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The National
17 hours ago
- Politics
- The National
Istanbul protests erupt over jailing of opposition mayor
Thousands rallied in Istanbul to mark 100 days since Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu's detention on corruption charges. Police used tear gas and water cannon to disperse protesters, who denounced what they see as a politically motivated crackdown on Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's main rival ahead of the 2028 presidential election.
Washington Post
a day ago
- Politics
- Washington Post
Gov. Newsom signs housing bill overhauling California's landmark environmental law
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law an overhaul of California's landmark environmental protection rules that he says is essential to address the state's critical housing shortage and long-running homeless crisis. The Democratic governor widely seen as a potential 2028 presidential candidate called the two-bill package a historic reshaping of environmental rules that, while initially well intentioned, too often resulted in tangles of litigation and costly delays that strangled much-needed development.
Fox News
a day ago
- Politics
- Fox News
Democrats take page from conservative playbook with new Project 2029
Democrats are taking a page from the conservative playbook. A group of leading Democratic Party thinkers is beginning to collaborate on a policy agenda for their eventual presidential nominee in the 2028 election cycle. And, as first reported by the New York Times, they're calling it Project 2029. It's an obvious play on the notorious Project 2025, the more than 900-page policy blueprint assembled by the conservative powerhouse Heritage Foundation think tank for the Republican Party's 2024 presidential nominee. Democrats repeatedly attacked Project 2025 during the previous White House race as a far-right threat to the nation. Then-GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump and his campaign distanced themselves from the document, even as many Trump allies helped draft it. But Trump, during the opening months of his second tour of duty in the White House, executed much of what was proposed in Project 2025. And Russell T. Vought, who was a key member of the team that produced the document, now leads the Office of Management and Budget. The Democrats behind Project 2029 hope to rally White House hopefuls behind their policy framework as the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination race heats up following the 2026 midterm elections. The project is being spearheaded by Andrei Cherny, a onetime Democratic speechwriter and state party leader. "Avengers… Assemble!" he wrote in a social media post, as he spotlighted the New York Times story on Project 2029. Democrats are aiming to escape the political wilderness following 2024 election setbacks, when the party lost control of the White House and the Senate, and failed to win back the House majority. And 2025 polls have indicated the Democratic Party brand sinking to new lows. "After several Democratic presidential runs that featured the old guard, there is a hunger for the next generation of candidates and ideas," Jim Kessler, executive vice president for policy at the center-left Third Way, told Fox News. Kessler, who's involved with the project, added that the effort "is a chance for those candidates to see and test out new policy ideas. The advisory group runs the gamut of the Democratic ideological perspective, so these new ideas may not bring a consensus, but it can act as a showroom for presidential candidates to test drive." Veteran Democratic strategist James Carville, asked about Project 2029, welcomed more ideas to the party's conversation. But Carville told Fox News Digital that "the person Democrats need to look to, whose ideas will count, is the next presidential nominee. People can throw ideas out and the different candidates can respond in one way or another, but the idea that a political party can develop a message outside of having some power – it's been done before, but it's quite difficult." Word of Project 2029 comes amid continued divisions in the Democratic Party between its establishment and progressive wins. And it comes as the stunning victory in the New York City Democratic mayoral primary by outsider and 33-year-old democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani over former three-term Gov. Andrew Cuomo has reignited the party's argument over whether the Democrats' problem is their policy or their messaging.
New York Times
2 days ago
- Politics
- New York Times
Sound Familiar? Democrats Lay Groundwork for a ‘Project 2029'
As he looks back at the defeat of former Vice President Kamala Harris last fall, the thing that keeps bothering Andrei Cherny, a onetime Democratic speechwriter and state party leader, is that he didn't know what Ms. Harris would have done as president if she had won. The way he saw it, President Trump ran on his own ideas, but Ms. Harris only ran against Mr. Trump's. 'The oldest truism in politics is you can't beat something with nothing,' Mr. Cherny said. Now Mr. Cherny, the co-founder of a nearly two-decade-old liberal policy journal, is organizing a group of Democratic thinkers to recreate what Mr. Trump's allies did when he was voted out of office: draft a ready-made agenda for the next Democratic presidential nominee. They're calling it Project 2029. The title is an unsubtle play on Project 2025, the independently produced right-wing agenda that Mr. Trump spent much of last year's campaign distancing himself from, and much of his first few months back in power executing. The fact that Democrats turned Project 2025 into a cudgel against Mr. Trump during the campaign has not deterred Mr. Cherny and the other Democrats working with him from borrowing the tactic. They plan to roll out an agenda over the next two years, in quarterly installments, through Mr. Cherny's publication, Democracy: A Journal of Ideas. The goal is to turn it into a book — just like Project 2025 — and to rally leading Democratic presidential candidates behind those ideas during the 2028 primary season. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
JD Vance leads GOP presidential primary candidacy, poll says
LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — A new Emerson College Polling of U.S. voters finds that Vice President JD Vance is leading all Republican candidates for the 2028 presidential primary. According to the poll, 46% of Republican voters support Vice President JD Vance in a hypothetical 2028 ballot test, while 12% support Florida Senator Marco Rubio, 9% support Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, and 5% support Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Emerson College reports that the last poll, held in , Vance received 30% support, DeSantis 5%, Kennedy Jr. 2%, and Rubio 1%. In the November poll, voters were allowed to write in their preferred candidate. 'Vice President Vance has solidified himself as the frontrunner in the 2028 nomination contest, backed by 52% of male Republican primary voters and voters over 60,' said Spencer Kimball, Executive Director of Emerson College Polling, in a news release sent to 6 News. On a generic 2028 presidential ballot test, 42% would support the generic Democratic candidate, 42% the Republican, and 16% are undecided. 'Similarly to the generic congressional ballot, independents break for the generic Democrat on the presidential ballot, 37% to 29%, with a significant 34% undecided,' said Spencer Kimball, executive director of Emerson College Polling, in a news release sent to 6 News. According to the poll, the economy remains the top issue for voters at 32%, down from 41% in March. Threats to democracy are the top concern for 22% of voters, a four-point increase. Immigration follows at 14%, healthcare at 9%, housing affordability at 7%, and crime at 5%. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
