamas.
Deal or no deal? Confusion surrounds Russia-Ukraine pact

2 months ago | nationaljournal.com | Natalie Jackson |Cristina Maza |Erika Filter |Ledyard King

The Trump administration has claimed it convinced Russia and Ukraine to enter a limited ceasefire in the Black Sea, a crucial body of water for grain shipping. But almost a week after the announcement, no one seems to know when the ceasefire will begin or how it will be implemented. The White House announced the Black Sea deal on March 25 after teams from all three countries met in Saudi Arabia.
The many ways Trump has already helped Putin

Mar 10, 2025 | nationaljournal.com | Erika Filter |Zac Weisz |Natalie Jackson |Cristina Maza

In his first 50 days in office, President Trump, whose first term was plagued by allegations of close ties to Moscow, has reshaped U.S. policy to benefit one of Washington’s most formidable adversaries. In a blow to U.S. allies in Europe, Trump launched peace negotiations with Russia to end the war in Ukraine and excluded officials from Kyiv or the European Union from the first round of talks.
'Dramatically unrepresentative': Young lawmakers lament the lack of peers on Capitol Hill

Jan 22, 2025 | nationaljournal.com | Ledyard King |Erin Durkin |Erika Filter |Cristina MazaCasey Wooten

MAGA acolyte Brandon Gill of Texas and liberal firebrand Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York don’t see eye-to-eye on much. But on this they agree: There aren’t enough young voices like theirs on Capitol Hill. “I think for younger Americans in particular, the America we experience is very different than the America that a lot of other people in this body experienced,” said Gill, 30, a freshman House member who grew up on a Texas cattle farm and became an investment banker on Wall Street.