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Yahoo
15-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
House Democrats whip against each other on crypto bill
Cryptocurrency has long divided congressional Democrats. Now, it's pitting one committee's top member against another. As House Democrats decide how to vote on Republicans' revamp of industry regulations this week, they'll have to choose who to listen to: House Financial Services Committee ranking member Maxine Waters, who wants her colleagues to oppose the bill, or House Agriculture Committee ranking member Angie Craig, who wants them to support it. 'Every member has to make their own decision at the end of the day,' Craig told Semafor after presenting the case for the legislation at internal meetings Monday. 'The Democratic Party is a big-tent party — and we're not always exactly aligned on policy. I think we're used to that.' Caucus leaders won't be picking sides: A person familiar with the decision told Semafor they will not whip for or against it.
New York Times
10-07-2025
- Politics
- New York Times
These Younger Democrats Are Sick of Their Party's Status Quo
A number of prominent younger Democrats with records of winning tough races are forming a new group with big ambitions to remake their party's image, recruit a new wave of candidates and challenge political orthodoxies they say are holding the party back. Members of the initiative, Majority Democrats, have different theories about how the national party has blundered. Some believe a heavy reliance on abortion-rights messaging or anti-Trump sentiment has come at the expense of a stronger economic focus. Others say party leaders underestimate how much pandemic-era school closures or reflexive defenses of former President Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s re-election bid have eroded voters' trust in Democrats. But the roughly 30 elected officials at the federal, state and local levels who have so far signed on to the group broadly agree that the Democratic Party must better address the issues that feel most urgent in voters' lives — the affordability crisis, for example — and that it must shed its image as the party of the status quo. Many of the group's members have, at times, challenged the party's establishment, something the organization embraces. 'If we don't build this big-tent party that can win majorities,' warned Representative Angie Craig of Minnesota, a leader of the initiative, 'we're on the path of being the party of the permanent minority from a national-election perspective.' Being the anti-Trump party 'might win a midterm election,' Ms. Craig, who is also running in a competitive primary for the Senate, added, 'but it's not going to build lasting majorities. We've got to lay out the case for what we're for as a party.' Majority Democrats is partly a network and convening forum for elected officials to trade best practices, debate and develop ideas. Discussions are underway about how the officials could mobilize politically on one another's behalf, and plans are in the works for public voter-engagement events starting later this summer. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
The Guardian
19-06-2025
- Politics
- The Guardian
Supermen and dancing devils: Photos of the day
The country's air defence system intercepts missiles during an Iranian attack over Tel Aviv Photograph: Léo Corrêa/AP A block of flats lies in ruins after an Iranian missile strike Photograph: Chen Kalifa/Reuters A painting and personal belongings lie covered in dust and shards of glass in a home struck by an Iranian missile Photograph: Oded Balilty/AP Shia Muslim clerics shout slogans during a rally at the Shatt al-Arab seaside promenade in the southern Iraqi city in protest at Israel's strikes on Iran Photograph: Hussein Faleh/AFP/Getty Images A mourner weeps during the funeral of Palestinians killed by Israeli fire yesterday, while they sought food aid in northern Gaza Photograph: Mahmoud Issa/Reuters Palestinians queue after the arrival of a truck distributing water. Most of the population is experiencing serious water shortages after the destruction of water wells and tanks Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images Protesters demand the resignation of the Thai prime minister, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, near Government House in Bangkok. The protest follows the leak of a call between Paetongtarn and the former Cambodian premier Hun Sen, regarding the two countries' border dispute Photograph: Rungroj Yongrit/EPA Representative Angie Craig embraces a mourner at a candlelight vigil for the Minnesota state Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, at the State Capitol Photograph: Nikolas Liepins/AP Police remove protesters during a visit by the interior minister at Gare du Nord as the country launches a two-day crackdown in stations, trains and buses against 'illegal immigration'. About 4,000 officers will be mobilised on 18-19 June during the nationwide checks Photograph: Martin Lelievre/AFP/Getty Images Workers from the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees union protest at Bowen Hills Photograph: Darren England/AAP A teacher guides her young charges during an earthquake drill at a school in Metro Manila Photograph: Rolex dela Peña/EPA Christians take part in the traditional Bavarian Corpus Christi boat procession on Lake Staffelsee, near Murnau Photograph: Angelika Warmuth/Reuters A member of the Brotherhood of the Diablos Danzantes de Chuao (Dancing Devils of Chuao) arranges his mask during the Corpus Christi festival in Aragua state Photograph: Maxwell Briceno/Reuters Superman fans gather during the Superman Look Up fan event in Manila. The Superman movie world tour starts in the Philippines, with the film scheduled for international release on 9 July Photograph: Francis R Malasig/EPA A woman poses for a picture next to the character Mokoko as she visits Pop Mart's theme park Pop Land Photograph: Pedro Pardo/AFP/Getty Images Racegoers queue to enter Royal Ascot Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters
Yahoo
16-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Rep. Angie Craig calls for political rhetoric to turn down after killing of Minnesota lawmaker
Minnesota is reeling after the shocking killing of a Democratic lawmaker and her husband on Saturday. Rep. Angie Craig (D-MN) knew the victims, State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, and joins Alex Witt to remember who they were and why it's important to bring calm to the current political atmosphere.
