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Missouri Democratic congresswoman Cori Bush loses her primary election to St. Louis County prosecutor Wesley Bell, becoming the second member of the Squad to lose a primary.
2024-08-7

Voters in the U.S. state of Georgia go to the polls to elect their next Senator in a runoff election between the Democratic incumbent candidate Raphael Warnock and Republican candidate Herschel Walker.
2022-12-6

John Demers resigns as U.S. Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division amid an investigation over allegations that the U.S. Department of Justice spied on Congressional Democrats during the Trump presidency.
2021-06-14

U.S. President Joe Biden raises the cap on the number of refugees accepted each year, from 15,000 to 62,500. The move follows criticism from members of his party and refugee agencies over his prior proposal to retain the Trump-era cap. Biden also announces that he plans to further raise the cap to 125,000 next year.
2021-05-3

The United States House of Representatives votes 219–209 to approve the Senate's budget resolution, with all Republicans and one Democrat voting against the resolution.
2021-02-5

A declassified U.S. intelligence report claims that Vladimir Putin ordered a campaign to influence the U.S. presidential election against Democratic Party candidate Hillary Clinton.
2017-01-6

Voters in the American state of Nevada take part in Democratic Party caucuses, with Hillary Clinton winning against Bernie Sanders.
2016-02-20

The Obama Administration, through its appointment of a majority of board members on the Democratic-controlled U.S. National Labor Relations Board's 3–2 ruling in the Browning-Ferris case uses an expanded definition of joint employer when determining if a parent company shares responsibility for workers hired by a subcontractor or franchisee. The Republican-controlled US Congress responded to arguments from businesses such as the International Franchise Association by adding another NLRB-related rider to the budget to block implementation of this latest ruling. Browning-Ferris can appeal the decision to a federal appeals court. The ruling could affect current unionization and pay efforts at McDonald's franchises.
2015-08-27

Peter W. Barca, the leader of the Democrats in the Wisconsin State Assembly, takes legal action to have the decision overturned.
2011-03-10

The United States Democratic Leadership Council consisting of centrist Democrats announces that it will wind up.
2011-02-9