The new leader for Democrats will be in charge of regrouping and unifying the party during a second Trump administration determined to reshape government.
Month: February 2025
Ken Martin, the head of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, was decisively elected chair of the Democratic National Committee on Saturday, beating a crowded field in the first round of voting to become the new face of a party struggling to find its footing during the second Trump administration.
Wisconsin’s Ben Wikler finished second Saturday to Minnesota’s Ken Martin in the competition to chair the Democratic National Committee.
President Donald Trump has continued to replace key figures from the Biden administration with his allies, the latest being Rohit Chopra, the Consumer
Venezuela agrees to take back undocumented immigrants from the U.S., Trump says https://t.co/5IJyk6Rjb9
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Democrats elected a Midwesterner and behind-the-scenes operator to take charge of a party still reeling from defeat.
No ‘death’ for diversity: How DEI is being rebranded — not disbanded https://t.co/YWmAwgSLvJ
— Michael Novakhov (@mikenov) February 1, 2025
Chopra’s tenure at the CFPB saw the removal of medical debt from credit reports and limits on overdrafts penalties, all based on the premise that the financial system could be fairer and more competitive in ways that helped consumers.
Alienating allies and partners that the U.S. desperately needs means that “America First” will be “America Alone.”
Trump says he ordered military airstrikes on a senior Islamic State attack planner in Somalia.