House Democrats voted on Wednesday to block a constitutional amendment that would lock the size of the Supreme Court at nine justices — as it has been since 1869.
Because the proposed measure would amend the U.S. Constitution, two-thirds of the House would have to vote in favor for it to pass. Thursday&#8217;s vote count, at 212-206, <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-democrats-block-constitutional-amendment-supreme-court-justices-rcna595736">failed</a> to reach that threshold — and all but one House Democrat voted against it.
Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) introduced the proposed amendment, which would read, &#8220;The Supreme Court of the United States shall be composed of nine justices consisting of one chief justice and eight associate justices.&#8221;
The need for such an amendment, he said, stemmed from the growing number of Democrats who were displeased with the current makeup of the Supreme Court and have suggested expansion as a means of making it more &#8220;fair&#8221; (read: tipping it leftward).
&#8220;If a sitting majority can change the size of the Supreme Court the moment it dislikes its rulings, what happens the next time the other side is in power? That&#8217;s why I&#8217;m urging my colleagues to support my resolution for a Constitutional Amendment to permanently fix the number of Supreme Court Justices at Nine,&#8221; he said.
But House Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-MA) pushed her fellow Democrats to vote &#8220;no&#8221; on the measure.
&#8220;This proposed constitutional amendment would permanently fix the number of Supreme Court justices at nine, stripping Congress of yet another constitutional authority that is meant to be controlled by the American people’s representatives,&#8221; she argued, adding that spending time talking about the size of the court would also distract from other business like addressing affordability.
The size of the court, which has been officially nine since 1869, is not outlined in the Constitution and has traditionally been left up to Congress to determine. The Judiciary Act of 1789 initially set the court&#8217;s size at six justices — but it has changed several times in the years since.
In 1807, a seventh justice was added to accommodate new western circuits as the nation expanded. In 1837, Congress increased the court to include nine justices. A tenth was added during the Civil War in 1863, but Congress reduced the court back to just seven in 1866 — a move designed to prevent then-President Andrew Johnson from making any appointments to the high court. The Judiciary Act of 1869 brought the number back to nine.
In the 1930s, in an effort to get around a conservative Supreme Court and push his New Deal policies, then-President Franklin Delano Roosevelt proposed a plan to add as many as six justices to the court — but the backlash, even from his own party, forced him to reconsider.
In recent years, however, more and more Democrats have come around to the idea — and many are openly calling for it.
&#8220;I think that we are in a position now that calls for some significant actions taken by the Congress, and we ought to expand,” Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) said. “Thirteen is a pretty good number. A baker’s dozen would be a good number to have on the court. And I would hope we would get people on the court who will follow the constitutional underpinnings of this great nation of ours.&#8221;
Former Vice President Kamala Harris also suggested that she was on board with the idea of a 13-member Court.
Rep. Don Davis (D-NC) was the only Democrat to vote in favor of the amendment. Rep. Kevin Kiley (I-CA) voted against it despite normally caucusing with Republicans.

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The suspected Chinese intelligence operative who had a sexual relationship with former Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell also used her position in a nonprofit to help place interns in American political offices, which the organization continues to do. 
Fang “Christine” Fang became president of a chapter of the Asian Pacific Islander American Public Affairs Association (APAPA), the nonprofit through which she met and cultivated relationships with Swalwell and other politicians. According to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-fbi-files-blow-open-swalwells-long-running-fang-fang-mystery">previous reporting</a>, Fang helped place at least one intern in Swalwell’s congressional office. Now, APAPA says its internship program has grown substantially, with “hundreds of legislators and public officials” hosting and mentoring its student interns.
The organization currently maintains a list of internship-hosting offices that includes numerous members of Congress, among them Reps. John Garamendi (D-CA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Doris Matsui (D-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA), and others. APAPA also says its internship program is designed to develop the next generation of civic leaders. 
National security experts say the organization’s connections to Chinese Communist Party-linked figures warrant scrutiny, particularly given Fang’s role in using the organization to develop political relationships. “Public officials should strongly scrutinize any APAPA efforts that align with CCP objectives,” Michael Lucci, founder and CEO of State Armor, a nonprofit focused on countering Chinese Communist Party threats, told the <a href="https://nypost.com/2026/09/02/us-news/nonprofit-linked-to-swalwell-spy-fang-fang-has-ccp-ties-and-still-placing-interns-into-us-political-offices/">New York Post</a>.
FBI records show Swalwell told investigators that he considered Fang his primary point of contact with the organization. Swalwell told the FBI in 2015 that he had “physical relations” with Fang “on a handful of occasions” after meeting her in 2012, shortly before he was elected to Congress. He said the relationship was casual and that they never dated, although he believed Fang wanted a closer romantic relationship. Fang also helped raise money for Swalwell’s 2014 re-election campaign and assisted in placing an intern in his congressional office.
U.S. intelligence officials subsequently concluded that Fang was operating as part of a Chinese political intelligence operation. She had cultivated relationships with a number of rising politicians in California and elsewhere, including at least two Midwestern mayors with whom she reportedly had sexual or romantic relationships. The FBI ultimately warned Swalwell about Fang. He said he cut ties with her after receiving the defensive briefing. Fang left the United States in 2015.
Fang has never been charged with a crime in the United States, and investigators did not accuse Swalwell of knowingly participating in a Chinese intelligence operation. The House Ethics Committee also closed its investigation into Swalwell’s relationship with Fang without taking further action. 
However, Fang’s former organization remains active in American politics. APAPA’s website currently advertises an <a href="https://www.apapa.org/internship">internship program</a> through which students are placed with elected officials and government offices. The group’s current internship-hosting list includes dozens of elected officials and government entities, ranging from congressional offices to state and local governments.
