The Democratic shutdown strategy targeting President Donald Trump and Obamacare subsidies has backfired, Maine Independent Sen. Angus King told MSNBC on Monday.

The legislation would keep the government funded through Jan. 30, without extending ACA funds. It now goes to the House, which could vote as early as Wednesday.

Virginia Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine dismissed a question from MSNBC's Katy Tur about whether his decision to vote with the Republicans to reopen the government could be "ripping the party apart." "I think you're overdramatizing this.

Presidents Biden and Obama were senators. Expect that trend to end in 2028 as governors emerge as the Democratic Party's voice.

A lifelong politician who just last year was projected to become prime minister of Canada, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre is now struggling to define his party’s future and offer Canadians a viable alternative to Prime Minister Mark Carney.

Former Vice President Kamala Harris said on the "Storehouse & Friends" podcast that the Democratic Party took Black women for granted during the 2024 election.

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As two of the off-year cycle’s main characters, Newsom and Mamdani have served as a spark for a party that spent the year after Trump’s election groping for a path back to relevance — but is now showing new life heading into the 2026 midterms. Both punctuated that shift by condemning a shutdown deal blessed by Senate leadership.