In 2025, Democrats won statewide positions and passed measures to help the party movingn forward — mostly in blue states. Democratic centrist candidates like Abigail Spanberger and Mikie Sherrill both overwhelmingly won their gubernatorial races and Democrats picked up wins in other elections across the country.

While Democrats have been celebrating some recent wins in mid-decade redistricting, they face some roadblocks in Democratic-aligned states over building on those wins.

On "Washington Week," CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes discussed the frustration in the Democratic Party over ending the shutdown. "They were getting closer to putting Republicans in a very uncomfortable situation,

At a health care town hall in his swing state, Senator Ruben Gallego, Democrat of Arizona, test-drove his party’s new political pitch to an audience disappointed in the outcome of the shutdown.

Nevada Democratic representatives are being mocked as “out of touch" for keeping silent after a Democratic spokesperson dismissed no tax on tips as “crumbs."

Democratic candidates and operatives are working on how to renew the party's appeal to young men, amid some signs of progress after a sharp wake-up call in 2024.

According to the poll, there is an 18-percentage-point gap between the two political parties over whether they have a politically opposite friend. While 82% of Republicans say they have at least one close friend who identifies as a Democrat, 64% of Democrats said the same about having a close friend who is a Republican.

President Trump accused Democrats of using what he calls the "Epstein hoax" to defect blame for the government shutdown.

Among Republicans, 82% say they have a close friend who is a member of the other party, compared with 64% of Democrats, according to the NBC News poll.

Now that the government shutdown is over, House and Senate Republicans say they'll negotiate with Democrats on whether to extend COVID-era tax credits that help tens of millions of Americans afford their health care premiums.

Democratic strategist James Carville criticized the progressive wing of his party and advocated for packing the Supreme Court on Fox News' "Saturday in America."