The organization’s leadership has also attracted scrutiny because of its connections to Henry Yin, its longtime national leader. Yin, who currently serves on APAPA’s national governing board and previously served as its national chair, has extensive ties to Chinese-American civic and business organizations, according to the Post. Chinese state-controlled media have described him as an overseas Chinese leader in California and Silicon Valley, and he has traveled to China to promote American investment and discuss his experiences as an overseas Chinese in the United States.
Yin has also been publicly associated with Rep. Ro Khanna, who serves as ranking member of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party. Khanna described Yin in 2019 as his “Senior Advisor on Foreign Trade and Economic Development,” although Khanna’s office now says Yin never held a formal role with the congressman.
APAPA likewise said its current national leadership has no information that Fang ever held an authorized role with the organization, despite her documented involvement with an APAPA chapter.

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Several Democratic Socialists of America-backed congressional nominees are traveling to Uruguay this week to join a left-wing international conference aimed at opposing President Donald Trump’s foreign policy in the Western Hemisphere.
New York Assemblywoman Claire Valdez, New York activist Darializa Avila Chevalier, and Pennsylvania state Rep. Chris Rabb — all three DSA members who won Democratic congressional primaries this year — will attend the Pan-American Congress in Montevideo as “special guests” of a congressional delegation led by Reps. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) and Jesús “Chuy” García (D-IL). New Jersey Democratic congressional candidate Adam Hamawy, who is not a DSA member but has embraced many of the same left-wing causes, is also attending.
The gathering, scheduled for August 21-23, will bring together left-wing political leaders from across North America, South America, Central America, and the Caribbean.
For Valdez, Avila Chevalier, and Rabb, all of whom are running in heavily Democratic districts, the trip also offers an early look at the foreign-policy priorities they could bring to Capitol Hill next year.
Valdez, who is expected to succeed retiring Rep. Nydia Velázquez in New York’s heavily Democratic 7th Congressional District, said she intends to promote “international solidarity and cooperation — not imperialism, war and extraction.”
“The threats we face, from climate change to mass displacement to the rise of fascism, don’t stop at borders, and neither can our response,” Valdez told <a href="https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/08/19/congress/democratic-socialists-congress-uruguay-01041713">Politico</a>.
Conference organizers have similarly framed the participation of the incoming lawmakers as part of a broader effort to reshape the United States&#8217; role in the hemisphere. 
“These inspiring leaders won their primaries on a promise to pursue a new place and purpose for the United States in the international community — and that project starts right here in the hemisphere,” said David Adler, the Pan-American Congress’ general coordinator.
The delegation comes as the Trump administration has moved to assert a more aggressive U.S. presence in the Western Hemisphere through what the administration has dubbed the “Donroe Doctrine.” The administration has emphasized combating drug trafficking, illegal immigration, and foreign adversaries in the Americas, while seeking to strengthen relationships with governments willing to cooperate with the United States.
The Democratic delegation, however, is traveling to Uruguay with the stated goal of building opposition to that approach. Jayapal, 9 other House Democrats, and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) last week sent Secretary of State Marco Rubio a <a href="https://jayapal.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/FINAL-SIGNED_Letter-to-Rubio-on-Trump-Corollary.pdf">letter</a> condemning the administration’s application of the “Trump Corollary,” arguing that it amounts to “a license for unlimited foreign intervention.”
The lawmakers accused the administration of using military force without congressional authorization, economic sanctions and tariffs as “collective punishment,” and political pressure to influence elections in sovereign countries. 
“Taken together, the interventions conducted under the banner of the ‘Donroe’ Doctrine appear to follow a partisan playbook,” the lawmakers wrote. “These are tactics that destabilize our hemisphere and endanger our neighbors.”
The emerging Democratic opposition to the policy is notable not simply because of the current congressional delegation, but because of who is preparing to join it. Valdez and Avila Chevalier are among a new generation of DSA-backed politicians who have successfully <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mamdanis-socialists-upset-incumbent-dems-in-house-primary-sweep">defeated</a> Democratic establishment candidates in deep-blue districts.
Valdez, a former union organizer, defeated Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso and other candidates in the Democratic primary to succeed Velázquez. She was endorsed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, the self-described democratic socialist whose political movement has helped propel a new generation of socialist candidates into office. 
Avila Chevalier defeated five-term Democratic Rep. Adriano Espaillat in New York’s 13th Congressional District. The 32-year-old organizer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrats-newest-pick-is-their-most-radical-yet">has spent years</a> working on immigration and Palestinian causes and has helped organize the Columbia University protests following Hamas’ October 7 attack on Israel. She also received endorsements from Mamdani and the DSA. 
Rabb defeated Democratic establishment favorite Sharif Street in Pennsylvania’s 3rd Congressional District, another overwhelmingly Democratic seat. The DSA-backed candidate has advocated for Medicare for All, universal basic income, guaranteed housing, and the abolition of ICE, among other left-wing policies.
Rabb has also rejected the premise of describing illegal immigration as inherently criminal and said he wants to end deportations. “What are illegals?” Rabb <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/socialist-house-nominee-radical-law-order-vision-what-are-illegals">asked</a> when Fox News host Sean Hannity pressed him on whether he supported amnesty for illegal immigrants and the abolition of national borders.
Valdez, Avila Chevalier, and Rabb are heavily favored to join the House next year, while other DSA-aligned candidates are competing for additional seats.
The Pan-American Congress was founded as a forum for left-wing political leaders from across the Americas to coordinate on regional issues and develop a shared political vision.
This year&#8217;s gathering will give several likely future members of Congress a chance to begin building those relationships before they take office, as Democrats intensify their fight with the Trump administration over the future of U.S. policy in the Western Hemisphere.

