How New Dems plan to cut through Democrats’ identity debate
Plus: Fauci invokes Fifth in contentious Senate hearing, new polls deepen Trump’s political headwinds and Obama backs Turek in Iowa.
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THE LINEUP
How New Dems plan to cut through Democrats’ identity debate
Fauci invokes Fifth in contentious Senate hearing
New polls deepen Trump’s political headwinds
Fed holds rates steady despite growing divide
Obama backs Turek in Iowa
THE LEAD
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The Democratic Party may be consumed by another round of ideological soul-searching after a series of left-wing primary victories in New York and Colorado, but the House Democrats tasked with winning the majority say they’re fighting a different election altogether.
On a NewDem Action Fund press call this afternoon, Chair Greg Stanton (Ariz.), Rep. Emilia Sykes (Ohio), Nebraska Democratic nominee Denise Powell and Arizona candidate JoAnna Mendoza argued that battleground voters remain focused on kitchen-table concerns—not intraparty labels—as Democrats enter the final 100 days before Election Day…
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THE POWERS THAT BE
Fauci invokes Fifth in contentious Senate hearing: Anthony Fauci repeatedly invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination during a contentious Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing as he refused to answer Republicans’ questions about the federal government’s COVID-19 response…
THE POLICY DESK
Fed holds rates steady despite growing divide: The Federal Reserve left its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 3.50% to 3.75%, noting that the economy continues to expand at a solid pace and the labor market remains stable, even as inflation stays above its 2% target…
THE TRAIL
Obama backs Turek in Iowa: Former President Barack Obama endorsed Democratic Senate nominee Josh Turek on Wednesday in a race Democrats see as a long-shot pickup opportunity after Sen. Joni Ernst’s retirement at the end of her term…