In the 1840s, California belonged to a weakened Mexican Republic plagued by instability and poor leadership under Santa Anna. The United States, driven by Manifest Destiny, provoked war after annexing ...

Frank Pistol Pete Eaton was more than a mascot. He was a real man who claimed to have lived one of the most extraordinary ...

Paul Whiteley has received funding from the British Academy and the ESRC. The resounding victories in recent elections by Democrats Zohran Mamdani in New York, Abigail Spanberger in Virginia and Mikie ...

Something strange is happening on the left. Signs of peace are emerging in the long civil war over economic policy between the progressive and moderate wings of the Democratic Party. In the past two ...

Like so many other progressive politicians, Rep. Chuy García (D., Ill.), seems to like posing as a defender of democracy more than he likes competitive elections. On his way out of office the Chicago ...

A clear majority of voters would choose a Democrat candidate for Congress if the midterms were held today, a new poll shows. The PBS News/NPR/Marist survey, conducted between November 10 and 13, ...

A group of Democrat lawmakers with military and intelligence backgrounds released a video Tuesday urging service members to "refuse illegal orders," a message conservatives blasted as a call to defy ...

WASHINGTON, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Democrats appear more fired up than Republicans about voting in next year's congressional elections following the party's victories in recent state and local contests, ...

Stunning intraparty tensions erupted on the House floor when one Democrat accused another of undermining the Constitution. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Wash., unexpectedly rose during House votes ...

Eight Democrats joined Senate Republicans to back a measure that would end the government shutdown. WSJ’s Richard Rubin explains why the move has drawn condemnations from other members of the party.

A Utah judge on Monday rejected the new congressional map drawn by Republican lawmakers, adopting an alternate proposal that creates a Democrat-leaning district ahead of the the 2026 midterm elections ...