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Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-CA) is officially under investigation by the House Ethics Committee over allegations of sexual misconduct, making him the latest California Democrat to face scrutiny as a series of scandals continues to roil Congress.
The bipartisan Ethics Committee announced Monday that it is reviewing allegations that Gomez “may have engaged in sexual misconduct” in violation of the House Code of Official Conduct, including “inappropriate sexual contact with a House staffer.” The committee cautioned that an investigation does not itself establish that Gomez violated any law or House rule. “No other public comment will be made on this matter except in accordance with Committee rules,” the committee said.
The New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2026/04/18/us-news/rep-jimmy-gomez-friend-of-of-eric-swalwell-accused-of-kissing-staffer/">reported in April</a> that Gomez had been seen kissing a much younger congressional aide in the backyard of then-Rep. Eric Swalwell’s Washington residence in August 2023. Gomez, 51, acknowledged in June that he had engaged in extramarital conduct but insisted that his actions were consensual and did not violate the law or House ethics rules.
“Years ago, I made personal mistakes outside my marriage that have caused real pain to my wife and family,” Gomez wrote in a statement to <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/02/politics/jimmy-gomez-house-ethics-investigation">CNN</a>. “Although my actions were consensual in nature and haven’t violated the law or House ethics rules, that doesn’t diminish the impact that these mistakes have made on those I care about the most.”
“I take full responsibility and have committed myself to working through the pain privately with my wife and family,” Gomez added. “I sought professional assistance to help re-center and heal my relationships and move forward with honesty, transparency and respect.”
Gomez said Monday that he would cooperate with the Ethics Committee investigation. The panel specifically cited an allegation involving “inappropriate sexual contact with a House staffer,” though it did not provide further details.
Gomez remains on the ballot for reelection in California&#8217;s 34th Congressional District. He advanced through the state&#8217;s top-two primary earlier this year and will face far-left Democrat Angela Gonzales-Torres in November.
The investigation comes during an unusually turbulent year for congressional ethics and sexual misconduct allegations. Two lawmakers, including California Democrat Eric Swalwell, have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/eric-swalwell-to-resign-from-congress-over-sexual-misconduct-scandal">resigned</a> from Congress this year amid sexual misconduct allegations. Swalwell has denied wrongdoing. Swalwell&#8217;s departure is particularly notable in the context of Gomez&#8217;s case because the alleged 2023 encounter involving Gomez occurred at Swalwell&#8217;s Washington residence.
The Ethics Committee has also recommended that Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-NC) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gop-congressman-faces-censure-over-beyond-inappropriate-treatment-of-staffers">be censured</a> after finding that he violated House rules involving sexual harassment and created a hostile work environment. Edwards subsequently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/republican-ends-re-election-bid-after-report-on-beyond-inappropriate-behavior">abandoned his reelection</a> campaign and has denied wrongdoing.
The House has been <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/as-congress-returns-one-question-looms-which-house-members-could-face-expulsion">considering broader changes</a> to its rules governing relationships between lawmakers and congressional staff. Current House rules do not categorically prohibit members from engaging in romantic or sexual relationships with staffers who work for other members, although a bipartisan congressional task force is considering whether such relationships should be prohibited.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has <a href="https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/07/21/congress/speaker-backs-ban-on-members-dating-staff-01006175">endorsed a broader ban</a>, saying that sexual relationships between lawmakers and congressional staffers are inappropriate in a workplace.
For now, the committee has not determined that Gomez violated House rules, and Gomez maintains that his conduct did not constitute an ethics violation.

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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) drew a sharp distinction Sunday between the Democratic Party and the agenda of the Democratic Socialists of America, saying he does not support the organization’s positions on issues including policing, immigration and the Senate.
“I don’t support the DSA agenda as has been articulated by the DSA itself,” Jeffries said during an appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” His comments came the same morning Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, a potential 2028 presidential candidate, <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rahm-emanuel-on-trump-the-left-and-whats-right-for-america/">told</a> CBS News that progressives should not use the Democratic Party as a vehicle because &#8220;they&#8217;re a separate party&#8221; — adding, in nearly the same construction Jeffries would use, &#8220;I don&#8217;t believe in defunding police. I don&#8217;t believe in open borders.&#8221;
“I do not support defunding the police. I do not support open borders. I do not support abolishing the Senate,” Jeffries said. Instead, Jeffries said House Democrats are focused on what he described as the “Democratic agenda”: lowering the cost of living, making housing and health care more affordable and addressing the affordability crisis.
His comments come as Democratic socialists and their allies have made significant gains in Democratic primaries across the country, prompting an increasingly public debate among party leaders and establishment-aligned Democrats over how far left the party should move.
Moderate Democrats are <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/how-some-dems-are-preparing-for-the-next-war-against-socialists">already organizing</a> against the DSA&#8217;s growing influence. Third Way President Jonathan Cowan <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/us/politics/democratic-party-socialists-moderates.html">told</a> The New York Times earlier this month that his organization is launching a $15 million effort through 2028 to discredit democratic socialism through opposition research, polling, social media campaigns and efforts to educate Democratic activists and leaders. &#8220;We are preparing for the next war that is coming,&#8221; Cowan said.
The effort followed a string of primary victories by socialist and left-insurgent candidates, most notably Abdul El-Sayed&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/abdul-el-sayed-secures-far-lefts-biggest-victory-yet-over-dem-establishment'">narrow victory</a> over of establishment-backed Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) in Michigan&#8217;s Democratic Senate primary. El-Sayed will face Republican Mike Rogers in November for the seat being vacated by retiring Democratic Sen. Gary Peters — a race Democrats likely must win to have any path to a Senate majority.
