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Democrats’ 2024 Autopsy Is Described as Avoiding the Likeliest Cause of Death

An audit being conducted by the D.N.C. is not looking at Joe Biden’s decision to run or key decisions by Kamala Harris’s team, according to six people briefed on the report.

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A Democratic audit of the 2024 election is said to be focusing less on the Biden and Harris campaign and more on how outside groups supported the effort.

Democrats Must ‘Toughen Up’ Against Trump, Obama Tells Donors

Frustrated that prominent Democrats have not fought harder, former President Barack Obama said in a speech that his party’s leaders needed to step up.

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Former President Barack Obama told donors at a recent event that it was incumbent on Democrats to produce tangible results for people if they hope to win elections and remain in power.

Dan Osborn to Seek Pete Ricketts’s Nebraska Senate Seat, Stressing Class Issues

A steamfitter and former union leader, running as an independent but with Democratic support, will take on the Republican incumbent, a billionaire’s son.

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Dan Osborn in his home garage in Omaha this month.

Could Musk Really Create a Viable Third Party?

Building a new political party to rival the Democrats and Republicans is enormously difficult and expensive. Small wonder it hasn’t been done.

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Elon Musk has said the America Party would be a new entity and would have the goal of disrupting the two major parties’ hold on the federal government, but he has been opaque on his plans.

In Trump’s Bill, Democrats See a Path to Win Back Voters

Top party officials consider the president’s sweeping domestic policy bill to be cruel and fiscally ruinous — and they’re betting the American public will, too.

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Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York, speaking against President Trump’s policy bill last month.
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