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Ex-Obama aide warns Democrats can’t counter Trump because voters don’t know what the party stands for

"Pod Save America" host Jon Lovett lamented during a podcast interview with MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace that Democratic voters ...

Obama’s newly revealed call to Zohran Mamdani ‘normalizes’ socialist NYC mayoral contender for wary Democrats

Former President Barack Obama’s newly revealed call with mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani is a nod that could help the ...

Mamdani: I have spoken to Obama a number of times

Zohran Mamdani said he has spoken to Barack Obama “a number of times” since he trounced the Democratic establishment ...

Obama official says Democratic Party 'afraid of its own future,’ wants it to embrace Mamdani strategy

Obama's former deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes urges Democrats to abandon donor-dependent financing and ...

Obama called Mamdani to offer advice after socialist’s NYC mayoral primary win

Obama is still highly popular within the party, and his signaled support for the Democratic socialist starkly contrasts with ...

Zohran Mamdani endorsed by Queen borough president — who compares socialist to Obama, urges fellow Dems to ‘meet the moment’

Donovan Richards, a Democrat who has been serving the borough for over 13 years, urged the party to fall in line behind the ...

Some Democrats Panicked Over Mamdani. Obama Called Him.

Former President Barack Obama, the last Democrat to captivate the party’s base, got on the phone. In a lengthy call in June, ...

Bipartisan group led by ex-Obama officials ‘rolling the dice’ on new remapping plan for Illinois legislature

Fair Maps Illinois” marks the third attempt since 2014 to reduce heavy partisan influence in how Illinois district boundaries ...

Obama stays in political fray as Democrats look for new leader

For Democrats concerned about what the future holds both for their party and for the nation after their staggering 2024 losses, Obama's presence can be reassuring.