El-Sayed is not a DSA member and calls himself a capitalist, but Cowan accused him of running a DSA-style campaign without the membership card — what Cowan calls the &#8220;DSA dodge,&#8221; courting socialist organizations and their voters for organizing muscle while declining to formally identify with the group.
Jeffries stopped short of saying that DSA-aligned candidates cannot be part of the Democratic Party. “You’re going to have individual members who have been elected in Democratic primaries, and if they are elected in the general in November, will be part of the House Democratic Caucus,” Jeffries said.
He acknowledged that the caucus would include members from across the party’s ideological spectrum. “It’s going to be a broad caucus,” Jeffries said. “There will be progressives, there will be New Dems, there will be Blue Dogs.” But when pressed on whether there is room in the Democratic Party for democratic socialists, Jeffries reiterated that he does not endorse the DSA’s stated agenda.
Asked whether he would bring a vote to abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement to the House floor if Democrats retake the majority, Jeffries repeatedly called instead for “dramatic” reform of the agency. &#8220;We’re committed to dramatically reforming ICE,” Jeffries said, while calling for measures including body cameras, judicial warrants for home searches and greater accountability for ICE agents.
Jeffries also said he does not currently support Medicare for All, despite having co-sponsored such legislation from 2013 through 2021. “No,” Jeffries said when asked whether he personally supports Medicare for All. “I haven’t co-sponsored the Medicare for All legislation that has been introduced over the last several years.”
Jeffries ultimately returned to the central message he said Democrats intend to take into the November midterms: affordability. “We’re focused on November 3rd, not January 3rd,” Jeffries said, arguing that Democratic candidates should campaign on lowering the cost of groceries, gas, housing and health care.

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Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is bringing the full weight of her political influence to bear in an increasingly bitter fight over who will succeed her in Congress.
Pelosi, who has represented San Francisco in Congress for nearly four decades, is throwing her support behind San Francisco Supervisor Connie Chan as she works to defeat state Sen. Scott Wiener, and to do it, the retiring congresswoman has spent weeks mobilizing her network on Chan’s behalf. She has hosted major fundraisers for the supervisor, secured endorsements from congressional allies, and even loaned a top adviser to Chan’s campaign.
“Nancy has basically taken over Connie’s campaign,” Wiener told <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/10/pelosi-wages-war-over-her-succession-01030149">Politico</a>, contrasting Chan&#8217;s operation with his own campaign, which he said has “enormous grassroots support.”
Pelosi has made clear that she intends to see Chan elected. “I know and love this district, I know the Congress, and I know Connie. I’m proud to endorse Democrat Connie Chan and ask you to join me in electing her to Congress,” Pelosi said when she endorsed Chan.
Pelosi’s intervention is particularly notable because Wiener was once considered an ally. The two have known each other for decades, and Pelosi previously supported Wiener in his campaigns for local office. But their relationship deteriorated as Wiener positioned himself to succeed Pelosi. Wiener announced his congressional campaign in October 2025, before Pelosi publicly announced that she would not seek another term.
The timing of Wiener&#8217;s announcement has remained a point of contention among Pelosi&#8217;s allies. Former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown, a longtime Pelosi ally who now supports Chan, told Politico that Wiener had assured him he would not announce a congressional bid before Pelosi made her own plans public. Wiener disputes that account, calling it “fabrication” and saying he never made such a commitment.
Several of Pelosi’s longtime political allies and constituencies have followed her in backing Chan, including organized labor. Chan is also supported by Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA), the California Working Families Party and Our Revolution. Wiener, meanwhile, has endorsements from the California and San Francisco Democratic parties, along with several major labor unions and a majority of San Francisco’s moderate-leaning Board of Supervisors.
The latest escalation in the intraparty feud came over an AI-powered campaign chatbot created by Wiener’s campaign to attack Chan. The website, ConnieChan.ai, portrayed Chan as someone who says “no” to proposals involving housing and public transportation. Pelosi and a coalition of Democratic lawmakers and San Francisco political organizations condemned the chatbot, arguing that it could reinforce sexist and racist stereotypes.
“Women have spent generations fighting to have our own voices heard in the halls of power,” Pelosi and her allies said in a <a href="https://x.com/TeamPelosi/status/2085488807152136474">joint statement</a>. “We should not have to fight against artificial intelligence putting words in our mouths.” Wiener later apologized and announced that he would remove both the chatbot and the billboards advertising it.
The controversy has nevertheless given Pelosi another opportunity to draw a sharp contrast between her preferred successor and Wiener. Pelosi’s political intervention comes after the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pelosis-pick-stumbles-as-pro-trans-radical-moves-one-step-closer-to-congress?author=Jacob+Wheeler&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Pelosi%E2%80%99s+Pick+Stumbles+As+Pro-Trans+Radical+Moves+One+Step+Closer+To+Congress">June primary</a> demonstrated that her endorsement alone may not be enough to determine the outcome. Wiener finished first with roughly 41% of the vote, while Chan received about 29%, sending the two into the November general election under California’s top-two primary system.
Pelosi has said her support for Chan is motivated in part by concerns over female representation in the Bay Area’s congressional delegation. Several prominent women who once represented the region, including former Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Vice President Kamala Harris, former Rep. Jackie Speier and former Rep. Anna Eshoo, have all been succeeded by men.
With Pelosi deploying her fundraising network, congressional relationships and longtime San Francisco allies on Chan’s behalf, the November contest is shaping up as more than a race between two Democrats. It is also a test of whether one of the most powerful political figures in San Francisco history can determine who inherits the seat and influence she spent nearly 40 years building.

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Former Rep. Cori Bush is attempting a political comeback in the 2026 midterms, hoping to reclaim Missouri&#8217;s deep-blue 1st Congressional District from the Democrat who unseated her two years ago.
