https://mediadc.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/6e8e40f/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2290x1202+0+59/resize/1200x630!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmediadc.brightspotcdn.com%2F8a%2Faf%2Fffa7f44a462f89281f7268b9bf19%2Fap-sessions.jpg

sessions senate bid would draw trump white house opposition

If Sessions runs, Trump could endorse one of Republicans running in Senate primary. The president is quite Alabama, and opposition from the president could upend Sessions return to Capitol Hill.. ..

the year of #metoo

the Alabama Democrat who beat out accused predator, racist, and all-around Roy Moore for Senate offers any indication of how Democrats will proceed in the year, the signs are not promising. ..

news releases

DOTHAN, Alabama – Years of work to restore voting rights and re-enfranchise voters contributed to the victory in the Alabama election of Democrat Doug Jones to the U.S. Senate on Tuesday. Ten thousand newly eligible voters were registered and turned out, many by absentee ballot..

campaign 2018 -- an e&e special report

SENATE . Mr. Jones goes to Washington . E&E Daily: Wednesday, December 13, 2017 Democrat Doug Jones' victory in Alabama will soon bring a new balance of power to the Senate and could determine what party controls the chamber after next year's midterms. . ..

13 questions about women and the midterms

Black women as voters and organizers were essential to Doug Jones’s victory over Roy Moore in last year’s Alabama Senate race. The Democratic Party and a bevy of grass-roots groups have poured millions into turning out voters of color in key elections, including Stacey..

op-eds

We even write postcards to voters in swing states — postcards from across the country are credited with inspiring unlikely voters in one of the biggest upsets of 2017, the victory of civil rights Democrat over Republican in Alabama Senate race. ..

https://mediadc.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/63f0825/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2290x1202+0+60/resize/1200x630!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmediadc.brightspotcdn.com%2Fb4%2Fde%2F2df95716cfc00a6b62fad5b3f711%2F3be40d204e294444bd55619928888623.jpg

the looming governing crisis facing the next democratic president

This is especially true because they're all but certain to lose the Alabama Senate seat as long as Republicans avoid nominating somebody named Roy Moore. No path to a Democratic Senate majority can avoid carrying traditionally Republican states, and any larger majority would require..

Most controversial news of the day, as detected by AI.