Yahoo
11-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Why lesbian Rep. Angie Craig says she's ‘ready for the fight' in her run to be Minnesota's next U.S. senator
As U.S. Rep. Angie Craig steps into the national spotlight with a U.S. Senate bid, she brings with her a battle-tested strategy forged in one of the most politically divided districts in America — and a record of standing firm for LGBTQ+ rights while building unlikely coalitions. Keep up with the latest in + news and politics. Now in her fourth term representing Minnesota's Second Congressional District, Craig is aiming higher at a moment when both democracy and queer equality feel precariously under siege. Following the November election that returned President Donald Trump to the White House over Vice President Kamala Harris, Craig is clear-eyed about what's at stake. Related: Minnesota Rep. Angie Craig battles for reelection to continue path toward LGBTQ+ equality 'We're in the fight of our lives,' she said in an interview with The Advocate. 'But I'm holding up pretty well, and I'm up for the fight.' Craig, a Democrat and the first out LGBTQ+ person elected to Congress from Minnesota, won her D+1 district by nearly 14 percentage points in 2024. 'Because rural Minnesotans know I'll meet them where they are,' she said. 'They know I'll listen and deliver.' Angie CraigCourtesy Angie Craig for Minnesota Her ability to connect across political lines has earned her unusual traction in a state increasingly seen as a bellwether for the cultural and electoral divisions reshaping the nation. 'I outperformed the top of the ticket more in my most rural county,' she noted. 'I don't stay in my blue bubble.' Related: Her own story deeply informs Craig's political approach. 'Yes, I'm a lesbian. I've been happily married to my wife for 18 years now,' she said. 'We've got four sons, and we now are the proud Mimi and Gigi's — the grandparents of three grandsons.' She added, 'It does make a difference. When you have visibility, and [people in communities] meet you on a human level, they get to know you.' But Craig is not just a symbol — she's also a legislative force. As the top Democrat on the House Agriculture Committee, she has helped shape federal farm and food policy in a state where agriculture is the economic bedrock. 'I came back, I took on the status quo, became the top Democrat,' she said. 'I can go anywhere in Minnesota and talk with family farmers.' She's also among the few Democrats willing to tackle complex, often uncomfortable conversations, like transgender athlete inclusion in youth sports. 'We have to be clear-eyed that voters don't understand the trans community as well as we thought they did,' Craig said. 'But I don't know how anyone could argue against standing up for and supporting a community that is being targeted for discrimination.' Related: Now, with a Senate seat on the line, she's bringing that same philosophy statewide. Equality PAC, the political arm of the Congressional LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus, has endorsed her bid, praising her visibility and legislative commitment as both historic and essential. Craig is one of several high-profile LGBTQ+ candidates looking to counter the Trump administration's hardline policies. Those policies include a sweeping executive order Trump signed in February, reinterpreting Title IX to bar transgender girls and women from competing in women's sports. The Republican-controlled House passed a companion bill, and Senate Republicans forced a test vote in March on legislation to define Title IX 'based solely on a person's reproductive biology and genetics at birth.' That bill failed 51-45, with Democrats voting uniformly against it. But the cultural pressure hasn't abated. Craig has been clear: She opposes blanket federal bans and supports leaving sports governance to local school systems and associations. On proposed federal bans, she was unequivocal: 'The idea that we're going to subject all girls' sports to invasive checks .… It's ridiculous how Republicans have proposed to deal with this.' Related: Instead, she argues, those decisions should be made locally. 'Every sport differs so dramatically,' she said. 'I very much believe that these decisions should be up to our local schools and our local sports associations.' It's the existential threats to LGBTQ+ people under Trump that most animate her candidacy. Craig called the reinstated ban on transgender military service members 'immoral' and 'fundamentally unfair.' 'What the hell are you doing?' she asked bluntly. 'Where are your values when people who are willing to die for this nation — you want to eradicate them from the U.S. military?' Angie CraigCourtesy Angie Craig for Minnesota Craig says she sees the danger as not just political but deeply personal. 'I wake up every single day and watch an administration take away the rights of communities that I care about and people that I love,' she said. 'This is a fight I've been fighting my whole life.' That fight has included marriage equality — she and her wife saw the fight for it firsthand. 'We got married in California in 2008, and the next month, Proposition 8 passed,' she recalled. 'We didn't know whether we would still be married or not.' Now, with the future of Obergefell in doubt after conservative Justice Clarence Thomas indicated in the Dobbs decision, which revoked the national right to an abortion, that the ruling that allowed same-sex couples to marry should be revisited, Craig remains vigilant: 'Progress is never linear in this country.' At the heart of her message is a call for Democrats to resist both authoritarianism and complacency. 'We've got to both have a fist up and fight like hell … and have a hand extended to some of these people to come back,' she said. 'That's the only way that we're gonna win again.' So is her hand out? 'Well, my fist is up, and my hand is out. One hundred percent,' Craig said.