Bush, a former member of the far-left Squad, is challenging Rep. Wesley Bell (D-MO) in a rematch of the expensive 2024 Democratic primary. Because the St. Louis-area district is overwhelmingly Democratic, the winner of Tuesday&#8217;s primary is heavily favored to return to Washington in January.
The race has become yet another test of whether the Democratic Party&#8217;s recent leftward shift — fueled by victories from left-wing and Democratic-Socialist candidates in cities like New York, Philadelphia, and Denver — extends towards one of the movement&#8217;s most recognizable national figures.
Bush&#8217;s campaign also revives one of the Democratic Party&#8217;s most contentious internal divides: support for Israel.
When <a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/wesley-bell-backed-by-aipac-defeats-squad-member-cori-bush-in-st-louis-distrct-primary">Bell defeated Bush in 2024</a>, the race became one of the most expensive House primaries in American history after pro-Israel groups, led by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee&#8217;s United Democracy Project, poured $9.3 million into the contest. Bush had become one of Congress&#8217; most outspoken critics of Israel after introducing one of the first congressional resolutions calling for a ceasefire following Hamas&#8217; October 7, 2023 terrorist attack.
Bell has continued backing military assistance for Israel while arguing the United States must support allies confronting hostile regimes. &#8220;I think we have to support our allies not only in Israel, but in Taiwan and in Ukraine,&#8221; Bell said during a recent <a href="https://www.stlpr.org/government-politics-issues/2026-07-29/missouri-primary-bush-bell-democrat-litmus">joint appearance</a> with Bush. &#8220;They are on the front lines of our sworn enemies.&#8221;
Over the past year, several insurgent Democratic candidates who criticized party leadership and took hard-line positions against U.S. support for Israel have won competitive primaries, leading progressives to argue that voters are increasingly rewarding candidates willing to challenge the Democratic establishment.
For their part, establishment Democrats, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), and Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) have endorsed Bell&#8217;s reelection. Bell has argued that his first term demonstrates he can effectively work within Congress while delivering results for the district, particularly following the devastating tornado that struck St. Louis in 2025.
Bush has countered that Bell has failed to provide the aggressive leadership voters expected, criticizing what she characterizes as an inadequate response to the tornado recovery effort and arguing the district needs a more confrontational representative willing to challenge both Republicans and Democratic leadership.
&#8220;The fight does not end because I got my feelings hurt,&#8221; Bush <a href="https://19thnews.org/2026/07/cori-bush-missouri-primaries/">told supporters</a>. &#8220;If you&#8217;re a true fighter, you get knocked down, and I got back up.&#8221;
Bush first rose to national prominence as an activist during the 2014 Ferguson protests following the police shooting of Michael Brown before defeating longtime Democratic Rep. William Lacy Clay in 2020. During her two terms in Congress, she became one of the most recognizable members of the Squad alongside Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI).
Her tenure frequently put her at odds with Democratic leadership. Bush opposed former President Joe Biden&#8217;s bipartisan infrastructure package, advocated defunding police departments, slept on the Capitol steps to protest the expiration of the federal eviction moratorium, and became one of Congress&#8217; earliest and loudest critics of Israel.
Bell continues to support military assistance for Israel while Bush remains committed to cutting it off, making the issue one of the few major policy differences separating the candidates, who agree on many domestic issues.
For the left, a Bush victory would mark the return of one of the movement&#8217;s original national standard-bearers and suggest the Democratic Party&#8217;s activist base continues moving leftward after several high-profile primary victories around the country.
For Democratic leadership, another Bell victory would reinforce the coalition that removed Bush from office in 2024 and demonstrate that establishment-backed incumbents can still withstand challenges from the party&#8217;s activist wing.
The Missouri primaries are scheduled for Tuesday, August 4.

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Democrats are betting a slate of union-backed House candidates can help the party reconnect with working-class voters and donors as it heads into the 2026 midterms facing mounting financial challenges.
Five Democratic congressional candidates announced Tuesday the launch of the &#8220;Blue Collar Brigade,&#8221; a joint fundraising effort aimed at boosting their campaigns while promoting a populist platform centered on lowering costs, strengthening organized labor, and combating government corruption.
The coalition includes Bob Brooks, a firefighter union chief challenging Rep. Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA); Randy Villegas, a teacher and union member taking on Rep. David Valadao (R-CA); ironworker Brian Poindexter, who is running against Rep. Max Miller (R-OH); former smokejumper and union leader Sam Forstag, competing in Montana&#8217;s open western district; and Minnesota state Rep. Kaela Berg, a flight attendant and former union leader seeking an open House seat.
The candidates say they are pooling resources because they lack the wealthy donor networks often available to more traditional political candidates.
&#8220;As a union ironworker, my network of folks is very small,&#8221; Poindexter told <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/30/union-democrats-house-fundraising-00980980" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Politico</a>. &#8220;My very first call time, I called one of my fellow ironworkers and asked for $50, and he was laid off at the time.&#8221;
&#8220;That&#8217;s when I had the understanding of what we&#8217;re really up against when campaigns like my opponent can spend millions of dollars and here I am trying to represent workers in Washington and scraping together $50 bills.&#8221;
The fundraising alliance arrives as Democrats continue searching for ways to rebuild support among blue-collar voters after President Donald Trump expanded his coalition with working-class Americans during the 2024 election.
It also comes as the Democratic Party struggles with fundraising.
The RNC currently <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5863917-nrcc-rnc-fec-2026-midterm-elections/">reports</a> roughly $116 million cash on hand, while the DNC <a href="https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00010603/1968914/">has</a> approximately $13.8 million and carries more than $18 million in debt.
Those financial struggles have fueled growing frustration among Democratic donors, many of whom remain dissatisfied with how the party spent its record-breaking fundraising haul during Kamala Harris&#8217; unsuccessful 2024 presidential campaign.
