# democrats - Thursday 26 May, 2022
# Uvalde Shooting
# Uvalde Shooting
Caoimhín De Barra says threats to safety on campus are always on your mind when you work as a teacher in the US.
# democrats - Wednesday 25 May, 2022
# US
# US
Governor Brian Kemp easily defeated Donald Trump’s hand-picked challenger in the critical swing state.
# democrats - Wednesday 11 May, 2022
# Abortion Rights
# Abortion Rights
Democrats were due to lead the vote in a bid to pin down Republicans on the deeply divisive issue ahead of crucial midterm elections.
# democrats - Saturday 2 April, 2022
# US Politics
# US Politics
Our columnist says Republicans in the US are agitating around the culture wars to energise their base ahead of the US midterms in November.
# democrats - Saturday 13 November, 2021
# Us Off-year Elections
# Us Off-year Elections
Our columnist says Democrats were bruised by recent elections and he now has this advice for both parties…
# democrats - Wednesday 3 November, 2021
# Virginia
# Virginia
It was expected to be a comfortable Democratic win but became a toss-up in the closing days of the campaign.
# democrats - Saturday 30 October, 2021
# US Politics
# US Politics
Voters in a number of states and municipalities will choose officials to represent them at a range of different levels.
# democrats - Sunday 24 October, 2021
# Democrats
# Democrats
Democrat Terry McAuliffe has seen his lead extinguished in recent polls.
# democrats - Thursday 7 October, 2021
Chuck Schumer announced the breakthrough today after hours of negotiations in Congress.
# democrats - Friday 1 October, 2021
# US Senate
# US Senate
Democratic Senator Joe Manchin refused to vote in favour of Biden’s plan.
# democrats - Friday 11 June, 2021
# Data
# Data
Trump’s administration seized phone records of at least 12 people connected to the House Intelligence Committee.
# democrats - Monday 15 March, 2021
# Ny Governor
# Ny Governor
Several leading Democrats have urged New York’s governor to quit over allegations of sexual harassment which he denies.
# democrats - Saturday 6 March, 2021
# Senate
# Senate
The 1.9 trillion dollar package was approved by a 50-49 vote along party lines.
# democrats - Saturday 27 February, 2021
# United States
# United States
Democrats said the faltering economy and the loss of half a million lives demanded quick action.
# democrats - Sunday 14 February, 2021
# Impeachment Trial
# Impeachment Trial
The five-day trial concluded last night as expected – with most Republicans declaring Trump not guilty.
# democrats - Friday 5 February, 2021
# Qanon
# Qanon
Nearly all Republicans voted against the move but none defended Greene’s lengthy history of outrageous social media posts.
# democrats - Thursday 4 February, 2021
# Qanon
# Qanon
There have been calls for Marjorie Taylor Greene to be punished for her online embrace of racist views and bizarre conspiracy theories.
# democrats - Thursday 28 January, 2021
# Marjorie Taylor Greene
# Marjorie Taylor Greene
Marjorie Taylor Greene also posted a video of herself confronting a school shooting survivor, calling him a “coward”.
# democrats - Friday 25 December, 2020
# White House
# White House
Washington is now hurtling toward a crisis with Covid aid about to collapse, as the president is at his Mar-a-Lago club for Christmas.
# democrats - Thursday 5 November, 2020
# US Election
# US Election
The Democrats look unlikely to flip the Senate, as some had predicted.
# democrats - Sunday 1 November, 2020
# Final Stretch
# Final Stretch
Joe Biden still retains a lead ahead of Trump, according to the polls.
# democrats - Saturday 17 October, 2020
# Senate Hearings
# Senate Hearings
It’s very likely that Barrett will take her seat on the US Supreme Court prior to the 3 November election.
# democrats - Tuesday 29 September, 2020
# US
# US
Joe Biden will face off against Donald Trump for the first time.
# democrats - Thursday 3 September, 2020
# Never Mind The Ballots
# Never Mind The Ballots
Democratic nominee Joe Biden has met the family of Jacob Blake, who was shot by a white police officer.
# democrats - Friday 28 August, 2020
# Key Dates
# Key Dates
Now the Democratic and Republican national conventions are over, what lies ahead in the battle for the White House?
# democrats - Wednesday 19 August, 2020
# Talk To Joe
# Talk To Joe
Former US presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton spoke at the virtual event.
# democrats - Monday 17 August, 2020
# 11 Weeks To Go
# 11 Weeks To Go
Joe Biden will officially accept his party’s nomination on Thursday
# democrats - Saturday 15 August, 2020
# Malarkey
# Malarkey
The four-day event begins from Monday.
# democrats - Thursday 6 August, 2020
# White House
# White House
Donald Trump has suggested he will make his acceptance speech on the grounds of the White House.
# democrats - Saturday 25 July, 2020
# Tension
# Tension
A week of tense negotiations ended without resolution.
# democrats - Tuesday 12 May, 2020
# Election 2020
# Election 2020
The convention is due to take place in August.
# democrats - Wednesday 15 April, 2020
# Democrats
# Democrats
Biden, 77, now has the endorsement of all former major Democratic candidates.
# democrats - Wednesday 18 March, 2020
# Democrats
# Democrats
The results in yesterday’s primaries added more pressure on Bernie Sanders to abandon his campaign.
# democrats - Tuesday 17 March, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
Joe Biden is in the lead but how the primaries will proceed from here has been thrown into uncertainty over coronavirus.
# democrats - Wednesday 4 March, 2020
# Citizens Abroad
# Citizens Abroad
Democrats Abroad Ireland had a Super Tuesday polling station in the Arlington Hotel.
# democrats - Monday 2 March, 2020
# Democrats
# Democrats
Klobuchar is due to appear with Biden at his rally in Dallas, Texas tonight.
# democrats - Sunday 1 March, 2020
# Primary Colours
# Primary Colours
The former vice presidente will hope to take this momentum into Super Tuesday.
# democrats - Sunday 16 February, 2020
# Democrats
# Democrats
Much of the criticism centres around past positions and comments being slammed as crude, racist or misogynistic.
# democrats - Monday 10 February, 2020
# Edged Out
# Edged Out
The delayed results were marred by multiple technical issues.
# democrats - Thursday 6 February, 2020
# Analysis
# Analysis
The starting gun in the 2020 presidential race was shot this week.
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