Pew Research Center

1. How Americans feel about the Republican and Democratic parties

Roughly half of Americans also say the Democratic Party (50%) and the Republican Party (49%) make them feel angry.
AOL

To My Fellow Democrats: A ‘Third Way' To Reopen the Government

I understand that congressional Democrats think they have the upper hand, albeit by a narrow margin, showing that voters blame the GOP more than them for the current government shutdown. Their ...
Slate

Democrats Have One Brutal Path to Survival if the Supreme Court Kills the Voting Rights Act

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Republicans’ near-permanent House ...
USA Today

Don't count on a blue wave in midterms. Most Americans say Democrats are 'weak.' | Opinion

With midterm elections just about a year away, the signs of a blue wave are looking … well, grim. At least that’s what the polls are showing. Democrats have spent much of 2025 trying to dust off ...
Yahoo

Republican Winsome Earle-Sears and Democrat Abigail Spanberger spar over abortion in Virginia

PETERSBURG, Va. (AP) — Rae Pickett stepped onto Richell Hines' front stoop wearing a pink T-shirt that foretold the case she hoped to make to Virginia voters as she knocked on doors on a sunny ...
MSNBC

The biggest hurdle to solving the shutdown has nothing to do with policy

The biggest hurdle preventing lawmakers from striking a deal to end the government shutdown may be something a policy negotiation can’t overcome: a lack of trust. As the government shutdown stretches ...