Several longtime Democratic donors have publicly criticized DNC Chairman Ken Martin for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kamala-harris-demands-dnc-release-2024-autopsy-as-she-plots-a-comeback">slow-walking the release</a> of the full post-election <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrats-finally-admit-what-went-wrong-in-2024">autopsy</a> he promised after taking office. The frustration has reportedly pushed some major donors away from the national party altogether.
&#8220;I don&#8217;t see Ken as a leader,&#8221; one longtime Democratic donor told <a href="https://abcnews.com/Politics/democratic-donors-frustrated-dnc-chair-ken-martin-amid/story?id=132286127">ABC News</a>. &#8220;The DNC reached out to me probably six months ago, and I told them to take me off their list.&#8221;
Against that backdrop, the Blue Collar Brigade represents an attempt to build a different kind of Democratic fundraising operation. Tuesday evening&#8217;s virtual fundraiser is being co-hosted by current and former leaders of several major unions, including the AFL-CIO, Communications Workers of America, Association of Flight Attendants, Iron Workers, and the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners. 
Reps. Chris Deluzio (D-PA), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), and Val Hoyle (D-OR), all of whom maintain close ties to organized labor, are serving as honorary chairs.
&#8220;When you&#8217;re a Democratic challenger and you&#8217;re someone who comes from the labor movement &#8230; you don&#8217;t have the same Rolodex as someone who can self-fund millions for their campaign,&#8221; Deluzio said. &#8220;These folks are going to do the hard work to win their races, but they&#8217;ve got to raise money.&#8221;
The coalition is also attempting to reshape the Democratic Party&#8217;s image after years of criticism that it has become disconnected from working-class voters. Villegas argued Democrats can no longer rely solely on opposition to Republicans.
&#8220;It&#8217;s important to actually center working-class candidates and invest in them and make sure that we are prioritizing working families&#8217; issues,&#8221; he said. &#8220;These victories across the country are showing that we can&#8217;t just offer people &#8216;not Trump&#8217; or &#8216;not the Republican incumbent.&#8217; We have to be willing to offer people a vision for something more.&#8221;
That message reflects soul-searching within the Democratic Party after Trump&#8217;s gains among union households and non-college voters accelerated trends that have reshaped American politics over the past decade.
At the same time, the Blue Collar Brigade highlights an irony facing Democrats. While the candidates present themselves as outsiders battling the political establishment, they remain deeply tied to one of the Democratic Party&#8217;s most influential institutional allies: organized labor.

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The House passed the Secure America Act on Tuesday in a razor-thin 214–212 vote that delivers a whopping $70 billion immigration enforcement package — including $38 billion for ICE and $26 billion for Customs and Border Protection.
Not one Democrat voted yes.
Republicans wasted zero time going for the jugular.
&#8220;House Democrats&#8217; main constituency is illegal immigrants and criminals,&#8221; blasted RNC Chairman Joe Gruters. &#8220;Democrats have now voted dozens of times against funding ICE, Border Patrol, and DHS, repeatedly siding with open borders over law and order.&#8221;
House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX) was equally scorching. &#8220;For 76 days, Democrats held the Department of Homeland Security hostage,&#8221; he fumed. &#8220;They walked away from the appropriations process, shut down Homeland Security operations, and used the safety of the American people as political leverage. Even today, every single House Democrat voted to defund ICE and Border Patrol.&#8221;
The GOP framed the Democratic no-votes as the latest chapter in what they called a relentless, systematic effort to kneecap President Donald Trump&#8217;s border security agenda. Republicans noted it marked the 37th time Senate and House Democrats have voted against border security measures — a stat they are clearly planning to weaponize heading into the midterms.
National Republican Congressional Committee spokesman Mike Marinella didn&#8217;t exactly reach for diplomatic language either. &#8220;House Democrats just told every cop, every border agent, and every American family to drop dead,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Their soft-on-crime, open-border agenda has already devastated communities across the country, and they just proved they still haven&#8217;t learned a thing.&#8221;
Democrats tried to spin their unanimous &#8220;no&#8221; votes as something other than opposing immigration enforcement. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) argued the bill handed ICE a &#8220;blank check&#8221; with no &#8220;guardrails, oversight, or accountability.&#8221; One independent member also voted against the bill.
Republicans weren&#8217;t buying it for a second.
Arrington framed the bill&#8217;s passage as a direct mandate from voters. &#8220;The American people fundamentally rejected the chaos of the last four years,&#8221; he said. &#8220;They elected Republicans for the promise of secure borders, safer communities, and restoring rule of law. The Secure America Act makes good on that promise.&#8221;
The legislation now heads to President Trump&#8217;s desk, locking in ICE and Border Patrol funding through 2029 — a major win for a White House that has made border enforcement the centerpiece of its domestic agenda.
Democrats handed Republicans a gift-wrapped attack ad.
And the GOP is already running with it.

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Michigan Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib lashed out multiple times during President Donald Trump&#8217;s State of the Union address on Tuesday night, including in a moment when she appeared to shout &#8220;KKK&#8221; while most of the chamber was chanting &#8220;USA.&#8221; The camera caught the Michigan congresswoman on screen during the exchange.
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Is Rashida Tlaib chanting “KKK” while everyone else chants “USA”? Sure looks like it <a href="https://t.co/5nnp0or3Xn">pic.twitter.com/5nnp0or3Xn</a>
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Republicans blasted Tlaib over the clip, with the National Republican Congressional Committee <a href="https://x.com/NRCC/status/2026505894771519709">stating</a>, &#8220;Everything you need to know about today&#8217;s Democrats. They cannot stand this country, they cannot stand its comeback, &amp; they cannot hide their contempt anymore.&#8221;
The Daily Wire reached out to Tlaib&#8217;s office for comment.
Tlaib, a Muslim whose district includes the highly-populated Muslim city of Dearborn, Michigan, wore a pin to the State of the Union that read &#8220;F*CK ICE.&#8221; She also wore a pair of watermelon earrings that apparently signify her solidarity with the &#8220;Palestinian cause&#8221; and another pin that read &#8220;Stand with survivors, release the Epstein Files.&#8221;
The Michigan congresswoman stood up alongside Minnesota leftist Rep. Ilhan Omar on other occasions during the speech to shout and wave fingers at Trump. Neither Omar nor Tlaib, however, stood when Trump asked members of Congress to get on their feet if they supported prioritizing Americans over illegal immigrants. They also did not stand when Trump highlighted the dozens of Israeli hostages who were rescued from Hamas captivity.
Tlaib mostly ignored the instructions from Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, who urged Democrats to remain quiet or skip the State of the Union altogether.
“The two options that are in front of us in our House [are] to either attend with silent defiance or to not attend and send a message to Donald Trump in that fashion, which will include participation in a variety of different alternate programming that is going to take place in and around the Capitol complex,” Jeffries <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5748563-democrats-state-of-the-union-protests/">said</a> last week.
Dozens of Democrats boycotted the State of the Union and attended the &#8220;alternate programming&#8221; events, which were similar to political rallies where Democrats largely focused on bashing Trump&#8217;s immigration policies and tariffs. Tlaib and Omar opted to attend Trump&#8217;s speech and make a scene.
Texas Democrat Al Green made a similar decision and was booted from the chamber after holding up a large sign that read, &#8220;Black people aren&#8217;t apes,&#8221; a reference to a video that was shared by President Trump on Truth Social that briefly depicted former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama as gorillas. It was the second year in a row that Green was escorted out of the chamber during Trump&#8217;s speech to Congress.
During his address, Trump ripped Democrats multiple times, including calling them &#8220;crazy&#8221; for refusing to stand in support of protecting children from life-altering gender procedures.
“Who can believe that we&#8217;re even speaking about things like this?” Trump asked. “But surely we can all agree no state can be allowed to rip children from their parents&#8217; arms and transition them to a new gender against the parents, well, who would believe that were even talking about? We must ban it, and we must ban it immediately.”

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House Democrats released new emails on Wednesday morning that work to tie President Donald Trump to Jeffrey Epstein&#8217;s sex crimes, with the White House immediately firing back labeling the emails &#8220;selectively leaked&#8221; and designed &#8220;to create a fake narrative to smear&#8221; Trump.
Convicted sex offender Epstein claimed in a 2019 email to author Michael Wolff that Trump &#8220;knew about the girls.&#8221; Other emails show him discussing Trump with his fixer, Ghislaine Maxwell, in which Epstein claimed that Trump &#8220;spent hours&#8221; at Epstein&#8217;s home with one of the sexual abusers&#8217; victims.
Epstein&#8217;s email to Wolff was sent on January 31, 2019, less than seven months before Epstein was found dead in what authorities say was a suicide in his New York jail cell.
&#8220;[T]rump said he asked me to resign, never a member ever,&#8221; the email to Wolff states. &#8220;[O]f course he knew about the girls as he asked ghislaine [sic] to stop.&#8221;
Epstein&#8217;s email appears to be addressing Trump&#8217;s move to force him out of his club at Mar-a-Lago. Trump, who was a friend of Epstein&#8217;s in the 1990s and early 2000s, <a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/the-facts-and-timeline-of-trump-and-epsteins-falling-out">reportedly</a> kicked Epstein out of his club in 2007, just months before the wealthy financier pled guilty in Florida to state charges of soliciting a prostitute under 18 years old.
In another email released by Democrats on Wednesday, Epstein claimed that Trump &#8220;spent hours&#8221; at Epstein&#8217;s home with one of the sexual abuser&#8217;s victims.
&#8220;[I] want you to realize that the dog that hasn&#8217;t barked is trump [sic]. [REDACTED] spent hours at my house with him, has never once been mentioned. [P]olice chief. etc. [I&#8217;m] 75% there.&#8221;
House Democrats said that the emails &#8220;raise serious questions about Donald Trump and his knowledge of Epstein’s horrific crimes,&#8221; but the White House pushed back with context that appears to undermine the Democrats&#8217; release.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said that the redacted victim mentioned in the email is Virginia Giuffre, who died by suicide earlier this year. Giuffre had previously said that she did not believe Trump took part in Epstein&#8217;s sexual abuse of minors.
&#8220;The Democrats selectively leaked emails to the liberal media to create a fake narrative to smear President Trump. The ‘unnamed victim’ referenced in these emails is the late Virginia Giuffre, who repeatedly said President Trump was not involved in any wrongdoing whatsoever and &#8216;couldn’t have been friendlier&#8217; to her in their limited interactions,&#8221; Leavitt <a href="https://x.com/MaryMargOlohan/status/1988649781862838297">said</a> in a statement obtained by Daily Wire White House Correspondent Mary Margaret Olohan.
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NEW: <a href="https://twitter.com/PressSec?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PressSec</a> on today&#8217;s Epstein news: “The Democrats selectively leaked emails to the liberal media to create a fake narrative to smear President Trump. The ‘unnamed victim’ referenced in these emails is the late Virginia Giuffre, who repeatedly said President Trump was not…
— Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) <a href="https://twitter.com/MaryMargOlohan/status/1988649781862838297?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 12, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;The fact remains that President Trump kicked Jeffrey Epstein out of his club decades ago for being a creep to his female employees, including Giuffre,&#8221; Leavitt added. &#8220;These stories are nothing more than bad-faith efforts to distract from President Trump’s historic accomplishments, and any American with common sense sees right through this hoax and clear distraction from the government opening back up again.”
In a third email thread unveiled by Democrats, Wolff and Epstein appear to be strategizing on political tactics surrounding Trump.
&#8220;I hear CNN planning to ask Trump tonight about his relationship with you&#8211;either on air or in scrum afterwards,&#8221; Wolff wrote to Epstein on December 15, 2015, the same day that CNN hosted a 2016 Republican presidential primary debate.
&#8220;If we were able to craft an answer for him, what do you think it should be?&#8221; Epstein replied.
“I think you should let him hang himself. If he says he hasn’t been on the plane or to the house, then that gives you a valuable P.R. and political currency,&#8221; Wolff wrote of what he thought Trump&#8217;s strategy should be. &#8220;You can hang him in a way that generates positive benefits for you, or, if it really looks like he could win, you could save him, generating a debt. Of course, it is possible that, when asked, he&#8217;ll say Jeffrey is a great guy and has gotten a raw deal and is a victim of political correctness, which is to be outlawed in a Trump regime.&#8221;
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🚨BREAKING: Oversight Dems have received new emails from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate that raise serious questions about Donald Trump and his knowledge of Epstein’s horrific crimes.
Read them for yourself. It’s time to end this cover-up and RELEASE THE FILES. <a href="https://t.co/A5XgOHj2Jq">pic.twitter.com/A5XgOHj2Jq</a>
— Oversight Dems (@OversightDems) <a href="https://twitter.com/OversightDems/status/1988600468990484626?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 12, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Trump was never asked about Epstein during that debate.
Critics have pointed out numerous holes in Wolff&#8217;s reporting throughout the years, including in his most popular book, &#8220;Fire and Fury,&#8221; which focused on the first Trump administration. Wolff wrote a piece for The Daily Beast earlier this year linking first lady Melania Trump to Jeffrey Epstein, alleging that she was &#8220;very involved&#8221; in the scandal. The Daily Beast <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/epstein-this-story-has-been-removed/">removed</a> Wolff&#8217;s article from its site, writing in an editor&#8217;s note, “Upon reflection, we have determined that the article did not meet our standards and has therefore been removed from our platforms.”
Trump has not been accused of any wrongdoing related to Epstein&#8217;s sexual abuse of young girls. The Trump administration, however, has faced criticism from both sides of the aisle for its handling of the Epstein investigation after the Department of Justice said in July that it reviewed the case and did not find evidence of an Epstein client list. The DOJ also concluded that the evidence shows that Epstein committed suicide in his jail cell.

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The Republican-controlled North Carolina House approved a new congressional map on Wednesday, a day after the measure cleared the state Senate, likely securing another U.S. House seat for Republicans in the 2026 midterm elections.
The new map passed the state House along party lines in a vote of 66-48, as Democrats condemned the effort, the Raleigh News &amp; Observer <a href="https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article312584734.html">reported</a>. The current North Carolina House delegation is made up of 10 Republicans and four Democrats, and the new congressional map is projected to shift that to 11 Republicans and three Democrats.
State law does not allow North Carolina&#8217;s governor, Democrat Josh Stein, to veto the new map, meaning the process is finished, pending any legal challenges.
President Donald Trump has urged Republican-led states to draw new congressional maps that are more favorable to the GOP ahead of next year&#8217;s midterms. North Carolina House Republican Majority Leader Brenden Jones celebrated the map&#8217;s passage, saying, “It’s a fact that we will send one more Republican to Congress from this great state.”
Jones also responded to the criticism over the redistricting and had some advice for Democrats.
“You can be mad about redistricting all you want, but you need to look in the mirror and ask yourself, what got us here?” he said.
The new map will mostly affect Democratic Rep. Don Davis, whose district will shift from an area that voted for Trump by just three percentage points to one that voted for Trump by 11 points in the 2024 election.
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The new North Carolina congressional map has PASSED the NC House and Senate.
The bill does not require the Governor&#8217;s signature and is now law
Change To Dem Rep Don Davis in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NC01?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NC01</a> 
🔴 Trump +3 -&gt; 🔴 Trump +11 <a href="https://t.co/wM921mJrB7">pic.twitter.com/wM921mJrB7</a>
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A spokesman for Davis <a href="https://x.com/ReubenJones1/status/1980345787109568915">told</a> Spectrum News that he will run again next year but is considering entering the race for the 3rd district, where Republicans would also be favored.
State House Democratic Leader Robert Reives said that the passage of the new map represented a grave omen for “our independence, our democracy.”
“I would ask that you mark this day, because one day they’re coming to you, they’re going to ask you to do something that you just can’t do,&#8221; Reives added. &#8220;And because we have set the precedent that only one man in this party matters, you’re going home.”
Republican state Senator Phil Berger <a href="https://x.com/SenatorBerger/status/1980641716311851245">said</a> that the new map &#8220;respects the will of the North Carolina voters who sent President Trump to the White House three times.&#8221;
So far, Texas, Missouri, and now North Carolina have <a href="https://apnews.com/article/redistricting-gerrymandering-congress-trump-0af8561b1670032fae3e1d2aec7905f0">passed</a> new congressional maps that will likely help Republicans in the midterm elections. Other red states, including Florida, Ohio, Indiana, Nebraska, and Louisiana, are also redistricting.
Democrat-led states, such as California, New York, and Illinois, have either introduced or are considering new congressional maps likely to put more Democrats in Congress. After Texas approved a new congressional map expected to give Republicans five additional House seats, California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom urged residents in his state to respond in kind by backing a statewide measure on the November ballot that would change the Golden State&#8217;s congressional map to favor Democrats.

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